The list of ship launches in 1942 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1942.
January Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 5 January Near-Warrior type tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby For Ministry of War Transport. 5 January Cargo ship C. Connell & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport. 6 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Ltd Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport 6 January Cargo ship William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd. 10 January Liberty ship Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Oregon For War Shipping Administration. 12 January Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy.13 January Empire Spruce Maple-type tug Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne For Ministry of War Transport. 14 January Liberty ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Los Angeles, California For War Shipping Administration. 14 January Ocean ship Permanente Metals Corporation Richmond, California For War Shipping Administration. 15 January Cargo ship Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Polish Government. 15 January Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Tacoma Converted C3 merchant freighter 15 JanuaryHawthorn Leslie & Co.Hebburn 15 January Coaster Clelands (Successors) Ltd. Wallsend For Ministry of War Transport. 15 January Cargo ship John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields For Ministry of War Transport. 15 January Coaster S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport. 15 January Cargo ship William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion For Ministry of War Transport. 15 JanuaryYarrow & Co. LtdScotstoun, GlasgowSold in 1958 to West Germany as Gneisenau 15 January Coaster Clelands (Successors) Ltd Wallsend For Ministry of War Transport 15 January Cargo ship John Readhead & Sons Ltd South Shields For Ministry of War Transport 15 January Empire Jill Coaster S P Austin & Sons Ltd Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport 16 JanuaryQ-class destroyerSwan HunterWallsendTo Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Queenborough 1945, later converted to Type 15 frigate, sold for scrapping 1975 17 January HMA Naval DockyardWilliamstown, Victoria 17 January Empire Barrie Cargo ship J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport17 January Ocean type tanker Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast For Ministry of War Transport. 17 January Norwegian type tanker Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport.17 January Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ministry of War Transport. 17 January Liberty ship Permanente Metals Corporation Richmond, California For War Shipping Administration. 17 January Liberty ship North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington, North Carolina For War Shipping Administration. 19 January Empire Goblin Near-Warrior type tug Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby For Ministry of War Transport. 29 January Coaster Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich For Ministry of War Transport. 29 January Scandinavian type cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ministry of War Transport. 20 January Cargo ship Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow in Furness For Ministry of War Transport. 20 January Empire Palm Warrior type tugScott & Sons Bowling For Ministry of War Transport. 20 January Ocean ship Permanente Metals Corporation Richmond, California For War Shipping Administration. 20 January Tanker Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. 21 January Liberty ship Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Oregon For War Shipping Administration. 24 January Mort's Dock & Engineering CoSydney 24 January Liberty ship Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Baltimore, Maryland For War Shipping Administration. 24 January Liberty ship Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Baltimore, Maryland For War Shipping Administration. 28 January Liberty ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Los Angeles, California For War Shipping Administration. 29 JanuaryAlexander Stephens & SonsGovan, GlasgowTo the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 as Themistocles 30 January Evans Deakin & CoBrisbane 30 January Cargo ship William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion For Anchor Line Ltd. 31 JanuaryQ-class destroyerJ. Samuel WhiteCowes 31 January Empire Punch Coaster Richards Ironworks Ltd. Lowestoft For Ministry of War Transport. Ocean ship Permanente Metals Corporation Richmond, California For War Shipping Administration. 31 January Liberty ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Los Angeles, California For War Shipping Administration.
February Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 2 February Tanker R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle on Tyne For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. 3 FebruarySwan HunterTyne and WearTransferred to Greece in 1942 as Adrias 3 February Liberty ship North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington, North Carolina For War Shipping Administration. 3 February Collier Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland For London Power Co. Ltd. 4 February Liberty ship Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Oregon For War Shipping Administration. 4 February Liberty ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Los Angeles, California For War Shipping Administration. 5 February Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 6 February Liberty ship Permanente Metals Corporation Richmond, California For War Shipping Administration. 7 February destroyerCockatoo Docks & EngineeringSydney 7 February Liberty ship Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Oregon For War Shipping Administration. 10 February VIC 4 VIC lighter Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne For the War Department. 12 February Liberty ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Los Angeles, California For War Shipping Administration. 12 February light cruiser New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey 13 February Acharne Programme 1924 tug Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Nantes For French Navy 14 February Norwegian type tanker Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees For Ministry of War Transport. 14 February Ocean ship Permanente Metals Corporation Richmond, California For War Shipping Administration. 15 February Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Converted C3 merchant freighter 15 February Liberty ship Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Baltimore, Maryland For War Shipping Administration. 15 February Liberty ship Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Oregon For War Shipping Administration. 16 February battleship Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth, Virginia 16 February Icemaid type collier Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth For Ministry of War Transport.17 February Heavy lift ship William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool For Ministry of War Transport17 February Cargo ship Barclay Curle & Co. Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport 17 February Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport. 17 February Ocean type tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ministry of War Transport.17 February Empire Sprite Near-Warrior type tug Henry Scarr Ltd Hessle For Ministry of War Transport. 18 February Ocean type tanker Harland & Wolff Govan For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as British Vigilance. 18 February Liberty ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Los Angeles, California For War Shipping Administration. 18 February Poole & SteelBalmain, New South Wales 19 February Empire Dweller coastal tanker G. Brown & Co. Ltd. Greenock For Ministry of War Transport 19 February Liberty ship Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Oregon For War Shipping Administration. 19 February Fletcher-class destroyer Bath Iron Works For US Navy19 FebruaryO-class destroyerWilliam Denny & BrothersDumbarton21 FebruaryO-class destroyerJohn I. Thornycroft & CompanyWoolston 21 February VIC 19 VIC lighter Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich For the Admiralty. 21 February Liberty ship North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington, North Carolina For War Shipping Administration. 22 February Liberty ship Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Oregon For War Shipping Administration. 22 February Liberty ship Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Baltimore, Maryland For War Shipping Administration. 23 February Empire Audrey coastal tanker G Brown & Co Ltd Greenock For Ministry of War Transport 23 February Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport 24 February Liberty ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Los Angeles, California For War Shipping Administration. 25 February Liberty ship Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Oregon For War Shipping Administration. 27 February Seattle-Tacoma ShipyardTacoma Converted C3 merchant freighter 28 February Liberty ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Los Angeles, California For War Shipping Administration. 28 FebruaryQ-class destroyerHawthorn LeslieHebburnTo Australia as HMAS Quadrant 1945, later converted to Type 15 frigate, sold for scrapping 1962 28 February Ocean ship Permanente Metals Corporation Richmond, California For War Shipping Administration. 28 February Liberty ship Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Baltimore, Maryland For War Shipping Administration. 28 February Liberty ship Permanente Metals Corporation Richmond, California For War Shipping Administration.
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