List of ship launches in 1977

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Oguta". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  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. ^ "M/S Buraidah" (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Commodore Enterprise". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  17. ^ "M/S Espresso Ravenna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Al Aul". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Congener". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Oil Clipper 1". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Oil Clipper 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Oil Clipper 3". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Oil Clipper 4". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Oil Clipper 5". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Oil Clipper 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Oil Clipper". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  27. ^ "Oil Cutter 1". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Oil Cutter 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  29. ^ "Oil Cutter 3". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  30. ^ "Oil Cutter 4". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  31. ^ "Oil Cutter 5". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Oil Cutter 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  33. ^ "Poole Belle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.