List of ship launches in 1977
The list of ship launches in 1977 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1977.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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1 January | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Stump | Spruance-class destroyer | |
22 January | Italy | Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" | Livorno | Espresso Venezia | Espresso Livorno-class ferry | For Tirrenia di Navigazione[1] |
29 January | Norway | Trosvik Verksted A/S | Brevik | Jan Heweliusz | ferry | For Polskie Linie Oceaniczne[2] |
3 February | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Kharg | Ol-class tanker (1965) | For Imperial Iranian Navy[3] |
19 February | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Cincinnati | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
15 March | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | B.A.E. Huancavilca | Type 209 submarine | For Fuerza Naval del Ecuador |
21 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lackenby | Bulk carrier | For Ropner Shipping.[4] |
26 March | Netherlands | Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | Callenburgh | Kortenaer-class frigate | |
11 April | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Belleau Wood | Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship | |
16 April | Netherlands | Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | Van Kinsbergen | Kortenaer-class frigate | |
3 May | United Kingdom | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering | Barrow-in-Furness | Invincible | Invincible-class aircraft carrier | |
4 May | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Emory S. Land | Emory S. Land-class submarine tender | |
5 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders | Appledore. Devon | RMV Scillonian III | Ferry | for Isles of Scilly Steamship Company |
5 May | France | Chantiers de France | Dunkerque | S.A. Helderberg | The Big Whites-type refrigerated cargo ship | For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie |
18 May | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Battleaxe | Type 22 frigate | |
19 May | Japan | Yaeshio | Uzushio-class submarine | |||
21 May | Japan | Yūgumo | Yamagumo-class destroyer | |||
3 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Conolly | Spruance-class destroyer | |
4 June | Soviet Union | Werft 340 | Selenodolsk | Nerpa | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy |
18 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Coastal Corpus Christi | Supertanker | For Woodstock Shipping Co.[5] |
18 June | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | New York City | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
21 June | Denmark | Aalborg Værft A/S | Ålborg | Dana Anglia | Ferry | For DFDS Seaways |
30 June | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon | Saturn | Ferry | For Caledonian MacBrayne |
23 July | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Moosbrugger | Spruance-class destroyer | |
30 July | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Indianapolis | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
12 August | West Germany | Rickmers Werft | Bremerhaven | Wuppertal | For JA Reinecke & Co[6] | |
16 August | France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire, France | Pierre Guillaumat | Batillus-class supertanker | |
17 September | France | DCNS | Tonnant | Redoutable-class submarine | For French Navy | |
20 October | West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg, Germany | Uikku | Product tanker | |
24 October | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | TCG Batiray | Type 209 submarine | For Turkish Naval Forces |
28 October | Finland | Rauma | Rauma-Repola Oy | Buraidah | For Fanco N.V. Willemstad[7] | |
29 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Birmingham | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
29 October | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | John Hancock | Spruance-class destroyer | |
11 November | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Nicholson | Spruance-class destroyer | |
16 December | Italy | Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" | Livorno | Espresso Ravenna | Espresso Livorno-class ferry | For Adriatica di Navigazione SpA[8] |
Unknown date | Netherlands | Bijlsma Lemmer Scheepswerf | Lemmer | Carebeka IX | Bulk carrier | |
Unknown date | China | Huludao Shipyard | Huludao, Liaoning | ChangZheng 2 | Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine | |
Unknown date | Netherlands | Buijs Scheepsbouw | Krimpen aan den IJssel | Ilhéu da Mina | Dredger and freighter | Currently operated by Açores Madeira |
Unknown date | West Germany | Rickmers Rederei | Bremerhaven, Germany | Mashala | Ferry | For Mashala Shipping Co. |
References
- ^ "M/S Espresso Venezia" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "M/S Jan Heweliusz" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (1977), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 14 (3), International Naval Research Organization: 197–199, JSTOR 44888102
- ^ "Lackenby". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Coastal Corpus Christi". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Wupperlat" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "M/S Buraidah" (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "M/S Espresso Ravenna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.