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The list of ship launches in 1937 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1937.
| Date |
Ship |
Country |
Service |
Builder |
Location |
Class |
Notes |
| 12 January |
Henley |
United States |
United States Navy |
Mare Island Navy Yard |
Vallejo, California |
Bagley class destroyer |
|
| 7 February |
Admiral Hipper |
Germany |
Kriegsmarine |
Norderwerft Koser und Meyer |
Hamburg |
Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser |
|
| 13 March |
Somers |
United States |
United States Navy |
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
Kearny, New Jersey |
Somers class destroyer |
|
| February 20 |
Hans Rolshoven |
Germany |
|
|
|
Krischan class light seaplane tender |
For the Luftwaffe |
| 1 March[1] |
Impulsive |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
J. Samuel White[1] |
Cowes, Isle of Wight |
I class destroyer |
|
| March 23 |
Friesenland |
Germany |
|
Howaldtswerke |
Kiel |
Friesenland light seaplane carrier |
For civilian service |
| 24 March |
Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Govan, Scotland |
Town class light cruiser |
|
| 12 April[2] |
Manchester |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
Hepburn, England |
Town class light cruiser |
|
| 6 May |
Patterson |
United States |
United States Navy |
Puget Sound Navy Yard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Bagley class destroyer |
|
| May 8 |
Savannah |
United States |
United States Navy |
New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Camden, New Jersey |
Brooklyn class light cruiser |
|
| 8 June |
Blücher |
Germany |
Kriegsmarine |
|
|
Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser |
|
| 8 June[3] |
Cossack |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
Vickers Armstrong[3] |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
Tribal class destroyer |
|
| 14 July[4] |
Bittern |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
J. Samuel White[4] |
Cowes, Isle of Wight |
Bittern class sloop |
|
| 14 August |
Blue |
United States |
United States Navy |
Norfolk Naval Shipyard |
Portsmouth, Virginia |
Bagley class destroyer |
|
| August 18 |
Nordkapp |
Norway |
Royal Norwegian Navy |
Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard |
Horten |
Nordkapp class offshore patrol vessel |
|
| August 26 |
Honolulu |
United States |
United States Navy |
|
|
Brooklyn class light cruiser |
|
| 1 September[5] |
Ivanhoe |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
Yarrow Shipbuilders[5] |
Scotstoun, Scotland |
I class destroyer |
|
| 23 September[6] |
Zulu |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
Alexander Stephen and Sons[6] |
Govan, Scotland |
Tribal class destroyer |
|
| October 2 |
Nashville |
United States |
United States Navy |
New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Camden, New Jersey |
Brooklyn class light cruiser |
|
| 5 October |
Mohawk |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
John I. Thornycroft and Company |
Hampshire, England |
Tribal class destroyer |
|
| 5 October[7] |
Undine |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
Vickers Armstrong[7] |
Barrow-in-Furness, England |
U class submarine |
|
| 19 October[8] |
Gloucester |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
Devonport Dockyard[8] |
Devonport, England |
|
| October 30 |
Albert Leo Schlageter |
Germany |
|
|
|
Sail training ship |
|
| November 16 |
Wichita |
United States |
United States Navy |
Philadelphia Navy Yard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Heavy cruiser |
Unique |
| 2 December[9] |
Cachalot |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[9] |
Greenock, Scotland |
Grampus class submarine |
|
| 21 December[10] |
Bedouin |
United Kingdom |
Royal Navy |
William Denny and Brothers[10] |
Dunbarton, Scotland |
Tribal class destroyer |
|
[edit] See also
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p166
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p205
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p85
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p51
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p170
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p367
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), P338
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p140
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p64
- ^ a b Colledge (2003), p47
[edit] References
- Colledge, J.J. & Warlow, Ben (2003), Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill ISBN 1853675660
