List of ship commissionings in 1979

The list of ship commissionings in 1979 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1979.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Pennant Other notes
3 January SAGA Linjen Fennia  Finland ferry Chartered from Svea Line (Finland)
January Holland Expo Tor Scandinavia  Sweden Cruiseferry Chartered from Tor Line
31 January  Royal Navy of Oman Al Munassir[1] Amphibious warfare ship
17 February Svea Line (Finland) Fennia  Finland ferry Returned from charter; in Silja Line traffic
26 February Tor Line Tor Scandinavia  Sweden Cruiseferry Returned from charter to Holland Expo
3 March  United States Navy USS New York City Los Angeles-class submarine SSN-696
24 March Italia Crociere Galileo Galilei  Italy Cruise ship Formerly with Lloyd Triestino
26 April Rederi AB Slite Botnia Express  Finland Ferry Ex-Diana under charter from Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab
in Viking Line traffic
27 April  Indian Navy INS Bedi Pondicherry-class minesweeper M63
27 April  Indian Navy INS Bhavnagar Pondicherry-class minesweeper M64
4 May  Royal Navy HMS Broadsword Type 22 frigate F88
12 May  United States Navy USS Nicholson Spruance-class destroyer DD-982
4 June SF Line Turella  Finland Cruiseferry For Viking Line traffic
8 June  Finnish Navy Pohjanmaa Pohjanmaa-class minelayer
9 June Rederi AB Slite Diana II av Slite  Sweden Cruiseferry For Viking Line traffic
20 June Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab Botnia Express  Finland Ferry Ex-Diana; entered service after charter to Rederi AB Slite
25 June  Peruvian Navy BAP Villavisencio Lupo-class frigate FM-52
14 July  United States Navy USS John Rodgers Spruance-class destroyer DD-983
26 July  Royal Netherlands Navy HNLMS Callenburgh Kortenaer-class frigate F808
28 July  United States Navy USS Nassau Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship LHA-4
25 August  United States Navy USS Leftwich Spruance-class destroyer DD-984
31 August  Soviet Navy Zadornyy Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship 520
21 September  United States Navy USS Cushing Spruance-class destroyer DD-985
25 September  Royal Navy HMS Cardiff Type 42 destroyer D108
September Rederi AB Slite Diana II  Sweden Cruiseferry Ex-Diana II av Slite; in Viking Line traffic
17 November  United States Navy USS Harry W. Hill Spruance-class destroyer DD-986
19 November  United States Navy USS McInerney Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate FFG-8
29 November  Irish Naval Service LÉ Aoife Deirdre-class offshore patrol vessel P22
18 December  Royal Navy HMS Brecon Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel M29
23 December  Peruvian Navy BAP Carvajal Lupo-class frigate FM-51
Date unknown Stena Line Stena Saga  Sweden Ferry Rebuilt from Stena Oceanica

References

  1. ^ Jane, Frederick Thomas (1997). Jane's Fighting Ships. Franklin Watts. p. 481. ISBN 978-0-7106-1546-6.

See also

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