List of ship launches in 1964
The list of ship launches in 1964 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1964.
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Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
9 January |
United States |
Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
Bay City, Michigan |
Hobart |
Perth-class destroyer |
For Royal Australian Navy |
17 January |
Norway |
Karljohansvern |
Horten |
Oslo |
Oslo-class frigate |
|
1 February |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Casimir Pulaski |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
15 February |
United States |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
Edward McDonnell |
Garcia-class frigate |
|
20 February |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Kya |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
25 March |
United Kingdom |
HMNB Devonport |
Devonport, England |
Cleopatra |
Leander-class frigate |
|
26 March |
United States |
Bethlehem Steel |
San Francisco, California |
Bradley |
Garcia-class frigate |
|
4 April |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Greenling |
Permit-class submarine |
|
26 April |
East Germany |
V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft |
Wismar |
Alexandr Pushkin |
Ivan Franko-class passenger ship |
For Baltic Shipping Company |
28 April |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Sample |
Garcia-class frigate |
|
25 April |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Kobben |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
30 April |
Japan |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
|
Ōshio |
Ōshio-class submarine |
|
12 May |
United States |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Kittery, Maine |
Nathanael Greene |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
12 May |
Canada |
Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd. |
Victoria |
Queen of New Westminster |
'Burnaby-class ferry |
For BC Ferries[1] |
14 May |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Gato |
Permit-class submarine |
|
21 May |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
America |
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier |
|
6 June |
United States |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
Brumby |
Garcia-class frigate |
|
27 June |
United States |
New York Naval Shipyard |
Brooklyn, New York |
Austin |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
27 June |
United States |
New York Naval Shipyard |
Brooklyn, New York |
Ogden |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
30 June |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Jouett |
Belknap-class cruiser |
|
30 June |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Sterett |
Belknap-class cruiser |
|
30 June |
Canada |
Victoria Machinery Depot |
Victoria, British Columbia |
Queen of Nanaimo |
Burnaby-class ferry |
For BC Ferries |
9 July |
United Kingdom |
Vickers-Armstrongs |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
Glamorgan |
County-class destroyer |
|
9 July |
United Kingdom |
Fairfield SB&E Co. |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Fife |
County-class destroyer |
|
16 Juli |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Kunna |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
22 August |
United States |
Philadelphia Navy Yard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Guam |
Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
|
22 August |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Simon Bolivar |
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |
|
4 September |
Norway |
Karljohansvern |
Horten |
Trondheim |
Oslo-class frigate |
|
22 September |
United Kingdom |
HMNB Portsmouth |
Portsmouth, England |
Sirius |
Leander-class frigate |
|
2 October |
United States |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
Davidson |
Garcia-class frigate |
|
10 October |
United States |
Sun Shipbuilding |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
Shenandoah |
oiler |
|
16 October |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Kaura |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
30 October |
United States |
San Francisco Naval Shipyard |
San Francisco, California |
Horne |
Belknap-class cruiser |
|
21 November |
United States |
Todd Pacific Shipyards |
San Pedro, California |
Fox |
Belknap-class cruiser |
|
21 November |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Lewis and Clark |
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |
|
1 December |
Finland |
Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard |
Helsinki, Finland |
Finnhansa |
ferry |
for Finnlines |
5 December |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Benjamin Franklin |
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |
|
19 December |
United Kingdom |
Vickers-Armstrongs |
Newcastle, England |
Minerva |
Leander-class frigate |
|
19 December |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Albert David |
Garcia-class frigate |
|
19 December |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
William H. Standley |
Belknap-class cruiser |
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19 December |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Truxtun |
Truxtun-class cruiser |
|
19 December |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Ula |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
Date uncertain |
West Germany |
Howaldtswerke |
Kiel |
Otto Hahn |
Nuclear-powered freighter |
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