List of ship launches in 1966
The list of ship launches in 1966 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1966.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
6 January |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Talbot |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
21 January |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Sklinna |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
4 February |
Norway |
Karljohansvern |
Horten |
Stavanger |
Oslo-class frigate |
|
5 February |
United Kingdom |
Richard Dunston Ltd |
Hessle |
Sir Winston Churchill |
Sail training ship |
For Sail Training Association |
8 February |
United Kingdom |
Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Hebburn, England |
Argonaut |
Leander-class frigate |
|
12 February |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Juneau |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
25 February |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Queenfish |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
25 February |
Germany |
Lübeck |
Orenstein & Koppel |
Westerwald |
Westerwald-class |
For German Navy |
26 February |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Sturgeon |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
1 March |
Netherlands |
Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek P. Smit Jr. |
Rotterdam |
Texelstroom |
|
For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming[1] |
3 March |
Sweden |
Lindholmens Varv |
Gothenburg |
Svea |
ferry |
for Rederi AB Svea |
24 March |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Skolpen |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
26 March |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Niagara Falls |
Mars-class combat stores ship |
|
1 April |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Lyness |
combat stores ship |
|
4 April |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Richard L. Page |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
15 April |
Germany |
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG |
Flensburg |
Freiburg |
Replenishment oiler |
For German Navy |
3 May |
Germany |
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG |
Flensburg |
Glücksburg |
Replenishment oiler |
For German Navy |
5 May |
United States |
Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
Bay City, Michigan |
Brisbane |
Perth-class destroyer |
For Royal Australian Navy |
5 May |
Germany |
Orenstein & Koppel |
Lübeck |
Odenwald |
Westerwald-class transport ship |
|
7 May |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Cleveland |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
14 May |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Samuel Gompers |
Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender |
|
21 May |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Haddock |
Permit-class submarine |
|
25 May |
Italy |
Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti S.P.A. |
Genoa |
Winston Churchill |
ferry |
for DFDS Seaways |
10 June |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Stadt |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
22 June |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Ray |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
1 July |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Coronado |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
9 July |
Germany |
Lindenau |
Kiel |
Ammersee |
Walchensee-class tanker |
For German Navy |
15 July |
Germany |
HDW |
Kiel |
U 2 |
Type 205 submarine |
For German Navy |
21 July |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Will Rogers |
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |
|
22 July |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Julius A. Furer |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
26 July |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
White Plains |
Mars-class combat stores ship |
|
6 August |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Dubuque |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
19 August |
Denmark |
Aarhus Flydedok A/S |
Aarhus |
Najaden |
ferry |
For Danske Statsbaner[2] |
2 September |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Stord |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
15 September |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Armstrong |
|
Resolution |
Resolution-class submarine |
|
16 September |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Puget Sound |
Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender |
|
16 September |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Stromness |
combat stores ship |
|
17 September |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Pargo |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
29 September |
Sweden |
Lindholmens Varv |
Gothenburg |
Patricia |
ferry |
for Swedish Lloyd |
7 October |
Australia |
Cockatoo Island Naval Dockyard |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Stalwart |
Destroyer tender |
|
14 October |
United States |
General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Sunfish |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
14 October |
United States |
General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Whale |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
20 October |
Germany |
HDW |
Kiel |
U 9 |
Type 205 submarine |
For German Navy |
22 October |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Shreveport |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
22 October |
Germany |
Lindenau |
Kiel |
Tegernsee |
Walchensee-class tanker |
For German Navy |
19 November |
United States |
Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Seattle, Washington |
Knox |
Knox-class frigate |
|
25 November |
Japan |
|
|
Asagumo |
Yamagumo-class destroyer |
|
29 November |
United Kingdom |
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Greenock, Scotland |
Otway |
Oberon-class submarine |
|
16 December |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Lapon |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
17 December |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Concord |
Mars-class combat stores ship |
|
29 December |
East Germany |
V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft |
Wismar |
Shota Rustaveli |
Ivan Franko-class passenger ship |
For Black Sea Shipping Company |
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