List of ship launches in 1945

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The list of ship launches in 1945 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1945.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
3 January  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 132 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[1]
3 January  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2361 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
3 January  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4703 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
5 January  United States American Bridge Company Ambridge, Pennsylvania LST-1081 LST-542-class tank landing ship
6 January  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2538 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
6 January  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2539 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
6 January  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3031 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
7 January  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3038 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
10 January  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia San Marcos Casa Grande-class dock landing ship
10 January  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3032 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
10 January  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3527 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
10 January  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3528 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
11 January  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2362 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
11 January  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4705 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
12 January  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Empire Life Standard Fast type Cargo liner For Ministry of War Transport.[2]
12 January  United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Pinewood C-type coaster For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[3]
13 January  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 133 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[1]
13 January  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2540 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
13 January  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2541 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
15 January  Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Betzdorf Hansa A Type cargo ship For Unternehmen der Eisenstahlindustrie
16 January  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd Goole Empire Fairway Empire F type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[4]
16 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast St Brides Bay Bay-class frigate For Royal Navy.
17 January  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 91 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[5]
18 January  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2363 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
19 January  United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Shetland Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[6][7]
19 January  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 134 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[1]
19 January  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4076 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
19 January  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 92 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[5]
20 January  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3033 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
21 January  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3034 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
22 January  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2542 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
23 January  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2364 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
24 January  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3035 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
25 January  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Bairoko Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
25 January  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4707 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
26 January  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland LST 3027 Landing Ship, Tank Mk.3 For Royal Navy.[8]
26 January  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2365 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
27 January  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3036 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
27 January  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3529 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
27 January  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3530 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
27 January  United Kingdom Richards Ironworks Ltd. Lowestof VIC 80 Improved VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[9]
29 January  United Kingdom R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company Limited Newcastle upon Tyne Agincourt Battle-class destroyer
29 January  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Egidia Cargo ship For Anchor Line Ltd.[10]
29 January  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Empire Freetown Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[11]
29 January  United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Empire Tavistock Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[6]
29 January  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 135 TID-class tug For Government of Burma.[1]
30 January  United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Stork Cargo ship For General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[12]
31 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan LST 3042 LST For Royal Navy
31 January  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3037 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
31 January  United Kingdom Rowhedge Ironworks Co. Ltd. Rowhedge VIC 76 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[13]
January  United Kingdom Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd. Whitstable MFV-230 Naval Motor Fishing Vessel For Royal Navy.[14]
January  United Kingdom Brown's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd. Hull VIC 74 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[15][16]
7 February  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Shahristan Cargo ship For Strick Line.[17]
7 February  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 136 TID-class tug Transfer to Government of Burma cancelled, to the Admiralty in 1948.[1]
8 February  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4709 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
9 February  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2543 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
9 February  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2544 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
10 February  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Meadowbank Cargo ship For Bank Line Ltd.[18]
10 February  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3040 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
10 February  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3531 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
10 February  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3532 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
12 February  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Aden Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
12 February  United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Nairobi Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[19]
12 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast LST 3011 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[20]
13 February  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4704 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
13 February  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3041 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
14 February  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 137 TID-class tug Transfer to Government of Burma cancelled. To Tanganyika Railways in 1948 as Plover.[1]
14 February  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3533 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
14 February  Germany Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3534 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
14 February  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3039 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
15 February  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Badoeng Strait Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
15 February  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Hiroshima I-205 I-201-class submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
15 February  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Petrel Coaster For General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[21]
15 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Start Bay Bay-class frigate For Royal Navy.
