List of ship launches in 1953

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 Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
23 January  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Wahkiakum County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
29 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Harpa Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[1]
29 January  West Germany Gustav Wolkau Hamburg Waltershof Type I ferry For HADAG.
19 February Canada Dominion of Canada Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver Fraser St. Laurent-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy.
4 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Maid of Argyll Ferry For British Railways.
5 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Maid of the Loch Paddle steamer For British Railways.
2 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Maid of Skelmorlie Ferry For British Railways.
11 April  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Tioga County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
15 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Irex Tanker For A/S Field.[2]
16 April  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow Olympia Ocean liner For Greek Line.
18 April  United States Christy Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Westchester County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
29 April Canada Dominion of Canada Canadian Vickers Montreal Ottawa St. Laurent-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy.
10 May  Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Ocean liner For Italian Line.
12 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Britta Tanker For Arthur H. Mathieson.[3]
14 May  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Arcadia Ocean liner For P&O.
15 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Walworth County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
17 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Waldo County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
25 June  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Salisbury Salisbury-class frigate For Royal Navy.[4]
29 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fleetbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[5]
1 July  West Germany Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim Mannheim] L 534 Type Mannheim 55 ferry For Flusspioniere Wiesbaden.
2 July  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Tom Green County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
14 July  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Washoe County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
15 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Setter 9 Whaler For Hector Whaling Ltd.[6]
18 July  West Germany Kehrwieder Ferry For HADAG.
21 July  West Germany Norderwerft Hamburg Wettern Ferry For HADAG.
30 July Canada Dominion of Canada Halifax Shipyards Halifax Saguenay St. Laurent-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy.
1 August  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Albacore Unique research submarine For United States Navy.
10 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rathlin Head Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co.[7]
22 August  United States Christy Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Whitfield County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
25 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Jarena Tanker For A/S Kosmos.[8]
22 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Port Montreal Cargo ship For Port Line.[9]
25 September  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Dundas Blackwood-class frigate For Royal Navy.[10]
3 October  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Traverse County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
22 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tantallon Castle Cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[11]
23 October  United Kingdom Fairlie Yacht Dittesham Ham-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[12]
23 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Jaranda Tanker For Anders Jahre A/S.[13]
8 November  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Dealey Dealey-class destroyer escort For United States Navy.
11 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Elpenor Cargo ship For Blue Funnel Line.[14]
19 November  United States Hiltebrant Drydock Company Kingston, New York AMS-127 Adjutant-class minesweeper For Royal Danish Navy.[15][16]
24 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Engineer Tanker For British Tanker Company.[17]
25 November  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Hardy Blackwood-class frigate For Royal Navy.[10]
27 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kemerton Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.
28 November  United States Christy Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Wexford County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship For United States Navy.
9 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Corporal Tanker For British Tanker Company.[18]
 United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Gunner Tanker For British Tanker Company.[19]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead Elizabeth Holt Cargo ship For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd.[20]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead Florence Holt Cargo ship For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd.[20]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Harlandic II Launch For Harland & Wolff.[21]
Unknown date  Italy Cantieri Navali Riuniti Trieste Lazio Cargo ship For Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA .

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. "Harpa". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. "Irex". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. "Britta". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. Friedman 2008, p. 338.
  5. "Fleetbank". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. "Setter IX". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  7. "Rathlin Head". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  8. "Jarena". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  9. "Port Montreal". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  10. Friedman 2008, p. 339.
  11. "Tantallon Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  12. Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 115.
  13. "Jaranda". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  14. "Elpenor". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  15. "MSC-127 ex-AMS-127". Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  16. Balsved, Johnny E. "AARØSUND (1955-1982)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  17. "British Engineer". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  18. "British Corporal". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  19. "British Gunner". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  20. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 43.
  21. "Harlandic II". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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