The list of ship launches in 1989 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1989.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | Swan Hunter | Wallsend, England | Marlborough | Type 23 frigate | ||
| 31 January | Jintsū | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | ||||
| 2 February | Kröger Shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | Kalkgrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy | |
| 24 February | Flender Werke | Lübeck | Lady Diana | yacht | For NAVTOL[1] | |
| 7 March | Ferguson Shipbuilders | Port Glasgow | Lord of the Isles | Ferry | For Caledonian MacBrayne | |
| 11 March | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Cowpens | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | ||
| 17 March | Schichau Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | Seabourn Spirit | Cruise ship | For Seabourn Cruise Line | |
| 19 March | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kobe | Victory | ferry | For Higashi Nippon Ferry Co.[2] | |
| 7 April | Flender Werke | Lübeck | Lady Sarah | yacht | [3] | |
| 8 April | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Argyll | Type 23 frigate | ||
| 15 April | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku | Cinderella | Cruiseferry | For SF Line for Viking Line traffic | |
| 26 April | Elsflether Shipyard | Elsflether | Mittelgrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy | |
| 5 May | AMECON | Williamstown, Victoria | Melbourne | Adelaide-class frigate | ||
| 6 May | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Rushmore | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | ||
| 26 June | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Vasco da Gama | Vasco da Gama-class frigate | ||
| 2 July | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Gettysburg | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | ||
| 3 July | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Scranton | Los Angeles-class submarine | ||
| 8 July | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Vancouver | Halifax-class frigate | ||
| 13 July | Kröger Shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | Bant | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy | |
| 19 July | Bazan | Ferrol | Reina Sofía | Santa María-class frigate | ||
| 22 July | Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Henry Eckford | Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler | ||
| 26 July | Harushio | Harushio-class submarine | ||||
| 25 August | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | Nordic Empress | Cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International | |
| 27 August | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku | Kalypso | Cruiseferry | For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic | |
| 1 September | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Chosin | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | ||
| 11 September | Umigiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | ||||
| 12 September | Sumitomo Heavy Industries | Kaiwo Maru II | Four-masted Barque | |||
| 16 September | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Arleigh Burke | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | ||
| 23 September | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Pecos | Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler | ||
| September | Mazagon Dock Limited | Mumbai | Shankul | Type 209 submarine | For Indian Navy | |
| September | North American Shipbuilding | William M | Z-drive tug | For Alpha Marine Services | ||
| 2 October | Elsfleth Shipyard | Elsfleth | Breitgrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy | |
| 14 October | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | West Virginia | Ohio-class submarine | ||
| 31 October | Hall, Russell & Company | Aberdeen | RMS St Helena | Royal Mail Ship | ||
| 6 November | Wärtsilä Marine (estate) Perno shipyard | Turku | Silja Serenade | Cruiseferry | For Effoa for Silja Line traffic | |
| 11 November | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Ashland | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | ||
| 19 November | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Horizon | Cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises | |
| 5 December | Shepparton | Paluma-class survey motor launch | ||||
| 19 December | Ōyodo | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | ||||
| Unknown date | Cheonan | Pohang-class corvette | For Republic of Korea Navy | |||
| Unknown date | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Corsair | Hovercraft | For Blohm + Voss (prototype) |
See also
| Ship events in 1989 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
References
- ^ "M/S LADY D." Retrieved 2017-07-31.
- ^ "M/S Victory". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ^ "M/S Aurora II". Retrieved 2017-07-31.