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.

Date Ship Country Service Builder Location Class Notes
January 7 Lützow Germany Kriegsmarine DeSchiMAG Bremen Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser
January 19 Seydlitz Germany Kriegsmarine DeSchiMAG Bremen Admiral Hipper class
January 21 Odin Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Royal Norwegian Navy Yard Horten Sleipner class destroyer
February 19 Bismarck Germany Kriegsmarine Blohm & Voss Hamburg Bismarck class battleship
4 March Klipfontein Netherlands Smit P Jr. Rotterdam Cargo / Passenger Liner
4 March Seakay United States United States Navy Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Maritime Commission Type N tanker
1 April Esso New Orleans United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Maritime Commission Type N tanker
1 April Tirpitz Germany Kriegsmarine Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Bismarck class battleship
4 April Wasp United States United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Aircraft carrier Unique
18 April Flamingo United Kingdom Royal Navy Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Black Swan class sloop
7 July Black Swan United Kingdom Royal Navy Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Black Swan class sloop
27 August Helena United States United States Navy St. Louis class light cruiser
26 September Rauma Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Otra class minesweeper
4 November Esso Trenton United States United States Navy Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Kearny, New Jersey Maritime Commission Type N tanker
14 December Mormacland United States Sun Shipbuilding Merchant Transferred to the Royal Navy for conversion to HMS Archer
Unknown Royal Daffodil United Kingdom General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd William Denny and Sons Dumbarton, Scotland Pleasure cruise ship Assisted in Operation Dynamo, 1940.

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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
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