List of ship launches in 1976
The list of ship launches in 1976 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1976. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
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6 January | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | John Young | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
27 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lepeta | Supertanker | For Shell Tanker Ltd.[1] |
1 February | United States | San Diego, California | Rose City | San Clemente-class oil tanker | ||
21 February | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Omaha | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
1 March | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Portsmouth | Ghanadhah | Ardhana-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[2] |
26 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Comte de Grasse | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
28 March | Finland | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Finnjet | Cruiseferry | For Finnlines. |
3 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Memphis | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
14 April | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Glasgow | Type 42 destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
12 May | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Broadsword | Type 22 frigate | For Royal Navy. |
26 May | West Germany | Bremen | Bonn | Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier | For Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt | |
25 June | France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Nantes | Batillus | Batillus-class supertanker | |
2 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Leonia | Supertanker | For Shell Tankers Ltd.[3] |
8 July | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | O'Brien | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
9 July | United Kingdom | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. | Bristol | Miranda Guinness | Tanker | For Arthur Guinness & Sons (Dublin) Ltd.[4] |
31 July | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Mississippi | Virginia-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
14 August | Soviet Union | Severnaya Verf | Leningrad | Retivyy | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy. |
27 August | West Germany | J. J. Sietas | Hamburg | Transgermania | Ferry | Poseidon Schiffahrts OHG.[5] |
1 September | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Merrill | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
25 September | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Oliver Hazard Perry | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
28 September | West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Lunni | Product tanker | |
6 October | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Shyri | Type 209 submarine | For Ecuadorian Navy. |
9 October | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Groton | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
13 November | Peru | Servicio Industrial de la Marina | Callao | Carvajal | Lupo-class frigate | For Peruvian Navy. |
19 November | West Germany | Lürssen | Bremen | Meerkatze | Fishery protection vessel | For Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung. |
20 November | United Kingdom | Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group | Barrow-in-Furness | Sceptre | Swiftsure-class submarine | For Royal Navy. |
4 December | West Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Wahran | Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier | For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company |
11 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lima | Supertanker | For Shell Tankers Ltd.[6] |
17 December | France | Georges Leygues | Georges Leygues-class frigate | For French Navy. | ||
18 December | Netherlands | Rijn-Schelde Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven | Vlissingen | Kortenaer | Kortenaer-class frigate | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
23 December | Japan | Noshiro | Chikugo-class destroyer escort | For Japanese Navy. | ||
28 December | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Briscoe | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
Unknown date | United States | Cross Rip | Ferry | For Hy-Line. | ||
Unknown date | Japan | Hitachi Zosen Corporation | Osaka | Esso Japan | Supertanker | For Esso |
Unknown date | Norway | Thalassa Desgagnes | Double-hulled tanker | For Groupe Desgagné. |
References
- ^ "Lepeta". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
- ^ "Leonia". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 254.
- ^ "M/S Transgermania" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Lima". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- Sources
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.