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 | |
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6 January | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Hopper | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
8 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Knock Muir | Suezmax tanker | For Fred Olsen & Co.[1] |
20 January | ![]() | Bazan | Ferrol | Chakri Naruebet | Aircraft carrier | For Royal Thai Navy |
24 February | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Pearl Harbor | Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship | |
1 March | ![]() | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | Helsinki | Grandeur of the Seas | Vision-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
2 March | ![]() | Krimpen a/d, Ijssel | Van der Gissen de Noord | Stena Jutlantica | ferry | For Stena Line|[2] |
9 March | ![]() | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Sutherland | Type 23 frigate | |
9 March | ![]() | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Knud Mærsk | K-class container ship | For Mærsk Line |
15 March | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Bataan | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship | |
22 March | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Ross | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
9 April | ![]() | Chantiers Leroux et Lotz Naval | Saint-Malo | HSC NGV Aliso | high-speed ferry | For Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée[3] |
April | ![]() | Finnyards Rauma | Rauma | Stena Voyager | HSS 1500 | For Stena Line[4] |
31 May | ![]() | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Ottawa | Halifax-class frigate | |
May | ![]() | China Shipbuilding | Kaohsiung | Pan Chao | Cheng Kung-class frigate | |
13 June | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Knock An | Tanker | For Fred Olsen & Co.[5] |
21 June | ![]() | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Kate Mærsk | K-class container ship | For Mærsk Line |
28 June | ![]() | Tenix Defence | Williamstown, Victoria | Arunta | Anzac-class frigate | |
29 June | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Mahan | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
29 June | ![]() | Westamarin A/S | Kristiansand | Stena Carisma | HSS 900 | For Stena Line[6] |
2 July | ![]() | Bazans Fernando Shipyard | Cadiz | Silvia Ana L | For Los Cipreses S.A | |
27 July | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Louisiana | Ohio-class submarine | |
1 August | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Seillean | SWOPS vessel | For BP.[7] |
9 August | ![]() | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | Rhapsody of the Seas | Vision-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
24 August | ![]() | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Bridge | Supply-class fast combat support ship | |
27 August | ![]() | IHI Corporation | Tokyo | Chōkai | Kongō-class destroyer | |
7 September | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Harry S. Truman | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | |
14 September | ![]() | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Galaxy | Century-class Cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises |
25 September | ![]() | Kötter-Werft | Haren, Germany | Evert Prahm | coastal trading vessel | IMO 9138757 |
4 October | ![]() | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Karen Mærsk | K-class container ship | For Mærsk Line |
6 October | ![]() | Bremer Vulkan | Bremen | Costa Olympia | Cruise ship | For Costa Cruises |
15 October | ![]() | Oyashio | Oyashio-class submarine | |||
5 November | ![]() | Stocznia Szczecinska S.A. | Szczecin | Panaustral | container ship | [8] |
8 November | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Decatur | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
13 November | ![]() | Astilleros de Huelva | Lehola | Ferry | For Estonian Shipping Co Ltd | |
21 November | ![]() | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | Helsinki | Enchantment of the Seas | Vision-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
14 December | ![]() | Finnyards | Rauma | Stena Discovery | HSS 1500 | For Stena Line[9] |
14 December | ![]() | DCN | Brest | Siroco | Foudre-class landing platform dock | For French Navy |
20 December | ![]() | Ørskov Christensen Staalskibsværft A/S | Frederikshavn | Prins Richard | Train Ferry | For Scandlines |
Unknown date | ![]() | Slovenske Lodenice | Komárno | Anne Scan | Cargo ship | For NORDICA Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Herford" |
References
- ^ "Knock Muir". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Stena Jutlandica III (1996)" (in Swedish).
- ^ "HSC NGV Aliso". Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "HSS Stena Voyager" (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Knock An". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "HSS Stena Carisma" (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Schiehallion". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "DNV GL: UAFL Zanzibar". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "HSS STENA DISCOVERY" (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 March 2016.