The list of ship launches in 1916 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1916. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 1 January Bethlehem Sparrows Point Sparrows Point, Maryland For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. 8 January John Brown & Company Clydebank For Royal Navy. 15 January Collier New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For Coastwise Transportation Co. 15 January Patrol boat Harland & Wolff Govan For .Royal Navy 31 January KielKaiserliche Werft For Imperial German Navy. 1 February AG Weser Bremen For Imperial German Navy. 2 February Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Dock For Royal Navy. 5 February Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne For Royal Navy. 5 February Tanker Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Union Oil of California. 29 February Cargo ship Bethlehem Sparrows Point Sparrows Point, Maryland For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. 1 March Molasses carrier Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For Cuba Distilling Co. 4 March Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy. 4 March Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 4 March City of Camden Steamboat Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware For Wilmington Steamboat Co. 15 March Tanker New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For Standard Transportation Co. 16 March L-class submarine Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 20 March Cargo ship Bethlehem Sparrows Point Sparrows Point, Maryland For A. H. Bull & Co. 22 March Passenger ship Barclay Curle Scotstoun For British-India Steam Navigation Company. 23 March Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 28 March Merchant submarine Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For Deutsche Ozean-Reederei. 31 March Foca-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Portuguese Navy. 2 April F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 10 April Cargo ship Bethlehem Sparrows Point Sparrows Point, Maryland For Munson Steamship Company. 14 April Howaldtswerke Kiel For Imperial German Navy. 15 April Molasses carrier Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For Cuba Distilling Co. 18 April Tanker Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware For Pan-American Petroleum. 19 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lamport and Holt. 20 April Aréthuse Amphitrite-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy 20 April Harland and Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 20 April John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston For Royal Navy. 20 April Schooner, tanker Toledo Shipbuilding Company Toledo, Ohio For Standard Oil of New Jersey. 29 April Tanker Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Standard Transportation Co of Delaware. 29 April Auxiliary schooner, tanker Toledo Shipbuilding Company Toledo, Ohio For Standard Oil of New Jersey. 29 April Cargo ship Bethlehem Sparrows Point Sparrows Point, Maryland For Munson Steamship Company. 1 May Lake Torpedo Boat Bridgeport, Connecticut For United States Navy. 2 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Glen Line. 16 May Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 17 May Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Trechmann Steamship Co. Ltd. 18 May Monitor Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 18 May William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For United States Navy. 1 June Cargo ship Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For Luckenbach Steamship Company. (or 14 September) 3 June Tanker Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Standard Oil of California. 4 June F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 5 June John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston For Royal Navy. 15 June G-class submarine Naval Construction Yard Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 17 June Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Royal Navy. 17 June Steamship I. J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Queensferry For Alexandra Towing Co. Ltd. 18 June Cargo ship Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Wilhelm Tarkeldson. 19 June Monitor Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 20 June Minelayer Karljohansvern Horten For Royal Norwegian Navy. 1 July Tanker Baltimore Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Company Baltimore, Maryland For Vacuum Oil. 1 July Tanker Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware For Shell Co. of California. 3 July A & J Inglis Glasgow For Royal Navy. 5 July Unnamed Carfloat New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For New York Central Railroad. 6 July F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 16 July Ocean liner Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend For Cunard Line. 22 July Submarine For Spanish Navy. 28 July Submarine rescue ship Werf Conrad Haarlem For Spanish Navy. 29 July Schooner, tanker Toledo Shipbuilding Company Toledo, Ohio For Standard Oil of New Jersey. 3 August Cargo ship Bethlehem Sparrows Point Sparrows Point, Maryland For Bull Insular Co. 6 August Tanker Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Vacuum Oil. 12 August F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 15 August Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 15 August Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle upon Tyne For Royal Navy. 17 August Unnamed Carfloat New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For New York Central Railroad. 19 August Foca-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Portuguese Navy. 19 August Foca-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Portuguese Navy. 20 August Tanker Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Standard Transportation Co of Delaware. (or 29 August) 31 August L-class submarine Craig Shipbuilding Long Beach, California For United States Navy. August Tanker Chester Shipbuilding Company Chester, Pennsylvania For Westfal Larsen. 