List of ship launches in 1991
The list of ship launches in 1991 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1991.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
| 5 January |
 Finland |
Rauma-Repola |
Rauma |
Society Adventurer |
cruise ship |
For Discoverer Reederei[1] |
| 17 January |
 Japan |
|
|
Hayashio |
Harushio-class submarine |
|
| 23 January |
 Croatia |
Brodosplit |
Split |
Frans Suell |
Cruiseferry |
For Sea-Link Shipping for Euroway traffic |
| 2 February |
 United States |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
Big Horn |
Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler |
|
| 14 February |
United States |
Halter Marine, Inc. |
Moss Point, Mississippi |
Littlehales |
Survey vessel |
Now Thomas Jefferson |
| 16 February |
 United Kingdom |
Vickers Shipbuilding |
Barrow-in-Furness |
Triumph |
Trafalgar-class submarine |
|
| 23 February |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Essex |
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
|
| 2 March |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Iron Duke |
Type 23 frigate |
|
| 16 March |
 France |
Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Saint-Nazaire |
Prairial |
Floréal-class frigate |
|
| 23 March |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Boise |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
| 6 April |
 Canada |
Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. |
North Vancouver |
Queen of Caopilano |
Intermediate-class ferry |
[2] |
| 16 May |
Canada |
MIL-Davie Shipbuilding |
Lauzon, Quebec |
Ville de Québec |
Halifax-class frigate |
|
| 18 May |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Annapolis |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
| May |
 Germany |
Schichau Seebeckwerft |
Bremerhaven |
Seabourn Legend |
Cruise ship |
For Seabourn Cruise Line |
| 8 June |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Barry |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
| 25 June |
Germany |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
Hydra |
Hydra-class frigate |
|
| 13 July |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Lake Erie |
Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
|
| 25 July |
Finland |
Finnyards |
Rauma |
Sally Albatross |
Cruise ship |
Constructed utilising parts from the first Sally Albatross that burnt in 1990 |
| August |
 Soviet Union |
Sredne-Newski |
Leningrad |
'Grosa |
missile corvettes |
|
| 1 August |
Japan |
Kanda Zosencho K.K. |
Kawajiri, Japan |
Kosei Maru |
Roll-on/roll-off ferry |
|
| 10 August |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Maryland |
Ohio-class submarine |
|
| 11 August |
France |
Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Saint-Nazaire |
Nivôse |
Floréal-class frigate |
|
| 20 August |
Germany |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
ECO |
luxury yacht |
|
| 23 August |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Montpelier |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
| August |
 People's Republic of China |
Hudong Shipyard |
Shanghai |
Harbin |
Type 052 destroyer |
|
| 7 September |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Vicksburg |
Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
|
| 26 September |
Japan |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Nagasaki |
Kongō |
Kongō-class destroyer |
|
| 28 September |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Rainier |
Supply-class fast combat support ship |
|
| 5 October |
United States |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
Guadalupe |
Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler |
|
| 26 October |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
John Paul Jones |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
| 27 October |
 Taiwan |
China Shipbuilding |
Kaohsiung |
Cheng Kung |
Cheng Kung-class frigate |
|
| 22 November |
Germany |
HDW |
Kiel |
Corte-Real |
Vasco da Gama-class frigate |
|
| 23 November |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Monmouth |
Type 23 frigate |
|
| 6 December |
Japan |
|
|
Tone |
Abukuma-class destroyer escort |
|
| 15 November |
Finland |
Kvaerner Masa-Yards |
Turku |
Royal Majesty |
Cruise ship |
For Majesty Cruise Line |
See also
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