List of ship launches in 1958

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The list of ship launches in 1958 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1958.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
4 January	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Edson	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
7 January	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	Caxton	Cargo ship	For Transatlantic Carriers Ltd.[1]
8 January	United Kingdom	Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Newport	Pinar Del Rio	Cargo ship	For Baco Cubano del Comercio Exterior.[2]
20 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Iron Age	Ore carrier	For Vallum Shipping Co.[3]
January	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	J.H.C. 800	Barge	For J. H. Coppedge Co.[4]
January	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	J.H.C. 801	Barge	For J. H. Coppedge Co.[4]
January	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	J.H.C. 803	Barge	For J. H. Coppedge Co.[4]
1 February	West Germany			Seeadler	Seeadler-class fast attack craft
22 February	West Germany	Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH	Husum	Schleswig-Holstein'	Ferry	For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[5]
22 February	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Pelamida	Fishing trawler	For private owner.[6]
February	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	J.H.C. 802	Barge	For J. H. Coppedge Co.[4]
7 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Vestfonn	Tanker	For Sigval Bergsen.[7]
20 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	New Mexico	Tanker	For Texaco Oil Co.[8]
9 April	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Adler	Fishing trawler	For private owner.[9]
9 April	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Seskar	Fishing trawler	For private owner.[10]
15 April	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Growler	Grayback-class submarine
5 May	United States	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company	Seattle, Washington	Turner Joy	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
15 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Tri-Ellis	Phosphate carrier	For British Phosphate Carriers.[11]
19 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Wakefield	Coaster	For Associated Humber Lines.[12]
23 May	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Ase Creek	Tug	For Shell B.P. Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria.[13]
23 May	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Morton	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
26 May	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Skipjack	Skipjack-class submarine
30 May	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Somers	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
May	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	El Dorado	Submersible	For Ocean Drilling & Exploration.[4]
6 June	United States	New York Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	Independence	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
7 June	United States	Great Lakes Engineering Works	River Rouge, Michigan	Edmund Fitzgerald	Great Lakes freighter
18 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Trishul	Whitby-class frigate	For Indian Navy.[14]
19 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Minchbank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[15]
23 June	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Rheinstahl	Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw	For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga
25 June	United States	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	Sparrows Point, Maryland	Nitro	Nitro-class ammunition ship
26 June	West Germany	Nobiskrug Shipyard	Rendsburg	Bleichen	Cargo ship	Museum ship in Hamburg since 2007
2 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Carrigan Head	Cargo ship	For Ulster Steamship Co.[16]
3 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Oakington	Ton-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy.[17]
14 July	United Kingdom	Brazen Island Shipyard Ltd.	Polruan	Lantic Bay	Dredger	For Fowey Harbour Commissioners.[18]
16 July	India	Hindustan Shipyard Limited	Visakhapatnam	DhruvaK	Mooring vessel	For Indian Navy
18 July	United States	Bethlehem Steel	Quincy, Massachusetts	Farragut	Farragut-class destroyer
19 July	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Barbel	Barbel-class submarine
29 July	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Arenberg	Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw	For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga
31 July	Japan			Murasame	Murasame-class destroyer
31 July	Japan			Yudachi	Murasame-class destroyer
1 August	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Cevic	Fishing trawler	For Cevic Steam Fishing Ltd.[19]
13 August	Denmark	Frederikshavns Værft	Frederikshavn	Hans Hedtoft	Ocean liner	For Royal Greenland Trading Company
15 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	King Henry	Cargo ship	For King Line.[20]
16 August	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Seadragon	Skate-class submarine
19 August	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen and Sons	Glasgow, Scotland	Kirpan	Blackwood-class frigate	For Indian Navy
19 August	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Triton	Unique nuclear-powered submarine
23 August	West Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Gorch Fock	Gorch-Fock-class Training ship	For German Navy
28 August	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	Corhaven	Tanker	For William Cory & Son Ltd.[21]
August	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Chem IV	Tank barge	For Commercial Transport Corp.[4]
August	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	139	Barge	For H. J. Branigan & Co.[4]
August	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	140	Barge	For H. J. Branigan & Co.[4]
August	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Unnamed	Barge	For City of Mobile.[4]
14 September	Netherlands	Rotterdam Drydock Company	Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Ocean liner	For Holland America Line
23 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bulimba	Cargo ship	For British India Steam Navigation Company.[22]
30 September	Australia	Williamstown Naval Dockyard	Williamstown, Victoria	Yarra	River-class destroyer escort
11 October	Netherlands	Verolme United Dockyards	Rotterdam	Presidente Juscelino	Fronape-class oil tanker	[23]
14 October	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes, Isle of Wight	Kuthar	Blackwood-class frigate	For Indian Navy
16 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Advice	Confiance-class tug	For Royal Navy.[24]
16 October	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Melrose Abbey	Cargo liner	For Associated Humber Lines Ltd.[25]
28 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Norfolk, Virginia	Torrey Canyon	Tanker	For Barracuda Tanker Corporation
2 November	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Y.C.482	Lighter	For Admiralty.[26]
5 November	United States	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	Sparrows Point, Maryland	Pyro	Nitro-class ammunition ship
8 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Dumbleton	Ton-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy.[27]
8 November	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Otto Springorum	Bulk carrier	For Partenreederei „Otto Springorum“ / Seereederei Frigga
12 November	United Kingdom	Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Newport	Las Vilas	Cargo ship	For Banco Cubano del Comercio Exterior.[28]
20 November	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	Harpalycus	Cargo ship	For National Steamship Co. Ltd.[29]
22 November	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Bonefish	Barbel-class submarine
27 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	British Statesman	Tanker	For British Tanker Company.[30]
28 November	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Sand Grebe	Dredger	For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd.[31]
30 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Dewey	Farragut-class destroyer
2 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Leeds	Coaster	For Associated Humber Lines.[32]
6 December	United States	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton, Washington	Coontz	Farragut-class destroyer
6 December	United States	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton, Washington	King	Farragut-class destroyer
7 December	Italy	Ansaldo Shipyards	Genoa	Leonardo da Vinci	Ocean liner	For Italian Line
10 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Packington	Ton-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy.
11 December	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Luce	Farragut-class destroyer
12 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Manchester Miller	Cargo ship	For Manchester Liners Ltd.[33]
30 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Rosebank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[34]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CBC 131	Barge	For Canal Barge Co. Inc. (1962).[4]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Conservancy	Survey ship	For Humber Conservancy Board.[35]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	M. W. Blackmore & Sons Ltd.	Bideford	Enterprise	Echo-class survey ship	For Royal Navy.[36]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Krabei Shell	Tug	For Sociètè Shell du Cambodge.[37]