List of ship launches in 1968

The list of ship launches in 1968 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1968. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Builder and location Ship Class and type Operator Notes
January 23 Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States Santa Barbara Kilauea-class ammunition ship  United States Navy
January 25 Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany Munster ferry British & Irish Steam Packet Co, Ltd [1]
January 27 Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, West Germany Polar Uruguay Polar-Ecuador-class reefer ship Hamburg Süd [2]
January 27 Husumer Schiffswerft, Husum, West Germany Amrum ferry Amrumer Schiffahrts AG [3]
February 3 unknown builder, Australia Adroit Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
February 3 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States New Orleans Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship  United States Navy
February 3 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Newport Newport-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
February 9 Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany U 11 Type 205 submarine  German Navy
February 10 Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg, Russia Kronstadt Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship  Soviet Navy
February 17  Australia Arrow Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
February 17 Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States Bergall Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
February 17 Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, California, United States Lang Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
February 24 Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, West Germany Polar Paraguay Polar-Ecuador-class reefer ship Hamburg Süd [2]
February 26 Schichau-Werft, Bremerhaven, West Germany Norderney tugboat  German Navy
February 28 Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Charybdis Leander-class frigate  Royal Navy
February 29 unknown builder, United Kingdom Bacchante Leander-class frigate  Royal Navy
February unknown builder, France Cachalote Daphné-class submarine  Portuguese Navy
February Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England Dhafeer Dhafeer-class patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
March 1 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States Seattle Sacramento-class fast combat support ship  United States Navy
March 9 Lübecker Flenderwerke, Rendsburg, West Germany Insel Föhr ferry Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH [5]
March 10 John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland Malcolm Miller Sail Training Ship Sail Training Association
March 15 Cammell Laird, Mersey, England Revenge Resolution-class submarine  Royal Navy
March 16 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Wichita Wichita-class replenishment oiler  United States Navy
March 20 Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia K-87 Project 670 Skat submarine  Soviet Navy
March 29 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Durham Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship  United States Navy
March 30 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Puffer Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
April 7 Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Canguro Bruno ferry Navigazion Traghetti Sardi [6]
April 10 unknown builder, Australia Barbette Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
April 12 Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, United States Whipple Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
April 13 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States San Diego Mars-class combat stores ship  United States Navy
April 13 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Mölders Lütjens-class destroyer  German Navy
April 27 unknown builder, Australia Ardent Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
May 5 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Anchorage Anchorage-class dock landing ship  United States Navy
May 11 Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, California, United States Francis Hammond Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
May 11 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Export Lightning Container ship American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
May 15 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Spadefish Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
May Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England Ghadunfar Dhafeer-class patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
May Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England Hazza Dhafeer-class patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
June 2 Ukraine, Soviet Union Smely Project 61 destroyer  Soviet Navy
June 8 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States Dolphin Unique research submarine  United States Navy
June 15 Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States Seahorse Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
June 28 St. W, Brest, France Hangor Daphné-class submarine  Pakistan Navy
June 29 unknown builder, Australia Barricade Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
July 11 Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia K-120 Project 651 submarine  Soviet Navy
July 17 Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States Mount Hood Kilauea-class ammunition ship  United States Navy
July 20 Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Connole Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
July 25 unknown builder, Japan Natsugumo Minegumo-class destroyer  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
July 27 Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States Guitarro Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
July 31 Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia K-25 Project 670 Skat submarine  Soviet Navy
August 3 Lockheed, Seattle, Washington, United States Trenton Austin-class amphibious transport dock  United States Navy
August 8 Royal Navy Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England Scylla Leander-class frigate  Royal Navy
August 10 unknown builder, Australia Madang Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
August 30 Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Protecteur Protecteur-class replenishment oiler  Royal Canadian Navy
September 3 Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, United States Sherman Hamilton-class cutter  United States Coast Guard
September 5 Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, United States Lockwood Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
September 10 Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany U 12 Type 205 submarine  German Navy
September 10 Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen, Denmark Narhvalen Type 205 submarine  Royal Danish Navy
September 14 unknown builder, Australia Buccaneer Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
September 28 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Fresno Newport-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
September 28 Vickers Cockatoo Docks, Sydney, Australia Torrens River-class destroyer escort  Royal Australian Navy
September 29 Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia K-318 Project 651 submarine  Soviet Navy
September unknown builder, France Delfim Albacora-class submarine  Portuguese Navy
October Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England Durgham Dhafeer-class patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
October Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England Timsah Dhafeer-class patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
October 2 unknown builder, Australia Bandolier Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
October 7 Sudomekh Shipyard, Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union B-413 Project 641 submarine  Soviet Navy
October 19 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Mobile Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship  United States Navy
October 24 unknown builder, Japan Arashio Asashio-class submarine  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
November 2 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Stag Hound Container ship American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
November 6 unknown builder, Australia Bayonet Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
November 16 Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, United States Rush Hamilton-class cutter  United States Coast Guard
November 21 Yarrows, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Achilles Leander-class frigate  Royal Navy
November 22 unrecognized builder, Russia Admiral Isakov Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship  Soviet Navy
November 23 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Peoria Newport-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
November 30 Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France Transcontainer I Combined RO-RO ferry and container ship SNCF
December 1 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Great Republic Roll-on/roll-off vessel Moore-McCormack Lines
December 3 unknown builder, United Kingdom Onslow Oberon-class submarine  Royal Australian Navy
December 7 Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, California, United States Badger Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
December 7 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Finback Sturgeon-class submarine United States
December 7 Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany Innisfallen ferry British & Irish Steam Packet Co, Ltd [7]
December 17 Stader Schiffswerft, Stade, Germany Niedersachsen ferry Reederei und Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße [8]
December 20 unknown builder, United Kingdom Churchill Churchill-class submarine
December 26 unknown builder, Russia K-162 Project 661 Anchar submarine  Soviet Navy
unknown date unknown builder, Japan Kojima Maru cargo ship
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. "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. Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
  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.

See also
Ship events in 1968
Ship launches: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Ship commissionings: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Ship decommissionings: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Shipwrecks: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
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