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List of ship launches in 1983

The list of ship launches in 1983 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1983.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
2 January Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Admiral II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For Mercandia rederiet A/S[1]
15 January Australia North Queensland Engineers and Agents Cairns, Queensland Cessnock Fremantle-class patrol boat
17 January United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Yorktown Ticonderoga-class cruiser
20 January Finland Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Nizhneyansk SA-15 type cargo ship
25 January Japan Yubetsu Yubari-class destroyer escort
27 January Japan Nadashio Yūshio-class submarine
23 February Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Igarka SA-15 type cargo ship
26 February United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Carr Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
4 March Argentina Río Santiago Shipyard La Plata Rosales Espora-class corvette
9 March Australia North Queensland Engineers and Agents Cairns, Queensland Bendigo Fremantle-class patrol boat
19 March United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Minneapolis-Saint Paul Los Angeles-class submarine
26 March Soviet Union Zhdanov Shipyard Leningrad Admiral Tributs Udaloy-class destroyer
14 April United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Edinburgh Type 42 destroyer
15 April Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Diplomat Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXII P/R[2]
16 April Poland Stocznia im Lenina Gdańsk Stena Germanica ferry For Stena Line[3]
23 April United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Nicholas Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
29 April Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Thomson Type 209 submarine For Armada de Chile
30 April United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Olympia Los Angeles-class submarine
1 June Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Monchegorsk SA-15 type cargo ship
10 June United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Whidbey Island Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
11 June Italy Fincantieri Monfalcone Giuseppe Garibaldi Light V/STOL aircraft carrier
24 June Argentina Río Santiago Shipyard La Plata Spiro Espora-class corvette
9 July Australia North Queensland Engineers and Agents Cairns, Queensland Gawler Fremantle-class patrol boat
10 July Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Prince II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXV[4]
14 July Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Arkhangelsk SA-15 type cargo ship
15 July Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Senator Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXIV[5]
16 July United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Rentz Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
29 July Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Simpson Type 209 submarine For Armada de Chile
13 August United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Robert G. Bradley Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
20 August East Germany VEB Peene-Werft Wolgast Vogtland Ohre-class Barracks ship For Volksmarine
27 August United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Augusta Los Angeles-class submarine
27 August United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Hyman G. Rickover Los Angeles-class submarine
6 September Japan Haruyuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
14 September Soviet Union Sredne-Newski Leningrad Schuja Tarantul-class corvette
19 September Japan Isoyuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
24 September United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Honolulu Los Angeles-class submarine
15 October United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Henry M. Jackson Ohio-class submarine
22 October Australia North Queensland Engineers and Agents Cairns, Queensland Geraldton Fremantle-class patrol boat
5 November United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Taylor Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
11 November Soviet Union Werft 129 Selenodolsk Sokol Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy
15 November Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Amderma SA-15 type cargo ship
16 November Turkey Marinewerft Gölcük TCG Doganay Type 209 submarine For Turkish Naval Forces
19 November United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Brave Type 22 frigate
19 November United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Gary Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
24 November Finland Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Kemerovo SA-15 type cargo ship
2 December United Kingdom Ferguson Ailsa Ltd Port Glasgow Isle of Arran Ferry For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 December Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Queen II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXVI[6]
17 December Germany Elsflether Werft Elsfleth Mellum Multi-purpose vessel For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
19 December Ireland Verolme Dockyard Rushbrook, Ireland Eithne Eithne-class patrol vessel For Irish Naval Service
Date uncertain People's Republic of China Huludao Shipyard Huludao, Liaoning Province Changzheng 3 Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine
Date uncertain Finland Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Okha SA-15 type cargo ship
Date uncertain Finland Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Bratsk SA-15 type cargo ship
Date uncertain Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Tiksi SA-15 type cargo ship
Date uncertain Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Kola SA-15 type cargo ship

See also

Ship events in 1983
Ship launches: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Ship commissionings: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Ship decommissionings: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Shipwrecks: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

References

  1. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN ADMIRAL II". Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  2. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN DIPLOMAT". Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  3. ^ "M/S Stena Scandinavica". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  4. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN Prince II". Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  5. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN SENATOR". Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  6. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN Queen II". Retrieved 2016-12-27.
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