17 February  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2366 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
19 February  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2546 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
20 February  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 138 TID-class tug Transfer to Government of Burma cancelled. To Tanganyika Railways in 1948 as Lapwing.[1]
21 February  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4711 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
22 February  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2545 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
23 February  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2367 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
25 February  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Fargo Fargo-class cruiser
25 February  United States Western Pipe and Steel Company San Pedro, California Northwind Wind-class icebreaker To replace USCGC Northwind (WAG-278)
26 February  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Cawsand Bay Bay-class frigate For Royal Navy.[22]
26 February  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 139 TID-class tug For Government of Burma.[23]
27 February  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Powerful Majestic-class aircraft carrier Sold to Canada as HMCS Bonaventure
27 February  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seascape Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
27 February  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Pundua Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Ltd.[18]
28 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Defoe Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[25]
28 February  United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool, England Empire Caicos Empire Malta-class Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[26]
28 February  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong Limited Barrow-in-Furness, England Majestic Majestic-class aircraft carrier Sold to Australia as HMAS Melbourne
February  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seabeach Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
February  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seasheltie Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
February  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Seaforth Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
1 March  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland Empire Prome Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[28]
1 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4712 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
1 March  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3044 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
1 March  United Kingdom Rowhedge Ironworks Co. Ltd. Rowhedge VIC 77 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[13]
2 March  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 140 TID-class tug Transfer the Government of Burma cancelled. To the Admiralty in 1948.[23]
3 March  Australia Mort's Dock and Engineering Balmain, New South Wales Macquarie River-class frigate
6 March  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3045 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
6 March  United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 61 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[29]
6 March  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 93 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[9]
7 March  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 141 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[23]
9 March  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2547 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
9 March  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2548 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
10 March  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3046 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
12 March  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne British Virtue Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[30]
12 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast LST 3012 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[31]
13 March  United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Joy Standard Fast type cargo liner For Ministry of War Transport.[32]
14 March  United Kingdom Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Borus Standard Fast type tanker For Oil & Molasses Tankers Ltd.[33]
15 March  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Prospect Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[34]
15 March  United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Empire Wapping Icemaid type collier For Ministry of War Transport.[35]
15 March  United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Pachumba Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[36]
16 March  United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd Glasgow Empire Belgrave Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport
16 March  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Flora Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[37]
16 March  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Stella Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[37]
16 March  United Kingdom Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Firebeam Collier For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd.[38]
17 March  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Saidor Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
17 March  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seashore Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
19 March  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2368 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
19 March  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 94 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[9]
20 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Midway Midway-class aircraft carrier First in class
21 March  United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Manipur Cargo ship For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd.[39]
24 March  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2369 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
24 March  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4708 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
26 March  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow in Furness Empire Admiral Heavy lift ship For Ministry of War Transport.[40]
26 March  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure, Hiroshima I-206 I-201-class submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
27 March  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend Regent Hawk Tanker For Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd.[30]
27 March  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Sasbeck Cargo ship
27 March  United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Maya C-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[41]
28 March  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Seabrook Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
28 March  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Roc Aircraft transport ship For Royal Navy.[42]
28 March  United Kingdom J. Harker Ltd. Knottingley VIC 99 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[43]
29 March  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Ambassador Cargo ship For Hall Bros. Steamship Co. Ltd.[18]
29 March  United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Borus Intermediate type tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[44]
29 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd. Govan British Might Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[45][46]
29 March  United Kingdom Johh Lewis & Sons Ltd. Aberdeen Empire Kew Tudor Queen type coaster For .[47]
29 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tremadoc Bay Bay-class frigate For Royal Navy.
