List of ship launches in 1979
The list of ship launches in 1979 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1979.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
| 20 January |
 United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Deyo |
Spruance-class destroyer |
|
| 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 |
|
| 24 March |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Clark |
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
|
| 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 |
 SUN |
Werft 340 |
Selenodolsk |
Sokol |
Koni-class frigate |
For Sovjet Nany |
| 25 April |
 Denmark |
Frederikshavn Vaerft |
Frederikshavn |
Mercandian Carrier |
Freight ferry |
For Merc-Scandia KS |
| 27 April |
 Finland |
Wärtsilä |
Turku |
Rosella |
Cruiseferry |
For SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 24 August |
United States |
Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Seattle, Washington |
Fahrion |
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1 December |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Callaghan |
Kidd-class destroyer |
|
| 8 December |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Phoenix |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
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See also