List of ship launches in 1963

The list of ship launches in 1963 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1963.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
8 January	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Benjamin Stoddert	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
12 January	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	John Adams	Lafayette-class submarine
12 January	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Nathan Hale	Lafayette-class submarine
15 January	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico	Monfalcone	Oceanic	Cruise ship	For Home Lines
22 January	Canada	Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd.	North Vancouver	Queen of Esquimalt	V-class ferry	For BC Ferries[1]
25 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lossiebank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[2]
30 January	West Germany	HDW	Kiel	U-6	Type 205 submarine	For German Navy
February	United Kingdom	N Holmans & Sons	Penzance	Primrose	Tug	First ship to be launched at Penzance in nearly 100 years[3]
22 February	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Woodrow Wilson	Lafayette-class submarine
26 February	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Waddell	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
2 March	West Germany	Rolandwerft GmbH	Bremen	Wilhelmshaven		For Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Jade" GmbH[4]
15 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	James Madison	James Madison-class submarine
16 March	United States	Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Guadalcanal	Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
24 March	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico	Monfalcone	Raffaello	Ocean liner	For Italian Line
6 April	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Richmond K. Turner	Leahy-class cruiser
7 April	Soviet Union	A.A. Zhdanov	Leningrad	Varyag	Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser	For Soviet Navy
10 April	West Germany	HDW	Kiel	U-7	Type 205 submarine	For German Navy
24 April	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Jack	Permit-class submarine
27 April	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Daniel Webster	Lafayette-class submarine
27 April	Canada	Halifax Shipyards	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Annapolis	Annapolis-class destroyer
4 May	West Germany	H. C. Stülcken Sohn	Hamburg	Hessen	Hamburg-class destroyer	For German Navy
12 May	Netherlands	Zaanlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij	Zaandam	Marsdiep		For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming[5]
23 May	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Galatea	Leander-class frigate
6 June	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering	Greenock	Euryalus	Leander-class frigate
15 June	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Mars	Mars-class combat stores ship
15 June	East Germany	V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft	Wismar	Ivan Franko	Ivan Franko-class passenger ship	For Black Sea Shipping Company[6]
15 June	Japan			Ōi	Isuzu-class destroyer escort
19 June	West Germany	HDW	Kiel	U-8	Type 205 submarine	For German Navy
21 June	Japan			Kitakami	Isuzu-class destroyer escort
22 June	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Flasher	Permit-class submarine
21 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Roybank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[7]
22 June	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Daniel Boone	James Madison-class submarine
22 June	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	John C. Calhoun	James Madison-class submarine
22 June	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Tecumseh	James Madison-class submarine
7 July	United States	Levingston Shipbuilding Company	Orange, Texas	PF-103	Bayandor-class corvette	For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy.[8]
19 July	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Brooke	Brooke-class frigate
20 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Belknap	Belknap-class cruiser
3 August	United States	New York Naval Shipyard	Brooklyn, New York	La Salle	Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock
8 August	United Kingdom	Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Fingal	Lighthouse tender	For Commissioners of Northern Lights.[9]
10 August	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Sylvania	Mars-class combat stores ship
19 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Rimfonn	Tanker	For Sigval Bergsen.[10]
14 September	United States	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton, Washington	Sacramento	Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
19 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Methane Progress	LNG carrier	For Methane Tanker Finance Co.[11]
26 September	United States	Defoe Shipbuilding Company	Bay City, Michigan	Perth	Perth-class destroyer	For Royal Australian Navy
5 October	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries		Amatsukaze	Unique destroyer
10 October	United States	Levingston Shipbuilding Company	Orange, Texas	PF-104	Bayandor-class corvette	For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy.[8]
15 October	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Ramsey	Brooke-class frigate
18 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Von Steuben	James Madison-class submarine
29 October	Denmark	Aalborg Værft A/S	Aalborg	Prinsesse Elisabeth	Ferry	For DSB Färjedivision[12]
29 October	Finland	Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard	Helsinki	Ilmatar	Ferry	For Finland Steamship Company[13]
31 October	United States	Bethlehem Steel	San Francisco, California	Garcia	Garcia-class frigate
1 November	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie and Company	Hebburn	Cambridge Ferry	Train ferry	For British Railways Board
2 November	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Ulysses S. Grant	James Madison-class submarine
4 November	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow	Naiad	Leander-class frigate
5 November	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Arethusa	Leander-class frigate
17 October	United Kingdom	Short Brothers Ltd.	Sunderland	Carlton	Bulk carrier	For Chapman & Willan Ltd.[14][15]
30 November	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Stonewall Jackson	James Madison-class submarine
30 November	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Kinn	Kobben-class submarine	For Royal Norwegian Navy
2 December	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Josephus Daniels	Belknap-class cruiser
3 December	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs		Valiant	Valiant-class submarine
3 December	Canada	Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd	Victoria	Queen of Nanaimo	Burnaby-class ferry	For BC Ferries[16]
7 December	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Schofield	Brooke-class frigate
17 December	Sweden	Sölvesborg Varv Ab	Sölvesborg	Apollo	Ferry	For Rederi AB Slite
19 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Fearless	Fearless-class landing platform dock	For Royal Navy.
20 December	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Sam Rayburn	James Madison-class submarine
27 December	United Kingdom	G. & J. Weir (Holdings) Ltd.	Renfrew	Hopper Barge No.3	Hopper barge	For Calcutta Port Commissioners.[17]
31 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Weybank	Cargo ship	For Bank Line.[18]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd.	Greenock	Vasabha	Tug	For Colombo Port Commission.[19]