The list of ship launches in 1962 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1962.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
9 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Cygnet Tanker For British Tanker Company.[1]
15 January  United States San Francisco Naval Shipyard San Francisco, California Halsey Leahy-class cruiser
16 January Canada Canada Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. North Vancouver City of Vancouver V-class ferry For BC Ferries[2]
25 January  West Germany HDW Kiel U 2 Type 201 submarine For German Navy
27 January  West Germany Rheinwerft Walsum Walsum Hiev Crane vessel For German Navy
2 February  West Germany Hanseatiche Werft Hamburg Hansa Express Ferry Originally ordered by Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen as Viking II.
Contract sold to Finnlines due to bankruptcy of the shipyard.[3]
3 February  West Germany Braunschweig Köln-class (Type 140) frigate For German Navy
4 February  West Germany Adler Werft GmbH Bremen Julle For Juelsminde-Kalundborg Linien[4]
6 February  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Richard E. Byrd Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
6 February  West Germany Kröger Werft Schacht-Audort Pidder Lyng ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH.[5]
22 February  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Barb Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
24 February  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Thomas Jefferson Ethan Allen-class submarine For United States Navy
6 March  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California England Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
17 March  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York Raleigh Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
17 March  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Pollack Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
31 March  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Bronstein Bronstein-class frigate For United States Navy
5 April  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness, England Mohawk Tribal-class frigate For Royal Navy
5 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Regent Liverpool Tanker For Texaco Oil Co.[6]
2 May Canada Canada Davie Shipbuilding Lauzon, Quebec Qu'Appelle Mackenzie-class destroyer For Canadian Navy
4 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Port Nicholson Refrigerated cargo ship For Port Line.
5 May  West Germany Rheinwerft Walsum Walsum Griep Crane vessel For German Navy
7 May  West Germany HDW Kiel U 3 Type 201 submarine For German Navy
8 May  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Lafayette Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
12 May  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Reeves Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
17 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Aigburth Dredger For British Transport Commission.[7]
18 May  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Conyngham Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
31 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ringwood Cargo ship For Ringals Rederi A/S.[8]
2 June  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Worden Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
9 June  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana McCloy Bronstein-class frigate For United States Navy
19 June  France Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg Eurydice Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
28 June  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Dale Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
3 July  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland Zulu Tribal-class frigate For Royal Navy
18 July  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Cochrane Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
18 July  Soviet Union A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad Admiral Golovko Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser For Soviet Navy
30 July  West Germany Adler Werft GmbH Bremen Kalle For Juelsminde-Kalundborg Linien[9]
4 August  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia James Monroe Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
14 August  West Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Bayern Hamburg-class destroyer For German Navy
16 August  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Ajax Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
17 August  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England Penelope Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
18 August  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Alexander Hamilton Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
18 August  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Dace Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
18 August  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Haddo Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
25 August  West Germany HDW Kiel U 4 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
15 September  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Andrew Jackson Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
15 September  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York Vancouver Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
16 September  Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Michelangelo Ocean liner For Italian Line
18 September  Japan Natsushio Natsushio-class submarine For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
26 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Belisland Cargo ship For Belships Co.[10]
28 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Lancer Tanker For British Tanker Company.[11]
17 October  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock HMS Otus Oberon-class submarine For Royal Navy
20 November  West Germany HDW Kiel U 5 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
28 November  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Aurora Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
28 November Canada Canada Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd Victoria Queen of Saanich V-class ferry For BC Ferries[12]
30 November  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Henry Clay Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
14 December  Japan Fuyushio Natsushio-class submarine For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Unknown date  United Kingdom Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. Ardrossan Buffalo coaster For Coast Lines.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "British Merlin". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "M/S City of Vancvouver". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Fakta om Fartyg: M/S Hansa Express (1962)" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  4. ↑ "M/S Julle". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  5. ↑ "M/S Pidder Lyng". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  6. ↑ "Regent Liverpool". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Aigburth". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ringwood". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "M/S Kalle". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  10. ↑ "Belsisland". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "British Lancer". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "M/S Queen of Saanich". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  13. ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 227.
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.
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