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The list of ship launches in 1953 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1953 . In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
Date
Builder and location
Ship
Class and type
Operator
Notes
January 23
Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula, Mississippi , Mississippi , United States
LST-1162
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United States Navy
January 29
Gustav Wolkau , Hamburg , West Germany
Waltershof
Type I ferry
HADAG
February 19
Burrard Dry Dock , Vancouver, British Columbia , British Columbia , Canada
Fraser
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Royal Canadian Navy
April 11
Bath Iron Works , Bath, Maine , Maine , United States
LST-1158
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United States Navy
April 16
Alexander Stephen and Sons , Glasgow , Scotland
Olympia
Ocean liner
Greek Line
April 18
Christy Shipbuilding , Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin , Wisconsin , United States
LST-1167
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United States Navy
April 29
Canadian Vickers , Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Ottawa
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Royal Canadian Navy
May 14
John Brown & Company , Clydebank , Scotland
Arcadia
Ocean liner
P&O
May 15
Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula , Mississippi , United States
Walworth County
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United States Navy
May 17
Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula , Mississippi , United States
LST-1163
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United States Navy
June 25
Devonport Dockyard , Devonport , England
Salisbury
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Royal Navy
First in class[1]
July 1
Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim , Mannheim , West Germany
L 534
Type Mannheim 55 ferry
Flusspioniere Wiesbaden
July 2
Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine , United States
LST-1159
Template:Sclass-
United States Navy
July 14
Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula , Mississippi , United States
LST-1165
Template:Sclass-
United States Navy
July 18
West Germany
Kehrwieder
ferry type 0
HADAG
July 21
Norderwerft , Hamburg , United States
Wettern
type I ferry
HADAG
July 30
Halifax Shipyards , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada
Saguenay
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Royal Canadian Navy
August 1
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Kittery , Maine , United States
Albacore
Unique research submarine
United States Navy
August 22
Christy Shipbuilding , Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin , United States
LST-1169
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United States Navy
September 25
J. Samuel White , Cowes , Isle of Wight
Dundas
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Royal Navy
[2]
October 3
Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine , United States
LST-1160
Template:Sclass-
United States Navy
October 23
Fairlie Yacht
Dittesham
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Royal Navy
[3]
November 8
Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine , United States
Dealey
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United States Navy
First in class
November 19
Hiltebrant Drydock Company, Kingston , New York , United States
AMS-127
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Royal Danish Navy
[4] [5]
November 25
Yarrow Shipbuilders , Glasgow , Scotland
Hardy
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Royal Navy
[2]
November 28
Christy Shipbuilding , Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin , United States
LST-1168
Template:Sclass-
United States Navy
unknown date
Ansaldo Shipyards , Genoa , Italy
Cristoforo Colombo
Ocean liner
Italian Line
unknown date
Cantieri Navali Riuniti , Trieste , Italy
Lazio
Cargo ship
Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA
References
See also