List of ship launches in 2006

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The list of ship launches in 2006 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2006.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
February 1 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom BAE Systems Naval Ships (YSL) Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Daring Type 45 destroyer
February 11 Flag of the United States United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Gridley Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer
May 13 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Johan de Witt Rotterdam class landing platform dock 2nd in class
June 14 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom VT Group HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England Clyde River class patrol vessel
July 12 Flag of France France DCN Lorient Chevalier Paul Horizon class frigate
August 10 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Karachi Shipyard Karachi Hamza Agosta 90B class submarine
September 22 Flag of the United States United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Makin Island Wasp class amphibious assault ship
September 23 Flag of the United States United States Marinette Marine Marinette, Wisconsin Freedom Freedom class littoral combat ship
November 18 Flag of Australia Australia Tenix Tenix, Williamstown Otago Protector class offshore patrol vessel
23 November Flag of Finland Finland Aker Finnyards Helsinki Star Cruiseferry For Tallink
15 December Flag of Finland Finland Aker Finnyards Turku Color Magic Cruiseferry For Color Line; largest cruiseferry in the world when delivered; completed at Aker Finnyards' Rauma shipyard
Unknown date Flag of Spain Spain Astilleros de Huelva Huelva Clipper Point Roll-on/roll-off Ferry For Seatruck Ferries "Heysham Max" vessel for Heysham Warrenpoint route.


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Ship launches: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Ship commissionings: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Ship decommissionings: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Shipwrecks: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009