List of ship launches in 1977

The list of ship launches in 1977 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1977.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
1 January Stump Spruance-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
17 January Oguta Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft United Kingdom For Nigerian Navy.[1]
22 January Espresso Venezia Espresso Livorno-class ferry Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" Livorno Italy For Tirrenia di Navigazione[2]
29 January Jan Heweliusz ferry Trosvik Verksted A/S Brevik Norway For Polskie Linie Oceaniczne[3]
3 February Kharg Ol-class tanker (1965) Swan Hunter Wallsend-on-Tyne United Kingdom For Imperial Iranian Navy[4]
18 February Cumbria Shore Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For Offshore Marine Ltd.[5]
19 February Cincinnati Los Angeles-class submarine Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States
15 March B.A.E. Huancavilca Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel West Germany For Fuerza Naval del Ecuador
21 March Lackenby Bulk carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast, N. Ireland United Kingdom For Ropner Shipping.[6]
26 March Callenburgh Kortenaer-class frigate Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Netherlands
11 April Belleau Wood Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
14 April Al Mujahid Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft United Kingdom For Royal Omani Navy.[7]
16 April Van Kinsbergen Kortenaer-class frigate Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Netherlands
3 May Invincible Invincible-class aircraft carrier Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom
4 May Emory S. Land Emory S. Land-class submarine tender Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington United States
5 May RMV Scillonian III Ferry Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore United Kingdom For Isles of Scilly Steamship Company[8]
5 May S.A. Helderberg The Big Whites-type refrigerated cargo ship Chantiers de France Dunkerque France For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie
18 May Battleaxe Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom
19 May Yaeshio Uzushio-class submarine Japan
21 May Yūgumo Yamagumo-class destroyer Japan
1 June Al Jabbar Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft United Kingdom For Royal Omani Navy.[9]
3 June Conolly Spruance-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
3 June Leslie Gault Bulk carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For Gallic Shipping Ltd.[10]
4 June Nerpa Koni-class frigate Werft 340 Selenodolsk Soviet Union For Soviet Navy
18 June Coastal Corpus Christi Supertanker Harland & Wolff Belfast, N. Ireland United Kingdom For Woodstock Shipping Co.[11]
18 June New York City Los Angeles-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States
21 June Dana Anglia Ferry Aalborg Værft A/S Ålborg Denmark For DFDS Seaways
30 June Saturn Ferry Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon, Scotland United Kingdom For Caledonian MacBrayne
23 July Moosbrugger Spruance-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
30 July Indianapolis Los Angeles-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States
12 August Wuppertal Rickmers Werft Bremerhaven West Germany For JA Reinecke & Co[12]
16 August Pierre Guillaumat Batillus-class supertanker Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire, France France
Unknown date Island Scene Passenger ship Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd Bideford United Kingdom For private owner.[13]
19 August Gallic Fjord Bulk carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For Gallic Shipping Ltd.[14]
12 September Nessbank Cargo ship Sunderland Ship Builders Ltd Sunderland United Kingdom For Bank Line Ltd.[15]
17 September Tonnant Redoutable-class submarine DCNS France For French Navy
20 October Uikku Product tanker Nobiskrug Rendsburg West Germany
24 October TCG Batiray Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel West Germany For Turkish Naval Forces
28 October Buraidah Rauma Rauma-Repola Oy Finland For Fanco N.V. Willemstad[16]
28 October Commodore Enterprise Cargo ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore United Kingdom For Commodore Transporters Ltd.[17]
29 October Birmingham Los Angeles-class submarine Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States
29 October John Hancock Spruance-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
11 November Nicholson Spruance-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
16 December Espresso Ravenna Espresso Livorno-class ferry Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" Livorno Italy For Adriatica di Navigazione SpA[18]
Unknown date Al Aul Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft United Kingdom For Royal Omani Navy.[19]
Unknown date Carebeka IX Bulk carrier Bijlsma Lemmer Scheepswerf Lemmer Netherlands
Unknown date ChangZheng 2 Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine Huludao Shipyard Huludao, Liaoning China
Unknown date Congener Fishing trawler Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd Bideford United Kingdom For Allan Morse Jr. and others.[20]
Unknown date Ilhéu da Mina Dredger and freighter Buijs Scheepsbouw Krimpen aan den IJssel Netherlands Currently operated by Açores Madeira
Unknown date Mashala Ferry Rickmers Rederei Bremerhaven West Germany For Mashala Shipping Co.
Unknown date Oil Clipper 1 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[21]
Unknown date Oil Clipper 2 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[22]
Unknown date Oil Clipper 3 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[23]
Unknown date Oil Clipper 4 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[24]
Unknown date Oil Clipper 5 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[25]
Unknown date Oil Clipper 6 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[26]
Unknown date Oil Clipper 7 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[27]
Unknown date Oil Cutter 1 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[28]
Unknown date Oil Cutter 2 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[29]
Unknown date Oil Cutter 3 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[30]
Unknown date Oil Cutter 4 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[31]
Unknown date Oil Cutter 5 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[32]
Unknown date Oil Cutter 6 Crew boat Allday Aluminium Ltd. Gosport United Kingdom For Ocean Inchcape.[33]
Unknown date Poole Belle Passenger ship J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole United Kingdom For Crosons Ltd.[34]

References

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  2. ^ "M/S Espresso Venezia" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. ^ "M/S Jan Heweliusz" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (1977), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 14 (3), International Naval Research Organization: 197–199, JSTOR 44888102
  5. ^ "Cumbria Shore". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Lackenby". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Al Mujahid". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Scillonian III". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Al Jabbar". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Leslie Gault". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Coastal Corpus Christi". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. ^ "M/S Wupperlat" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Island Scene". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Gallic Fjord". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Nessbank". Sunderlandships.com. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  16. ^ "M/S Buraidah" (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Commodore Enterprise". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  18. ^ "M/S Espresso Ravenna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  19. ^ "Al Aul". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Congener". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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  22. ^ "Oil Clipper 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Oil Clipper 3". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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  25. ^ "Oil Clipper 5". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Oil Clipper 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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  33. ^ "Oil Cutter 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  34. ^ "Poole Belle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.