List of ship launches in 1979

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The list of ship launches in 1979 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1979.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
20 January File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Deyo Spruance-class destroyer
27 January File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Elstree Grange Tanker For Furness Withy.[1]
27 January File:Flag of the United States.svg United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Yellowstone Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
3 February File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore City of Hartlepool Container ship For Container Rentals Ltd.[2]
3 February File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Thorn Spruance-class destroyer
9 February File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Searcher For HM Coastguard.[3]
15 February File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Brooke Marine Lowestoft, Suffolk Fremantle Fremantle-class patrol boat For Royal Australian Navy.
10 March File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Ingersoll Spruance-class destroyer
20 March File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Pontos Type 209 submarine For Greek Navy.
24 March File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Clark Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
25 March File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Yantar Kaliningrad Zadornyy Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship
27 March File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Antrim Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
27 March File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Yūshio Yūshio-class submarine
31 March File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Diana II Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
7 April File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Ohio Ohio-class submarine
21 April File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Zelenodolsk Shipyard Zelenodolsk Sokol Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy.
25 April File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Carrier type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Merc-Scandia KS[4]
28 April File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Dallas Los Angeles-class submarine
28 April File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Cimarron Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler
1 May File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Fife Spruance-class destroyer
9 May File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore City of Ipswich Container ship For Container Rentals Ltd.[5]
19 May File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Sides Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
24 May File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Galloway Princess Ferry For Sealink.[6]
7 June File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Arklow Engineering Co Ltd. Wexford Thomas F. Doyle Tug For Cork Harbour Commissioners.[7]
16 June File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Fletcher Spruance-class destroyer
29 June File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Vosper Thornycroft Southampton, England Southampton Type 42 destroyer
14 July File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Samuel Eliot Morison Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
28 July File:Flag of the United States.svg United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Acadia Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
20 July File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Marinewerft Gölcük Yıldıray Type 209 submarine For Turkish Navy
27 July File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Seeker Revenue cutter For HM Customs and Excise.[8]
11 August File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Kidd Kidd-class destroyer
11 August File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut La Jolla Los Angeles-class submarine
14 August File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard Turku Rosella Cruiseferry For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
18 August File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Exporter II type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Per Henriksen.[9]
24 August File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Fahrion Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
30 August File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Casma Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy
7 September File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ravenscraig Bulk carrier For British Steel Corporation.[10][11]
10 September File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Star Hercules Offshore supply vessel For Ratchden Ltd.[12]
11 September File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Viking Sally Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally.
20 September File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Kurama Shirane-class destroyer
21 September File:Flag of France.svg France Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire, France Prairial Batillus-class supertanker
24 September File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Bremer Vulkan Bremen-Vegesack New Zealand Caribbean container ship For Shipping Corporation of New Zealand Ltd.
27 September File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Bremer Vulkan Bremen-Vegesack Bremen Bremen-class frigate For German Navy
5 October File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Splendid Swiftsure-class submarine
20 October File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California John A. Moore Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
27 October File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia San Francisco Los Angeles-class submarine
3 November File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Estocin Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
4 November File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Onomichi Zosen Onomichi Ever Light Ever Level-class container ship For Evergreen Marine[13]
10 November File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Georg Ots Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry For Black Sea Shipping Company[14]
15 November File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd Bideford Peroto Coaster For Cornish Shipping Ltd.[15]
1 December File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Callaghan Kidd-class destroyer
5 December File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast St Anselm Ferry For Sealink.
8 December File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Phoenix Los Angeles-class submarine
19 December File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Antofagasta Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy
29 December File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Dmitriy Shostakovich Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry For Black Sea Shipping Company[16]
Unknown date File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol Lady Sarah Fishing vessel For private owner.[17]

References

  1. "Elstree Grange". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "City of Hartlepool". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. "Searcher". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. "M/S MERCANDIAN CARRIER" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. "City of Ipswich". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  6. "Galloway Princess". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. "Thomas F Doyle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  8. "Seeker". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  9. "M/S MERCANDIAN EXPORTER II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. "Ravenscraig". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. "Ravenscraig". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  12. "Star Hercules". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  13. Schiffsdaten im Miramar Ship Index (englisch, online nicht verfügbar) ID=7900819 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
  14. "M/S GEORG OTS" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  15. "Peroto". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  16. "M/S DMITRIY SHOSTAKOVICH" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  17. "Lady Sarah". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.