List of ship launches in 1979
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 |
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20 January | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Deyo | Spruance-class destroyer | |
27 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Elstree Grange | Tanker | For Furness Withy.[1] |
27 January | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Yellowstone | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender | |
3 February | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Thorn | Spruance-class destroyer | |
16 February | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine | Lowestoft, Suffolk | Fremantle | Fremantle-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. |
10 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Ingersoll | Spruance-class destroyer | |
20 March | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Pontos | Type 209 submarine | For Greek Navy. |
24 March | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Clark | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
25 March | Soviet Union | Yantar | Kaliningrad | Zadornyy | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship | |
27 March | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Antrim | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
27 March | Japan | Yūshio | Yūshio-class submarine | |||
31 March | West Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Diana II | Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry | For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic |
7 April | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Ohio | Ohio-class submarine | |
21 April | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Shipyard | Zelenodolsk | Sokol | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy. |
25 April | Denmark | Frederikshavn Vaerft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Carrier | type FV 610 RoRo-ship | For Merc-Scandia KS[2] |
28 April | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Dallas | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
28 April | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Cimarron | Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler | |
1 May | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Fife | Spruance-class destroyer | |
19 May | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Sides | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
24 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Galloway Princess | Ferry | For Sealink.[3] |
16 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Fletcher | Spruance-class destroyer | |
29 June | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Southampton, England | Southampton | Type 42 destroyer | |
14 July | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Samuel Eliot Morison | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
28 July | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Acadia | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender | |
20 July | Turkey | Marinewerft | Gölcük | Yıldıray | Type 209 submarine | For Turkish Navy |
11 August | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Kidd | Kidd-class destroyer | |
11 August | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | La Jolla | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
14 August | Finland | Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard | Turku | Rosella | Cruiseferry | For SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
18 August | Denmark | Frederikshavn Vaerft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Exporter II | type FV 610 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen.[4] |
24 August | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Fahrion | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
30 August | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Casma | Type 209 submarine | For Peruvian Navy |
7 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ravenscraig | Bulk carrier | For British Steel Corporation.[5][6] |
11 September | 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 | Japan | Kurama | Shirane-class destroyer | |||
21 September | France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire, France | Prairial | Batillus-class supertanker | |
24 September | West Germany | Bremer Vulkan | Bremen-Vegesack | New Zealand Caribbean | container ship | For Shipping Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. |
27 September | West Germany | Bremer Vulkan | Bremen-Vegesack | Bremen | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy |
5 October | United Kingdom | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering | Splendid | Swiftsure-class submarine | ||
20 October | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | John A. Moore | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
27 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | San Francisco | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
3 November | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Estocin | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
4 November | Japan | Onomichi Zosen | Onomichi | Ever Light | Ever Level-class container ship | For Evergreen Marine[7] |
10 November | Poland | Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego | Szczecin | Georg Ots | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | For Black Sea Shipping Company[8] |
1 December | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Callaghan | Kidd-class destroyer | |
5 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | St Anselm | Ferry | For Sealink. |
8 December | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Phoenix | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
19 December | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Antofagasta | Type 209 submarine | For Peruvian Navy |
29 December | Poland | Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego | Szczecin | Dmitriy Shostakovich | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | For Black Sea Shipping Company[9] |
References
- ^ "Elstree Grange". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN CARRIER" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Galloway Princess". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN EXPORTER II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Ravenscraig". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Ravenscraig". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Schiffsdaten im Miramar Ship Index (englisch, online nicht verfügbar) ID=7900819 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- ^ "M/S GEORG OTS" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "M/S DMITRIY SHOSTAKOVICH" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.