The list of ship launches in 1958 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1958. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 4 January Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 7 January Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Transatlantic Carriers Ltd. 8 January Cargo ship Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport For Baco Cubano del Comercio Exterior. 20 January Ore carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Vallum Shipping Co. January J.H.C. 800 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For J. H. Coppedge Co. January J.H.C. 801 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For J. H. Coppedge Co. January J.H.C. 803 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For J. H. Coppedge Co. 1 February 22 February Schleswig-Holstein Ferry Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH 22 February Pelamida Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. February J.H.C. 802 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For J. H. Coppedge Co. 7 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigval Bergsen. 20 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Texaco Oil Co. 9 April Adler Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 9 April Seskar Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 15 April Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 5 May Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle, Washington 15 May Phosphate carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Phosphate Carriers. 19 May Coaster Harland & Wolff Belfast For Associated Humber Lines. 23 May Tug J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Shell B.P. Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria. 23 May Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 26 May Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 30 May Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine May El Dorado Submersible Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Ocean Drilling & Exploration. 6 June New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York 7 June Edmund Fitzgerald Great Lakes freighter Great Lakes Engineering Works River Rouge, Michigan 18 June Harland & Wolff Belfast For Indian Navy. 19 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 23 June Rheinstahl Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw Nordseewerke Emden For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga 25 June Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland 26 JuneBleichenCargo shipNobiskrug ShipyardRendsburgMuseum ship in Hamburg since 2007 2 July Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ulster Steamship Co. 3 July Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 14 July Dredger Brazen Island Shipyard Ltd. Polruan For Fowey Harbour Commissioners. 16 July Mooring vessel Hindustan Shipyard Limited Visakhapatnam For Indian Navy 18 July destroyer Bethlehem Steel Quincy, Massachusetts 19 July Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 29 July Arenberg Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw Nordseewerke Emden For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga 31 July destroyer 31 July destroyer 1 August Cevic Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Cevic Steam Fishing Ltd. 13 August Ocean liner Frederikshavns Værft Frederikshavn For Royal Greenland Trading Company 15 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For King Line. 16 August Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 19 August Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland For Indian Navy 19 August Unique nuclear-powered submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 23 August Gorch Fock Gorch-Fock-class Training ship Blohm + Voss Hamburg For German Navy 28 August Tanker Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For William Cory & Son Ltd. August Chem IV Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Commercial Transport Corp. August 139 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For H. J. Branigan & Co. August 140 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For H. J. Branigan & Co. August Unnamed Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For City of Mobile. 14 September Ocean liner Rotterdam Drydock Company Rotterdam For Holland America Line 23 September Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British India Steam Navigation Company. 30 September Williamstown Naval Dockyard Williamstown, Victoria 11 October Presidente Juscelino Fronape-class oil tanker Verolme United Dockyards Rotterdam 14 October J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight For Indian Navy 16 October Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 16 October Cargo liner Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Associated Humber Lines Ltd. 28 October Torrey Canyon Tanker Newport News Shipbuilding Norfolk, Virginia For Barracuda Tanker Corporation 2 November Y.C.482 Lighter J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Admiralty. 5 November Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland 8 November Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 8 November Otto Springorum Bulk carrier Nordseewerke Emden For Partenreederei „Otto Springorum“ / Seereederei Frigga 12 November Cargo ship Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport For Banco Cubano del Comercio Exterior. 20 November Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For National Steamship Co. Ltd. 22 November New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 27 November Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 28 November Dredger J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd. 30 November destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 2 December Coaster Harland & Wolff Belfast For Associated Humber Lines. 6 December destroyer Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington 6 December destroyer Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington 7 December Ocean liner Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa For Italian Line 10 December Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 11 December destroyer Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 12 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Manchester Liners Ltd. 30 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. Unknown date CBC 131 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Canal Barge Co. Inc. (1962). Unknown date Survey ship Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Humber Conservancy Board. Unknown date M. W. Blackmore & Sons Ltd. Bideford For Royal Navy. Unknown date Tug J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Sociètè Shell du Cambodge.
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