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