List of ship launches in 1959

The list of ship launches in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1959.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
9 January	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Halibut	Unique nuclear-powered submarine
31 January	Australia	Cockatoo Island Dockyard	Sydney, New South Wales	Parramatta	River-class destroyer escort
11 February	Germany	Burmester shipyard	Bremen-Burg	Cuxhaven	Lindau-class minesweeper	For German Navy
17 February	United States	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	Sparrows Point, Maryland	Haleakala	Nitro-class ammunition ship
9 March	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Ashanti	Tribal-class frigate
19 March	Sweden	Oskarshamns varv	Oskarshamn	Bore	Ferry	For Steamship Company Bore
21 March	West Germany			Emden	Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
6 April	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding	Glasgow, Scotland	Lincoln	Salisbury-class frigate
22 April	United States	Defoe Shipbuilding Company	Bay City, Michigan	Henry B. Wilson	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
23 April	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Towers	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
16 May	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Blueback	Barbel-class submarine
23 May	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Preble	Farragut-class destroyer
25 May	Japan			Oyashio	Oyashio-class submarine
9 June	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	George Washington	George Washington-class submarine
18 June	Japan			Harusame	Murasame-class destroyer
23 June	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn	Royston Grange	Refrigerated cargo liner	For Houlder Line
23 June	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Windsor Castle	Ocean liner	For Union-Castle Line
24 June	Japan			Teruzuki	Akizuki-class destroyer
26 June	Japan			Akizuki	Akizuki-class destroyer
9 July	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Macdonough	Farragut-class destroyer
14 July	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Long Beach	Long Beach-class cruiser
21 July	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Savannah	Nuclear-powered cargo ship	For United States Maritime Administration
28 July	United States	Defoe Shipbuilding Company	Bay City, Michigan	Lynde McCormick	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
8 August	Japan			Takanami	Ayanami-class destroyer
15 August	West Germany			Augsburg	Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
17 August	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Parsons	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
19 August	New Zealand	J. Samuel White & Co.	Cowes, Isle of Wight	Taranaki	Modified Rothesay-class frigate
8 September	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Charles F. Adams	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
22 September	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Patrick Henry	George Washington-class submarine
3 October	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Theodore Roosevelt	George Washington-class submarine
7 October	United States	San Francisco Naval Shipyard	San Francisco, California	Mahan	Farragut-class destroyer
24 October	West Germany			Karlsruhe	Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
24 October	Sweden	Kockums	Malmö	Esso Brussels	Tanker	For Esso Marine (Belgium) SA
3 November	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	Oriana	Ocean liner	For Orient Line
18 December	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Robert E. Lee	George Washington-class submarine
29 December	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Scorpion	Skipjack-class submarine