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The list of ship launches in 1958 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1958.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
4 January
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Edson
Forrest Sherman -class destroyer
20 January
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Iron Age
Ore carrier
For Vallum Shipping Co.[1]
1 February
West Germany
Seeadler
Seeadler -class fast attack craft
22 February
West Germany
Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH
Husum
Schleswig-Holstein'
ferry
For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[2]
7 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Vestfonn
Tanker
For Sigval Bergsen.[3]
20 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
New Mexico
Tanker
For Texaco Oil Co .[4]
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
15 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Tri-Ellis
Phosphate carrier
For British Phosphate Carriers.[5]
19 May
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Wakefield
Coaster
For Associated Humber Lines.[6]
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
18 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Trishul
Whitby -class frigate
For Indian Navy .[7]
19 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Minchbank
Cargo ship
For Bank Line .[8]
23 June
West Germany
Nordseewerke
Emden
Rheinstahl
Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw
For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga
25 June
United States
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard
Sparrows Point, Maryland
Nitro
Nitro -class ammunition ship
26 June
West Germany
Nobiskrug Shipyard
Rendsburg
Bleichen
Cargo ship
Museum ship in Hamburg since 2007
2 July
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Carrigan Head
Cargo ship
For Ulster Steamship Co.[9]
3 July
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Oakington
Ton-class minesweeper
For Royal Navy .[10]
16 July
India
Hindustan Shipyard Limited
Visakhapatnam
DhruvaK
Mooring vessel
For Indian Navy
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
29 July
West Germany
Nordseewerke
Emden
Arenberg
Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw
For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga
31 July
Japan
Murasame
Murasame -class destroyer
31 July
Japan
Yudachi
Murasame -class destroyer
13 August
Denmark
Frederikshavns Værft
Frederikshavn
Hans Hedtoft
Ocean liner
For Royal Greenland Trading Company
15 August
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
King Henry
Cargo ship
For King Line .[11]
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
West 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
23 September
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Bulimba
Cargo ship
For British India Steam Navigation Company .[12]
30 September
Australia
Williamstown Naval Dockyard
Williamstown, Victoria
Yarra
River-class destroyer escort
11 October
Netherlands
Verolme United Dockyards
Rotterdam
Presidente Juscelino
Fronape -class oil tanker
[13]
14 October
United Kingdom
J. Samuel White
Cowes , Isle of Wight
Kuthar
Blackwood -class frigate
For Indian Navy
16 October
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Advice
Confiance -class tug
For Royal Navy .[14]
28 October
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Norfolk, Virginia
Torrey Canyon
Tanker
For Barracuda Tanker Corporation
5 November
United States
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard
Sparrows Point, Maryland
Pyro
Nitro -class ammunition ship
8 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Dumbleton
Ton-class minesweeper
For Royal Navy .[15]
8 November
West Germany
Nordseewerke
Emden
Otto Springorum
Bulk carrier
For Partenreederei „Otto Springorum“ / Seereederei Frigga
22 November
United States
New York Shipbuilding
Camden, New Jersey
Bonefish
Barbel -class submarine
27 November
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
British Statesman
Tanker
For British Tanker Company .[16]
30 November
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Dewey
Farragut -class destroyer
2 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Leeds
Coaster
For Associated Humber Lines.[17]
6 December
United States
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton, Washington
Coontz
Farragut -class destroyer
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
10 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Packington
Ton-class minesweeper
For Royal Navy .
11 December
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Luce
Farragut -class destroyer
12 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Manchester Miller
Cargo ship
For Manchester Liners Ltd.[18]
30 December
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Rosebank
Cargo ship
For Bank Line .[19]
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