List of ship launches in 1996
The list of ship launches in 1996 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1996.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
6 January |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Hopper |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
20 January |
Spain |
Bazan |
Ferrol |
Chakri Naruebet |
Aircraft carrier |
For Royal Thai Navy |
24 February |
United States |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
Pearl Harbor |
Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship |
|
1 March |
Finland |
Kvaerner Masa-Yards |
Helsinki |
Grandeur of the Seas |
Vision-class cruise ship |
For Royal Caribbean International |
9 March |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Sutherland |
Type 23 frigate |
|
15 March |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Bataan |
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
|
22 March |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Ross |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
April |
Finland |
Finnyards Rauma |
Rauma |
Stena Voyager |
HSS 1500 |
For Stena Line[1] |
31 May |
Canada |
Saint John Shipbuilding |
Saint John, New Brunswick |
Ottawa |
Halifax-class frigate |
|
May |
Taiwan |
China Shipbuilding |
Kaohsiung |
Pan Chao |
Cheng Kung-class frigate |
|
28 June |
Australia |
Tenix Defence |
Williamstown, Victoria |
Arunta |
Anzac-class frigate |
|
29 June |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Mahan |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
29 June |
Norway |
Westamarin A/S |
Kristiansand |
Stena Carisma |
HSS 900 |
For Stena Line[2] |
2 July |
Spain |
Bazans Fernando Shipyard |
Cadiz |
Silvia Ana L |
|
For Los Cipreses S.A |
27 July |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Louisiana |
Ohio-class submarine |
|
9 August |
France |
Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Saint-Nazaire |
Rhapsody of the Seas |
Vision-class cruise ship |
For Royal Caribbean International |
24 August |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Bridge |
Supply-class fast combat support ship |
|
27 August |
Japan |
IHI Corporation |
Tokyo |
Chōkai |
Kongō-class destroyer |
|
7 September |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Harry S. Truman |
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
|
14 September |
Germany |
Meyer Werft |
Papenburg |
Galaxy |
Century-class Cruise ship |
For Celebrity Cruises |
6 October |
Germany |
Bremer Vulkan |
Bremen |
Costa Olympia |
Cruise ship |
For Costa Cruises |
15 October |
Japan |
|
|
Oyashio |
Oyashio-class submarine |
|
8 November |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Decatur |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
13 November |
Spain |
Astilleros de Huelva |
|
Lehola |
Ferry |
For Estonian Shipping Co Ltd |
21 November |
Finland |
Kvaerner Masa-Yards |
Helsinki |
Enchantment of the Seas |
Vision-class cruise ship |
For Royal Caribbean International |
14 December |
Finland |
Finnyards |
Rauma |
Stena Discovery |
HSS 1500 |
For Stena Line[3] |
14 December |
France |
DCN |
Brest |
Siroco |
Foudre-class landing platform dock |
For French Navy |
20 December |
Denmark |
Ørskov Christensen Staalskibsværft A/S |
Frederikshavn |
Prins Richard |
Train Ferry |
For Scandlines |
Unknown date |
Slovakia |
Slovenske Lodenice |
Komárno |
Anne Scan |
Cargo ship |
For NORDICA Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Herford" |
See also
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