List of ship launches in 1989
The list of ship launches in 1989 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1989.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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21 January | ![]() | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Marlborough | Type 23 frigate | |
31 January | ![]() | Jintsū | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | |||
2 February | ![]() | Kröger Shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | Kalkgrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy |
24 February | ![]() | Flender Werke | Lübeck | Lady Diana | yacht | For NAVTOL[1] |
7 March | ![]() | Ferguson Shipbuilders | Port Glasgow | Lord of the Isles | Ferry | For Caledonian MacBrayne |
11 March | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Cowpens | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
17 March | ![]() | Schichau Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | Seabourn Spirit | Cruise ship | For Seabourn Cruise Line |
19 March | ![]() | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kobe | Victory | ferry | For Higashi Nippon Ferry Co.[2] |
7 April | ![]() | Flender Werke | Lübeck | Lady Sarah | yacht | [3] |
8 April | ![]() | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Argyll | Type 23 frigate | |
15 April | ![]() | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku | Cinderella | Cruiseferry | For SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
26 April | ![]() | Elsflether Shipyard | Elsflether | Mittelgrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy |
5 May | ![]() | AMECON | Williamstown, Victoria | Melbourne | Adelaide-class frigate | |
6 May | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Rushmore | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | |
26 June | ![]() | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Vasco da Gama | Vasco da Gama-class frigate | |
2 July | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Gettysburg | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
3 July | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Scranton | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
8 July | ![]() | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Vancouver | Halifax-class frigate | |
13 July | ![]() | Kröger Shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | Bant | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy |
19 July | ![]() | Bazan | Ferrol | Reina Sofía | Santa María-class frigate | |
22 July | ![]() | Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Henry Eckford | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
26 July | ![]() | Harushio | Harushio-class submarine | |||
25 August | ![]() | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | Nordic Empress | Cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
27 August | ![]() | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku | Kalypso | Cruiseferry | For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic |
1 September | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Chosin | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
11 September | ![]() | Umigiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |||
12 September | ![]() | Sumitomo Heavy Industries | Kaiwo Maru II | Four-masted Barque | ||
16 September | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Arleigh Burke | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
23 September | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Pecos | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
September | ![]() | Mazagon Dock Limited | Mumbai | Shankul | Type 209 submarine | For Indian Navy |
September | ![]() | North American Shipbuilding | William M | Z-drive tug | For Alpha Marine Services | |
2 October | ![]() | Elsfleth Shipyard | Elsfleth | Breitgrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy |
14 October | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | West Virginia | Ohio-class submarine | |
31 October | ![]() | Hall, Russell & Company | Aberdeen | RMS St Helena | Royal Mail Ship | |
6 November | ![]() | Wärtsilä Marine (estate) Perno shipyard | Turku | Silja Serenade | Cruiseferry | For Effoa for Silja Line traffic |
11 November | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Ashland | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | |
19 November | ![]() | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Horizon | Cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises |
5 December | ![]() | Shepparton | Paluma-class motor launch | |||
19 December | ![]() | Ōyodo | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | |||
Unknown date | ![]() | Cheonan | Pohang-class corvette | For Republic of Korea Navy | ||
Unknown date | ![]() | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Corsair | Hovercraft | For Blohm + Voss (prototype) |