List of ship launches in 2009
The list of ship launches in 2009 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2009.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
| 14 January |
 Vietnam |
Nam Trieu Ship Building Industry Corporation |
Hai Phong |
PTSC-Bach Ho[1] |
Floating Storage and Offloading vessel |
For Petrovietnam.[2] |
| 17 January |
 Turkey |
|
|
Halit Bey |
|
For VBG Shipping & Trading Co, Turkey.[3] |
| 18 January |
 United States |
Northrop Grumman |
Newport News, Virginia |
New Mexico |
Virginia-class submarine |
|
| January |
 France |
STX Europe |
Saint-Nazaire |
MSC Magnifica |
Musica-class cruise ship |
For MSC Cruises |
| 11 February |
 Spain |
Navantia |
Ferrol |
Thor Heyerdahl |
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 27 February |
 Italy |
Fincantieri |
Ancona |
Silver Spirit |
Cruise ship |
For Silversea Cruises[4] |
| 8 March |
United States |
National Steel and Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Wally Schirra |
Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship |
|
| 12 March |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Marghera |
Costa Deliziosa |
Hybrid Vista-class and Spirit-class cruise ship |
For Costa Cruises |
| 30 March |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Gravely |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
| March |
 South Korea |
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering |
Okpo |
Danit |
Container ship |
|
| 5 April |
 Germany |
Meyer Werft |
Papenburg |
AIDAluna |
Cruise ship |
Official launch at Palma de Mallorca, built at Papenburg for AIDA Cruises. |
| 19 June |
Germany |
Meyer Werft |
Papenburg |
Celebrity Equinox |
Solstice-class cruise ship |
For Celebrity Cruises |
| 25 June |
Italy |
T Mariotti SpA |
Venice |
Seabourn Odyssey |
Cruise ship |
For Seabourn Cruise Line |
| 26 June |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Monfalcone |
Azura |
Grand-class cruise ship |
For P&O Cruises[5] |
| 26 July |
 India |
Shipbuilding Centre |
Visakhapatnam |
Arihant |
Arihant-class submarine |
|
| 1 August |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Jason Dunham |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
| 16 August |
United States |
National Steel and Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Matthew Perry |
Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship |
|
| 21 August |
 Japan |
IHI Marine United |
|
Ise |
Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer |
|
| 29 August |
 Bulgaria |
|
|
Royal Helena[6] |
Barquentine |
|
| 18 September |
India |
Mazagon Dock Limited |
Mumbai |
Kochi |
Kolkata-class destroyer |
|
| 19 September |
United States |
VT Halter Marine |
Moss Point, Mississippi |
Ferdinand R. Hassler |
Hydrographic survey vessel |
For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[7] |
| 1 October |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Ancona |
Le Boreal |
Cruise ship |
For Compagnie du Ponant[8] |
| 16 October |
Japan |
|
|
Hakuryū |
Sōryū-class submarine |
|
| 21 October |
 United Kingdom |
BVT Surface Fleet |
Govan |
Defender |
Type 45 destroyer |
|
| 30 October |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Marghera |
Nieuw Amsterdam |
Vista-class cruise ship |
For Holland America Line[9] |
| 19 November |
United Kingdom |
BAE Systems Surface Ships |
Scotstoun |
Scarborough[10] |
Offshore patrol vessel |
For Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard |
| 20 November |
United States |
General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Missouri |
Virginia-class submarine |
|
| 20 November |
 Finland |
STX Europe |
Turku |
Allure of the Seas |
Oasis-class cruise ship |
For Royal Caribbean International |
| 15 December |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
William P. Lawrence |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
| Exact date unknown |
 Philippines |
|
|
Wight Ryder I |
Catamaran |
For Wightlink |
| Exact date unknown |
Turkey |
Ada Yacht Works |
Bodrum |
Le Pietre |
Gulet |
|
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