# List of ship launches in 1969

The list of ship launches in 1969 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1969. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
| 1 January | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Milwaukee | Wichita-class replenishment oiler | For United States Navy |
| 4 January | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia | Blue Ridge | Blue Ridge-class command ship | For United States Navy |
| 4 January | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia | Manitowoc | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy |
| 4 January | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News | St. Louis | Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship | For United States Navy |
| 4 January | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale | W. S. Sims | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 16 January | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | P.A.S. 1506 | Tanker barge | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 20 January | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Oilwell | Naval tanker | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| January | United Kingdom | Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Kawkab | Kawkab-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy. |
| January | United Kingdom | Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Thoaban | Kawkab-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy. |
| 1 February | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Rommel | Lütjens-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
| 2 February | United States | | | Schleswig-Holstein | ferry | For Reederei & Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Oilman | Naval tanker | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 3 March | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | P.A.S. 1507 | Tank barge | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Vortigern | Combined train and RO-RO ferry | For British Railways Board |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Hoveringham IV | Dredger | For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd.. |
| 8 March | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Frederick | Newport-class tank landing ship | United States |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Aino | Bulk carrier | For C. H. Sorensen. |
| March | France | Dubegion-Normandie | Nantes | Maria Van Riebeeck | Daphné-class submarine | For South African Navy |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Husky | Dog-class tug | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Helen Miller | Cargo ship | For St. Vincent Shipping Co. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Sand Swan | Dredger | For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 12 April | United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Hawkbill | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 15 April | United Kingdom | Yarrows | Scotstoun | Diomede | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
| 15 April | Soviet Union | Severnaya Verf | Leningrad | Admiral Nakhimov | Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Garian | Patrol boat | For Libyan Navy. |
| 29 April | Finland | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Annie Johnson | Container ship | Rederi AB Nordstjernan |
| 2 May | United States | Lockheed | Seattle, Washington | Rathburne | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 3 May | United States | Todd Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Harold E. Holt | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 3 May | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale | Patterson | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 15 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Saluki | Dog-class tug | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Brackengarth | Firefighting tug | For Rea Towing Co. Ltd. |
| 17 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News | El Paso | Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship | For United States Navy |
| 17 May | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Flying Fish | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 24 May | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Inchon | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship | For United States Navy |
| 24 May | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Schenectady | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy |
| 29 May | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Khawlan | Patrol boat | For Libyan Navy. |
| 1 June | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Kansas City | Wichita-class replenishment oiler | For United States Navy |
| 3 June | United States | | | Störtebeker | Ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH |
| 14 June | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale | Vreeland | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 21 June | United States | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Detroit | Sacramento-class fast combat support ship | For United States Navy |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Hoveringham V | Dredger | For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd.. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Bristol | Type 82 destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 1 July | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Mormacsun | Roll-on/roll-off vessel | Moore-McCormack Lines |
| 12 July | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Cayuga | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Setter | Dog-class tug | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| July | France | | Toulon | Shushuk | Daphné-class submarine | For Pakistani Navy |
| July | United Kingdom | Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Bani Yas | Kawkab-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy. |
| 16 August | United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Pintado | Sturgeon-class submarine | |
| 18 August | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Conqueror | Churchill-class submarine | For Royal Navy |
| 23 August | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale | Blakely | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Sabratha | Patrol boat | For Libyan Navy. |
| 6 September | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Tuscaloosa | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Sheepdog | Dog-class tug | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 25 September | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Hollygarth | Firefighting tug | For Rea Towing Co. Ltd. |
| 27 September | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Trepang | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 27 September | Japan | Sumitomo Heavy Industries | Yokohama | Acadia Forest | Lighter aboard ship | First LASH-ship in the world |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Brunswick | Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship | For United States Navy. |
| 23 October | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Marvin Shields | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 24 October | France | | | Emily Hobhouse | Daphné-class submarine | For South African Navy |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Merawa | Patrol boat | For Libyan Navy. |
| October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 690 | Barge | For St. Charles Dredging & Towing. |
| October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 691 | Barge | For St. Charles Dredging & Towing. |
| 1 November | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale | Trippe | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 11 November | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News | Sand Lance | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
| 15 November | Japan | | | Murakumo | Minegumo-class destroyer | For Japan Self-Defence Forces |
| 20 November | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | P.A.S. 1604 | Tank barge | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. |
| 2 December | Finland | | | Song of Norway | Song of Norway-class cruise ship | Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines |
| 12 December | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Downes | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
| 12 December | France | DCAN | | Terrible | Redoutable-class submarine | For French Navy |
| 13 December | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia | Sumter | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy |
| 13 December | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | San Jose | Mars-class combat stores ship | For United States Navy |
| 14 December | Finland | Uudenkaupungin Telakka | Uusikaupunki | Lindblad Explorer | Cruise ship | For K/S A/S Explorer & Co, Oslo, Norway |
| 18 December | Denmark | Orlogsværftet | Copenhagen | Nordkaperen | Type 205 submarine | For Royal Danish Navy |
| 19 December | West Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Apollo | Ferry | For Rederi AB Slite / Viking Line |
| 20 December | United States | Fore River Shipyard, | Quincy, Massachusetts | Portland | Anchorage-class dock landing ship | For United States Navy |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Crescent Shipping | Frindsbury | Libation | Coaster. | For Crescent Shipping Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd. | Greenwich | Lobe | Motor barge | For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Lundy Puffin | Fishing trawler | For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. |
| Unknown date | Japan | Taguma Shipbuilding | Onomichi | Naruto Maru | ro-ro ferry | |