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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
20 January	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Deyo	Spruance-class destroyer
27 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Elstree Grange	Tanker	For Furness Withy. [1]
27 January	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Yellowstone	Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
3 February	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	City of Hartlepool	Container ship	For Container Rentals Ltd. [2]
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
20 March	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Pontos	Type 209 submarine	For Greek Navy.
24 March	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Clark	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
25 March	Soviet Union	Yantar	Kaliningrad	Zadornyy	Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship
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	Soviet Union	Zelenodolsk Shipyard	Zelenodolsk	Sokol	Koni-class frigate	For Soviet Navy.
25 April	Denmark	Frederikshavn Vaerft	Frederikshavn	Mercandian Carrier	type FV 610 RoRo-ship	For Merc-Scandia KS [3]
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
9 May	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	City of Ipswich	Container ship	For Container Rentals Ltd. [4]
19 May	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Sides	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
24 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Galloway Princess	Ferry	For Sealink. [5]
7 June	Ireland	Arklow Engineering Co Ltd.	Wexford	Thomas F. Doyle	Tug	For Cork Harbour Commissioners. [6]
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
20 July	Turkey	Marinewerft	Gölcük	Yıldıray	Type 209 submarine	For Turkish Navy
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
14 August	Finland	Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard	Turku	Rosella	Cruiseferry	For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
18 August	Denmark	Frederikshavn Vaerft	Frederikshavn	Mercandian Exporter II	type FV 610 RoRo-ship	For Per Henriksen. [7]
24 August	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Fahrion	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
30 August	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Casma	Type 209 submarine	For Peruvian Navy
7 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ravenscraig	Bulk carrier	For British Steel Corporation. [8] [9]
10 September	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Star Hercules	Offshore supply vessel	For Ratchden Ltd. [10]
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
24 September	West Germany	Bremer Vulkan	Bremen-Vegesack	New Zealand Caribbean	container ship	For Shipping Corporation of New Zealand Ltd.
27 September	West Germany	Bremer Vulkan	Bremen-Vegesack	Bremen	Bremen-class frigate	For German Navy
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
4 November	Japan	Onomichi Zosen	Onomichi	Ever Light	Ever Level-class container ship	For Evergreen Marine [11]
10 November	Poland	Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego	Szczecin	Georg Ots	Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry	For Black Sea Shipping Company [12]
1 December	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Callaghan	Kidd-class destroyer
5 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	St Anselm	Ferry	For Sealink.
8 December	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Phoenix	Los Angeles-class submarine
19 December	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Antofagasta	Type 209 submarine	For Peruvian Navy
29 December	Poland	Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego	Szczecin	Dmitriy Shostakovich	Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry	For Black Sea Shipping Company [13]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.	Bristol	Lady Sarah	Fishing vessel	For private owner. [14]

References

1. "Elstree Grange". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
2. "City of Hartlepool". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
3. "M/S MERCANDIAN CARRIER" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
4. "City of Ipswich". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
5. "Galloway Princess". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
6. "Thomas F Doyle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
7. "M/S MERCANDIAN EXPORTER II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
8. "Ravenscraig". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
9. "Ravenscraig". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
10. "Star Hercules". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
11. Schiffsdaten im Miramar Ship Index (englisch, online nicht verfügbar) ID=7900819 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
12. "M/S GEORG OTS" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
13. "M/S DMITRIY SHOSTAKOVICH" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
14. "Lady Sarah". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.