List of ship launches in 1961

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The list of ship launches in 1961 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1961.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
17 January	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Transvaal Castle	Ocean liner	For Union-Castle Line
17 January	Japan			Isuzu	Template:Sclass-	For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
31 January	United States	Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company	Seattle, Washington	Gridley	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
1 February	Canada	Victoria Machinery Depot	Victoria, British Columbia	Saskatchewan	Template:Sclass-	For Royal Canadian Navy
2 February	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Sam Houston	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
7 March	Japan			Mogami	Template:Sclass-	For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
16 March	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Hampshire	Template:Sclass2-	For Royal Navy
26 March	Soviet Union	A.A. Zhdanov	Leningrad	Groznyy	Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser	For Soviet Navy
8 April	Australia	Cockatoo Island Dockyard	Sydney, New South Wales	Stuart	Template:Sclass2-	For Royal Australian Navy
8 April	Australia	Williamstown Naval Dockyard	Melbourne, Victoria	Derwent	Template:Sclass2-	For Royal Australian Navy
15 April	United States	Bethlehem Steel	Quincy, Massachusetts	Bainbridge	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
20 May	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Semmes	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
25 May	Canada	Canadian Vickers	Montreal, Quebec	Mackenzie	Template:Sclass-	For Royal Canadian Navy
31 May	France	Dubigeon	Nantes	Minerve	Daphné-class submarine	For French Navy
15 June	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Thomas A. Edison	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
26 June	Germany	Lürssen	Bremen-Vegesack	Neckar	Rhine-class tender	For German Navy
28 June	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Leander	Template:Sclass-	For Royal Navy
1 July	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Permit	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
1 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Leahy	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
2 July	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico	Monfalcone	Galileo Galilei	Ocean liner	For Lloyd Triestino
15 July	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	John Marshall	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
27 July	Canada	Burrard Dry Dock	Vancouver, British Columbia	Yukon	Template:Sclass-	For Royal Canadian Navy
29 July	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Berkeley	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
31 July	Japan			Hayashio	Template:Sclass-	For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
26 August	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Tattnall	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
28 August	Japan			Wakashio	Template:Sclass-	For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
17 September	United States	Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton, Washington	Iwo Jima	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
22 September	France	Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales	Cherbourg	Galatée	Daphné-class submarine	For French Navy
24 September	Italy			Guglielmo Marconi	Ocean liner	For Lloyd Triestino
27 September	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Kent	Template:Sclass2-	For Royal Navy
30 September	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest, France	Jeanne d'Arc	Helicopter carrier and cruiser hybrid	For French Navy
21 October	Germany	HDW	Kiel	U 1	Type 201 submarine	For German Navy
24 October	Canada	Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd	Victoria	City of Victoria	V-class ferry	For BC Ferries
19 November	Soviet Union	A.A. Zhdanov	Leningrad	Admiral Fokin	Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser	For Soviet Navy
1 December	Germany	Deutsche Werft AG	Hamburg-Finkenwerder	Cap San Diego	Cap-San-class bulk cargo	For Hamburg Süd
7 December	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	London	Template:Sclass2-	For Royal Navy
9 December	United States	Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Plunger	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
9 December	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Tinosa	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
9 December	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Harry E. Yarnell	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
9 December	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Joseph Strauss	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
10 December	Canada	Marine Industries Limited	Sorel, Quebec	Nipigon	Template:Sclass-	For Royal Canadian Navy
15 December	United States	Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company	Seattle, Washington	Goldsborough	Template:Sclass-	For United States Navy
22 December	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Dido	Template:Sclass-	For Royal Navy