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

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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 Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.  | Appledore | City of Hartlepool | Container ship | For Container Rentals Ltd.[2]
3 February  |  United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Thorn | Spruance-class destroyer  |
9 February  |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd.  | Lowestoft | Searcher |  | For HM Coastguard.[3]
15 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[4]
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  |
9 May  |  United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.  | Appledore | City of Ipswich | Container ship | For Container Rentals Ltd.[5]
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.[6]
7 June  |  Ireland | Arklow Engineering Co Ltd.  | Wexford | Thomas F. Doyle | Tug | For Cork Harbour Commissioners.[7]
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
27 July  |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd.  | Lowestoft | Seeker | Revenue cutter | For HM Customs and Excise.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10][11]
10 September  |  United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.  | Appledore | Star Hercules | Offshore supply vessel | For Ratchden Ltd.[12]
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[13]
10 November  |  Poland | Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego | Szczecin | Georg Ots | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | For Black Sea Shipping Company[14]
15 November  |  United Kingdom | Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd  | Bideford | Peroto | Coaster | For Cornish Shipping Ltd.[15]
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[16]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.  | Bristol | Lady Sarah | Fishing vessel | For private owner.[17]

## References

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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.
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.
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.
15. ^ "Peroto". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
16. ^ "M/S DMITRIY SHOSTAKOVICH" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
17. ^ "Lady Sarah". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

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