List of ship launches in 1928

The list of ship launches in 1928 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1928.

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
5 January	Germany	Deutsche Werft	Hamburg	Alster	Cargo liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
11 January	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	El Argentino	Cargo ship	For the Houlder Line
24 January	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Duchess of Bedford	Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
22 February	United Kingdom	Hawthorn, Leslie	Hebburn	Sussex	County-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
23 February	Australia	Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company	Sydney, New South Wales	Albatross	Seaplane tender
20 March	Japan	Yokohama Shipyards		Shirayuki	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 March	Japan	Mitsubishi Shipyard	Nagasaki	Haguro	Myōkō-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
14 April	Italy	Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard	La Spezia	Enrico Toti	Balilla-class submarine	For Regia Marina
20 April	France	Brest Naval Yard	Brest	Colbert	Suffren-class cruiser	For Marine Nationale
22 April	Japan	Kawasaki shipyard	Kobe	Ashigara	Myōkō-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 May	United Kingdom			Worthing	Passenger ferry	For Southern Railway
5 May	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Odin	Odin-class submarine
6 May	Germany	Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards	Bremen	St. Louis	Ocean liner	For Hamburg-America Line
7 May	Canada	Burrard Dry Dock	North Vancouver, British Columbia	St. Roch	Schooner	For Royal Canadian Mounted Police
23 May	Germany			Köln	Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)	For Reichsmarine
18 June	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Duchess of Richmond	Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
26 June	Japan	Uraga Dock Company	Uraga	Miyuki	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
5 July	United Kingdom	William Beardmore & Company	Dalmuir	Shropshire	County-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
8 July	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd	Govan	Norfolk	County-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
10 July	France	Chantiers Naval Français		Wicher	Wicher-class destroyer	For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij
17 July	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	York	York-class cruiser	For Royal Navy
18 July	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	Port Fairy	cargo ship	For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd
19 July	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow in Furness	Medway	Submarine depot ship	For Royal Navy
21 July	United Kingdom	John I. Thorneycroft & Company	Woolston	Hyatt	Serrano-class destroyer	For Armada de Chile
1 August	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Europa	Ocean liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
2 August	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG	Bremen	Bremen	Ocean liner	For Norddeutscher Lloyd
15 September	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen & Sons	Glasgow	Viceroy of India	Ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
27 September	Japan	Fujinagata Shipyards	Osaka	Murakumo	Fubuki-class destroyer
28 September	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Duchess of York	Ocean liner	For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
29 September	Japan	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	Maizuru, Kyoto	Hatsuyuki	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Holy Cross	Trawler	For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
28 November	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston	Aldea	Serrano-class destroyer	For Armada de Chile
29 November	Japan	Uraga Dock Company	Uraga	Uranami	Fubuki-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 December	United Kingdom	William Beardmore and Company	Glasgow	Olympus	Odin-class submarine	For Royal Navy
15 December	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Georgetown	Trawler	For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
17 December	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Narwhal	Narwhal-class submarine	For United States Navy
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd	Haverton Hill-on-Tees	Barnett	McCawley-class attack transport	For the United States Navy
Unknown date	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Boston College	Trawler
Unknown date	Germany	Germainia Werft	Kiel	Coronet	Steam yacht	For Irving T. Bush
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Smith's Dock Co	Middlesbrough	Eaglescliffe Hall	cargo ship	For Hall Corporation
Unknown date	United Kingdom	W Gray & Co Ltd	West Hartlepool	Egglestone	Cargo ship
Unknown date	United States	Defoe Shipbuilding Co	Bay City, Michigan	Elfrecia	Steam yacht
Unknown date	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Gemma	Cargo ship	For Holm & Molzen
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J L Thompson & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Goodleigh	Cargo ship	For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd
Unknown date	United States	Spear Engine Works	Norfolk, Virginia	Hydrographer	Survey ship	For U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Unknown date	United Kingdom	British Power Boat Company	Southampton	Miss England I	Power boat	For Hubert Scott-Paine
Unknown date	Germany	Germania Werft	Kiel	Queen Anne	Motor yacht	For Alexander Dallas Thayer
Unknown date	United States	Pusey & Jones	Wilmington, Delaware	Savarona	Steam yacht	For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader
Unknown date	United States	F F Pendleton	Wiscasset, Maine	Spindrift
Unknown date	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding	Quincy, Massachusetts	Trimont