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List of ship launches in 1997

The list of ship launches in 1997 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1997.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
3 Januar Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Katrine Mærsk K-class container ship For Mærsk Line
18 January United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi McFaul Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
28 February United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Sisler Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
February Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Rotterdam Rotterdam-class amphibious transport dock
14 March United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Bonhomme Richard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
26 March Finland Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku Superfast III ROPAX ferry For Superfast Ferries
27 March United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Bob Hope Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship
4 April Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Kirsten Mærsk K-class container ship For Mærsk Line
17 April Italy Fincantieri Marghera Disney Magic cruise ship For Disney Cruise Lines[1]
24 April Finland Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku Superfast IV ROPAX ferry For Superfast Ferries
April Taiwan China Shipbuilding Kaohsiung Chang Chien Cheng Kung-class frigate
3 May United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Donald Cook Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
3 May Netherlands Van der Giessen de Noord Krimpen aan den IJssel Schleswig-Holstein train ferry For Scandlines
10 May Australia Tenix Defence Williamstown, Victoria Te Mana Anzac-class frigate For Royal New Zealand Navy
20 May China Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Shanghai Amber Lagoon Amber Lagoon-class freight ship For MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping[2]
7 June South Korea Daewoo Heavy Industries Okpo Peene Ore bulk carrier [3]
8 June France Aconit La Fayette-class frigate
June Italy Fincantieri Genoa SuperSeaCat Two MDV1200-class monofull fast ferry For Sea Containers
1 July Netherlands Van der Giessen de Noord Krimpen aan den IJssel Deutschland train ferry For Scandlines
11 July Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Mercury cruise ship For Celebrity Cruises
26 July United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California USNS Watson Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
31 July Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Sovereign Mærsk S-class container ship For Mærsk Line
9 August Spain Astilleros Españoles Puerto Real Skåne ro-ro/train ferry For SweFerry Ab[4]
19 August Japan Yudachi Murasame-class destroyer
21 August Japan Kirisame Murasame-class destroyer
28 August South Korea Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ulsan Petrojarl Banff FSPO [5]
1 September United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Connecticut Seawolf-class submarine
1 September France Chantiers de l’Atlantique Saint Nazaire Vision of the Seas Vision-class cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International
18 September Japan Michishio Oyashio-class submarine
27 September Germany Volkswerft Stralsund Neuwerk multi-purpose vessel For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
27 September South Korea Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Koje Shanghai Express London Express-class container ship For Hapag-Lloyd[6]
29 September Germany Abeking & Rasmussen Fulda Frankenthal-class minehunter For German Navy
2 October United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Dahl Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
4 October United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Higgins Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
21 October United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Fisher Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship
21 October China Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Shanghai Purple Beach Amber Lagoon-class freight ship For MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping
24 October Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Susan Mærsk S-class container ship For Mærsk Line
October People's Republic of China Dalian Shipyard Dalian Shenzhen Type 051B destroyer
12 November United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Porter Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
15 November United States Avondale Shipyard Westwego, Louisiana Healy Polar icebreaker
29 November South Korea Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Koje Düsseldorf Express London Express-class container ship For Hapag-Lloyd[7]
Exact date unknown Singapore Singapore Kota Wajar container ship

See also

Ship events in 1997
Ship launches: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Ship commissionings: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Ship decommissionings: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Shipwrecks: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

References

  1. ^ "M/S Disney Magic". Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  2. ^ "DNV L: Magnolia". Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  3. ^ "DNV GL: Paradise N". Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  4. ^ "MS Skåne". Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. ^ "DNV GL: Petrojarl Banff". Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  6. ^ "DNV GL: Kobe Express". Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  7. ^ "DNV GL: Düsseldorf Express". Retrieved 2019-09-17.
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