The list of ship launches in 1963 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1963.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 8 January Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington 12 January Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 12 January Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 15 January Cruise ship Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone For Home Lines 22 January Queen of Esquimalt V-class ferry Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. North Vancouver Canada For BC Ferries 25 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 28 January Firefighting tug Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Whangarei Harbour Board. 29 January S.W.2 Sludge carrier J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For County and City of Exeter. 30 January Type 205 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy February Tug N Holmans & Sons Penzance First ship to be launched at Penzance in nearly 100 years. 22 February Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California 26 February Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington 27 February Firefighting tug Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Whangarei Harbor Board. 2 March Wilhelmshaven Rolandwerft GmbH Bremen For Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Jade" GmbH 12 March Buoy tender J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Ltd. 15 March Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 16 March Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 24 March Ocean liner Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone For Italian Line 6 April New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 7 April Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad For Soviet Navy 10 April Type 205 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy 24 April Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 27 April Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 27 April Halifax Shipyards Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada 4 May H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg For German Navy 12 May Marsdiep Zaanlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Zaandam For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming 23 May Swan Hunter Wallsend 6 June Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Greenock 15 June National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California 15 June V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar For Black Sea Shipping Company 15 June 19 June Type 205 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy 21 June 22 June Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 21 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 22 June Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California 22 June Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 22 June Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 7 July PF-103 Levingston Shipbuilding Company Orange, Texas For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy. 19 July Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington 20 July Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 22 July Dredger J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd. 3 August New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York 8 August Lighthouse tender Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Commissioners of Northern Lights. 10 August National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California 19 August Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigval Bergsen. 20 August Pilot vessel Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Calcutta Port Commission. 14 September Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington 19 September LNG carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Methane Tanker Finance Co. 26 September Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan For Royal Australian Navy 5 October Unique destroyer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 10 October PF-104 Levingston Shipbuilding Company Orange, Texas For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy. 15 October Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington 18 October Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 29 October Prinsesse Elisabeth Ferry Aalborg Værft A/S Aalborg For DSB Färjedivision 29 October Ilmatar Ferry Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard Helsinki For Finland Steamship Company 31 October Bethlehem Steel San Francisco, California 1 November Train ferry Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn For British Railways Board 2 November Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 4 November Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow 5 November J. Samuel White Cowes 17 October Bulk carrier Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland For Chapman & Willan Ltd. 29 November Pilot vessel Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Calcutta Port Commission. 30 November Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California 30 November Nordseewerke Emden For Royal Norwegian Navy 2 December Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 3 December Vickers-Armstrongs 3 December Queen of Nanaimo Burnaby-class ferry Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd Victoria Canada For BC Ferries 3 December Tug J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Shell Company of Qatar Ltd. 7 December Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington 17 December Ferry Sölvesborg Varv Ab Sölvesborg For Rederi AB Slite 19 December Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 20 December Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 27 December Hopper Barge No.3 Hopper barge G. & J. Weir (Holdings) Ltd. Renfrew For Calcutta Port Commissioners. 31 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. Unknown date Bill Cole Tender J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Pool Harbour Commissioners. Unknown date Tug G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd. Greenock For Colombo Port Commission. Unknown date Welsh Prince Fishing trawler Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport For Welsh Fisheries Ltd. Unknown date Welsh Princess Fishing trawler Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport For Welsh Fisheries Ltd. Unknown date 401 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 402 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 403 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 404 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 405 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 406 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 407 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 408 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 501 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 502 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 503 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 504 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 505 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 506 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 507 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp. Unknown date 508 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For McPhilips Packing Corp.
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