Global InformationList of ship launches in 1968 information
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The list of ship launches in 1968 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1968. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 January |  United States
|
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Santa Barbara | Kilauea-class ammunition ship | United States Navy. |
| 25 January |  West Germany
|
Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Munster | Ferry | For British & Irish Steam Packet Co. Ltd.[1] |
| 27 January | West Germany
|
Blohm+Voss | Hamburg | Polar Uruguay | Polar-Ecuador-class reefer ship | For Hamburg Süd.[2] |
| 27 January | West Germany
|
Husumer Schiffswerft | Husum | Amrum | Ferry | For Amrumer Schiffahrts AG.[3] |
| 3 February |  Australia
|
Adroit | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 3 February | United States
|
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | New Orleans | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship | For United States Navy. |
| 3 February | United States
|
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Newport | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
| 9 February | West Germany
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | U 11 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
| 10 February |  Soviet Union
|
Severnaya Verf | Leningrad | Kronstadt | Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy |
| 17 February | Australia
|
Arrow | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 17 February | United States
|
Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Bergall | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
| 17 February | United States
|
Todd Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Lang | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 24 February | West Germany
|
Blohm+Voss | Hamburg | Polar Paraguay | Polar-Ecuador-class reefer ship | For Hamburg Süd.[2] |
| 26 February | West Germany
|
Schichau-Werft | Bremerhaven | Norderney | tugboat | For German Navy |
| 28 February |  United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff | Govan | Charybdis | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
| 29 February | United Kingdom
|
Bacchante | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy | ||
| February |  France
|
Cachalote | Daphné-class submarine | For Portuguese Navy | ||
| February | United Kingdom
|
Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Dhafeer | Dhafeer-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[4] |
| 1 March | United States
|
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Seattle | Sacramento-class fast combat support ship | For United States Navy. |
| 9 March | West Germany
|
Lübecker Flenderwerke | Rendsburg | Insel Föhr | Ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH.[5] |
| 10 March | United Kingdom
|
John Lewis & Sons | Aberdeen | Malcolm Miller | Sail Training Ship | For Sail Training Association |
| 15 March | United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Revenge | Resolution-class submarine | For Royal Navy |
| 16 March | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Wichita | Wichita-class replenishment oiler | For United States Navy. |
| 20 March | Soviet Union
|
Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 | Nizhny Novgorod | K-87 | Project 670 Skat submarine | For Soviet Navy |
| 29 March | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Durham | Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship | For United States Navy. |
| 30 March | United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Puffer | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
| 7 April |  Italy
|
Castellammare di Stabia | Canguro Bruno | Ferry | For Navigazion Traghetti Sardi.[6] | |
| 10 April | Australia
|
Barbette | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 12 April | United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Whipple | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 13 April | United States
|
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | San Diego | Mars-class combat stores ship | For United States Navy. |
| 13 April | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Mölders | Lütjens-class destroyer | For German Navy |
| 27 April | Australia
|
Ardent | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 5 May | United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Anchorage | Anchorage-class dock landing ship | For United States Navy. |
| 11 May | United States
|
Todd Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Francis Hammond | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 11 May | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Export Lightning | Container ship | For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines |
| 14 May | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Thara | Bulk carrier | For Norwegian Bulk Carriers.[7] |
| 15 May | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Spadefish | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
| May | United Kingdom
|
Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Ghadunfar | Dhafeer-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[4] |
| May | United Kingdom
|
Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Hazza | Dhafeer-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[4] |
| 2 June | Soviet Union
|
Smely | Project 61 destroyer | For Soviet Navy | ||
| 8 June | United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Dolphin | Unique research submarine | For United States Navy. |
| 15 June | United States
|
Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Seahorse | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
| 28 June | France
|
St. W | Brest | Hangor | Daphné-class submarine | For Pakistani Navy} |
| 29 June | Australia
|
Barricade | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 11 July | Soviet Union
|
Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 | Nizhny Novgorod | K-120 | Project 651 submarine | For Soviet Navy |
| 17 July | United States
|
