List of ship launches in 1923

The list of ship launches in 1923 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1923.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
1 January	France	Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence	Port-de-Bouc	Général Bonaparte	Passenger ship	For Compagnie Marseillaise de Navires à Vapeur
16 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Davisian	Cargo ship	For F. Leyland.[1]
18 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Inveravon	Tanker	For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[2]
18 January	Japan	Kawasaki	Kobe	Submarine No. 69 (Ro-30)	Kaichū V-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Invergordon	Tanker	For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[3]
1 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Araby	Cargo ship	For David MacIver & Co.[4]
2 February	Denmark	Burmeister & Wain	Copenhagen	Hussar	Luxury yacht	For E F Hutton
2 February[5]	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Sarpedon	Refrigerated[5] Cargo liner	For Blue Funnel Line
15 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff Ltd	Belfast	Mooltan	Ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
15 February	Japan	Kawasaki	Kobe	Submarine No. 70 (Ro-31)	Kaichū V-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
16 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Delilian	Passenger ship	For F. Leyland & Co.[6]
17 February[7]	United States	Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company	Chester, Pennsylvania	Dickenson	Cargo ship
13 March[8]	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd[8]	Greenock	Patroclus	Cargo Liner	For Blue Funnel Line
16 March	Japan	Uraga Dock Company	Uraga	Abukuma	Nagara-class cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 March	Japan	Kawasaki	Kobe	Submarine No. 71 (Ro-32)	Kaichū V-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
22 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Minnewaska	Passenger ship	For Atlantic Transport Line.
31 March	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	S-43	S-class submarine	For United States Navy
4 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Dorelian	Cargo ship	For F. Leyland & Co.[9]
16 April	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Trenton	Omaha-class cruiser	For United States Navy
16 April	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Medusa	Monitor	For United States Navy
17 April	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd	Glasgow	California	Ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
19 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Laguna	Cargo ship	For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[10]
19 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff Ltd	Belfast	Maloja	Ocean liner	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
28 April	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Deutschland	Ocean liner	For Hamburg-Amerika Line
30 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Oakton	Cargo ship	For Matthews Steamship Co.[11]
30 April	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation	Quincy, Massachusetts	S-42	S-class submarine	For United States Navy
19 May	Japan	Mitsubishi	Kobe	Submarine No. 72 (Ro-61)	Type L4 submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 May	Germany	G. Seebeck AG	Wesermünde	Fladengrund	Fishing trawler	For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei.
5 June	Japan	Sasebo Naval Arsenal	Sasebo	Yūbari	Light cruiser	For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 June	Japan	Kure Naval Arsenal	Kure	Submarine No. 51 (I-52/I-152)	Kaidai II-type submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	S-45	S-class submarine	For United States Navy
June	Germany	G. Seebeck AG.	Wesermünde-Geestemünde	Carsten	Fishing trawler	For L. Janssen & Co.
31 July	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.	Liverpool	Lesbian	Cargo ship	For Ellerman Lines Ltd
14 August	France	Arsenal de Brest	Brest	Duguay-Trouin	Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser	For Marine Nationale
11 September	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation	Quincy, Massachusetts	S-46	S-class submarine	For United States Navy
12 September	Norway	Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted	Trondheim	Nordnorge	Cargo liner	For Ofotens Dampskibsselskap
19 September	Japan	Mitsubishi	Kobe	Submarine No. 73 (Ro-62)	Type L4 submarine	For Imperial Japanese Navy
9 October	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	Marblehead	Omaha-class cruiser	For United States Navy
11 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Gujarat	Passenger ship	For Bank Line.[12]
12 October	United States			Whitney	Dobbin-class destroyer tender	For United States Navy
2 February	Spain	Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval	Ferrol	Almirante Cervera	Almirante Cervera-class cruiser	For Armada Española
26 October	Japan	Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard		Mamiya	Food supply ship	For Imperial Japanese Navy
27 October	United States	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation	Quincy, Massachusetts	S-44	S-class submarine	For United States Navy
15 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Invergarry	Tanker	For British Mexican Petroleum Company.[13]
22 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Kathiawar	Passenger ship	For Bank Line.[14]
23 November	Germany	Norderwerft AG	Wesermünde	Claus Rickmers	Cargo ship	For Rickmers Reederei
30 October	Japan	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	Maizuru	Matsukaze	Kamikaze-class destroyer	For Imperial Japanese Navy
8 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lochmonar	Cargo ship	For Royal Mail Line.[15]
15 December	Finland	Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstads Ab	Helsinki	Voima	Icebreaker	For Finnish Board of Navigation
18 December[16]	United Kingdom	Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd	Sunderland	Scoresby	Cargo ship	For Headlam & Sons
Date unknown	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Burntisland	Asiatic	Cargo ship	For private owner.[17]
Date unknown	United Kingdom	J. Priestman & Co. Ltd.	Sunderland	Barbara Marie	Cargo ship	For private owner.[18]
Date unknown	Italy	Stabilimento Technico Triestino	Trieste	Carso	Cargo ship	For Lloyd Triestino.[19]
Date unknown	Germany	Neptun AG	Rostock	Charlotte Cords	Cargo ship	For Dampfschiff Gesellschaft August Cords GmbH
Date unknown	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Gera	Cargo ship	For Hamburg America Line.[20]
Date unknown	Germany	Neptun AG	Rostock	Grete	Cargo ship	For C Mohlenburg Reederei GmbH
Date unknown	Germany	F Schichau	Hamburg	Heinrich Arp	Cargo ship	For H F C Arp Dampschiffs Reederei
Date unknown	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	H F Bailey	Lifeboat	For Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Date unknown	Germany	Nordseewerke.	Emden	Ilona Siemers	Cargo ship	For G. J. H. Siemers.[21]
Date unknown	Germany	Schiffswerke AG.	Hamburg	Pasajes	Cargo ship	For Oldenburg-Portuguese Line.[22]
Date unknown	Germany	Union Giesserei.	königsberg	Pickhuben	Cargo ship	For H. M. Gehrckens.[23]
Date unknown	Germany	Nüscke & Co	Stettin	Rhenania	Cargo ship	For Westdeutsche Schiffahrts AG
Date unknown	United Kingdom	J. Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	Steelville	Cargo ship	For private owner.[24]
Date unknown	Germany	Stettiner Oderwerke AG	Stettin	Stettin	Cargo ship	For Stettiner Dampfer Compagnie AG