# List of ship launches in 1952

The list of ship launches in 1952 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1952.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 16 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Skill | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 26 January | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Mitscher | Mitscher-class destroyer | First in class |
| 26 January | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Willis A. Lee | Mitscher-class destroyer | |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Onitsha | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster. |
| 30 January | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Manchester Pioneer | Cargo ship | |
| 30 January | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Manchester Spinner | Cargo ship | |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | King Alexander | Cargo ship | For King Line. |
| February | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Manchester Explorer | Cargo ship | |
| February | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | S.BX.M. 1 | Deck barge | For Surina Bamache Bauxite. |
| February | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | S.BX.M. 2 | Deck barge | For Surina Bamache Bauxite. |
| February | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | S.BX.M. 3 | Deck barge | For Surina Bamache Bauxite. |
| February | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | S.BX.M. 4 | Deck barge | For Surina Bamache Bauxite. |
| 15 March | Finland | Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan | Turku | Equator | Cargo ship | Originally for Finland – South-American Line; handed over to Sudoimport as m/s Archangelsk. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Essequibo | Cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Janita | Tanker | For Spermacet Whaling Co. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Braemar Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
| 23 April | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Wilkinson | Mitscher-class destroyer | |
| 26 April | France | A&C de France | Dunkerque | Calédonien | Ocean liner | For Messageries Maritimes |
| 1 May | Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney, New South Wales | Voyager | Daring-class destroyer | |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Diana | Daring-class destroyer | |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Irish Coast | Ferry | For Coast Lines. |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Isaac Carter | Cargo ship | For Barberry Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cedric | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line. |
| May | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 150 | Hopper barge | For Inland Waterways Commission. |
| May | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 151 | Hopper barge | For [[Inland Waterways Commission. |
| May | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 152 | Hopper barge | For [[Inland Waterways Commission. |
| 10 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Busen 5 | Whaler | For Tongsberg A/S. |
| 12 June | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Blunham | Ham-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Obuasi | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Humble 120 | Tank barge | For Humble Oil Company. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 154 | Hopper barge | For [[Inland Waterways Commission. |
| June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 155 | Hopper barge | For [[Inland Waterways Commission. |
| 8 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Janova | Tanker | For Spermacet Whaling Co. |
| 12 July | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | John S. McCain | Mitscher-class destroyer | |
| 12 July | United States | Martinolich Ship Building Co | San Diego, California | Illusive | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
| 12 July | France | Forges & Chantiers de la Gironde | Bordeaux | Jean Labord | cruise ship | For Messageries Maritimes |
| 16 July | Netherlands | C Van der Giessen & Zoon | Krimpen aan den IJssel | Nyon | Cargo ship | For Suisse-Atlantique Societé de Navigation Maritime SA |
| 22 July | United Kingdom | Short Brothers of Sunderland | Sunderland | Africa Palm | Cargo ship | For Palm Line |
| July | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 137 | Hopper barge | For [[Inland Waterways Commission. |
| July | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 138 | Hopper barge | For [[Inland Waterways Commission. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Raeburn | Cargo ship | For Lamport & Holt. |
| 8 August | United States | J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. | Tacoma, Washington | Endurance | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
| 9 August | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | LST-1156 | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | First in class |
| 19 August | Canada | Burrard Dry Dock | Vancouver, British Columbia | Skeena | St. Laurent-class destroyer | |
| 21 August | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Bodenham | Ham-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 August | United States | Martinolich Ship Building Co | San Diego, California | Impervious | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
| August | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | BA-1501 | Tank barge | For Butcher - Arthur Co. |
| August | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 139 | Hopper barge | For [[Inland Waterways Commission. |
| August | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | I.W.C. 140 | Hopper barge | For [[Inland Waterways Commission. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Leda | Ferry | For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab |