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Mount Hood | Kilauea-class ammunition ship | For United States Navy. |
| 20 July | United States
|
Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Connole | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 25 July |  Japan
|
Natsugumo | Minegumo-class destroyer | For Japanese Navy | ||
| 27 July | United Kingdom
|
John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Zinnia | Bulk carrier | For Stag Line.[8] |
| 27 July | United States
|
Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Guitarro | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
| 31 July | Soviet Union
|
Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 | Nizhny Novgorod | K-25 | Project 670 Skat submarine | For Soviet Navy |
| 3 August | United States
|
Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company | Seattle, Washington | Trenton | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy. |
| 8 August | United Kingdom
|
HMNB Plymouth | Plymouth | Scylla | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
| 9 August | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Skaufast | Bulk carrier | For Norwegian Bulk Carriers.[9] |
| 10 August | Australia
|
Madang | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 30 August |  Canada
|
Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Protecteur | Protecteur-class replenishment oiler | For Royal Canadian Navy |
| 3 September | United States
|
Avondale Shipyard | Westwego, Louisiana | Sherman | Hamilton-class cutter | For United States Coast Guard |
| 5 September | United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Lockwood | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 10 September | West Germany
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | U 12 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
| 10 September |  Denmark
|
Orlogsværftet | Copenhagen | Narhvalen | Type 205 submarine | For Royal Danish Navy |
| 14 September | Australia
|
Buccaneer | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 28 September | United States
|
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Fresno | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
| 28 September | Australia
|
Vickers Cockatoo Docks | Sydney | Torrens | River-class destroyer escort | For Royal Australian Navy. |
| 29 September | Soviet Union
|
Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 | Nizhny Novgorod | K-318 | Project 651 submarine | For Soviet Navy |
| September | France
|
Delfim | Albacora-class submarine | For Portuguese Navy | ||
| 2 October | Australia
|
Bandolier | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 7 October | Soviet Union
|
Sudomekh Shipyard | Leningrad | B-413 | Project 641 submarine | For Soviet Navy |
| 19 October | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Mobile | Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship | For United States Navy. |
| 24 October | Japan
|
Arashio | Asashio-class submarine | For Japanese Navy | ||
| October | United Kingdom
|
Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Durgham | Dhafeer-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[4] |
| October | United Kingdom
|
Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Timsah | Dhafeer-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[4] |
| 2 November | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Stag Hound | Container ship | For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines |
| 6 November | Australia
|
Bayonet | Attack-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 16 November | United States
|
Avondale Shipyard | Westwego, Louisiana | Rush | Hamilton-class cutter | For United States Coast Guard. |
| 21 November | United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Achilles | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
| 22 November | Soviet Union
|
Admiral Isakov | Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy | ||
| 23 November | United States
|
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Peoria | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
| 30 November | France
|
Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Transcontainer I | Combined RO-RO ferry and container ship | For SNCF |
| 1 December | United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Roll-on/roll-off vessel | For Moore-McCormack Lines | |
| 3 December | United Kingdom
|
Onslow | Oberon-class submarine | For Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| 7 December | United States
|
Todd Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Badger | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 7 December | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Finback | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 7 December | West Germany
|
Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Innisfallen | Ferry | For British & Irish Steam Packet Co, Ltd.[10] |
| 17 December |
|
Stader Schiffswerft | Stade | Niedersachsen | Ferry | For Reederei und Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße.[11] |
| 20 December | United Kingdom
|
Churchill | Churchill-class submarine | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 26 December | Soviet Union
|
K-162 | Project 661 Anchar submarine | For Soviet Navy | ||
| Unknown date | United Kingdom
|
American Marine & Machinery Company. | Paisley | Hopper Barge No. 4' | Dredger | For Calcutta Port Trust.[12] |
| Unknown date | Japan
|
Kojima Maru | Cargo ship |
- ^ "M/S Munster" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Liste der Neubauten Werft Blohm + Voss" (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "M/S Amrum" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Moore 1976, p. not cited.
- ^ "M/S Insel Föhr" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "M/S Canguro Bruno" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Thara". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 102-03.
- ^ "Skaufast". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Innisfallen" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "M/S Niedersachsen" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 355.