The list of ship launches in 1952 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1952. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 16 January Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 26 January Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine First in class 26 January Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 29 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. 30 January Cargo ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead 30 January Cargo ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead 14 February Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For King Line. 15 February Acacia Type MSC60 draguer de mines Frank L. Sample Jr. Boothbay Harbor, Maine For: French Navy February Cargo ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead February S.BX.M. 1 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Surina Bamache Bauxite. February S.BX.M. 2 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Surina Bamache Bauxite. February S.BX.M. 3 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Surina Bamache Bauxite. February S.BX.M. 4 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Surina Bamache Bauxite. 15 March Equator Cargo ship Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan Turku Originally for Finland – South-American Line; handed over to Sudoimport as m/s Archangelsk. 25 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 25 March Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Spermacet Whaling Co. 5 April Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 23 April Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 26 AprilOcean linerA&C de FranceDunkerque For Messageries Maritimes 1 May destroyer Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales 8 May destroyer Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland 8 May Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Coast Lines. 8 May Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Barberry Steamship Co. Ltd. 22 May Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shaw Savill Line. May I.W.C. 150 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. May I.W.C. 151 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. May I.W.C. 152 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 10 June Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For Tongsberg A/S. 12 June Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Navy. 24 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Elder Dempster. June Humble 120 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Humble Oil Company. June I.W.C. 154 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. June I.W.C. 155 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 8 July Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Spermacet Whaling Co. 12 July Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 12 July Martinolich Ship Building Co San Diego, California 12 July Jean Labord cruise ship Forges & Chantiers de la Gironde Bordeaux For Messageries Maritimes 16 July Cargo ship C Van der Giessen & Zoon Krimpen aan den IJssel For Suisse-Atlantique Societé de Navigation Maritime SA 22 July Cargo ship Short Brothers of Sunderland Sunderland For Palm Line July I.W.C. 137 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. July I.W.C. 138 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 6 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lamport & Holt. 8 August J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. Tacoma, Washington 9 August LST-1156 Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine First in class 19 August Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia 21 August Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Navy. 29 August Martinolich Ship Building Co San Diego, California August BA-1501 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Butcher - Arthur Co. August I.W.C. 139 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. August I.W.C. 140 Hopper barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Inland Waterways Commission. 3 September Leda Ferry Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab 6 September Badger Ferry Christy Corporation Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin For Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 10 September Brattland Oil tanker Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen For Aktieselskabet Borgestad 16 September Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hunting & Sons. September BA-1502 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Butcher - Arthur Co. September BA-1503 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Butcher - Arthur Co. September BA-1504 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Butcher - Arthur Co. September L.C.D. & T. CO. No. 101 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Lake Charles Dredging. 4 October Luders Marine Construction Co. Stamford, Connecticut 4 OctoberOcean linerArsenal de BrestBrest, FranceFor Messageries Maritimesss Caledonien, ss Tahitien 11 October Martinolich Ship Building Co San Diego, California 18 October Ocean liner/Cruise ship De Schelde Shipyard Vlissingen For Swedish American Line 21 October Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Royal Navy. 23 October Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB Gothenburg For Royal Swedish Navy 31 October Kattwiek type I ferry Johann-Oelkers-Werft Hamburg For HADAG October L.C.D. & T. CO. No. 102 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Lake Charles Dredging. October L.C.D. & T. CO. No. 103 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Lake Charles Dredging. October L.C.D. & T. CO. No. 104 Deck barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Lake Charles Dredging. 5 November Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shaw Savill Line. 19 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For King Line. 22 November LST-1166 Christy Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin 25 November LST-1161 Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 27 November Voima Icebreaker Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard Helsinki November BA-1505 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Butcher - Arthur Co. November BA-1506 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Butcher - Arthur Co. 3 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 6 December LST-1157 Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 16 December Fulton Shipyard Antioch, California 16 December Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 16 December Wilhelmsburg type I ferry Ottensener Eisenwerke Hamburg For HADAG 17 December Colberg Boat Works Stockton, California 18 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 19 December Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Blandford Shipping. 20 December Martinolich Ship Building Co San Diego, California December GISSEL 1605 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For J. S. Gissel & Co. December GISSEL 1606 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For J. S. Gissel & Co. December P.O. 2701 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Pure Oil Company. December P.O. 2702 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Pure Oil Company. Unknown date Tug J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For United Africa Co. Ltd. Unknown date Tug J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For United Africa Co. Ltd. Unknown date Bridge No. 4 Chain ferry J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Cowes Urban District Council. Unknown date Gatco No. 50 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For General Atlantic Towing Co. Unknown date Gatco No. 51 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For General Atlantic Towing Co. Unknown date Tug Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Docks & Inland Waterways Board. Unknown date Ferry William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For British Railways. Unknown date Tug Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Docks & Inland Waterways Board. Unknown date Tug Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Docks & Inland Waterways Board. Unknown date TJ-221 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Thomas Jordan Inc. Unknown date TJ-222 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Thomas Jordan Inc. Unknown date TJ-223 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Thomas Jordan Inc. Unknown date TJ-224 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Thomas Jordan Inc. Unknown date TJ-225 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Thomas Jordan Inc. Unknown date TJ-226 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Thomas Jordan Inc. Unknown date TJ-227 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Thomas Jordan Inc. Unknown date TJ-228 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Thomas Jordan Inc. Unknown date Unnamed Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For private owner.
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