List of ship launches in 1940

List of ship launches in 1940

The list of ship launches in 1940 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1940.__NOTOC__!! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Country! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Builder! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Location! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Ship! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Class! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Notes
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| January 24
flag|United States|1912
Sun Shipbuilding

"Mormacmail"
Merchant
Converted to escort carrier USS "Long Island" in 1941
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| January 24
UK
Smiths Dock
River Tees
"Gladiolus"
"Flower" class corvette

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| February
flag|Germany|Nazi
G. Seebeck A.G.
Wesermünde
"Malangen"
Trawler
Captured by Norway 13 April 1940 and renamed HNoMS "Honningsvåg"
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| March 4
flag|United States|1912
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny, New Jersey
"Markay"
Maritime Commission Type N tanker

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| June 1
flag|United States|1912
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Washington"
"North Carolina" class battleship|
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| June 13
flag|United States|1912
New York Naval Shipyard
Brooklyn, New York
"North Carolina"
"North Carolina" class battleship|
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| July 29
flag|Germany|Nazi
Schichau
Königsberg
"Flake"
"Bussard" class seaplane tender
For the Luftwaffe
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| August 1
AUS
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Sydney
"Bathurst"
"Bathurst" class corvette

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| August 5
UK

Barrow-in-Furness
"Erne"
"Black Swan" class

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| August 10
AUS
Mort's Dock and Engineering Co
Sydney
"Lismore"
"Bathurst" class corvette

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| September 2
flag|Germany|Nazi
Schichau
Konigsberg
"Hans Albrecht Wedel"
"Hans Albrecht Wedel" class light seaplane tender
For the Luftwaffe
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| October 1
flag|India|British


"Sutlej"
"Black Swan" class sloop

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| October 2
flag|Germany|Nazi
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet
Saint-Nazaire
"Jupiter"
"San Souci" class light seaplane tender
Former French "Sans Souci"
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| October 25
AUS
Mort's Dock and Engineering Co
Sydney
"Burnie"
"Bathurst" class corvette

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| October 30
flag|Germany|Nazi
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet
Saint-Nazaire
"Saturn"
"San Souci" class light seaplane tender
Former French "Sans Reproche"
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| November 16
AUS
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Sydney
"Goulburn"
"Bathurst" class corvette

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| November 16
flag|India|British


"Jumna"
"Black Swan" class sloop

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| November 27
flag|United States|1912
Sun Shipbuilding

"Rio Hudson"
C3 merchant freighter
Converted to escort carrier HMS "Avenger" in 1942
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| November 28
UK


"Ibis"
"Black Swan" class sloop

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| October 30
flag|Germany|Nazi
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet
Saint-Nazaire
"Merkur"
"San Souci" class light seaplane tender
Former French "Sans Peur"
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| October 30
flag|Germany|Nazi
Ch. de St. Nazaire Penhoet
Saint-Nazaire
"Uranus"
"San Souci" class light seaplane tender
Former French "Sans Pareil"
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| December 10
AUS
Williamstown Naval Dockyard
Williamstown, Victoria
"Ballarat"
"Bathurst" class corvette

-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| December 14
flag|United States|1912
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
"Hornet"
"Yorktown" class aircraft carrier|
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| December 18
flag|United States|1912
Sun Shipbuilding
Chester, Pennsylvania
"Rio Parana"
C3 merchant freighter
Converted to escort carrier HMS "Biter" in 1942
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| Date uncertain
flag|Germany|Nazi
Norderwerft Koser und Meyer
Hamburg
"Karl Meyer"
"Karl Meyer" class seaplane tender
For the Luftwaffe
-----! style="background: #bbdddd;"| Date uncertain
flag|Germany|Nazi
Norderwerft Koser und Meyer
Hamburg
"Max Stinsky"
"Karl Meyer" class seaplane tender
For the Luftwaffe

See also

* List of World War II ships


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