29 March  United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Wave Regent Wave-class oiler For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[48]
30 March  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Sheila Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[37]
31 March  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2551 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
31 March  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg U-2552 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
March  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seahawk Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
March  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seafront Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast LST 3006 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[49]
2 April  United Kingdom Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. Paisley Empire Heathland Hopper ship For Ministry of War Transport.[50]
2 April  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 145 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[23]
10 April  Norway Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted Tønsberg Lyngdalsfjord Trawler For the Kriegsmarine
10 April  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 142 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[23]
10 April  United Kingdom Richards Ironworks Ltd. Lowestof VIC 101 Improved VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[51]
11 April  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd. Troon Empire Crusoe Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[52]
11 April  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3047 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
12 April  United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow British Wisdom Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[53]
12 April  United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Maymount C-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[41]
12 April  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seaward Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
13 April  United Kingdom R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd. Govan Empire Neptun Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[54]
13 April  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Padana Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[55]
14 April  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Sicily Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
14 April  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4710 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
15 April  United States Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey Gyatt Gearing-class destroyer
16 April  United Kingdom Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Perim Cargo ship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[56]
16 April  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 143 TID-class tug For Chittagong Port Commissioners.[23]
18 April  United Kingdom Lithgows Port Glasgow Empire Cyprus Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
18 April  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2371 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
18 April  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3050 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
19 April  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4713 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
20 April  Germany AG Weser Bremen U-3051 Type XXI submarine For Kriegsmarine
20 April  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 95 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[9]
21 April  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 144 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[23]
22 April  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Galveston Cleveland-class cruiser
24 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast LST 3013 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[57]
24 April  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne VIC 96 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[9]
25 April Canada Canada Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Lauzon, Quebec LST 3512 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy
25 April  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd Troon Empire Maytime C-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[58]
25 April  United Kingdom John Readhead & Co Ltd South Shields Empire Fawley Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
26 April  United Kingdom Clelands (Successors) Ltd Willington Quay-on-Tyne Empire Bess Tug For the Admiralty.[59]
26 April  United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd Sunderland Empire Dominica Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
26 April  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Moraybank Cargo ship For Bank Line Ltd.[18]
26 April  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel U-4714 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
26 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Wigtown Bay Bay-class frigate For Royal Navy.
27 April  United Kingdom J L Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Arrow Intermediate type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[48]
27 April  United Kingdom Smiths Dock Co Ltd Middlesbrough Empire Pattern B-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[58]
27 April  United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow LST 3032 Landing Ship, Tank For Ministry of War Transport.[60]
28 April  United States Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy, Massachusetts Helena Baltimore-class cruiser
28 April  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Clara Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[37]
28 April  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Martha Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[37]
29 April  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York Franklin D. Roosevelt Midway-class aircraft carrier
30 April  United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Glasgow Empire Campden Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport
30 April  United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling Empire Madge Modified Warrior-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[61]
April  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Empire Gunfleet Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[62]
April  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seaway Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
April  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seabreeze Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
April  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seaboy Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast LST 3010 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[49]
April  Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg U-2370 Type XXIII submarine For Kriegsmarine
4 May  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 146 TID-class tug For Hong Kong Harbour Board.[23]
4 May  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 150 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[63]
5 May  United States New York Navy Yard New York City Kearsarge Essex-class aircraft carrier
