The list of ship launches in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1988.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January |  United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Comstock | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | |
| 20 January |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend, England | Chatham | Type 22 frigate | |
| 23 January | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Topeka | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Woolston, England | Quorn | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel | |
| 13 February | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Abraham Lincoln | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | |
| 17 February |  Japan | Sachishio | Yūshio-class submarine | |||
| 17 March |  Finland | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku | Royal Viking Sun | Cruise ship | For Royal Viking Line |
| 19 March | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Normandy | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
| 19 March |  France | Latouche-Tréville | Georges Leygues-class frigate | |||
| 15 April | United Kingdom | Vickers Shipbuilding | Barrow-in-Furness | Talent | Trafalgar-class submarine | |
| 22 April |  Germany | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | Schleswig-Holstein | ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[1] |
| 23 April | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Pennsylvania | Ohio-class submarine | |
| 30 April | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Halifax | Halifax-class frigate | |
| 30 April | West Germany | C. Lühring | Brake | Eversand | For German Navy | |
| 30 April |  East Germany | VEB Yachtwerft Berlin | Zander | Zander-class tug | For Volksmarine | |
| 4 June | Japan | Hamagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |||
| 25 June | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Ingraham | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
| 15 July | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Chancellorsville | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
| 22 July |  Turkey | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | Yilderim | Yavuz-class frigate | ||
| 8 August | Turkey | Marinewerft | Gölcük | TCG Dolunay | Type 209 submarine | For Turkish Naval Forces |
| 13 August | .svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia | Brodogradevna Industrija | Split, Yugoslavia | Isabella | cruiseferry | For SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
| 15 August | United States | Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Benjamin Isherwood | Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler | |
| 1 September | Germany | Kröger Shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | Stollergrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy |
| 12 September | Japan | Setogiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |||
| 15 September | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Tortuga | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | |
| 22 October | Finland | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku, Finland | Athena | cruiseferry | For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic |
| 23 October | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Monterey | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
| 12 November | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Miami | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 19 November | France | DCN | Brest | Foudre | Foudre-class landing platform dock | For French Navy |
| 3 December | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Leroy Grumman | Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler | |
| 4 December |  Soviet Union | Mykolaiv | Riga | Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier | Renamed Varyag in 1990, transferred to PLAN in 1998 | |
| 21 December | Japan | Abukuma | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | |||
| 25 December | Japan | Sawagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |||
| Unknown date |  Netherlands | K Damen | Boven-Hardinxveld | Konarak | Hendijan-class support vessel | For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
See also
| Ship events in 1988 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
References
- ^ "M/S Schleswig-Holstein". Retrieved 2017-10-08.