List of ship launches in 1976
The list of ship launches in 1976 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1976.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
6 January |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
John Young |
Spruance-class destroyer |
|
1 February |
United States |
National Steel and Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Rose City |
Oil tanker |
|
21 February |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Omaha |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
26 March |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Comte de Grasse |
Spruance-class destroyer |
|
28 March |
Finland |
Oy Wärtsilä Ab |
Helsinki, Finland |
Finnjet |
Cruiseferry |
for Finnlines |
3 April |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Memphis |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
14 April |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Glasgow |
Type 42 destroyer |
|
12 May |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Broadsword |
Type 22 frigate |
|
25 June |
France |
Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Saint-Nazaire, France |
Batillus |
Batillus-class supertanker |
|
8 July |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
O'Brien |
Spruance-class destroyer |
|
31 July |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Mississippi |
Virginia-class cruiser |
|
1 September |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Merrill |
Spruance-class destroyer |
|
25 September |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Oliver Hazard Perry |
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
|
28 September |
Germany |
Nobiskrug |
Rendsburg, Germany |
Lunni |
Product tanker |
|
9 October |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Groton |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
13 November |
Peru |
Servicio Industrial de la Marina |
Callao, Peru |
Carvajal |
Lupo-class frigate |
|
20 November |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Armstrong |
Barrow-in-Furness |
Sceptre |
Swiftsure-class submarine |
|
17 December |
France |
|
|
Georges Leygues |
Georges Leygues-class frigate |
|
18 December |
Netherlands |
Koninklijke Schelde Groep |
Flushing |
Kortenaer |
Kortenaer-class frigate |
|
23 December |
Japan |
|
|
Noshiro |
Chikugo-class destroyer escort |
|
28 December |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Briscoe |
Spruance-class destroyer |
|
Date uncertain |
United States |
|
|
Cross Rip |
Ferry |
For Hy-Line |
See also