List of ship launches in 1942
The list of ship launches in 1942 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1942.
January
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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6 January | UK | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Bede | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
13 January | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Spruce | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
15 January | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Bogue | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
15 January | UK | Clelands (Successors) Ltd | Wallsend | Empire Dyke | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
15 January | United Kingdom | S P Austin & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Jill | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
17 January | Australia | Echuca | Bathurst-class corvette | |||
17 January | United Kingdom | J.L. Thompson and Sons | Sunderland | Empire Barrie | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
19 January | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Goblin | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
20 January | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons | Bowling | Empire Palm | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
24 January | Australia | Armidale | Bathurst-class corvette | |||
30 January | Australia | Gympie | Bathurst-class corvette | |||
31 January | Australia | Quiberon | Q-class destroyer | |||
31 January | United Kingdom | Richards Ironworks Ltd | Lowestoft | Empire Punch | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
February
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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7 February | Australia | Warramunga | Tribal-class destroyer | |||
12 February | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Montpelier | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
14 February | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Dickens | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
15 February | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Breton | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
16 February | United States | Norfolk Navy Yard | Portsmouth, Virginia | Alabama | South Dakota-class battleship | |
17 February | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Elgar | Heavy lift ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
17 February | United Kingdom | Barclay Curl & Co | Glasgow | Empire Fairbairn | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
17 February | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd | Hessle | Empire Sprite | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
18 February | Australia | Wallaroo | Bathurst-class corvette | |||
19 February | UK | G Brown & Co Ltd | Greenock | Empire Dweller | coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
23 February | UK | G Brown & Co Ltd | Greenock | Empire Audrey | coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
23 February | UK | Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Beatrice | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
27 February | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Card | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
March
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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1 March | Germany | Schichau | Königsberg | Richthofen | Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
4 March | Australia | Tamworth | Bathurst-class corvette | |||
5 March | United States | Western Pipe & Steel | Hamlin | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter | |
5 March | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Arthur | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
5 March | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Cadet | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
6 March | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Arnold | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
7 March | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Tracker | Attacker-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
16 March | United Kingdom | Hall, Russell & Co Ltd | Aberdeen | Empire Cherub | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
17 March | United Kingdom | Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Coleridge | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
18 March | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Chaucer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
19 March | Germany | Schichau | Königsberg | Hermann Kohl | Hans Albrecht Wedel-class light seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
20 March | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | Birmingham | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
23 March | United Kingdom | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Empire Conrad | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
24 March | United Kingdom | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Empire Austen | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
24 March | United Kingdom | John Crown & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Wold | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
31 March | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Beaumont | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
31 March | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Caxton | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
April
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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2 April | United States | Abraham Clark | Liberty ship | |||
2 April | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd | South Shields | Empire Clough | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
4 April | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Denver | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
4 April | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Battler | Attacker-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
4 April | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Croatan | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
4 April | United Kingdom | C Connell & Co Ltd | Scotstoun | Empire Bowman | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
4 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Belfast | Empire Fletcher | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
4 April | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Nassau | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
4 April | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Searcher | Attacker-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease |
6 April | United Kingdom | Ferguson Bros Ltd | Port Glasgow | Empire Mead | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
16 April | UK | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Gawain | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
16 April | United Kingdom | A Hall & Co Ltd | Aberdeen | Empire Minotaur | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
18 April | United States | Electric Boat Company | Groton, Connecticut | Blackfish | Gato-class submarine | |
29 April | Norway | Geo. Lawley | Neponset, Massachusetts | King Haakon VII | PC class escort ship | Ex-USS PC-467 |
30 April | United Kingdom | A Hall & Co | Aberdeen | Empire Gnome | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
May
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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2 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Barnes | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
2 May | Australia | Inverell | Bathurst-class corvette | |||
7 May | United States | Western Pipe & Steel | Prince William | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease | |
