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The list of ship launches in 1954 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1954.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
21 January Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Iberia Himalaya-class ocean liner For P&O
21 January United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Nautilus Unique nuclear-powered submarine
9 February United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Thomaston Thomaston-class dock landing ship First in class
12 February Flag of Canada Canada Marine Industries Limited Sorel, Quebec Assiniboine St. Laurent-class destroyer
13 February Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight Grafton Blackwood-class frigate
17 February Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Saxonia Saxonia-class ocean liner For Cunard Line
11 March Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Berthon Boat Company Mickleham Ham-class minesweeper
3 May Flag of Australia Australia Williamstown Dockyard Melbourne, Victoria Vendetta Daring-class destroyer
7 May United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Plymouth Rock Thomaston-class dock landing ship
22 May United States Christy Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin LST-1170 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship
4 June United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Cromwell Dealey-class destroyer escort
15 June Flag of Canada Canada Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia Kootenay Restigouche-class destroyer
1 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Torquay Whitby-class frigate
2 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Whitby Whitby-class frigate First in class
16 July United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Fort Snelling Thomaston-class dock landing ship
19 July Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Sunderland, England Hannington Court Cargo ship For Court Line
13 August United States Bellingham Shipyards Co. Bellingham, Washington Whippoorwill Redwing-class minesweeper
20 August United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Hammerberg Dealey-class destroyer escort
31 August Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Keppel Blackwood-class frigate
28 September United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Point Defiance Thomaston-class dock landing ship
29 September Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Pellew Blackwood-class frigate
22 November Flag of Canada Canada Canadian Vickers Montreal, Quebec Restigouche Restigouche-class destroyer First in class
10 December Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Russell Blackwood-class frigate
11 December United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Forrestal Forrestal-class aircraft carrier First in class
14 December Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Ivernia Saxonia-class ocean liner For Cunard Line

See also[]

Ship events in 1954
Ship launches: 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Ship commissionings: 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Ship decommissionings: 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Shipwrecks: 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
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