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List of ship commissionings in 1960

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The list of ship commissionings in 1960 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1960.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Pennant Other notes
12 April Steamship Company Bore Bore  Finland Ferry
9 November  United States Navy Tullibee Unique nuclear submarine SSN-597 - The first quiet nuclear submarine with turbo electric drive
- The first integrated sonar suite, including both a low-frequency passive array, for long range detection, and a spherical array, for approach and attack (AN/BQQ Series Sonar)
- The first submarine specifically designed as an ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) weapon
- The first submarine with torpedo tubes amidships.
6 December  Brazilian Navy Minas Gerais Colossus-class aircraft carrier A11 Former HMS Vengeance.

References

  1. "Tullibee II (SSN-597)". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships (1968-69), p. 23

See also

Ship events in 1960
Ship launches
Ship commissionings
Ship decommissionings
Shipwrecks
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