List of ship launches in 1958
The list of ship launches in 1958 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1958.
|
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 |
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|
Seeadler |
Seeadler-class fast attack craft |
|
| 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 |
|
| 7 June |
United States |
Great Lakes Engineering Works |
River Rouge, Michigan |
Edmund Fitzgerald |
Great Lakes freighter |
|
| 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 |
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| 31 July |
 Japan |
|
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Murasame |
Murasame-class destroyer |
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| 31 July |
Japan |
|
|
Yudachi |
Murasame-class destroyer |
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| 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 |
|
| 23 August |
Germany |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
Gorch Fock |
Gorch-Fock-class Training ship |
For German Navy |
| 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 |
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| 30 November |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Dewey |
Farragut-class destroyer |
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| 6 December |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Coontz |
Farragut-class destroyer |
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| 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 Shipyards |
Italy |
Frederico C |
Ocean liner |
For Costa Line |
See also