6 May  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Toledo Baltimore-class cruiser
10 May  United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Aldgate Empire Malta-class Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[26]
11 May  United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Eddystone Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
11 May  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Tasso Cargo ship For Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd.[64]
11 May  United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Turmoil Bustler-class tug For the Admiralty.[65]
12 Mau  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Adaptity Coaster For F. T. Everard & Co. Ltd.[21]
12 May  United States Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia Tarawa Essex-class aircraft carrier
14 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Belfast Empire Clarendon Refrigerated cargo liner For Ministry of War Transport
14 May  United Kingdom Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock Empire Marshal Heavy lift ship For Ministry of War Transport.[66]
14 May  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Vera Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[37]
15 May  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Burntisland Empire Pacific B-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[67]
15 May  United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 62 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[29]
16 May  United Kingdom Fleming & Furguson Ltd. Paisley Empire Grassland Dredger For Ministry of War Transport.[50]
16 May  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Mayflower C-type Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[3]
16 May  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Mayrose C-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[3]
18 May  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 147 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[23]
24 May  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Hartington Cargo ship For National Steamship Co. Ltd.[18]
25 May  United Kingdom Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. Ardrossan Highland Queen Coaster For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[68]
24 May  United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Moorwood C-type coaster For France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd.[3]
25 May  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Rhexenor Cargo ship For China Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [69]
26 May  United Kingdom G. Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd. Greenock Empire Bromley Tudor Queen type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[70]
28 May  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland Empire Mombasa Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[28]
28 May  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Empire Tobago Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[71]
28 May  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Walrus Aircraft transport ship For Royal Navy.[72]
30 May  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Elysia Cargo ship For Anchor Line Ltd.[10]
31 May  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd Troon Empire Maytree C-type Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[58]
May  United Kingdom H Scarr Ltd Hessle Empire Maymead C-type coaster For Ministry of War Transportf.[73]
May  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd Beverley Empire Mayport C-type Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[74]
May  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Beverley Empire Peggy Modified Warrior-type tug For the Admiralty.[75]
May  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seagull Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
May Canada Canada Canadian Vickers Ltd. Montreal LST 3514 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[49]
May  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 148 TID-class tug For Hong Kong Harbour Board.[23]
May  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 149 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[23]
May  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne TID 151 TID-class tug For Hong Kong Harbour Board.[76]
7 June  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, Tyne and Wear Leviathan Majestic-class aircraft carrier Scrapped before completion
7 June  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Seasilver Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
8 June  United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead Sacramento Cargo ship For Ellerma's Wilson Line Ltd. [77]
8 June  United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow Tapti Cargo ship For J. Nourse Ltd.[78]
9 June  United States Bethlehem Steel Quincy, Massachusetts Oregon City Oregon City-class cruiser First in class
9 June  United Kingdom Richards Ironworks Ltd. Lowestof VIC 102 Improved VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[51]
11 June  United Kingdom Smiths Dock Co Ltd Middlesbrough Empire Pampas B-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[58]
11 June  United Kingdom John Lewis & Sons Ltd. Aberdeen Empire Richmond Tudor Queen type coaster For .[47]
11 June  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seafarer Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
11 June  United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Empire Southwark Empire Malta-class Scandinavian type cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[26]
11 June  United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Southern Venturer Whaling factory tanker For Sevilla Whaling Co. Ltd.[79]
12 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Empire Fitzroy Tanker For Ministry of War Transport.
12 June  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Greta Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[37]
12 June  United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Empire Jewel Empire Pym type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[80]
12 June  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Nina Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[37]
14 June  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Rabaul Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
16 June  United Kingdom J. Harker Ltd. Knottingley Empire Anglesey Isles-class coastal tanker For Ministry or War Transport.[81]
17 June  United States Electric Boat Corporation Groton, Connecticut Cubera Balao-class submarine
22 June  United Kingdom John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields Palikonda Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[17]
23 June Canada Canada Yarrows Ltd Esquimalt, British Columbia LST 3534 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy
26 June  United Kingdom John Crown & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Highlander Collier For Ministry of War Transport.[82]
26 June  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seabird Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[83]
27 June  United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Empire Honduras Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[19]
27 June  United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Senlac Intermediate type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[48]
