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The list of ship launches in 1952 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1952.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
26 January  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Mitscher Template:Sclass- First in class
26 January  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Willis A. Lee Template:Sclass-
30 January  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Manchester Pioneer Cargo ship [1]
30 January  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Manchester Spinner Cargo ship [1]
February  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Manchester Explorer Cargo ship [1]
15 March  Finland Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan Turku Equator Cargo ship Originally for Finland – South-American Line; handed over to Sudoimport as m/s Archangelsk.
23 April  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Wilkinson Template:Sclass-
26 April  France A&C de France Dunkerque Calédonien Ocean liner For Messageries Maritimes[2]
1 May  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Voyager Template:Sclass- destroyer
8 May  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Diana Template:Sclass- destroyer
12 July  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine John S. McCain Template:Sclass-
12 July  United States Martinolich Ship Building Co San Diego, California Illusive Template:Sclass-
12 July  France Forges & Chantiers de la Gironde Bordeaux Jean Labord cruise ship For Messageries Maritimes
16 July  Netherlands C Van der Giessen & Zoon Krimpen aan den IJssel Nyon Cargo ship For Suisse-Atlantique Societé de Navigation Maritime SA
8 August  United States J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. Tacoma, Washington Endurance Template:Sclass-
9 August  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine LST-1156 Template:Sclass- First in class
19 August  Canada Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia Skeena Template:Sclass-
29 August  United States Martinolich Ship Building Co San Diego, California Impervious Template:Sclass-
3 September  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Leda Ferry For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
6 September  United States Christy Corporation Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Badger Ferry For Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
4 October  United States Luders Marine Construction Co. Stamford, Connecticut Aggressive Template:Sclass-
4 October  France Arsenal de Brest Brest, France Tahitien Ocean liner For Messageries Maritimes[3]
11 October  United States Martinolich Ship Building Co San Diego, California Enhance Template:Sclass-
18 October  Netherlands De Schelde Shipyard Vlissingen Kungsholm Ocean liner/Cruise ship For Swedish American Line
23 October  Sweden Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB Göteborg HSwMS Småland Halland-class destroyer For Royal Swedish Navy
31 October  West Germany Johann-Oelkers-Werft Hamburg Kattwiek type I ferry For HADAG
22 November  United States Christy Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin LST-1166 Template:Sclass-
25 November  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi LST-1161 Template:Sclass-
27 November  Finland Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard Helsinki Voima Icebreaker
6 December  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine LST-1157 Template:Sclass-
16 December  United States Fulton Shipyard Antioch, California Conflict Template:Sclass-
16 December  West Germany Ottensener Eisenwerke Hamburg Wilhelmsburg type I ferry For HADAG
17 December  United States Colberg Boat Works Stockton, California Dynamic Template:Sclass-
20 December  United States Martinolich Ship Building Co San Diego, California Esteem Template:Sclass-

References

  1. ^ a b c Gray, Ted (2003). A Hundred Years of THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. Manchester: Memories. p. 91. ISBN 1 85926 030 6.
  2. ^ "Calédonien (5057852)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ ss Caledonien, ss Tahitien
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