The list of ship launches in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1956. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 5 January Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan 12 January Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Railways. 17 January Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 20 January Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 27 January Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 31 January Motor lighter Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shell Oil Co. 4 February New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 25 February Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 27 February Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Markos P. Nomikos. 29 February Hopper ship Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Queensland Government. 2 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigval Bergsen. 24 March Anti-aircraft cruiser Brest Dockyards Brest 27 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Johnston Warren & Co. 28 March Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 28 March J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Royal Navy. 29 March Halifax Shipyards Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada 12 April Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 19 April Ragnvald Jarl Passenger ship Blohm & Voss Hamburg For NFDS 25 April Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle, Washington 26 April Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shell Oil Co. 1 May Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 3 May Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland 9 May Ocean liner Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne For Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 10 May Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland Unknown date Sokol Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 23 May Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast For Clyde Shipping Co. 24 May Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 28 May Unique submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 7 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 19 June Götaverken Gothenburg For Colombian Navy 19 June Wandsbek Type I ferry Norderwerft Hamburg For HADAG 21 June Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 29 June Karp Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 12 July Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 19 July Jollenführer 1 Ferry type 00 Scheel & Jöhnk Harburg For HADAG:de:Fährschiff Typ 00#Schiffe 28 July New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 31 July Sever Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 7 August Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 7 August Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Texaco Oil Co. 10 August Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 13 August Farmsen Type I ferry Ottensener Eisenwerke Hamburg For HADAG 21 August Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Coast Lines. 4 September Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For National Steamship Co. Ltd. 5 September Boston Naval Shipyard Boston, Massachusetts 8 September Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 29 September Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 9 October Vostock Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 12 October Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 22 October Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 27 October destroyer Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales 1 November Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia Canada 1 November Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 20 November J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight For Indian Navy 20 November Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigval Bergsen. 21 November Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Port Line. 22 November John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland For Cunard Line 22 November Yug Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 24 November New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 29 November Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast For Clyde Shipping Co. November ADDSCO 606 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company. November ADDSCO 607 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company. November ADDSCO 608 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company. 19 December Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 20 December Zapad Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 21 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. Unknown date Tanker Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For A/S Aurland.
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