27 June  United Kingdom A Hall & Co Ltd Aberdeen Empire Shirley Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[84]
27 June  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Mindoro Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
28 June  United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Cross Intermediate type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[85]
28 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Patella Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[86]
30 June  United States Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy, Massachusetts Albany Oregon City-class cruiser
June  United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Warden Bustler-class tug For the Admiralty.[65]
June  United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Palace B-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[67]
June  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seacoast Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[27]
June  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth LST 3026 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[49]
June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Govan LST 3041 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[87]
June  United Kingdom Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Lauzon LST 3507 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[87]
6 July  United Kingdom Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. Paisley Empire Mammoth Bucket dredger For Ministry of War Transport.[50]
8 July  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia Princeton Essex-class aircraft carrier
8 July  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Saipan Saipan-class aircraft carrier Converted cruiser hull; first in class
9 July Canada Canada Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Lauzon, Quebec LST 3523 Landing Ship, Tank
9 July  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Empire Tilbury Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[88]
9 July  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Southern Strife Whaler For South Georgia Co. Ltd.[89]
9 July  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Southern Truce Whaler For South Georgia Co. Ltd.[89]
10 July  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Alert Bay-class frigate For Royal Navy.[90]
10 July  United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Bruas Icemaid type collier For Sarawak Steamship Co.[91]
10 July  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd Burntisland Empire Calshot Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
10 July  United Kingdom A Hall & Co Ltd Aberdeen Empire Connie Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[84]
10 July  United Kingdom William Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool Empire Dunnet Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport
10 July  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd Beverley Empire Maybury C-type Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[74]
10 July  United Kingdom Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Empire Trinidad Ocean type tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[92]
11 July  United Kingdom John Lewis & Sons Ltd. Aberdeen Eminence Coaster For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd.[70]
11 July  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Helen Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[93]
11 July  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby Empire Simon Near-Warrior type tug For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Simonia of Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[94]
14 July  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Rabaul Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
15 July  United States Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey Juneau Atlanta-class cruiser
15 July  Soviet Union Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3535 Type XXI submarine For Soviet Navy
15 July  Soviet Union Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3536 Type XXI submarine For Soviet Navy
15 July  Soviet Union Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3537 Type XXI submarine For Soviet Navy
15 July  Soviet Union Schichau-Werke Danzig U-3538 Type XXI submarine For Soviet Navy
9 July  United Kingdom William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion Empire Northfleet Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[88]
17 July  United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich Empire Nickleby Empire Lad-class coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[95]
25 July  United Kingdom Actaeon Modified Black Swan-class sloop
25 July Canada Canada Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Lauzon, Quebec LST 3524 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy
26 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast British Supremacy Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[96][97]
26 July  United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees Norhaval Tanker For Hvalfangerisk Polaris A/S.[79]
27 July  United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Herald Wave-class oiler For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as RFA Wave Prince for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[98]
28 July  United Kingdom Clelands (Successors) Ltd Wallsend Empire Seablue Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
28 July  United Kingdom Clelands (Successors) Ltd Wallsend Empire Seagreen Coaster For Ministry of War Transport
31 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Empire Tesland TES-type coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[99]
July  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Sealion Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[100]
July  United Kingdom Fairfield Ltd. Govan LST 3038 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[49]
July Canada Canada Canadian Vickers Ltd. Montreal LST 3520 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[49]
1 August  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Beverley Empire Dorothy Modified Warrior-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[101]
6 August  United States Bethlehem Steel Staten Island Arnold J. Isbell Gearing-class destroyer
6 August  United Kingdom William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Goodwin Cargo ship For the Ministry of War Transport.[102]
6 August  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Palau Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
9 August  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth Empire Pavilion B-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[103]
9 August  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 153 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[104]
9 August  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 161 TID-class tug For French Government.[105]
14 August  United Kingdom A & J Inglis Ltd. Glasgow Empire Grosvenor Coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[106][107]
15 August  United Kingdom William Simons & Co. Ltd. Renfrew Empire Nora Modified Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[108]
21 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pilcomayo Cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[109]
22 August  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Empire Favour Cargo ship For Ministry of War Transport.[110]
