# List of ship launches in 1937

The list of ship launches in 1937 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1937.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 8 January | United States | Brooklyn Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | Spencer | Treasury-class cutter | For United States Coast Guard. |
| 12 January | United States | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | Henley | Bagley-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
| 14 January | United States | Charleston Navy Yard | Charleston, South Carolina | Bibb | Treasury-class cutter | For United States Coast Guard. |
| 14 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | May | Lightship tenderCommissioners of Irish Lights. | For |
| 27 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Comara | Coaster | For North Coast Steam Navigation Company. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Adula | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Ilex | I-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Linda Lou | Tank barge | For Citizen's Oil Co. Inc. |
| 7 February | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Admiral Hipper | Admiral Hipper-class cruiser | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 11 February | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Ivanhoe | I-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rochester Castle | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
| 20 February | Germany | | | Hans Rolshoven | Krischan-class seaplane tender | For the Luftwaffe. |
| 25 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Torr Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co. |
| February | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC Mojarra | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Impulsive | I-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 March | Netherlands | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Nederland | Tanker | For Nederlandsche Pacific Petroleum Maatschappij |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Salacia | Cargo ship | For Donaldson Line. |
| 12 March | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Erich Giese | Type 1934A-class destroyer | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 13 March | United States | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Kearny, New Jersey | Somers | Somers-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lady Sylvia | Ferry | For Union Steamship Co. |
| 18 March | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Erich Koellner | Type 1934A-class destroyer | For Kriegsmarine |
| 21 March | Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Friedrich Eckoldt | Type 1934A-class destroyer | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 23 March | Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Friesenland | Friesenland-class seaplane carrier | For civilian service. |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Govan | Liverpool | Town-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Roxburgh Castle | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
| March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC Cornuda | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A.. |
| March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC Delfin | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A.. |
| March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 280 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A.. |
| March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 281 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A.. |
| March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 282 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A.. |
| March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 283 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A.. |
| March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 284 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A.. |
| March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | CNSC 285 | Tank barge | For CN San Cristobal S.A.. |
| 10 April | Netherlands | N.V. Rotterdam Drydock Company | Rotterdam | Nieuw Amsterdam | Ocean liner | For Holland America Line. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Delius | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company | Hebburn | Manchester | Town-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 April | Germany | Schulte & Bruns | Emden | Köln | Fishing trawler | For Emder Heringfischerei AG. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Boardale | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 24 April | Germany | Flenderwerft | Lübeck | Porjus | Fishing trawler | For For Afrikanische Frucht-Compagnie A.G. |
| 5 May | Germany | Schulte & Bruns | Emden | Almuth | Fishing trawler | For Leerer Heringfischerei AG. |
| 5 May | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Wilhelm Gustloff | Passenger ship | For Hamburg Süd. |
| 6 May | United States | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | Patterson | Bagley-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
| 8 May | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Savannah | Brooklyn-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
| 8 June | Germany | Deutsche Werke | Kiel | Blücher | Admiral Hipper-class cruiser | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 8 June | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Walker | Afridi | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 June | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Walker | Cossack | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 June | Germany | Schulte & Bruns | Emden | Mars | Fishing trawler | For Dollart Heringfischerei AG. |
| 16 June | Germany | Deutsche Werke | Hamburg | Teutonia | Fishing trawler | For N. Ebsling. |
| 22 June | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Govan | British Integrity | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 23 June | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Birka | Passenger ship | For Mathies Reederei KG. |
| 24 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Leinster | Ferry | For British & Irish Steam Packet Co. |
| 7 July | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Govan | Gurkha | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 July | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Bittern | Bittern-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 July | Italy | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | Trieste | Vittorio Veneto | Littorio-class battleship | For Regia Marina. |
| 5 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Donaghadee | Collier | For John Kelly Ltd. |
| 14 August | United States | Norfolk Naval Shipyard | Portsmouth, Virginia | Blue | Bagley-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
| 18 August | Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard | Horten | Nordkapp | Nordkapp-class fishery protection vessel | For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
| 19 August | Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Diether von Roeder | Type 1936-class destroyer | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 22 August | Italy | Gio. Ansaldo & C. | Sestri Ponente | Littorio | Littorio-class battleship | For Regia Marina. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Somali | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 August | United States | New York Naval Yard | Brooklyn, New York | Honolulu | Brooklyn-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Broomdale | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Govan | Maori | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Walker | Eskimo | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Walker | Mashona | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Capetown Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Govan | Zulu | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 September | Germany | Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser | Wesermünde | Gauleiter Telschow | Fishing trawler | For For Hussmann & Hahn. |
| September | Germany | Deschimag | Wesermünde | Dorum | Fishing trawler | For Ernst Glässel. |
| 2 October | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Nashville | Brooklyn-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
| 5 October | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Barrow-in-Furness | Undine | U-class submarine | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Matabele | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 October | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Gulfwave | Tanker | For Gulf Oil Corporation. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Hampshire | Mohawk | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 October | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport | Gloucester | Town-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 October | Germany | H. C. Stülcken Sohn | Hamburg | Gebrüder Kähler | Fishing trawler | For Hinrich Foch Hochseefischerei AG. |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barbarian | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Delane | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt. |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Tartar | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Trust | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 30 October | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Albert Leo Schlageter | Gorch Fock-class sail training ship | For Kriegsmarine. |
| October | Germany | Deschimag | Wesermünde | Hermann Bösch | Fishing trawler | For C. C. H. Bösch. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Munster | Ferry | For British & Irish Steam Packet Co. |
| 4 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | British Security | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Ashanti | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 November | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wichita | Cruiser | For United States Navy. |
| November | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | C-M.L. 50 | Tank barge | For Agwilines Inc. |
| 1 December | Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Hans Lüdemann | Type 1936-class destroyer | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 2 December | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Cachalot | Grampus-class submarine | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Barbette | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Koolama | Cargo ship | For West Australian Government. |
| 17 December | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Sikh | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 December | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Punjabi | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Bedouin | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Devis | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston | Nubian | Tribal-class destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon, Ayrshire | Franklin | Halcyon-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 December | Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Hermann Künne | Type 1936-class destroyer | For Kriegsmarine. |
| 28 December | Germany | H. C. Stülcken Sohn | Hamburg | Otto Bröhan | Fishing trawler | For Cranzer Fischdamper AG. |
| December | Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremerhaven | Franz Westermann | Fishing trawler | For Reederei Siebert & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | A.G.T No. 32 | Tank barge | For A. G. Thomas. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | A.G.T No. 34 | Tank barge | For F. L. Stanford. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | A.G.T No. 36 | Tank barge | For A. G. Thomas. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | A.G.T No. 38 | Tank barge | For A. G. Thomas. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Deutsche Werft AG | Hamburg | Algol | Coastal tanker | For Trelleborgs Angfabrik Nya A/B. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Coastal Petroleum Corp. No. 1 | Tank barge | For Coastal Petroleum Corp. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Englishman | tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. | Flensburg | Ernst L. M. Russ | Cargo ship | For Ernst Russ. |
| Unknown date | Germany | F Schichau GmbH | Elbing | Gabelsflach | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Wesermünde | Gambian | Cargo ship | For United African Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Burntisland | Ginnheim | Cargo ship | For Unterweser Reederei. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Newcastle upon Tyne | Inkosi | Refrigerated cargo liner | For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Leguy | Dredger | For Nello L. Teer Co. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Lübecker Flender-Werke AG | Lübeck | Marie Fisser | Cargo ship | For Fisser & van Doornum. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. | Flensburg | Mathias Stinnes | Tanker | For Kohlen Import und Poseidon Schiffs. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Neptun AG | Rostock | Messina | Cargo ship | For Robert Miles Sloman Jr. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Stettiner Oderwerke AG | Stettin | Saar | Cargo ship | For R. C. Gribel. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Henry Robb Ltd. | Leith | Spinel | Cargo ship | For William Robertson. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau | Wesermünde | Takoradian | Cargo ship | For United Africa Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Titlark II | Motor vessel | For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau. | Bremen | Unitas | Whaler | For Unitas Deutsche Walfang GmbH. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau | Bremen | Unitas 4 | Whaler | For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau | Bremen | Unitas 5 | Whaler | For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau | Bremen | Unitas 8 | Whaler | For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Unnamed | Tank barge | For Orange State Oil Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 22 unnamed vessels | Tank barges | For private owners. |