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

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.