The list of ship launches in 1928 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1928.
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| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January | Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Alster | Cargo liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 11 January | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | El Argentino | Cargo ship | For the Houlder Line |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Duchess of Bedford | Ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Hawthorn, Leslie | Hebburn | Sussex | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 23 February | Australia | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company | Sydney, New South Wales | Albatross | Seaplane tender | |
| 20 March | Japan | Yokohama Shipyards | Shirayuki | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy | |
| 24 March | Japan | Mitsubishi Shipyard | Nagasaki | Haguro | Myōkō-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 14 April | Italy | Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard | La Spezia | Enrico Toti | Balilla-class submarine | For Regia Marina |
| 20 April | France | Brest Naval Yard | Brest | Colbert | Suffren-class cruiser | For Marine Nationale |
| 22 April | Japan | Kawasaki shipyard | Kobe | Ashigara | Myōkō-class cruiser | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Worthing | Passenger ferry | For Southern Railway | ||
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Odin | Odin-class submarine | |
| 6 May | Germany | Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards | Bremen | St. Louis | Ocean liner | For Hamburg-America Line |
| 7 May | Canada | Burrard Dry Dock | North Vancouver, British Columbia | St. Roch | Schooner | For Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| 23 May | Germany | Köln | K-class cruiser | For Reichsmarine | ||
| 18 June | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Duchess of Richmond | Ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd |
| 26 June | Japan | Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Miyuki | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | William Beardmore & Company | Dalmuir | Shropshire | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 8 July | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd | Govan | Norfolk | County-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 10 July | France | Chantiers Naval Français | Wicher | Wicher-class destroyer | For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij | |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | York | York-class cruiser | For Royal Navy |
| 18 July | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Port Fairy | cargo ship | For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Barrow in Furness | Medway | Submarine depot ship | For Royal Navy |
| 21 July | United Kingdom | John I. Thorneycroft & Company | Woolston | Hyatt | Serrano-class destroyer | For Armada de Chile |
| 1 August | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Europa | Ocean liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 2 August | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen | Bremen | Ocean liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Glasgow | Viceroy of India | Ocean liner | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
| 27 September | Japan | Fujinagata Shipyards | Osaka | Murakumo | Fubuki-class destroyer | |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Duchess of York | Ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd |
| 29 September | Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | Hatsuyuki | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 24 November | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Holy Cross | Trawler | For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc. |
| 28 November | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | Aldea | Serrano-class destroyer | For Armada de Chile |
| 29 November | Japan | Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Uranami | Fubuki-class destroyer | For Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | William Beardmore and Company | Glasgow | Olympus | Odin-class submarine | For Royal Navy |
| 15 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Georgetown | Trawler | For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc. |
| 17 December | United States | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Narwhal | Narwhal-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Barnett | McCawley-class attack transport | For the United States Navy |
| Unknown date | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Boston College | Trawler | |
| Unknown date | Germany | Germainia Werft | Kiel | Coronet | Steam yacht | For Irving T. Bush |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Smith's Dock Co | Middlesbrough | Eaglescliffe Hall | cargo ship | For Hall Corporation |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Egglestone | Cargo ship | |
| Unknown date | United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Co | Bay City, Michigan | Elfrecia | Steam yacht | |
| Unknown date | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Gemma | Cargo ship | For Holm & Mohzen |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J L Thompson & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Goodleigh | Cargo ship | For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd |
| Unknown date | United States | Spear Engine Works | Norfolk, Virginia | Hydrographer | Survey ship | For U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | British Power Boat Company | Southampton | Miss England I | Power boat | For Hubert Scott-Paine |
| Unknown date | Germany | Germania Werft | Kiel | Queen Anne | Motor yacht | For Alexander Dallas Thayer |
| Unknown date | United States | Pusey & Jones | Wilmington, Delaware | Savarona | Steam yacht | For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader |
| Unknown date | United States | F F Pendleton | Wiscasset, Maine | Spindrift | ||
| Unknown date | United States | Bethlehem Shipbuilding | Quincy, Massachusetts | Trimont |
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