List of ship launches in 1969

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The list of ship launches in 1969 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1969. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class and type Notes
1 January  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Milwaukee Wichita-class replenishment oiler For United States Navy
4 January  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Blue Ridge Blue Ridge-class command ship For United States Navy
4 January  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Manitowoc Newport-class tank landing ship For United States Navy
4 January  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News St. Louis Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship For United States Navy
4 January  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale W. S. Sims Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
16 January  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore P.A.S. 1506 Tanker barge For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[1]
20 January  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Oilwell Naval tanker For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[2]
January  United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co. Bembridge Kawkab Kawkab-class patrol craft For United Arab Emirates Navy.[3]
January  United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co. Bembridge Thoaban Kawkab-class patrol craft For United Arab Emirates Navy.[3]
1 February  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Rommel Lütjens-class destroyer For United States Navy
2 February  United States Schleswig-Holstein ferry For Reederei & Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße[4]
18 February  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Oilman Naval tanker For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[5]
3 March  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore P.A.S. 1507 Tank barge For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[6]
5 March  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Vortigern Combined train and RO-RO ferry For British Railways Board
6 March  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Hoveringham IV Dredger For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd..[7]
8 March  United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Frederick Newport-class tank landing ship  United States
18 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Aino Bulk carrier For C. H. Sorensen.[8]
March  France Dubegion-Normandie Nantes Maria Van Riebeeck Daphné-class submarine For South African Navy
2 April  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Husky Dog-class tug For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[9]
3 April  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Helen Miller Cargo ship For St. Vincent Shipping Co.[10]
3 April  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Sand Swan Dredger For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd.[11]
12 April  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Hawkbill Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
15 April  United Kingdom Yarrows Scotstoun Diomede Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
15 April  Soviet Union Severnaya Verf Leningrad Admiral Nakhimov Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship For Soviet Navy
21 April  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Garian Patrol boat For Libyan Navy.[12]
29 April  Finland Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki Annie Johnson Container ship Rederi AB Nordstjernan
2 May  United States Lockheed Seattle, Washington Rathburne Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
3 May  United States Todd Shipyards San Pedro, California Harold E. Holt Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
3 May  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale Patterson Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
15 May  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Saluki Dog-class tug For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[13]
16 May  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Brackengarth Firefighting tug For Rea Towing Co. Ltd.[14]
17 May  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News El Paso Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship For United States Navy
17 May  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Flying Fish Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
24 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Inchon Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship For United States Navy
24 May  United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Schenectady Newport-class tank landing ship For United States Navy
29 May  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Khawlan Patrol boat For Libyan Navy.[15]
1 June  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Kansas City Wichita-class replenishment oiler For United States Navy
3 June  United States Störtebeker Ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[16]
14 June  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale Vreeland Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
21 June  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Detroit Sacramento-class fast combat support ship For United States Navy
27 June  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Hoveringham V Dredger For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd..[17]
30 June  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Bristol Type 82 destroyer For Royal Navy
1 July  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Mormacsun Roll-on/roll-off vessel Moore-McCormack Lines
12 July  United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Cayuga Newport-class tank landing ship For United States Navy
31 July  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Setter Dog-class tug For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[18]
July  France Toulon Shushuk Daphné-class submarine For Pakistani Navy
July  United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co. Bembridge Bani Yas Kawkab-class patrol craft For United Arab Emirates Navy.[3]
16 August  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Pintado Sturgeon-class submarine
18 August  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Conqueror Churchill-class submarine For Royal Navy
23 August  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale Blakely Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
3 September  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Sabratha Patrol boat For Libyan Navy.[19]
6 September  United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Tuscaloosa Newport-class tank landing ship For United States Navy
15 September  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Sheepdog Dog-class tug For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[20]
25 September  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Hollygarth Firefighting tug For Rea Towing Co. Ltd.[21]
27 September  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Trepang Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
27 September  Japan Sumitomo Heavy Industries Yokohama Acadia Forest Lighter aboard ship First LASH-ship in the world
14 October  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Brunswick Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship For United States Navy.[22]
23 October  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Marvin Shields Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
24 October  France Emily Hobhouse Daphné-class submarine For South African Navy
25 October  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Merawa Patrol boat For Libyan Navy.[23]
1 November  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale Trippe Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
11 November  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News Sand Lance Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
15 November  Japan Murakumo Minegumo-class destroyer For Japan Self-Defence Forces
20 November  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore P.A.S. 1604 Tank barge For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[24]
2 December  Finland Song of Norway Song of Norway-class cruise ship Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
12 December  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Downes Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
12 December  France DCAN Terrible Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
13 December  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Sumter Newport-class tank landing ship For United States Navy
13 December  United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California San Jose Mars-class combat stores ship For United States Navy
14 December  Finland Uudenkaupungin Telakka Uusikaupunki Lindblad Explorer Cruise ship For K/S A/S Explorer & Co, Oslo, Norway
18 December  Denmark Orlogsværftet Copenhagen Nordkaperen Type 205 submarine For Royal Danish Navy
19 December  West Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Apollo Ferry For Rederi AB Slite / Viking Line
20 December  United States Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts Portland Anchorage-class dock landing ship For United States Navy
Unknown date  United Kingdom Crescent Shipping Frindsbury Libation Coaster. For Crescent Shipping Ltd.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd. Greenwich Lobe Motor barge For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd.[26]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Lundy Puffin Fishing trawler For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.[27]
Unknown date  Japan Taguma Shipbuilding Onomichi Naruto Maru ro-ro ferry

References

  1. ↑ "P.A.S. 1506". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Oilwell". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Moore 1976, p. not cited.
  4. ↑ "M/S Schleswig-Holstein" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ↑ "Oilman". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "P.A.S. 1507". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Hoveringham IV". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Aino". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Husky". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  10. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 30.
  11. ↑ "Sand Swan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Garian". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "Saluki". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "Brackengarth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "Khawlan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "M/S Störtebeker" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  17. ↑ "Hoveringham V". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  18. ↑ "Setter". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  19. ↑ "Sabratha". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  20. ↑ "Sheepdog". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  21. ↑ "Hollygarth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  22. ↑ "Brunswick". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  23. ↑ "Merawa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  24. ↑ "P.A.S. 1604". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  25. ↑ Simper 1998, p. 10.
  26. ↑ "Lobe". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  27. ↑ "Lundy Puffin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
  • Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
  • Simper, Robert (1998). River Medway and the Swale. Lavenham: Creekside Publishing. ISBN 978-0951992777.
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