List of ship launches in 1948
Introduction The '''list of ship launches in 1948''' includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1948.__NOTOC__Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes 14 February  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Lightship tender For Trinity House. 27 February  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Tanker For British Tanker Company. 6 March  Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia ''''''  heavy cruiser For United States Navy. 11 March  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. 11 March  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Cargo ship For Holland America Line. 19 April  Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk '''''BO-192'''''  For Soviet Navy. 22 April  Barclay Curle Glasgow '''''' Cargo Ship For P&O 24 April  Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk '''''BO-187'''''  For Soviet Navy. 24 April  Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk '''''BO-188'''''  For Soviet Navy. 24 April  Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk '''''BO-190'''''  For Soviet Navy. 24 April  Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk '''''BO-191'''''  For Soviet Navy. 24 April  Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk '''''BO-193'''''  For Soviet Navy. 11 May  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Cargo liner For Royal Mail Lines 21 May  Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine ''''''  For United States Navy. 25 May  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Cargo ship For Ulster Steamship Co. 26 May  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Whaler For United Whalers Ltd. 8 June  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Tanker For British Tanker Company. 10 June  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Cargo ship For Holland America Line. 22 June  Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland ''''''  For Royal Navy. 6 July  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Tanker For A/S Bulls Rederi. 6 July  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Whaler For United Whalers Ltd. 22 July  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Ferry For British Railways. 20 August  Williamstown Naval Dockyard Melbourne, Victoria ''''''  For Royal Australian Navy.4 September Joseph L. Thompson & CoSunderland, England''''''Single screw cargo ship 16 September  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Tanker For British Tanker Company. 21 September  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Ferry For British Railways. 5 October  Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness, England ''''''  For P&O 19 October  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Ferry For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. 19 October  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Ferry For Bombay Steam Navigation Co. 2 November  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Cargo ship For Blue Funnel Line. 4 November  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Tanker For Fred Olsen & Co. 16 November  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Tanker For British Tanker Company. 28 November  Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk '''''BO-194'''''  For Soviet Navy. 13 December  Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk '''''BO-195'''''   For Soviet Navy. 18 December  James Pollock & Sons Faversham '''''' Aircraft transport vessel For Fleet Air Arm. Contract cancelled, completed as the coaster ''Goldhind'' for E. J. & W. Goldsmith Ltd. 18 December  Odense Steel Shipyard Odense, Denmark '''''Olga Mærsk''''' Cargo ship For A.P. Moller-Maersk Group 28 December  Harland & Wolff Belfast '''''' Whaler For United Whalers Ltd. Unknown date  Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow '''''' Cargo liner For British India Steam Navigation Company.
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