List of ship launches in 1988

The list of ship launches in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1988.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
15 January Comstock Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana United States
20 January Chatham Type 22 frigate Swan Hunter Wallsend United Kingdom
23 January Topeka Los Angeles-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States
23 January Quorn Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Vosper Thornycroft Woolston United Kingdom
13 February Abraham Lincoln Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia United States
17 February Sachishio Yūshio-class submarine Japan
17 March Royal Viking Sun Cruise ship Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard Turku Finland For Royal Viking Line
18 March Arco Adur Dredger Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd Appledore United Kingdom For Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd.[1]
19 March Normandy Ticonderoga-class cruiser Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States
19 March Latouche-Tréville Georges Leygues-class frigate France
15 April Talent Trafalgar-class submarine Vickers Shipbuilding Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom
22 April Schleswig-Holstein ferry Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum West Germany For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[2]
23 April Pennsylvania Ohio-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States
30 April Halifax Halifax-class frigate Saint John Shipbuilding Saint John, New Brunswick Canada
30 April Eversand C. Lühring Brake West Germany For German Navy
30 April Zander Zander-class tug VEB Yachtwerft Berlin East Germany For Volksmarine
4 June Hamagiri Asagiri-class destroyer Japan
25 June Ingraham Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California United States
15 July Chancellorsville Ticonderoga-class cruiser Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi United States
22 July Yıldırım Yavuz-class frigate Gölcük Naval Shipyard Turkey
31 July Omskiy-133 Omskiy type cargo ship Șantierul Naval Oltenița Oltenița Soviet Union For North Western Fleet Company[3]
8 August Dolunay Type 209 submarine Marinewerft Gölcük Turkey For Turkish Naval Forces
13 August Isabella cruiseferry Brodogradevna Industrija Split, Yugoslavia Yugoslavia For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
15 August Benjamin Isherwood Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
1 September Stollergrund Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats Kröger Shipyard Schacht-Audorf West Germany For German Navy
12 September Setogiri Asagiri-class destroyer Japan
15 September Tortuga Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana United States
22 October Athena cruiseferry Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard Turku, Finland Finland For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
23 October Monterey Ticonderoga-class cruiser Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States
11 November Mercandia VII Ferry Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd Appledore United Kingdom For Mercandia Liniere I/S.[4]
12 November Miami Los Angeles-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut United States
19 November Foudre Foudre-class landing platform dock DCN Brest France For French Navy
3 December Leroy Grumman Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana United States
4 December Riga Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Mykolaiv Soviet Union Renamed Varyag in 1990, transferred to PLAN in 1998
21 December Abukuma Abukuma-class destroyer escort Japan
25 December Sawagiri Asagiri-class destroyer Japan
Unknown date Aran Workboat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For private owner.[5]
Unknown date Harvest Reaper Fishing trawler David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For private owner.[6]
Unknown date Konarak Hendijan-class vessel K Damen Boven-Hardinxveld Netherlands For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Unknown date Maid of the Forth Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For private owner.[7]
Unknown date Miss Westmorland Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For Windermere Lake Cruises.[8]
Unknown date Pill Hobbler Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For Pill Hobbler Marine Services Ltd.[9]
Unknown date Purbeck Gem Passenger ship J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole United Kingdom For Robert A. Hale.[10]
Unknown date Surta Steam launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol United Kingdom For private owner.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Arco Adur". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ "M/S Schleswig-Holstein" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "OMSKIY-133". Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Mercandia VII". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Aran". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Harvest Reaper". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Maid of the Forth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Miss Westmorland". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Pill Hobbler". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Purbeck Gem". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Surta". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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