List of ship launches in 1939

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The list of ship launches in 1939 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1939.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
January 7	Germany	DeSchiMAG	Bremen, Germany	Lützow	Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser
January 19	Germany	DeSchiMAG	Bremen, Germany	Seydlitz	Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser
February 19	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg, Germany	Bismarck	Bismarck class battleship
4 March	United States	Sun Shipbuilding	Chester, Pennsylvania	Seakay	Maritime Commission Type N tanker
April 1	United States	Sun Shipbuilding	Chester, Pennsylvania	Esso New Orleans	Maritime Commission Type N tanker
April 1	Germany			Tirpitz	Bismarck class battleship
April 4	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Wasp	Light aircraft carrier
April 18	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Flamingo	Black Swan class sloop
March 4	Netherlands	Smit P Jr.	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Klipfontein	Cargo / Passenger Liner
July 7	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Black Swan	Black Swan class sloop
November 4	United States	Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock	Kearny, New Jersey	Esso Trenton	Maritime Commission Type N tanker
December 14	United States	Sun Shipbuilding		Mormacland	Merchant	Transferred to the Royal Navy for conversion to HMS Archer

[edit] See also

• List of World War II ships

Ship launches:	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Ship commissionings:	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Ship decommissionings:	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Shipwrecks:	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939

Ship launches:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship commissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship decommissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Shipwrecks:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949