| 6 September | United States | Christy Corporation | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | Badger | Ferry | For Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Clydefield | Tanker | For Hunting & Sons. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | BA-1502 | Tank barge | For Butcher - Arthur Co. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | BA-1503 | Tank barge | For Butcher - Arthur Co. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | BA-1504 | Tank barge | For Butcher - Arthur Co. |
| September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | L.C.D. & T. CO. No. 101 | Deck barge | For Lake Charles Dredging. |
| 4 October | United States | Luders Marine Construction Co. | Stamford, Connecticut | Aggressive | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
| 4 October | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest, France | Tahitien | Ocean liner | For Messageries Maritimes |
| 11 October | United States | Martinolich Ship Building Co | San Diego, California | Enhance | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
| 18 October | Netherlands | De Schelde Shipyard | Vlissingen | Kungsholm | Ocean liner/Cruise ship | For Swedish American Line |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Boreham | Ham-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 October | Sweden | Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB | Gothenburg | Småland | Halland-class destroyer | For Royal Swedish Navy |
| 31 October | West Germany | Johann-Oelkers-Werft | Hamburg | Kattwiek | type I ferry | For HADAG |
| October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | L.C.D. & T. CO. No. 102 | Deck barge | For Lake Charles Dredging. |
| October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | L.C.D. & T. CO. No. 103 | Deck barge | For Lake Charles Dredging. |
| October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | L.C.D. & T. CO. No. 104 | Deck barge | For Lake Charles Dredging. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cymric | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line. |
| 19 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | King Arthur | Cargo ship | For King Line. |
| 22 November | United States | Christy Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | LST-1166 | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | |
| 25 November | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | LST-1161 | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | |
| 27 November | Finland | Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard | Helsinki | Voima | Icebreaker | |
| November | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | BA-1505 | Tank barge | For Butcher - Arthur Co. |
| November | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | BA-1506 | Tank barge | For Butcher - Arthur Co. |
| 3 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Beaverbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 6 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | LST-1157 | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship | |
| 16 December | United States | Fulton Shipyard | Antioch, California | Conflict | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
| 16 December | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Eddyrock | Eddy-class tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. |
| 16 December | West Germany | Ottensener Eisenwerke | Hamburg | Wilhelmsburg | type I ferry | For HADAG |
| 17 December | United States | Colberg Boat Works | Stockton, California | Dynamic | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
| 18 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Nessbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line. |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Blandford | Tanker | For Blandford Shipping. |
| 20 December | United States | Martinolich Ship Building Co | San Diego, California | Esteem | Aggressive-class minesweeper | |
| December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | GISSEL 1605 | Tank barge | For J. S. Gissel & Co. |
| December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | GISSEL 1606 | Tank barge | For J. S. Gissel & Co. |
| December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | P.O. 2701 | Tank barge | For Pure Oil Company. |
| December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | P.O. 2702 | Tank barge | For Pure Oil Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Aboine | Tug | For United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Andoni | Tug | For United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Bridge No. 4 | Chain ferry | For Cowes Urban District Council. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Gatco No. 50 | Tank barge | For General Atlantic Towing Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Gatco No. 51 | Tank barge | For General Atlantic Towing Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Naseby | Tug | For Docks & Inland Waterways Board. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Normannia | Ferry | For British Railways. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Olton | Tug | For Docks & Inland Waterways Board. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Sulby | Tug | For Docks & Inland Waterways Board. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | TJ-221 | Barge | For Thomas Jordan Inc. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | TJ-222 | Barge | For Thomas Jordan Inc. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | TJ-223 | Barge | For Thomas Jordan Inc. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | TJ-224 | Barge | For Thomas Jordan Inc. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | TJ-225 | Barge | For Thomas Jordan Inc. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | TJ-226 | Barge | For Thomas Jordan Inc. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | TJ-227 | Barge | For Thomas Jordan Inc. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | TJ-228 | Barge | For Thomas Jordan Inc. |
| Unknown date | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Unnamed | Barge | For private owner. |