The list of ship launches in 1960 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1960. __NOTOC__ Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 15 January Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 18 January Arctic Cavalier Trawler Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley For Boyd Line. 30 January Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 4 February B.P. Al-Rhoda Tank barge J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For BP (Aden) Ltd. 13 February 15 February Cargo ship Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport For Oficina de Fomento Maritimo Cubano. 27 February New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 29 February Arctic Corsair Trawler Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley, East Yorkshire for Boyd Line 1 March Bulk carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigval Bergsen. 6 March destroyer Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British India Steam Navigation Company. 16 March Royalist Trawler Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley, East Yorkshire for Hewett Fishing Company 16 March destroyer Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 16 March Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 16 March Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast For P&O 20 March J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight 26 March Hamburg Hamburg-class destroyer H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg For German Navy 29 March Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 31 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 5 April Prinsesse Anne-Marie ferry Aalborg Værft A/S Ålborg For Danske Statsbaner. 13 April Refrigerated cargo liner Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Lines. 25 April 27 April Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan 27 April Unique nuclear-powered submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 28 April Eisvogel Eisvogel-class Icebreaker Hitzler Werft Lauenburg For German Navy April Towboat Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company. 5 May Elbe Schlieker-shipyard Hamburg For German Navy 10 May Ocean liner Vickers-Armstrongs For Canadian Pacific Steamships 11 May Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington 11 May Ocean liner Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 14 May Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 14 May Doris Daphné-class submarine Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg For French Navy 21 May New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 21 May Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 25 May Ore carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hindustan Shipping Co. 9 June Eisbär Eisvogel-class icebreaker Hitzler Werft Lauenburg For German Navy 10 June Cammell Laird Birkenhead 14 June New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 23 June Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shaw Savill Line. 6 July Coaster Brazen Island Shipyard Ltd. Polruan For Lockett Wilson Line Ltd. 7 July Tanker Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Stephenson Clarke Ltd. 9 July Thresher-class submarine Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 11 July John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton 20 July Bulk carrier Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For St. DenisShipping Co. Ltd. 23 July Second launching 4 August Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan 19 August Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 20 August Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg-class destroyer H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg For German Navy 24 August Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Stevinson, Hardy & Co. 6 September Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British India Steam Navigation Company. 6 September Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth 9 September Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 16 September Amrum Ferry Büsumer Schiffswerft W. & E. Sielaff Büsum For Amrumer Schiffahrts AG. 17 September Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington 17 September Alexandra Watson Lifeboat William Osborne Littlehampton For Royal National Lifeboat Institution. 19 September Devonport Dockyard Devonport 20 September Tanker Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Stephenson Clarke Ltd. 22 September Loch Eriboll Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Loch Fishing Co. 24 September Unique nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 28 September Amrum Passenger ship Büsumer Schiffswerft W. & E. Sielaff Büsum For Amrumer Schiffahrts-AG.IMO 5015311 4 October Diane Daphné-class submarine Dubigeon Nantes For French Navy 6 October Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 8 October Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California 8 October New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York 21 October Unique nuclear-powered submarine Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness 31 October Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 15 November Triton Ferry Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. 22 November Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 23 November Bulk carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigval Bergsen. 14 December Clyde Launch Harland & Wolff Belfast For Clyde Navigation Trust. 20 December Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Norsk Braendselojle A/S. 21 December Flore Daphné-class submarine Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg For French Navy 10 December New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey 12 December Theron Gebroeders Pot N. V. Bolnes 19 December Tanker J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. 20 December Tanker Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Bulk Oil Steamship Co. Ltd. Unknown date Corona Tender Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For private owner. Unknown date O.L.980 Tank barge J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Compagnia Shell de Venezuela.
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