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List of ship launches in 1970

The list of ship launches in 1970 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1970. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Builder and location Ship Class and type Operator Notes
January 8 United States Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Mount Whitney Blue Ridge-class command ship United States Navy
January 10 United States Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States Bluefish Sturgeon-class submarine United States Navy
January 13 Japan unknown builder, Japan Chikugo Chikugo-class destroyer escort Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
January 17 United States Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Ouellet Knox-class frigate United States Navy
January 24 United States Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, California, United States Fanning Knox-class frigate United States Navy
February 7 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Saginaw Newport-class tank landing ship United States Navy
February Denmark Svendborgs Skibsværft A/S, Svendborg, Denmark Kärnan DSB [1]
February France Seine-Maritime, France PNS Mangro (S133) Daphné-class submarine Pakistan Navy
February United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England Murayjib Dhafeer-class patrol craft United Arab Emirates Navy [2]
March 6 Germany Mutzelfeldwerft, Cuxhaven, West Germany Fair Lady ferry West Germany Reederei Cassen Eils [3]
March 7 United States Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Joseph Hewes Knox-class frigate United States Navy
March 7 United Kingdom unknown builder, United Kingdom Courageous Churchill-class submarine Royal Navy
March 11 Japan unknown builder, Japan Uzushio Uzushio-class submarine Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
March 22 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Brodogradiliste Titovo, Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia Marella Ferry Finland SF Line / Viking Line
March 28 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States San Bernardino Newport-class tank landing ship United States Navy
March 28 Russia Yantar, Kaliningrad, Russia Bditelnyy Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship Soviet Navy
March Germany Gebrüder Kötter Schiffswerft, Haren, West Germany Stadt Heiligenhafen ferry West Germany Seebäderdienst Heiligenhafen [4]
April 22 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Boulder Newport-class tank landing ship United States Navy
April 23 United States Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Savannah Wichita-class replenishment oiler United States Navy
May 1 United States Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States Billfish Sturgeon-class submarine United States Navy
May 2 United States Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Bowen Knox-class frigate United States Navy
May 6 United Kingdom Yarrows, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Canterbury Leander-class frigate Royal New Zealand Navy
May 6 Germany Meyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany Viking 1 Ferry West Germany Rederi Ab Sally / Viking Line
May 7 France DCAN, Lorient, Brittany, France Aconit Unique frigate French Navy
May 9 Germany unknown builder, West Germany Sea Venture Cruise ship Flagship Cruises
May 20 United States Lockheed, Seattle, Washington, United States Ponce Austin-class amphibious transport dock United States Navy
May 23 United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States Drum Sturgeon-class submarine United States Navy
June 12 Japan IHI, Tokyo, Japan Mutsu Nuclear-powered freighter
June 12 Germany Husumer Schiffswerft, Husum, West Germany Insel Amrum ferry Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH [5]
June 20 United States Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Dixon L. Y. Spear-class submarine tender United States Navy
June 20 United States Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Paul Knox-class frigate United States Navy
June China Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai, China Jinan Type 051 destroyer People's Liberation Army Navy
July 9 Finland Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland Nordic Prince Song of Norway-class cruise ship Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
July 11 United States Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Pensacola Anchorage-class dock landing ship United States Navy
July 14 Finland Zeya Cable layer Sudoimport
July 21 France Dubigeon-Normandie SA, Nantes, France SAS Joanna Van de Merwe Daphné-class submarine South African Navy
July 24 United States Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Brewton Knox-class frigate United States Navy
August 1 United States Lockheed, Seattle, Washington, United States Reasoner Knox-class frigate United States Navy
August 15 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Racine Newport-class tank landing ship United States Navy
August 15 Germany Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven, Bremen, West Germany Travetal JA Reinecke [6]
August 29 United States Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Aylwin Knox-class frigate United States Navy
September 15 Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany Glaukos Type 209 submarine Hellenic Navy
September 16 Japan unknown builder, Japan Ayase Chikugo-class destroyer escort Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
October 8 Russia Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg, Russia Marshal Voroshilov Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship Soviet Navy
October 15 United Kingdom Yarrows, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Apollo Leander-class frigate Royal Navy
November 7 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Spartanburg County Newport-class tank landing ship United States Navy
November 9 United States Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Flint Kilauea-class ammunition ship United States Navy
November 20 Denmark Aalborg Shipyard, Aalborg, Denmark Prinsessan Desirée Ferry Sessan Linjen
November 21 United States Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Elmer Montgomery Knox-class frigate United States Navy
November 22 Russia Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg, Russia Admiral Makarov Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship Soviet Navy
November 27 Canada Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada Athabaskan Iroquois-class destroyer Royal Canadian Navy
November 27 Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany Columbus New Zealand Columbus New Zealand-class container ship Germany Hamburg Süd
November 28 Canada Marine Industries, Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada Iroquois Iroquois-class destroyer Royal Canadian Navy
November 30 Japan Hayashikane Shipbuilding, Nagasaki, Japan Toko Maru Fisheries research vessel
December 12 Germany Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven, Bremen, West Germany Fuldatal JA Reinecke[7]
December 19 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Fairfax County Newport-class tank landing ship United States Navy
December 19 United States Lockheed, Seattle, Washington, United States Stein Knox-class frigate United States Navy
December 31 Germany unknown builder, West Germany Mikhail Lermontov Ivan Franko-class passenger ship Baltic Shipping Company
December China Huludao Shipyard, Huludao, China ChangZheng 1 Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine People's Liberation Army Navy
unknown date Poland Stocznia Polnocna, Gdańsk, Poland Liman Moma-class intelligence ship Soviet Navy
unknown date Netherlands Heusden, Netherlands Pontra Maris Cable-laying barge Stemat Marine Services [8]

References

  1. ^ "M/S Kärnan". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  2. ^ Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
  3. ^ "M/S Fait Lady". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  4. ^ "M/S Stadt Heiligenhafen". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ^ "M/S Insel Amrum". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  6. ^ "M/S Travetal". Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  7. ^ "M/S Fuldatal". Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  8. ^ "Zeeschepen op het Haringvliet". www.zeeschepenophetharingvliet.nl. Retrieved 2020-02-04.

See also

Ship events in 1970
Ship launches: 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Ship commissionings: 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Ship decommissionings: 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Shipwrecks: 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
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