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The list of ship launches in 1979 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1979.
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Country
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Builder
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Location
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Ship
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Class / type
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Notes
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20 January
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United States
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
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Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Deyo
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27 January
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United States
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National Steel & Shipbuilding
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San Diego, California
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Yellowstone
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3 February
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United States
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
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Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Thorn
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16 February
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United Kingdom
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Brooke Marine
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Lowestoft, Suffolk
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Fremantle
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for Royal Australian Navy
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10 March
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United States
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
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Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Ingersoll
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20 March
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Germany
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
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Kiel
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Pontos
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Type 209 submarine
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For Hellenic Navy
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24 March
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United States
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Bath Iron Works
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Bath, Maine
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Clark
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25 March
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Soviet Union
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Yantar
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Kaliningrad
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Zadornyy
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Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship
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27 March
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United States
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Todd Pacific Shipyards
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Seattle, Washington
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Antrim
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27 March
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Japan
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Yūshio
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31 March
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West Germany
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Meyer Werft
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Papenburg
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Diana II
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Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry
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For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
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7 April
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United States
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Electric Boat
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Groton, Connecticut
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Ohio
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21 April
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SUN
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Zelenodolsk Shipyard
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Zelenodolsk
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Sokol
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Koni-class frigate
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For Soviet Navy
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25 April
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Denmark
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Frederikshavn Vaerft
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Frederikshavn
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Mercandian Carrier
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type FV 610 RoRo-ship
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For Merc-Scandia KS[1]
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28 April
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United States
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Electric Boat
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Groton, Connecticut
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Dallas
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28 April
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United States
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Avondale Shipyard
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Avondale, Louisiana
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Cimarron
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1 May
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United States
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
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Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Fife
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19 May
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United States
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Todd Pacific Shipyards
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San Pedro, California
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Sides
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16 June
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United States
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
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Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Fletcher
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29 June
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United Kingdom
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Vosper Thornycroft
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Southampton, England
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Southampton
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Type 42 destroyer
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14 July
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United States
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Bath Iron Works
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Bath, Maine
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Samuel Eliot Morison
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28 July
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United States
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National Steel & Shipbuilding
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San Diego, California
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Acadia
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20 July
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Turkey
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Marinewerft
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Gölcük
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Yıldıray
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Type 209 submarine
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For Turkish Naval Forces
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11 August
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United States
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
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Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Kidd
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11 August
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United States
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Electric Boat
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Groton, Connecticut
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La Jolla
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14 August
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Finland
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Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard
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Turku
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Rosella
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Cruiseferry
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For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
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18 August
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Denmark
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Frederikshavn Vaerft
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Frederikshavn
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Mercandian Exporter II
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type FV 610 RoRo-ship
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For Per Henriksen[2]
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24 August
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United States
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Todd Pacific Shipyards
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Seattle, Washington
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Fahrion
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30 August
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Germany
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
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Kiel
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Casma
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Type 209 submarine
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For Peruvian Navy
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11 September
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West Germany
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Meyer Werft
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Papenburg
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Viking Sally
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Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry
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Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally.
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20 September
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Japan
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Kurama
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21 September
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France
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Chantiers de l'Atlantique
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Saint-Nazaire, France
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Prairial
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24 September
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West Germany
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Bremer Vulkan
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Bremen-Vegesack
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New Zealand Caribbean
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container ship
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For Shipping Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. IMO 7817115
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27 September
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Germany
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Bremer Vulkan
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Bremen-Vegesack
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Bremen
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Bremen-class frigate
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For German Navy
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5 October
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United Kingdom
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Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
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Splendid
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20 October
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United States
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Todd Pacific Shipyards
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San Pedro, California
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John A. Moore
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27 October
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United States
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Newport News Shipbuilding
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Newport News, Virginia
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San Francisco
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3 November
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United States
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Bath Iron Works
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Bath, Maine
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Estocin
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4 November
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Japan
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Onomichi Zosen
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Onomichi
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Ever Light
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Ever Level-class container ship
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For Evergreen Marine[3]
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10 November
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Poland
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Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego
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Szczecin
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Georg Ots
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Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
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For Black Sea Shipping Company[4]
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1 December
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United States
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
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Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Callaghan
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8 December
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United States
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Electric Boat
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Groton, Connecticut
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Phoenix
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19 December
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Germany
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
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Kiel
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Antofagasta
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Type 209 submarine
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For Peruvian Navy
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29 December
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Poland
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Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego
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Szczecin
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Dmitriy Shostakovich
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Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
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For Black Sea Shipping Company[5]
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See also
References