List of ship launches in 1961

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The list of ship launches in 1961 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1961.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
January 31	United States	Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company	Seattle, Washington	Gridley	Leahy class guided missile cruiser
March 16	United Kingdom			Hampshire	County class destroyer
15 April	United States		Quincy, Massachusetts	Bainbridge	Bainbridge class nuclear-powered cruiser
1 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Leahy	Leahy class guided missile cruiser
2 July	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico	Monfalcone	Galileo Galilei	Ocean liner	For Lloyd Triestino
September 17	United States	Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton, Washington	Iwo Jima	Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship
September 30	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest, France	Jeanne d'Arc	Helicopter carrier and cruiser hybrid
December 7	United Kingdom			London	County class destroyer
December 9	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Harry E. Yarnell	Leahy class guided missile cruiser

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Ship launches:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship commissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship decommissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Shipwrecks:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969