The list of ship launches in 1937 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1937. Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 8 January Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York For United States Coast Guard. 12 January Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California For United States Navy 14 January Charleston Navy Yard Charleston, South Carolina For United States Coast Guard. 14 January Lightship tenderCommissioners of Irish Lights. Harland & Wolff Belfast For 27 January Coaster Harland & Wolff Belfast For North Coast Steam Navigation Company. 28 January Tanker Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. 28 January John Brown & Company Clydebank For Royal Navy. January Linda Lou Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Citizen's Oil Co. Inc. 7 February Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Kriegsmarine. 11 February Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun For Royal Navy. 11 February Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 20 February For the Luftwaffe. 25 February Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ulster Steamship Co. February CNSC Mojarra Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A. 1 March J. Samuel White Cowes For Royal Navy. 6 March Tanker Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam For Nederlandsche Pacific Petroleum Maatschappij 11 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Donaldson Line. 12 March Erich Giese Germaniawerft Kiel For Kriegsmarine. 13 March Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey For United States Navy. 16 March Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Steamship Co. 18 March Erich Koellner Germaniawerft Kiel For Kriegsmarine 21 March Friedrich Eckoldt Blohm & Voss Hamburg For Kriegsmarine. 23 March Howaldtswerke Kiel For civilian service. 24 March cruiser Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy. 25 March Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. March CNSC Cornuda Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A.. March CNSC Delfin Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A.. March CNSC 280 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A.. March CNSC 281 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A.. March CNSC 282 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A.. March CNSC 283 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A.. March CNSC 284 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A.. March CNSC 285 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For CN San Cristobal S.A.. 10 April Nieuw Amsterdam Ocean liner N.V. Rotterdam Drydock Company Rotterdam For Holland America Line. 12 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lamport & Holt. 12 April cruiser R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Hebburn For Royal Navy. 15 April Fishing trawler Schulte & Bruns Emden For Emder Heringfischerei AG. 22 April Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 24 April Porjus Fishing trawler Flenderwerft Lübeck For For Afrikanische Frucht-Compagnie A.G. 5 May Fishing trawler Schulte & Bruns Emden For Leerer Heringfischerei AG. 5 May Passenger ship Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Hamburg Süd. 6 May Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton, Washington For United States Navy. 8 May New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy. 8 June Deutsche Werke Kiel For Kriegsmarine. 8 June destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Walker For Royal Navy. 8 June destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Walker For Royal Navy. 8 June Fishing trawler Schulte & Bruns Emden For Dollart Heringfischerei AG. 16 June Fishing trawler Deutsche Werke Hamburg For N. Ebsling. 22 June Tanker Vickers-Armstrongs Govan For British Tanker Company. 23 June Passenger ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For Mathies Reederei KG. 24 June Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For British & Irish Steam Packet Co. 7 July destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy. 14 July J. Samuel White Cowes For Royal Navy. 25 July Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste For Regia Marina. 5 August Collier Harland & Wolff Belfast For John Kelly Ltd. 14 August Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia For United States Navy. 18 August Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten For Royal Norwegian Navy. 19 August Diether von Roeder DeSchiMAG Bremen For Kriegsmarine. 22 August Gio. Ansaldo & C. Sestri Ponente For Regia Marina. 24 August destroyer Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend For Royal Navy. 26 August New York Naval Yard Brooklyn, New York For United States Navy. 2 September Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 2 September destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy. 3 September destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Walker For Royal Navy. 3 September destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Walker For Royal Navy. 23 September Capetown Castle Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 23 September destroyer Alexander Stephen and Sons Govan For Royal Navy. 25 September Fishing trawler Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser Wesermünde For For Hussmann & Hahn. September Fishing trawler Deschimag Wesermünde For Ernst Glässel. 2 October New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy. 5 October U-class submarine Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 6 October destroyer Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock For Royal Navy. 9 October Tanker Bethlehem Steel Company Sparrows Point, Maryland For Gulf Oil Corporation. 15 October destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire For Royal Navy. 19 October cruiser Devonport Dockyard Devonport For Royal Navy. 20 October Fishing trawler H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg For Hinrich Foch Hochseefischerei AG. 21 October Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 21 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lamport & Holt. 21 October destroyer Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend For Royal Navy. 27 October Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 30 October Albert Leo Schlageter Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Kriegsmarine. October Fishing trawler Deschimag Wesermünde For C. C. H. Bösch. 3 November Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For British & Irish Steam Packet Co. 4 November Tanker Harland & Wolff Govan For British Tanker Company. 5 November destroyer William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For Royal Navy. 16 November Cruiser Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For United States Navy. November C-M.L. 50 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Agwilines Inc. 1 December Hans Lüdemann DeSchiMAG Bremen For Kriegsmarine. 2 December Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock For Royal Navy. 15 December Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 16 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For West Australian Government. 17 December destroyer Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Royal Navy. 18 December destroyer Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Royal Navy. 21 December destroyer William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For Royal Navy. 21 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lamport & Holt. 21 December destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston For Royal Navy. 22 December Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon, Ayrshire For Royal Navy. 22 December Hermann Künne DeSchiMAG Bremen For Kriegsmarine. 28 December Fishing trawler H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg For Cranzer Fischdamper AG. December Franz Westermann Fishing trawler DeSchiMAG Bremerhaven For Reederei Siebert & Co. Unknown date A.G.T No. 32 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For A. G. Thomas. Unknown date A.G.T No. 34 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For F. L. Stanford. Unknown date A.G.T No. 36 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For A. G. Thomas. Unknown date A.G.T No. 38 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For A. G. Thomas. Unknown date Algol Coastal tanker Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg For Trelleborgs Angfabrik Nya A/B. Unknown date Coastal Petroleum Corp. No. 1 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Coastal Petroleum Corp. Unknown date tug Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby For United Towing Co. Ltd. Unknown date Cargo ship Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. Flensburg For Ernst Russ. Unknown date Gabelsflach Coastal tanker F Schichau GmbH Elbing For Kriegsmarine. Unknown date Cargo ship Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde For United African Company. Unknown date Cargo ship Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Burntisland For Unterweser Reederei. Unknown date Refrigerated cargo liner Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd. Unknown date Dredger Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Nello L. Teer Co. Unknown date Cargo ship Lübecker Flender-Werke AG Lübeck For Fisser & van Doornum. Unknown date Tanker Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. Flensburg For Kohlen Import und Poseidon Schiffs. Unknown date Cargo ship Neptun AG Rostock For Robert Miles Sloman Jr. Unknown date Cargo ship Stettiner Oderwerke AG Stettin For R. C. Gribel. Unknown date Cargo ship Henry Robb Ltd. Leith For William Robertson. Unknown date Cargo ship Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde For United Africa Company. Unknown date Titlark II Motor vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Unknown date Whaler Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau. Bremen For Unitas Deutsche Walfang GmbH. Unknown date Unitas 4 Whaler Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. Unknown date Unitas 5 Whaler Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. Unknown date Unitas 8 Whaler Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau Bremen For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. Unknown date Unnamed Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Orange State Oil Co. Unknown date 22 unnamed vessels Tank barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For private owners.
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