List of ship launches in 1966
The list of ship launches in 1966 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1966.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
| 6 January |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Talbot |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
| 4 February |
Norway |
Karljohansvern |
Horten |
Stavanger |
Oslo-class frigate |
|
| 5 February |
United Kingdom |
Richard Dunston Ltd |
Hessle |
Sir Winston Churchill |
Sail Training Ship |
For Sail Training Association |
| 8 February |
United Kingdom |
Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Hebburn, England |
Argonaut |
Leander-class frigate |
|
| 12 February |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Juneau |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
| 25 February |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Queenfish |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
| 26 February |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Sturgeon |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
| 3 March |
Sweden |
Lindholmens Varv |
Gothenburg |
Svea |
ferry |
for Rederi AB Svea |
| 26 March |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Niagara Falls |
Mars-class combat stores ship |
|
| 1 April |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Lyness |
combat stores ship |
|
| 4 April |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Richard L. Page |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
| 5 May |
United States |
Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
Bay City, Michigan |
Brisbane |
Perth-class destroyer |
For Royal Australian Navy |
| 7 May |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Cleveland |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
| 14 May |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Samuel Gompers |
Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender |
|
| 21 May |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Haddock |
Permit-class submarine |
|
| 25 May |
Italy |
Cantieri Navali del Torrino e Riuniti S.P.A. |
Genoa |
Winston Churchill |
ferry |
for DFDS Seaways |
| 22 June |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Ray |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
| 1 July |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Coronado |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
| 21 July |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Will Rogers |
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |
|
| 22 July |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Julius A. Furer |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
| 26 July |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
White Plains |
Mars-class combat stores ship |
|
| 6 August |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Dubuque |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
| 15 September |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Armstrong |
|
Resolution |
Resolution-class submarine |
|
| 16 September |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Puget Sound |
Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender |
|
| 16 September |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Stromness |
combat stores ship |
|
| 17 September |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Pargo |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
| 29 September |
Sweden |
Lindholmens Varv |
Gothenburg |
Patricia |
ferry |
for Swedish Lloyd |
| 7 October |
Australia |
Cockatoo Island Naval Dockyard |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Stalwart |
Destroyer tender |
|
| 14 October |
United States |
General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Sunfish |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
| 14 October |
United States |
General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
Whale |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
| 22 October |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Shreveport |
Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
|
| 19 November |
United States |
Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Seattle, Washington |
Knox |
Knox-class frigate |
|
| 25 November |
Japan |
|
|
Asagumo |
Yamagumo-class destroyer |
|
| 29 November |
United Kingdom |
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Greenock, Scotland |
Otway |
Oberon-class submarine |
|
| 16 December |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Lapon |
Sturgeon-class submarine |
|
| 17 December |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Concord |
Mars-class combat stores ship |
|
| 29 December |
East Germany |
V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft |
Wismar |
Shota Rustaveli |
Ivan Franko class passenger liner |
For Black Sea Shipping Company |
See also