List of ship launches in 1932

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The list of ship launches in 1932 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1932.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
January	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 668	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
February	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 669	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
15 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Floating Crane No.2	Floating crane	For Cowans, Sheldon & Co.[2]
22 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Royal Iris II	Ferry	For Wallasey Corporation.[3]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	I.W.C. 670	Barge	For Inland Waterways Commission.[1]
7 April	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Hampshire	Daring	D-class destroyer
7 April	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs	Barrow-in-Furness	Defender	D-class destroyer
8 April	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs	Barrow-in-Furness	Diamond	D-class destroyer
19 April	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Plymouth	Falmouth	Shoreham-class sloop	[4]
3 May	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Glasgow	Dainty	D-class destroyer
4 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Baron Ardrossan	Cargo ship	For H. Hogarth & Sons.[5]
5 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	Duchess of Hamilton	Passenger ship	For Caledonian Steam Packet Co.
21 May	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Portland	Portland-class cruiser
2 June	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan, Glasgow	Delight	D-class destroyer
7 June	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Hampshire	Decoy	D-class destroyer
16 June	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Diana	D-class destroyer
20 June	Netherlands	NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde	Vlissingen	Prins Hendrik	Ferry	For Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland[6]
5 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bhadravati	Ferry	For Bombay Steam Navigation Co.[7]
7 July	United Kingdom	HM Dockyard	Portsmouth	Duncan	D-class destroyer
10 July	Italy	OTO	La Spezia	Armando Diaz	Condottieri-class cruiser
18 July	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard		Lurline	Ocean liner	For Matson Lines
19 July	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Duchess	D-class destroyer	For Royal Navy
14 October	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Le Centaure	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
29 October	France	Penhoët	Saint-Nazaire	Normandie	Ocean liner	For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
2 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	North Carr Lightship	Lightship	For Trinity House
19 December	Denmark	Nakskov	Lolland	Danmark	Full-rigged ship	For Danish Maritime Authority.[8]
21 December	Norway	Naval Dockyard	Horten	Olav Tryggvason	Minelayer
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Barge No. 1	Tank barge	For Three Rivers Oil Corp.[1]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	M.T.C. No. 101	Tank barge	For Texas Company.[1]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	M.T.C. No. 102	Tank barge	For Sun Oil Co..[1]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	No. 96	Tank barge	For Standard Dredging Corp.[1]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Unnamed	Barge	For private owner.[1]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Unnamed	Tank barge	For Pure Oil Company.[1]