12 September Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 12 September William Beardmore and Company Glasgow For Royal Navy. 12 September Ocean liner Chantiers et Ateliers de Saint‑Nazaire–Penhoët Saint-Nazaire For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique; 14 September Cargo ship Bethlehem Sparrows Point Sparrows Point, Maryland For Munson Steamship Company. 16 September Tanker Baltimore Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Company Baltimore, Maryland For Pierce Oil Corporation. 17 September F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 21 September Cargo ship Skinner & Eddy Seattle, Washington For B. Stolt Nielsen . 23 September Cargo liner Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company Seattle, Washington For New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co. 24 September F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 28 September Landing craft Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Royal Navy. 28 September Landing craft Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Royal Navy. 28 September Landing craft Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Royal Navy. 28 September Landing craft Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Royal Navy. 28 September L-class submarine Craig Shipbuilding Long Beach, California For United States Navy. 29 September Cargo ship Bethlehem Sparrows Point Sparrows Point, Maryland For Bull Insular Co. 5 October Blohm & Voss Hamburg For Imperial German Navy. 7 October Destroyer Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 11 October Cargo ship Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware ForBaltimore & Carolina Steamship Co . 14 October John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston For Royal Navy.> 14 October Cargp ship Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland, California For B. Stolt Nielsen. 19 October F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 20 October Schooner, tanker Toledo Shipbuilding Company Toledo, Ohio For Standard Oil of New Jersey. 21 October Barque Blohm & Voss Hamburg For F. Laeisz. 21 October Cargo liner Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company Seattle, Washington For New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co. 21 October Cargo ship Skinner & Eddy Seattle, Washington For B. Stolt Nielsen. 24 October Tanker Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Atlantic Oils Refining Co. 28 October Tanker Baltimore Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Company Baltimore, Maryland ForBulk Oil Transportation Co . 26 October Cargo ship Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Sheaf Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. 28 October Schooner, Tanker Toledo Shipbuilding Company Toledo, Ohio For Standard Oil of New Jersey. 30 October Tanker New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For Standard Transportation Co. 8 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lamport & Holt. 9 November Unnamed Carfloat New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For New York Central Railroad. 11 November K-class submarine Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy. 11 November Cargo ship Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For N. S. Bjoeness. 11 November Schooner, Tanker Toledo Shipbuilding Company Toledo, Ohio For Standard Oil of New Jersey. 12 November Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe For Imperial Japanese Navy. 13 November F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 15 November Destroyer Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 19 November F-class submarine Orlando Livorno For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 21 November Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Kiel For Imperial German Navy. 25 November Tanker Chester Shipbuilding Company Chester, Pennsylvania For Frithi Stegwarth. 25 November John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston For Royal Navy. 26 November Tanker Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Atlantic Oils Refining Co. 27 November N-class submarine Lake Torpedo Boat Bridgeport, Connecticut For United States Navy. 30 November F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 5 December Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 5 December Unnamed Carfloat New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For New York Central Railroad. 9 December Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo, California For United States Navy. 20 December Unnamed Tanker Baltimore Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Company Baltimore, Maryland For Bulk Oil Transportation Co. 23 December F-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 23 December Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For Luckenbach Steamship Co. 23 December Passenger ship Union Iron Works San Francisco, California For Matson Navigation Company . 30 December N-class submarine Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. Unknown date AC. 1053 Barge Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date Tug Abdela & Mitchell Ltd. Brimscombe For private owner. Unknown date E 380 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date E 384 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date E 385 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date E 386 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date E 388 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date E 389 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date E 390 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date E 391 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date E 392 Barge Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford For Inland Water Transport Directorate. Unknown date Tanker Cantiere Navale Riuniti. Palermo For Marina Militare. Unknown date Cargo ship Vuik & Son Capelle aan den IJssel For private owner. Unknown date Tanker Swan, Hu