The list of ship launches in 1938 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1938. Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 22 JanuaryCargo shipÖresundsvarvetLandskronaFor Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S 14 FebruaryBethlehem ShipbuildingSan Francisco February Citizen No. 1 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Citizens Oil Co. 3 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 13 MarchNew York Shipbuilding CorporationCamden, New Jersey 14 March Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 16 MarchSanta Cruz Cargo shipDeutsche WerftHamburg For Oldenburg Portuguese Line. 17 March Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 19 MarchMitsubishiNagasakiFor Imperial Japanese Navy. 15 April cruiserNewport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNewport News, Virginia 16 AprilFederal ShipbuildingKearny, New Jersey 28 April Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. 5 MayNorfolk Navy YardNorfolk, Virginia 5 MayNorfolk Navy YardNorfolk, Virginia 14 MayBoston Navy YardBoston, Massachusetts 14 MayBoston Navy YardBoston, Massachusetts 16 MaySeaplane carrierKawasakiKobe 28 May Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 31 MayJ. Samuel WhiteCowesFor Royal Navy. 31 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shaw Savill Line. 11 JuneFederal ShipbuildingKearny, New Jersey 14 June Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 15 JuneKarl GalsterDeSchiMAGBremen 28 June Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. 28 JuneUraga Dock CompanyUragaFor Imperial Japanese Navy. 29 June Cargo ship Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee For Blue Funnel Line. 29 June Icemaid type collier Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as a Dundas-class coastal stores carrier for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 30 JuneDennyDumbartonFor Royal Navy. 7 July Royal Norwegian Navy ShipyardHorten 17 JulyBembridge Pilot cutterSmiths Dock CompanySouth Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough For Trinity House. 27 JulyCargo linerSwan Hunter & Wigham RichardsonWallsend, England For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line 28 JulyOcean linerCammell LairdBirkenhead, England For Cunard Line 28 JulyPhiladelphia Naval ShipyardPhiladelphia July Todd Johnson 17 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Todd Johnson Drydocks Inc. July 4 unnamed vessels Tank barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. 22 August Modified GermaniawerftKiel 23 August Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 25 August Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Tanker Company. 28 AugustWilhelm HeidkampDeSchiMAGBremen 28 AugustFederal ShipbuildingKearny, New Jersey August J.H.C. No. 4 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For J. H. Coppedge. date unnamed Steamship Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama August 2 unnamed vessels Tank barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Southern Kraft Corporation. 1 SeptemberCargo shipNylands VerkstedCopenhagenFor Argo Line. 9 SeptemberHawthorn Leslie and CompanyHebburn-on-Tyne 12 September Thornycroft Woolston For Royal Navy. 15 SeptemberSteiermark Cargo ship Germaniawerft Kiel For Hamburg America Line. 20 SeptemberAnton SchmittDeSchiMAGBremen 22 September Mircea Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Romanian Navy 24 September Sisu Icebreaker Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard Helsinki For Finnish Board of Navigation 26 SeptemberJ. Samuel WhiteCowes 27 September Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland For Cunard Line 27 September Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru 29 September Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG September Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerft Wesermünde For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG 11 OctoberSwan Hunter & Wigham RichardsonWallsend 11 October Tanker Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. 12 October Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 25 October Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 25 OctoberJohn Brown & CompanyClydebank 25 OctoberHawthorn Leslie and CompanyHebburn-on-Tyne 25 OctoberFujinagata ShipyardOsakaFor Imperial Japanese Navy. 27 OctoberYarrow & CompanyScotstoun 27 October Charleston Naval Shipyard North Charleston, South Carolina October Cargo liner Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa" 8 November Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 8 November Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 22 NovemberWilliam Denny & BrothersDumbarton 29 NovemberMaizuru Naval ArsenalMaizuruFor Imperial Japanese Navy. 5 December Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 8 DecemberDeutsche WerkeKiel 8 DecemberFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering CompanyGovan 8 December Kawasaki-type oiler Harima Zōsen KK Aioi, Harima For Chigai Kisen KK 8 December Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 20 December Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Eagle Oil and Shipping Company. 21 DecemberJohn Brown & CompanyClydebank December Dredger Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Atlantic Dredging. Unknown date Cargo liner Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co Unknown date Amrum Coastal tanker Danziger Werft AG Danzig Danzig For Kriegsmarine. Unknown date Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole For Royal Navy. Unknown date Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole For Royal Navy. Unknown date B.H.M. Motor Ferry No. 4 Ferry Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Blyth Harbour Commissioners. Unknown date Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby For United Towing Co. Ltd. Unknown date Fishing trawler Schulte & Bruns Emden For H. Bischoff & Co Unknown date Cargo ship Nederlands Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Vlissingen For Blue Funnel Line. Unknown date Norwegian-type tanker Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S. Unknown date Cargo ship Neptun Werft Rostock For Reederei Wendenhof GmbH Unknown date tanker F. Schichau GmbH. Elbing For Kriegsmarine. Unknown date Cargo ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For Mathies Reederei Unknown date Cargo ship Neptun AG Rostock For J. M. K. Blumenthal. Unknown date Cargo ship Bremer Vulkan Schiffs- und Maschinenbau Stettin For Hansa Line. Unknown date Cargo ship For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. Unknown date Cargo ship For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. Unknown date Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby For United Towing Co Ltd. Unknown date Passenger ship Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, Wesermünde For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line). Unknown date British Power Boat Company Hythe For Royal Navy. Unknown date Cargo ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. Unknown date Marinia tug Cochrne & Sons Ltd. Selby For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd. Unknown date Neptunia tug Cochrne & Sons Ltd. Selby For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd. Unknown date Tug Cochrane & Son Ltd. Selby For United Towing Co. Ltd. Unknown date Ocean liner Deutsche Werft. Hamburg For private owner. Unknown date Cargo ship Deutsche Werft Hamburg For F. Laiesz & Co. Unknown dateProspectTuna clipperCampbell IndustriesSan DiegoFor Star & Crescent Boat Company Unknown date Sealer Studen und Reederei GmbH Beidenfleth For Studen und Reederei GmbH. Unknown date Salvonia tug Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd. Unknown date Norwegian-type tanker Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S. Unknown date Cargo ship Howaldtswerke Kiel For Argo Line Unknown date Light seaplane tender H. C. Stulcken Hamburg For Luftwaffe use Unknown date Cargo ship Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen For Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG Unknown date Cargo ship Oresunds Varvet. Landskrona For private owner. Unknown date Cargo ship Moss Vaerft & Dokk. Moss For Knohr & Burchard. Unknown date Cargo ship Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. Unknown date Unnamed Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For private owner.
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