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The list of ship launches in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1959.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
9 January  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Halibut Unique nuclear-powered submarine
18 January  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Anita Thyssen Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Seereederei Frigga, Hamburg
31 January  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Parramatta Template:Sclass2-
11 February  Germany Burmester shipyard Bremen-Burg Cuxhaven Lindau-class minesweeper For German Navy
17 February  United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Haleakala Template:Sclass-
9 March  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Ashanti Template:Sclass2-
19 March  Sweden Oskarshamns varv Oskarshamn Bore Ferry For Steamship Company Bore
19 March  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Essiflora Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Björn Ruud-Pedersen
21 March  West Germany Emden Template:Sclass- (Type 140) frigate
26 March  Germany Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum Rüm Hart ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH<ref"M/S Rüm Hart". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
6 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Glasgow, Scotland Lincoln Template:Sclass-
22 April  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Henry B. Wilson Template:Sclass-
23 April  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Towers Template:Sclass-
16 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Blueback Template:Sclass-
23 May  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Preble Template:Sclass- destroyer
25 May  Japan Oyashio Template:Sclass-
9 June  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut George Washington Template:Sclass-
18 June  Japan Harusame Template:Sclass- destroyer
20 June  France Dubigeon Nantes Daphné Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
23 June  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Royston Grange Refrigerated cargo liner For Houlder Line
23 June  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Windsor Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
24 June  Japan Teruzuki Template:Sclass- destroyer
26 June  Japan Akizuki Template:Sclass- destroyer
1 July  West Germany Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim Mannheim L 830 Type Mannheim 59 ferry For Flusspioniere
9 July  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Macdonough Template:Sclass- destroyer
14 July  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Long Beach Template:Sclass-
21 July  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Savannah Nuclear-powered cargo ship For United States Maritime Administration
28 July  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Lynde McCormick Template:Sclass-
8 August  Japan Takanami Template:Sclass-
15 August  West Germany Augsburg Template:Sclass- (Type 140) frigate
17 August  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Parsons Template:Sclass-
19 August  New Zealand J. Samuel White & Co. Cowes, Isle of Wight Taranaki Modified Template:Sclass-
8 September  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Charles F. Adams Template:Sclass-
22 September  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Patrick Henry Template:Sclass-
3 October  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Theodore Roosevelt Template:Sclass-
7 October  United States San Francisco Naval Shipyard San Francisco, California Mahan Template:Sclass- destroyer
24 October  West Germany Karlsruhe Template:Sclass- (Type 140) frigate
24 October  Sweden Kockums Malmö Esso Brussels Tanker For Esso Marine (Belgium) SA
3 November  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness Oriana Ocean liner For Orient Line
18 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Robert E. Lee Template:Sclass-
29 December  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Scorpion Template:Sclass-
Unknown Date  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Betty Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Christian F. Bonnevie
Unknown Date  West Germany Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim Mannheim Harle Riff Type Mannheim 59 ferry For Flusspioniere

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