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The list of ship launches in 1968 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1968.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
23 January  United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Santa Barbara Template:Sclass-
25 January  Germany Nobiskrug Rendsburg Munster ferry For British & Irish Steam Packet Co, Ltd[1]
27 January  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Polar Uruguay Polar-Ecuador-class reefer ship For Hamburg Süd[2]
27 January  Germany Husumer Schiffswerft Husum Amrum ferry For Amrumer Schiffahrts AG[3]
3 February  Australia Adroit Template:Sclass-
3 February  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New Orleans Template:Sclass-
3 February  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Newport Template:Sclass-
9 February  West Germany HDW Kiel U 11 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
10 February  Soviet Union Zhdanov Leningrad Kronstadt Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship
17 February  Australia Arrow Template:Sclass-
17 February  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Bergall Template:Sclass-
17 February  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Lang Template:Sclass-
24 February  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Polar Paraguay Polar-Ecuador-class reefer ship For Hamburg Süd[4]
26 February  West Germany Schichau Unterweser Bemerhaven Norderney tugboat For German Navy
28 February  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Charybdis Template:Sclass-
29 February  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Bacchante Template:Sclass-
February  France Dubigeon Nantes NRP Cachalote Daphné-class submarine For Marinha Portuguesa
1 March  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Seattle Template:Sclass-
9 March  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Insel Föhr' ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[5]
10 March  United Kingdom John Lewis & Sons Aberdeen Malcolm Miller Sail Training Ship for Sail Training Association
15 March  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Revenge Template:Sclass-
16 March  United States General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Wichita Template:Sclass-
20 March  Soviet Union Krasnoye Sormovo Gorky K-87 Project 670 Skat submarine
29 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Durham Template:Sclass-
30 March  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Puffer Template:Sclass-
7 April  Italy Italcantieri S.p.A. Castellamare di Stabia Canguro Bruno ferry For Navigazion Traghetti Sardi[6]
10 April  Australia Barbette Template:Sclass-
12 April  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Whipple Template:Sclass-
13 April  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California San Diego Template:Sclass-
13 April  United States Bath Iron Works Maine Mölders Lütjens-class destroyer For German Navy
27 April  Australia Ardent Template:Sclass-
5 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Anchorage Template:Sclass-
11 May  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Francis Hammond Template:Sclass-
11 May  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Export Lightning Container ship For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
15 May  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Spadefish Template:Sclass-
2 June  Soviet Union 61 Communards Nikolayev Smely Project 61 destroyer
8 June  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Dolphin Unique research submarine
15 June  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Seahorse Template:Sclass-
28 June  France St. W Brest PNS Hangor (S131) Daphné-class submarine For Pɑkistan Bahri'a
29 June  Australia Barricade Template:Sclass-
11 July  Soviet Union Krasnoye Sormovo Gorky K-120 Project 651 submarine
17 July  United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Mount Hood Template:Sclass-
20 July  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Connole Template:Sclass-
25 July  Japan Natsugumo Template:Sclass-
27 July  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Guitarro Template:Sclass-
31 July  Soviet Union Krasnoye Sormovo Gorky K-25 Project 670 Skat submarine
3 August  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Trenton Template:Sclass-
8 August  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England Scylla Template:Sclass-
10 August  Australia Madang Template:Sclass-
30 August  Canada Saint John Shipbuilding Saint John, New Brunswick Protecteur Template:Sclass-
3 September  United States Avondale Shipyard Westwego, Louisiana Sherman Template:Sclass-
5 September  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Lockwood Template:Sclass-
10 September  West Germany HDW Kiel U 12 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
10 September  Denmark Orlogsværftet Kobenhavn Narhvalen Type 205 submarine For Royal Danish Navy
14 September  Australia Buccaneer Template:Sclass-
28 September  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Fresno Template:Sclass-
28 September  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Torrens Template:Sclass2-
29 September  Soviet Union Krasnoye Sormovo Gorky K-318 Project 651 submarine
September  France Dubigeon Nantes NRP Delfim Template:Sclass- For Marinha Portuguesa
2 October  Australia Bandolier Template:Sclass-
7 October  Soviet Union Sudomekh Leningrad B-413 Project 641 submarine
19 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Mobile Template:Sclass-
24 October  Japan Arashio Template:Sclass-
2 November  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Stag Hound Container ship For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
6 November  Australia Bayonet Template:Sclass-
16 November  United States Avondale Shipyard Westwego, Louisiana Rush Template:Sclass-
21 November  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Achilles Template:Sclass-
22 November  Soviet Union Zhdanov Leningrad Admiral Isakov Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship
23 November  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Peoria Template:Sclass-
30 November  France Constructions Navales et Industrielles de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer Transcontainer I Combined RO-RO ferry and container ship For SNCF
1 December  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Great Republic Roll-on/roll-off vessel For Moore-McCormack Lines
3 December  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Greenock, Scotland Onslow Template:Sclass- For Royal Australian Navy
7 December  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Badger Template:Sclass-
7 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Finback Template:Sclass-
7 December  Germany Nobiskrug Rendsburg Innisfallen ferry For British & Irish Steam Packet Co, Ltd[7]
17 December  West Germany Stader Schiffswerft Stade Niedersachsen ferry For Reederei und Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße[8]
20 December  United Kingdom Churchill Template:Sclass-
26 December  Soviet Union K-162 Project 661 Anchar submarine
 Japan Kojima Maru cargo ship

See also

References

  1. ^ "M/S Munster". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  2. ^ "Liste der Neubauten Werft Blohm + Voss". Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  3. ^ "M/S Amrum". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  4. ^ "Liste der Neubauten Werft Blohm + Voss". Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  5. ^ "M/S Insel Föhr". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  6. ^ "M/S Canguro Bruno". Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  7. ^ "M/S Innisfallen". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  8. ^ "M/S Niedersachsen". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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