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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]