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The list of ship launches in 1928 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1928.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
5 January Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Alster Cargo liner For Norddeutscher Lloyd
11 January Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan El Argentino Cargo ship For the Houlder Line
24 January Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Duchess of Bedford Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
22 February Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Hawthorn, Leslie Hebburn Sussex County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
23 February Flag of Australia Australia Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Sydney, New South Wales Albatross Seaplane tender
20 March Flag of Japan Japan Yokohama Shipyards Shirayuki Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 March Flag of Japan Japan Mitsubishi Shipyard Nagasaki Haguro Myōkō-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
14 April Flag of Italy Italy Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard La Spezia Enrico Toti Balilla-class submarine For Regia Marina
20 April Flag of France France Brest Naval Yard Brest Colbert Suffren-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
22 April Flag of Japan Japan Kawasaki shipyard Kobe Ashigara Myōkō-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 May Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Worthing Passenger ferry For Southern Railway
5 May Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Odin Odin-class submarine
6 May Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Germany Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards Bremen St. Louis Ocean liner For Hamburg-America Line
7 May Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 Canada Burrard Dry Dock North Vancouver, British Columbia St. Roch Schooner For Royal Canadian Mounted Police
23 May Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Germany Köln Königsberg-class cruiser (1927) For Reichsmarine
18 June Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Duchess of Richmond Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
26 June Flag of Japan Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Miyuki Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
5 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom William Beardmore & Company Dalmuir Shropshire County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
8 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd Govan Norfolk County-class cruiser For Royal Navy
10 July Flag of France France Chantiers Naval Français Wicher Wicher-class destroyer For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij
17 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow York York-class cruiser For Royal Navy
18 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Port Fairy cargo ship For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd
19 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow in Furness Medway Submarine depot ship For Royal Navy
21 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom John I. Thorneycroft & Company Woolston Hyatt Serrano-class destroyer For Armada de Chile
1 August Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Europa Ocean liner For Norddeutscher Lloyd
2 August Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen Bremen Ocean liner For Norddeutscher Lloyd
15 September Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow Viceroy of India Ocean liner For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
27 September Flag of Japan Japan Fujinagata Shipyards Osaka Murakumo Fubuki-class destroyer
28 September Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Duchess of York Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
29 September Flag of Japan Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru, Kyoto Hatsuyuki Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 November US flag 48 stars United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Holy Cross Trawler For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
28 November Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston Aldea Serrano-class destroyer For Armada de Chile
29 November Flag of Japan Japan Uraga Dock Company Uraga Uranami Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 December Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom William Beardmore and Company Glasgow Olympus Odin-class submarine For Royal Navy
15 December US flag 48 stars United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Georgetown Trawler For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
17 December US flag 48 stars United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Narwhal Narwhal-class submarine For United States Navy
Unknown date Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees Barnett McCawley-class attack transport For the United States Navy
Unknown date US flag 48 stars United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Boston College Trawler
Unknown date Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Germany Germainia Werft Kiel Coronet Steam yacht For Irving T. Bush
Unknown date Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co Middlesbrough Eaglescliffe Hall cargo ship For Hall Corporation
Unknown date Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom W Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Egglestone Cargo ship
Unknown date US flag 48 stars United States Defoe Shipbuilding Co Bay City, Michigan Elfrecia Steam yacht
Unknown date Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Gemma Cargo ship For Holm & Molzen
Unknown date Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom J L Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland Goodleigh Cargo ship For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd
Unknown date US flag 48 stars United States Spear Engine Works Norfolk, Virginia Hydrographer Survey ship For U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Unknown date Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom British Power Boat Company Southampton Miss England I Power boat For Hubert Scott-Paine
Unknown date Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Germany Germania Werft Kiel Queen Anne Motor yacht For Alexander Dallas Thayer
Unknown date US flag 48 stars United States Pusey & Jones Wilmington, Delaware Savarona Steam yacht For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader
Unknown date US flag 48 stars United States F F Pendleton Wiscasset, Maine Spindrift
Unknown date US flag 48 stars United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Trimont

See also[]

Ship events in 1928
Ship launches: 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
Ship commissionings: 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
Ship decommissionings: 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
Shipwrecks: 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
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