| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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| 2 February | {{USA}} | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | {{USS>Bigelow|DD-942|2}} | Forrest Sherman|destroyer|2}} |
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| 16 February | {{GER}} | Burmester shipyard | Bremen | Lindau | Lindau-class minesweeper | For German Navy |
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| 28 February | {{USA}} | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | {{USS>De Soto County|LST-1171|2}} | De Soto County|tank landing ship|2}} |
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| 5 March | {{USA}} | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | {{USS>York County|LST-1175|2}} | De Soto County|tank landing ship|2}} |
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| 9 March | {{USA}} | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | {{USS>Joseph K. Taussig|DE-1030|2}} | Dealey|destroyer escort|2}} |
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| 18 March | {{USA}} | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | {{USS>Mullinnix|DD-944|2}} | Forrest Sherman|destroyer|2}} |
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| 16 May | {{USA}} | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | {{USS>Skate|SSN-578|2}} | Skate|submarine|2}} |
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| 30 May | {{UK}} | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Southampton, England | {{HMS>Duncan|F80|2}} | Blackwood|frigate|2}} |
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| 3 June | {{CAN}} | Davie Shipbuilding | Lauzon, Quebec | {{HMCS>Gatineau|DDE 236|2}} | Restigouche|destroyer|2}} |
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| 7 June | {{USA}} | Bethlehem Steel | San Francisco, California | {{USS>Bauer|DE-1025|2}} | Dealey|destroyer escort|2}} |
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| 22 June | {{USA}} | American Shipbuilding | Lorain, Ohio | {{USS>Lorain County|LST-1177|2}} | De Soto County|tank landing ship|2}} |
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| 1 July | {{JPN}} | {{JDS>Ayanami|DD-103|2}} | Ayanami|destroyer|2}} |
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| 2 July | {{USA}} | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | {{USS>Grayback|SSG-574|2}} | Grayback|submarine|2}} |
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| 1 August | {{USA}} | Bethlehem Steel | San Francisco, California | {{USS>Hooper|DE-1026|2}} | Dealey|destroyer escort|2}} |
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| 10 August | {{USA}} | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | {{USS>Hull|DD-945|2}} | Forrest Sherman|destroyer|2}} |
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| 27 August | {{USA}} | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | {{USS>Swordfish|SSN-579|2}} | Skate|submarine|2}} |
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| 28 August | {{USA}} | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News | Santa Rosa | Santa-Rosa-class cargo liner | For Grace Line[1] |
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| 29 August | {{JPN}} | {{JDS>Uranami|DD-105|2}} | Ayanami|destroyer|2}} |
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| 9 September | {{USA}} | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | {{USS>Graham County|LST-1176|2}} | De Soto County|tank landing ship|2}} |
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| 25 September | {{JPN}} | {{JDS>Shikinami|DD-106|2}} | Ayanami|destroyer|2}} |
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| 27 September | {{USA}} | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company | Seattle, Washington | {{USS>Richard S. Edwards|DD-950|2}} | Forrest Sherman|destroyer|2}} |
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| 30 September | {{JPN}} | {{JDS>Isonami|DD-104|2}} | Ayanami|destroyer|2}} |
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| 10 October | {{USA}} | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | {{USS>Sargo|SSN-583|2}} | Skate|submarine|2}} |
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| 25 October | {{UK}} | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | {{HMS>Narwhal|S03|2}}[2] | Porpoise-class submarine |
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| 13 November | {{CAN}} | Halifax Shipyards | Halifax, Nova Scotia | {{HMCS>Chaudière|DDE 235|2}} | Restigouche|destroyer|2}} |
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| 17 November | {{CAN}} | Marine Industries Limited | Sorel, Quebec | {{HMCS>St. Croix|DDE 256|2}} | Restigouche|destroyer|2}} |
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| 11 December | {{UK}} | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock Scotland | {{HMS>Cachalot|S06|2}} | Porpoise-class submarine |
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| 14 December | {{USA}} | American Shipbuilding | Lorain, Ohio | {{USS>Wood County|LST-1178|2}} | De Soto County|tank landing ship|2}} |
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| 21 December | {{FRA}} | Arsenal de Brest | Brest, France | {{ship>French aircraft carrier|Clemenceau|R98|2}} | Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|2}} |
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| 24 December | {{UK}} | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | {{RMS>Pendennis Castle | 2} | Ocean liner |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/santa_rosa_1958.htm|title=T/S Santa Rosa.|accessdate=2017-04-02}}
2. ^The Times (London), Thursday, 17 October 1957, p.5