The list of ship launches in 1948 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1948.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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6 March | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Newport News | Des Moines-class heavy cruiser | |
11 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Magdalena | Cargo liner | For Royal Mail Lines |
21 May | United States | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Volador | Tench-class submarine | |
22 June | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Bulwark | Centaur-class aircraft carrier | |
20 August | Australia | Williamstown Naval Dockyard | Melbourne, Victoria | Anzac | Battle-class destroyer | |
5 October | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness, England | Himalaya | Himalaya-class ocean liner | For P&O |
Ship events in 1948 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
Ship commissionings: | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
Shipwrecks: | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |