# List of ship launches in 1950

The list of ship launches in 1950 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1950.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 16 January | United States | Western Boatbuilding Company | Tacoma, Washington | John N. Cobb | Research vessel | For National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | | | Retainer | Armament support ship | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
| 29 January | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-277 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Blakeley | Car float | For Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad. |
| 2 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Consul | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 6 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Carnarvon | Whaler | For Australian Whaling Commission. |
| 9 February | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-278 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Andalusian | Cargo Ship | For Ellerman & Papayani Line |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Suevic | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line. |
| 21 March | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-282 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Explorer | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 31 March | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-283 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Juan Perón | Factory ship | For Compania Argentina de Pesca. |
| 15 April | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-284 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Ark Royal | Audacious-class aircraft carrier | For Royal Navy |
| 18 May | Italy | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | Trieste | Giulio Cesare | Ocean liner | For Italian Line |
| 31 May | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-285 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Prospector | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 3 June | United States | Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Quincy, Massachusetts | Independence | Ocean liner | For American Export Lines |
| 3 June | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-286 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 6 June | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-287 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bratsberg | Tanker | For Borgestad A/S. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Diamond | Daring-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ascanius | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line. |
| 19 June | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-289 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 27 June | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | President Jackson | | |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Verena | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company. |
| June | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Daressa | Cargo liner | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-146 | Deck barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-147 | Deck barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | SK-148 | Deck barge | For Southern Kraft Corporation. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 2 unnamed vessels | Tank barge | For United States Army Corps of Engineers. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Unnamed | Hopper barge | For United States Army Corps of Engineers. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow, Scotland | Defender | Daring-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Walker | Ocean Monarch | Cruise ship | For Furness Withy |
| 28 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ixion | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line. |
| 28 July | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Jaroslaw Dabrowski | Cargo ship | For Polish Ocean Lines. |
| July | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Barge No. 15 | Tank barge | For Belcher Towing Co. |
| July | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 4 unnamed vessels | Hopper barges | For United States Army Corps of Engineers. |
| 10 August | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-291 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 13 August | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-292 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 13 August | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-293 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Surveyor | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Provence | Passenger ship | For Société Générale des Transports Maritime |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes, Isle of Wight | Dainty | Daring-class destroyer | |
| 20 August | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-294 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 28 August | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-295 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Rosa Maersk | Tanker | For A/S D/S Svendborg and D/S af 1912 A/S. |
| 1 September | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-296 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 9 September | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-297 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 15 September | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-298 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Laganfield | Tanker | For Hunting & Sons. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Binta | Tanker | For Per Gjerding. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bolette | Tanker | For Fred. Olsen & Co. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Kvint | Whaler | For Falkland Shipowners Co. |
| 30 September | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-299 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 9 October | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | President Adams | | |
| 7 October | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-300 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 15 October | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-334 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 21 October | Soviet Union | | Krasnoye Sormovo | S-80 | Whiskey-class submarine | For Soviet Navy |
| 19 November | Italy | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | Trieste | Augustus | Ocean liner | For Italian Line |
| 24 November | Denmark | Helsingør Jernskibs og Maskinbyggeri | Helsingør | Dronning Ingrid | Ferry | For Danske Statsbaner |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ringerd | Tanker | For Olav Ringdal. |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Winsor Trader | Cargo ship | For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co Ltd |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering | Glasgow, Scotland | Delight | Daring-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 28 December | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-336 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 31 December | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-337 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| Unknown date | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-279 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| Unknown date | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-280 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| Unknown date | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-281 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| Unknown date | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-288 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| Unknown date | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-290 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| Unknown date | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-335 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| Unknown date | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | BO-336 | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Changchow | Passenger ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Chungking | Passenger ship | For China Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Covert | Motor barge | For Hayes Wharfe. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Crop | Motor barge | For British Transport Commission. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aldous Successors Ltd. | Brightlingsea | Missellele | Tug | For Cameroons Development Agency. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aldous Successors Ltd. | Brightlingsea | Mokundange | Launch | For Elders & Fyffes. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Welding Barge | Barge | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Wendy Ann | Tug | For Harry Rose (Towage) Ltd. |