List of Ship Launches in 1958

The list of ship launches in 1958 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1958.

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Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
4 January United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Edson Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
1 February West Germany Seeadler Seeadler class (Type 141) torpedo boat
15 April United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Growler Grayback-class submarine
5 May United States Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle, Washington Turner Joy Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
23 May United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Morton Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
26 May United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Skipjack Skipjack-class submarine
30 May United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Somers Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
6 June United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Independence Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
25 June United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Nitro Nitro-class ammunition ship
18 July United States Bethlehem Steel Quincy, Massachusetts Farragut Farragut-class destroyer
19 July United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Barbel Barbel-class submarine
31 July Japan Mursame Murasame-class destroyer
31 July Japan Yudachi Murasame-class destroyer
13 August Denmark Frederikshavns Værft Frederikshavn Hans Hedtoft Ocean liner For Royal Greenland Trading Company
16 August United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Seadragon Skate-class submarine
19 August United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland Kirpan Blackwood-class frigate For Indian Navy
19 August United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Triton Unique nuclear-powered submarine
14 September Netherlands Rotterdam Drydock Company Rotterdam Rotterdam Ocean liner For Holland America Line
30 September Australia Williamstown Naval Dockyard Williamstown, Victoria Yarra River class destroyer escort
14 October United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight Kuthar Blackwood-class frigate For Indian Navy
5 November United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Pyro Nitro-class ammunition ship
22 November United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Bonefish Barbel-class submarine
30 November United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Dewey Farragut-class destroyer
6 December United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Coontz Farragut-class destroyer
6 December United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington King Farragut-class destroyer
7 December Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Leonardo da Vinci Ocean liner For Italian Line
11 December United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Luce Farragut-class destroyer
(unknown) Italy Ansaldo Sestri Ponente Italy Frederico C Ocean liner For Costa Line

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