List of ship launches in 1948

The list of ship launches in 1948 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1948.

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Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
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
18 December  Denmark Odense Steel Shipyard Odense, Denmark Olga Mærsk Cargo ship For A.P. Moller-Maersk Group[1]

See also

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

References

  1. ↑ 7seasvessels.com (2011). "OLGA MÆRSK – 1949 – IMO 5262407". 7seasvessels.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.