23 August  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Leyte Essex-class aircraft carrier
23 August  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend Port Lincoln Cargo ship For Port Line Ltd.[111]
23 August  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Thorarinn Whaler For Bryde & Dahls Hvalf. A/S.[89]
23 August  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Thordr Whaler For Bryde & Dahls Hvalf. A/S.[89]
24 August  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Beverley Empire Pam Modified Warrior-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[75]
24 August  United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Foochow Cargo ship For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[112]
24 August  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland Pemba Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Company.[113]
25 August  United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Cattaro Cargo ship For Ellerman's Wilson Line Co. Ltd.[114]
27 August  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Beaverdell Cargo ship For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd.[10]
27 August  United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Gala Cargo liner For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as Bir Hakrim for the Government of French Indo-China.[115]
27 August  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seaworthy Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
28 August  United States Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy, Massachusetts Rochester Oregon City-class cruiser
28 August  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 155 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[104]
28 August  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 162 TID-class tug For French Government.[105]
August  United Kingdom Charles Hill & Sons Ltd Bristol Empire Mayland C-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[116]
August  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd Selby Empire Mayring C-type Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[117]
August  United Kingdom H Scarr Ltd Hessle Empire Maytown C-type Coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[73]
August  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seaport Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[100]
August  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle Empire Seaview Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[100]
August  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 152 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[104]
August  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 154 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[104]
August  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 164 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[105]
August  United Kingdom J. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd. Gainsborough VIC 97 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[118]
1 September  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Wright Saipan-class aircraft carrier Converted cruiser hull
1 September  United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 63 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[119]
4 September  United Kingdom Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock Empire Wallace Heavy lift ship For Ministry of Transport.[66]
5 September  United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Bidor Icemaid type collier For Singapore Straits Steamship Co. Ltd.[91]
5 September  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Philippine Sea Essex-class aircraft carrier
5 September  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma, Washington Tinian Commencement Bay-class escort carrier Never commissioned; United States Navy reserve until stricken in 1970
6 September  United Kingdom Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Sir Joseph Swan Collier For London Power Co. Ltd.[38]
6 September  United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Taksang Cargo ship For Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[120]
7 September  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Cormist Collier For Wm. Cory & Son Ltd.[55]
8 September  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd Selby Empire Mayrover C-type coaster For Ministry of Transport.[117]
8 September  United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Tedassa TED-type coastal Tanker For Ministry of Transport.[121]
8 September  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 156 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[104]
12 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast TF40 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[122]
18 September  United Kingdom John Crown & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Sally Modified Warrior-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[123]
19 September  United Kingdom Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Palamcotta Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[124]
21 September  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne British Caution Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[30]
2 September  United Kingdom George Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd. Greenock Error: {{Ship}} missing name (help) Modified Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[108]
21 September  United Kingdom Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. Paisley Empire Netta Modified Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[108]
21 September  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seaflower Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[125]
21 September  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Fore River Shipyard Quincy Rupertus Gearing-class destroyer For United States Navy
22 September  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Beverley Aby Fishing trawler For Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd.[126]
22 September  Australia HMA Naval Dockyard Williamstown, Victoria Culgoa Bay-class frigate
22 September  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Tyneside Hercules Majestic-class aircraft carrier Sold to India. Completed in 1957 by Harland & Wolff as INS Vikrant.
22 September  United States Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny, New Jersey Spokane Atlanta-class cruiser
22 September  United Kingdom Richards Ironworks Ltd. Lowestof VIC 103 Improved VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[51]
23 September  United Kingdom J. Hay & Sons Ltd. Kirkintilloch SS Chindit (1945) Coaster For private owner.[15]
25 September  United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Tedilla TED-type coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[121]
25 September  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Southern Wheeler Whaler For South Georgia Co. Ltd.[89]
26 September  United States New England Shipbuilding Corporation Portland, Maine Albert M. Boe Liberty ship
26 September  United Kingdom Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling Empire Nan Modified Warrior-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[61]
27 September  United Kingdom Fleming & Furguson Ltd. Paisley Larubi' Non-propelled dredger For Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd.[127]
