List of ship commissionings in 1964
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The list of ship commissionings in 1964 includes a chronological list of all ship
s commissioned in 1964.
Ship
Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...
s commissioned in 1964.
| Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Pennant | Other notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen | Drotten | Passenger ship Passenger ship A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is... |
Bought from Rederi AB Gotland | ||
| 7 March | Annapolis USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) USS Annapolis was the former USS Gilbert Islands and a Commencement Bay class escort carrier of the United States Navy.... |
Intelligence gathering ship | AGMR-1 | Former USS Gilbert Islands | ||
| 9 May | Rederi AB Slite Rederi AB Slite Rederi AB Slite was a Swedish shipping company, founded in 1947. The company was one of the three founding companies of Viking Line. Rederi AB Slite went bankrupt in 1993.-Early History:... |
Apollo | Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services... |
For Ålandspilen traffic | ||
| 16 June | Braunschweig | Köln class Köln class frigate The ships of the F120 Köln class of frigates were the first major warships built in Germany after World War II.They were the world's first ships to feature a combined diesel and gas propulsion system. The ships received numerous refits during their long careers with new electronics and torpedo tubes... (Type 120) frigate |
F225 | |||
| 30 June | Jeanne d'Arc | Helicopter carrier and cruiser hybrid | R 97 | |||
| 14 November | Black Sea Shipping Company | Ivan Franko MS Ivan Franko MS Ivan Franko was a cruise ship owned by the Soviet Union's Black Sea Shipping Company. She was built in 1964 by V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped in 1997 at Alang, India.-External links:... |
 Soviet Union |
Ivan Franko class passenger liner | ||
| 21 December | Garcia USS Garcia (FF-1040) USS Garcia was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort ships, later reclassified as frigates, in the United States Navy. She was named for Private Fernando Luis Garcia.... |
Garcia class Garcia class frigate Garcia class frigates were United States Navy warships. These frigates were originally ocean escorts bearing the hull classification DE or DEG until 1975... frigate |
FF-1040 | Former DE-1040 (prior to 1975) |