List of ship launches in 1918
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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December
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References
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- 1 2 3 "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. March 1918. p. 95.
- ↑ Gröner, Jung & Maass 1985, p. 44.
- ↑ "Kenilworth". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- 1 2 "Portland". Pacific Marine Review. February 1918. p. 99.
- ↑ "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. February 1918. p. 90.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Friedman 2009, p. 311.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gröner, Jung & Maass 1985, pp. 41–42
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gröner, Jung & Maass 1985, pp. 38, 40.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. May 1918. p. 155.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. May 1918. p. 114.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Glenapp". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ↑ "Spectrum". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 Gröner, Jung & Maass 1985, pp. 41–42.
- ↑ "War Vulture". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. August 1918. pp. 158 & 161.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Sheen". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ↑ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 41.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917–1921, Contract Steel Ships, Part III" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917–1921. ShipScribe. p. 74. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
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- ↑ "War Bagpipe". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ↑ "War Ostrich". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ↑ "Ormonde". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Parsons, Luann (9 April 1981). "Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 Marine Review, Feb 1920, p. 103
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Marine Review, Mar 1920, p. 1743
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. September 1918. p. 133.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. October 1918. p. 160.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Cretepath". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. December 1918. p. 166.
- ↑ "War Aryan". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ "Stephen Kenney". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ↑ "War Haven". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ↑ "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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- ↑ "Binfield". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1968, p. 45.
- ↑ "War Cowslip". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. January 1919. p. 119.
- ↑ "HMS St Mellons". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ "War Pansy". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ↑ "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.
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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Merry Hampton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ↑ "Bardic". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ "John Kennedy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ↑ "HMS St Olaves". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ "Bonnie". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- 1 2 "Pacific Marine Review". Pacific Marine Review. February 1919. p. 130.
- ↑ "Cretepond". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ↑ "John Dupuis". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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- 1 2 "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- 1 2 Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
- ↑ "Cérisoles (+1918)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ "Forked Lightning". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ↑ "Henry Flight". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ↑ "Inkermann (+1918)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ "Roseden". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ↑ "Shower". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ↑ "Sleet". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ↑ "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.
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