27 September  United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 35 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[128]
September  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Actuality Coaster For F. T. Everard & Co. Ltd.[21]
September  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seagrass Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[24]
September Canada Canada Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd Lauzon LST 3519 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[87]
September Canada Canada Yarrows Ltd. Esquimalt LST 3512 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[87]
September Canada Canada Yarrows Ltd. Esquimalt LST 3517 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[87]
September  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 165 TID-class tug For the Admiralty.[105]
September  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Sunderland TID 166 TID-class tug For Ministry of War Transport.[105]
3 October  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Linthouse Devon Refrigerated cargo line For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[129]
4 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Govan Empire Tescombe TES-type coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[99]
5 October  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Teslin TES-type coastal tanker Completed as Fragun for Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[130]
6 October  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth Empire Passmore B-type coaster For Ministry of Transport.[103]
6 October  United Kingdom John Lewis & Sons Ltd. Aberdeen Marinda Trawler For J. Marr & Sons Ltd.[70]
7 October  United Kingdom Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough Southern Wilcox Whaler For South Georgia Co. Ltd.[89]
8 October  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Beverley Bulby Fishing trawler For Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd.[126]
8 October  United Kingdom William Simons & Co. Ltd. Renfrew Empire Champion Dredger For Ministry of Transport.[131]
8 October  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole Empire Seabright Shelt-type coaster For Ministry of War Transport.[132]
8 October  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd Selby St. Bartholomew Trawler For St. Andrews Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.[117]
13 October  United States New York Navy Yard New York City Oriskany Essex-class aircraft carrier
19 October  United Kingdom J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Bencruachan Cargo ship For Ben Line Steamers Ltd.[133]
20 October  Sweden N&C Sundins Batbyggen, Kramfors Kramfors, Sweden SV Golden Quest Cargo ship For Swedish American Line
22 October  United Kingdom Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. Ardrossan Balmoral Queen Coaster For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd.[68]
22 October  United Kingdom Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow Empire Frieda Modified Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[134]
22 October  United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Naseby Wave-class oiler For Ministry of Transport. Completed as RFA Wave Knight for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[98]
22 October  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Empire Tesdale TES-type coastal tanker Completed as Beme for Burmah Oil Co. (Tankers) Ltd.[130]
23 October  United Kingdom Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth Bentong Icemaid type collier For Singapore Straits Steamship Co. Ltd.[91]
23 October  United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow Benvorlich Cargo ship For Ben Line.[78]
23 October  United Kingdom William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool Fukien Cargo ship For China Navigation Co. Ltd.[112]
23 October  United Kingdom Henry Robb Ltd. Leith Kanna Cargo ship For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd.[12]
23 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Riebeeck Castle Refrigerated cargo ship For Union-Castle Line.[135]
24 October  United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead City of Carlisle Cargo ship For Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co. Ltd. [77]
24 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast Neothyris Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[96][136]
25 October  United Kingdom Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. Paisley Empire Zona Modified Stella-type tug For Ministry of War Transport.[108]
25 October  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Beverley Navena Fishing trawler For J. Marr & Son Ltd.[126]
25 October  United Kingdom Brown's Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. Hull VIC 75 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[15][137]
31 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Ltd Govan Empire Tesella TES-type coastal tanker For Ministry of War Transport.[99]
October  United Kingdom S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Birdwood C-type coaster For Wm. France, Fenwick & Co, Ltd.[138]
October Canada Canada Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Lauzon LST 3523 Landing Ship, Tank For Royal Navy.[49]
October  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Monarch Cable laying ship For H.M. Postmaster General.[111]
October  United Kingdom Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle TID 174 TID-class tug For French Government.[139]
3 November  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Hawaii Alaska-class cruiser
3 November  United Kingdom Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich VIC 64 VIC lighter For Ministry of War Transport.[119]
5 November  United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Derrydare Cargo ship For McCowan and Cross Ltd.[110]
5 November  United Kingdom J. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd. Gainsborough VIC 98 VIC lighter For the Admiralty.[118]
6 November  United Kingdom John Lewis & Sons Ltd. Aberdeen Empire Fenchurch Tudor Queen type coaster For Ministry of Transport.[47]
6 November  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland Empire Kedah Cargo ship For Ministry of Transport. Completed as Marshall for Kaye, Son & Co. Ltd.[28]
7 November  United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow British Success Tanker For British Tanker Co. Ltd.[53]
7 November  United Kingdom Cochrane & Sons Ltd Selby St. Mark Trawler For St. Andrews Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.[117]
8 November  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Rutland C-type coaster For Currie Line Ltd.[58]
9 November  United Kingdom R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle on Tyne Nearea Tanker For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd.[140]
17 November  United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Loksang Cargo ship For Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.[120]
18 November  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia Valley Forge Essex-class aircraft carrier
19 November  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. Southwick Empire Flamborough Cargo ship For Ministry of Transport
19 November  United Kingdom Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Empire Maldon Intermediate type tanker For Ministry of Transport.[85]
20 November