List of ship launches in 1918
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The list of ship launches in 1918 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1918. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
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Summary[edit]
Month | Req. Steel | Req S. dwt | CS | CSt | CW | CWt | CComp | CCompt | CC | CCt |
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January | 15 | 103,700 | 1 | 8,800 | ||||||
February | 23 | 132,400 | 3 | 21,150 | 5 | 19,500 | ||||
March | 27 | 168,766 | 6 | 51,650 | 11 | 42,000 | ||||
April | 22 | 119,880 | 7 | 45,850 | 17 | 64,000 | ||||
May | 28 | 166,130 | 14 | 85,025 | 31 | 115,700 | 1 | 3,500 | ||
June | 13 | 77,050 | 13 | 74,300 | 22 | 80,200 | 1 | 3,500 | ||
July | 33 | 218,925 | 35 | 218,725 | 54 | 195,750 | 2 | 7,000 | ||
August | 17 | 120,730 | 29 | 174,650 | 34 | 115,950 | 3 | 10,500 | ||
September | 19 | 146,295 | 40 | 215,525 | 31 | 111,400 | 3 | 10,500 | ||
October | 6 | 54,475 | 41 | 244,700 | 33 | 106,300 | ||||
November | 10 | 85,300 | 39 | 230,200 | 31 | 111,450 | 3 | 10,500 | ||
December | 8 | 59,825 | 51 | 327,525 | 29 | 81,800 | 1 | 3,000 | ||
Total | 221 | 1,453,476 | 279 | 1,698,100 | 298 | 1,044,050 | 13 | 45,500 | 1 | 3,000 |
Country | Ships | Tons | Ships | Tons | Ships | Tons |
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1918 | 1917 | 1916 | ||||
United States | 929 | 3,033,030 | 326 | 997,919 | 211 | 504,217 |
United Kingdom | 301 | 1,348,120 | 286 | 1,162,896 | 306 | 608,235 |
Dominions | 206 | 279,904 | 105 | 94,471 | 40 | 31,571 |
Japan | 198 | 489,924 | 104 | 350,141 | 55 | 145,624 |
Holland | 74 | 74,026 | 146 | 148,779 | 201 | 180,197 |
Norway | 51 | 47,723 | 44 | 46,103 | 52 | 42,458 |
Sweden | 36 | 39,583 | 34 | 26,760 | 34 | 26,769 |
Italy | 15 | 60,791 | 11 | 38,906 | 10 | 56,654 |
Denmark | 13 | 26,150 | 23 | 20,445 | 28 | 35,277 |
France | 3 | 13,715 | 6 | 18,828 | 9 | 42,752 |
Austria-Hungary | no data | |||||
Germany | ||||||
Others (approx) | 40 | 34,478 | 27 | 32,538 | 18 | 14,296 |
Total (approx) | 1,866 | 5,447,444 | 1112 | 2,937,786 | 964 | 1,688,080 |
Region | S/S | GT | W/S | GT | W/Sail | GT |
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US East[a] | 152 | 734,587 | 86 | 185,769 | 31 | 31,787 |
US Gulf | 3 | 4,110 | 56 | 124,702 | 7 | 5,225 |
US West | 160 | 922,949 | 237 | 575,747 | 8 | 15,600 |
US Lakes | 187 | 428,494 | 1 | 2,383 | ||
Can. Lakes | 18 | 40,216 | 4 | 9,174 | ||
Can. Coast | 19 | 72,398 | 52 | 100,178 | 84 | 36,225 |
B. Dominions, other | 6 | 10,882 | 7 | 6,395 | 16 | 4,436 |
Japan | 157 | 458,731 | 41 | 31,193 | ||
Holland | 74 | 74,026 | ||||
Italy | 11 | 59,391 | 3 | 950 | 1 | 450 |
Norway | 44 | 45,832 | 7 | 1,891 | ||
Sweden | 22 | 35,331 | 11 | 3,617 | 3 | 635 |
Spain | 12 | 16,074 | 4 | 815 | 2 | 500 |
France | 3 | 13,715 | ||||
China | 8 | 10,988 | 1 | 790 | ||
Portugal | 13 | 5,311 |
- ^ additionally, one steel sailing vessel of 1,677gt
District | Steamers | GT |
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Barrow, Maryport, Workington | 3 | 11,004 |
Belfast, Londonderry | 23 | 148,259 |
Dundee | 8 | 23,860 |
Clyde / Glasgow | 41 | 188,736 |
Clyde / Greenock | 31 | 160,024 |
Hartlepool | 25 | 100,413 |
Hull | 5 | 25,480 |
Leith[a] | 10 | 16,576 |
Liverpool | 4 | 12,486 |
Middlesbrough, Stockton, Whitby | 24 | 109,298 |
Newcastle | 55 | 266,594 |
Sunderland | 58 | 260,553 |
- ^ additionally, 1 sailing vessel of 3,845gt
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(help) - ^ Gröner, Jung & Maass 1985, p. 44.
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(help) - ^ a b c d "Pacific Marine Review". May 1918. p. 114.
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(help) - ^ "War Bittern". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Panther". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "War Loch". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Valemore". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "War African". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Buckler". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Tabard". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ a b Gröner, Jung & Maass 1985, pp. 41–42.
- ^ "War Vulture". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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(help) - ^ "Narkundi". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Monsoon". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "War Lemur". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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- ^ "War Legate". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Spartan". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "War Kestrel". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Agwam, First Fabricated Ship". The Rudder. Vol. 34, no. 7. July 1918. pp. 309–316.
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- ^ "War Ostrich". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "War Pigeon". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Manchester Division". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "War Hamlet". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "HMS St Aubin". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Island". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "War Typhoon". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Pacific Marine Review". September 1918. p. 133.
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(help) - ^ "AA-1 (Submarine No. 52)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
renamed AA-1 ... launched on 25 July 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Lilian Hovey-King, wife of Lt. Cmdr. Alvin Hovey-King, a naval constructor assigned to the Fore River Shipbuilding Co.
- ^ "War Envoy". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Gnat". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Pacific Marine Review". October 1918. p. 160.
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(help) - ^ "War Snake". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Finch". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "War Anglian". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "HMS St Bees". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Palace". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "War Icarus". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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(help) - ^ "War Aryan". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Sirocco". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "War Music". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Linnet". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "War Mallow". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 407.
- ^ "Binfield". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1968, p. 45.
- ^ "War Cowslip". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Pacific Marine Review". January 1919. p. 119.
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(help) - ^ "HMS St Mellons". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "War Pansy". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Steel Shipbuilding Under the U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921" (PDF). shipscribe.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "War Dream". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Steel Shipbuilding Under the U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921" (PDF). shipscribe.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "War Jasmine". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Bradford City". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "War Pyramid". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Bardic". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "HMS St Olaves". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Bonnie". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Pacific Marine Review". February 1919. p. 130.
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(help) - ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
- ^ "Cérisoles (+1918)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Inkermann (+1918)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "War Brae". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 398.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
- ^ "War Ghurka". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "War Simoom". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ Sixth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board. United States Government Printing Office. 1922. p. 264.
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