May
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Coral Sea | Casablanca class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 6 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, WA | Keneenaw | Bogue class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Patroller |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Empire Jester | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Sara | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Richards Ironworks Ltd | Lowestoft | Empire Sportsman | coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Amethyst | Modified Black Swan class sloop | |||
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Sybil | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 11 May | Sweden | Öresunds Varve A/B | Landskrona | Eberhart Essberger | Cargo ship | For J T Essberger, Hamburg |
| 12 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Corregidor | Casablanca class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 18 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, WA | Prince | Bogue class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Chieftain | Cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 20 May | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | USS Valve (ARS-28) | Diver class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 22 May | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Langley | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Wrestler | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 23 May | United Kingdom | A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Maisie | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Mission Bay | Casablanca class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Townsman | Coaster | For the Ministry of War Transport |
| 27 May | Australia | Poole & Steel Limited | Balmain, New South Wales | Cowra | Bathurst class corvette |
Read more about this topic: List Of Ship Launches In 1943
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