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List of ship launches in 1976

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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
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 edit

  1. ^ "Lepeta". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
  3. ^ "Leonia". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 254.
  5. ^ "M/S Transgermania" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. ^ "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.
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