List of ship launches in 1938

The list of ship launches in 1938 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1938.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
22 August  Germany Prinz Eugen Modified Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
14 February  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Francisco Maury Gridley-class destroyer [1]
13 March  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Phoenix Brooklyn-class cruiser
16 March  Nazi Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Santa Cruz Cargo ship Became auxiliary cruiser Thor in World War 2.[2]
19 March  Japan Mitsubishi Nagasaki Chikuma Tone-class cruiser [3]
15 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia St. Louis St. Louis-class cruiser
16 April  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Benham Benham-class destroyer [1]
5 May  United States Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia Rowan Benham-class destroyer [1]
5 May  United States Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia Stack Benham-class destroyer [1]
14 May  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Mayrant Benham-class destroyer [1]
14 May  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Trippe Benham-class destroyer [1]
16 May  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Mizuho Seaplane carrier [4]
31 May  UK J. Samuel White Cowes Egret Egret-class sloop [5]
11 June  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Ellet Benham-class destroyer [1]
30 June  UK Denny Dumbarton Auckland Egret-class sloop [5]
7 July  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Gyller Sleipner-class destroyer
17 July  United Kingdom Smiths Dock Company South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Bembridge First in UK Motor Cruising Pilot Cutter for Trinity House London, now in Szczecin Poland.[6]
27 July  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England Dominion Monarch Cargo liner For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
28 July  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Mauretania Ocean liner For Cunard Line
28 July  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Rhind Benham-class destroyer [1]
28 August  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Lang Benham-class destroyer [1]
12 September  United Kingdom Thornycroft Woolston Pelican Egret-class sloop [5]
15 September  Nazi Germany Germaniawerft Kiel MV Steiermark Merchant ship Became German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran in World War 2.[2]
22 September  Nazi Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Mircea Gorch-Fock-class sail traininmg ship For Romanian Navy
27 September  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Queen Elizabeth Ocean liner For Cunard Line
27 September  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Kagerō Kagerō-class destroyer [7]
27 October  United States Charleston Naval Shipyard North Charleston, South Carolina Sterett Benham-class destroyer [1]
October  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen Neidenfels Cargo liner For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa"
8 December  Germany Graf Zeppelin Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier
8 December  Japan Harima Zōsen KK Aioi, Harima Kuroshio Maru Kawasaki-type oiler For Chigai Kisen KK
Date uncertain  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Adler Cargo liner For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Date uncertain  Germany Danziger Werft AG Danzig Amrum Coastal tanker For Kriegsmarine
Date uncertain  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Coburg Fishing trawler For H. Bischoff & Co
Date uncertain  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Haga Cargo ship For Mathies Reederei
Date uncertain  Germany Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, Wesermünde Luna Passenger ship For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line).
Date uncertain  Germany Studen und Reederei GmbH Beidenfleth Sachsen sealer For Studen und Reederei GmbH.
Date uncertain  Germany H. C. Stulcken Hamburg Sperber Light seaplane tender For Luftwaffe use
Date uncertain  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen Süderau Cargo ship For Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Friedman 1982, p. 439
  2. 1 2 Lenton 1966, p. 14
  3. ↑ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 87
  4. ↑ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 65–66
  5. 1 2 3 Hague 1993, p. 67
  6. ↑ "History of THPV Bembridge by Andrew Adams and others". Magemar Polska. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  7. ↑ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 148–149
  • Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mikel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
  • Lenton, H. T. (1966). Navies of the Second World War: German Surface Vessels. London: Macdonald & Co.
Ship events in 1938
Ship launches: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Ship commissionings: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Ship decommissionings: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Shipwrecks: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
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