15 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Core | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
15 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | Mobile | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
16 May | Australia | Horsham | Bathurst-class corvette | |||
18 May | United Kingdom | Lithgows | Port Glasgow | Empire Galahad | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
22 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Altamaha | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
22 May | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Hunter | Attacker-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
22 May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Imp | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
28 May | United Kingdom | Clelands (Successors) LTd | Willington Quay-on-Tyne | Empire Piper | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
30 May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Pat | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
June
July
August
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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1 August | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Croatan | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
11 August | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Dace | Ferry | For Ministry of War Transport. |
11 August | United Kingdom | Wren | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |||
22 August | United States | New York Shipbuilding | New York City | Independence | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
23 August | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Prince William | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
25 August | Canada | Haida | Tribal-class destroyer | |||
25 August | United Kingdom | Whimbrel | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |||
25 August | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Roach | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
26 August | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Boston | Baltimore-class heavy cruiser | |
27 August | United States | New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | Iowa | Iowa-class battleship | |
27 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Castle | Refrigerated cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport |
27 August | United Kingdom | Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Cavalier | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
27 August | United Kingdom | A Hall & Co Ltd | Aberdeen | Empire Ned | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
27 August | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Empire Pixie | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
30 August | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Intrepid | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
31 August | United States | Thomas T. Tucker | Liberty ship |
September
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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7 September | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Glacier | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
10 September | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Cadet | Ferry | For Ministry of War Transport |
12 September | UK | Cochrane & Sons | Selby | Empire Ace | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
17 September | United States | Electric Boat Company | Groton, Connecticut | Hoe | Gato-class submarine | |
19 September | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Chatham | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease |
20 September | UK | R Dunston Ltd | Thorne | Empire Ariel | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
23 September | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, Massachusetts | Lexington | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
23 September | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co Ltd | West Hartlepool | Empire Driver | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
24 September | United Kingdom | Chanticleer | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |||
24 September | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd | Bowling | Empire Minnow | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
25 September | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Envoy | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
25 September | Australia | Glenelg | Bathurst-class corvette | |||
26 September | UK | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Denis | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
27 September | United States | Western Pipe & Steel | Attacker | Attacker-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
October
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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7 October | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Pybus | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
10 October | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Company | Grangemouth | Empire Clansman | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport |
12 October | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Empire Harry | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
13 October | United Kingdom | Kite | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |||
14 October | United Kingdom | Starling | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |||
14 October | United Kingdom | Wild Goose | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |||
17 October | United Kingdom | J Harker Ltd | Knottingley | Empire Reaper | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport |
18 October | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Seattle | Baffins | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter |
18 October | United States | New York Shipbuilding | New York City | Princeton | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
23 October | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | San Francisco | Oakland | Atlanta-class light cruiser | |
24 October | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Gear | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
25 October | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Empire Seraph | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
November
December
Unknown date
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
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Unknown date | Germany | Norderwerft Koser und Meyer | Hamburg | Boelke | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe |
Unknown date | Danisch Wold | Coastal tanker | ||||
Unknown date | Japan | Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd | Hong Kong | Empire Blossom | Cargo ship | For the Imperial Japanese Navy |
Unknown date | UK | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Belfast | Empire Chapman | tanker | For the Ministry of War Transport |
Unknown date | Norway | Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Flandern | Whaler | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion |
Unknown date | Germany | Elsflether Werft AG | Elsfleth | Flemhude | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine |
Unknown date | Germany | D W Kremer Sohn | Elmshorn | Grete | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine |
Unknown date | Norway | Akers Mekaniske Verksted | Oslo | Helgoland | Whaler | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion |
Unknown date | Hilde | Coastal tanker | For the Kriegsmarine | |||
Unknown date | Norway | Sarpsborg Mekaniske Verksted | Sarpsborg | Marsteinen | Coastal tanker | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on completion |
See also
Ship events in 1942 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
Ship commissionings: | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
Shipwrecks: | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
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