List of ship launches in 1977

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The list of ship launches in 1977 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1977.

DateCountryBuilderLocationShipClass / typeNotes
1 JanuaryFlag of the United States.svg  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Stump Spruance-class destroyer
22 JanuaryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" Livorno Espresso VeneziaEspresso Livorno-class ferry For Tirrenia di Navigazione [1]
29 JanuaryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway Trosvik Verksted A/S Brevik Jan Heweliusz ferry For Polskie Linie Oceaniczne [2]
3 FebruaryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend-on-Tyne Kharg Ol-class tanker (1965)For Imperial Iranian Navy [3]
19 FebruaryFlag of the United States.svg  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Cincinnati Los Angeles-class submarine
15 MarchFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel B.A.E. Huancavilca Type 209 submarine For Fuerza Naval del Ecuador
21 MarchFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lackenby Bulk carrier For Ropner Shipping. [4]
26 MarchFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Callenburgh Kortenaer-class frigate
11 AprilFlag of the United States.svg  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Belleau Wood Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
16 AprilFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Van Kinsbergen Kortenaer-class frigate
3 MayFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness Invincible Invincible-class aircraft carrier
4 MayFlag of the United States.svg  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Emory S. Land Emory S. Land-class submarine tender
5 MayFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore. Devon RMV Scillonian III Ferryfor Isles of Scilly Steamship Company
5 MayFlag of France.svg  France Chantiers de France Dunkerque S.A. HelderbergThe Big Whites-type refrigerated cargo ship For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie
18 MayFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Battleaxe Type 22 frigate
19 MayFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Yaeshio Uzushio-class submarine
21 MayFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Yūgumo Yamagumo-class destroyer
3 JuneFlag of the United States.svg  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Conolly Spruance-class destroyer
4 JuneFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Werft 340 Selenodolsk Nerpa Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy
18 JuneFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Coastal Corpus Christi Supertanker For Woodstock Shipping Co. [5]
18 JuneFlag of the United States.svg  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut New York City Los Angeles-class submarine
21 JuneFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Aalborg Værft A/S Ålborg Dana Anglia Ferry For DFDS Seaways
30 JuneFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon Saturn Ferry For Caledonian MacBrayne
23 JulyFlag of the United States.svg  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Moosbrugger Spruance-class destroyer
30 JulyFlag of the United States.svg  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Indianapolis Los Angeles-class submarine
12 AugustFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Rickmers Werft Bremerhaven WuppertalFor JA Reinecke & Co [6]
16 AugustFlag of France.svg  France Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire, France Pierre Guillaumat Batillus-class supertanker
17 SeptemberFlag of France.svg  France DCNS Tonnant Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
20 OctoberFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Nobiskrug Rendsburg, Germany Uikku Product tanker
24 OctoberFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel TCG Batiray Type 209 submarine For Turkish Naval Forces
28 OctoberFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Rauma Rauma-Repola OyBuraidahFor Fanco N.V. Willemstad [7]
29 OctoberFlag of the United States.svg  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Birmingham Los Angeles-class submarine
29 OctoberFlag of the United States.svg  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi John Hancock Spruance-class destroyer
11 NovemberFlag of the United States.svg  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Nicholson Spruance-class destroyer
16 DecemberFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" Livorno Espresso RavennaEspresso Livorno-class ferry For Adriatica di Navigazione SpA [8]
Unknown dateFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bijlsma Lemmer Scheepswerf Lemmer Carebeka IX Bulk carrier
Unknown dateFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Huludao Shipyard Huludao, Liaoning ChangZheng 2 Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine
Unknown dateFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Buijs Scheepsbouw Krimpen aan den IJssel Ilhéu da Mina Dredger and freighter Currently operated by Açores Madeira
Unknown dateFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Rickmers Rederei Bremerhaven, Germany Mashala Ferry For Mashala Shipping Co.

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References

  1. "M/S Espresso Venezia" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "M/S Jan Heweliusz" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. Silverstone, Paul H. (1977), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, International Naval Research Organization, 14 (3): 197, JSTOR   44888102
  4. "Lackenby". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. "Coastal Corpus Christi". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. "M/S Wupperlat" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  7. "M/S Buraidah" (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  8. "M/S Espresso Ravenna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
Ship events in 1977
Ship launches: 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Ship commissionings: 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Ship decommissionings: 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Shipwrecks: 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982