List of ship launches in 1970
The list of ship launches in 1970 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1970. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. This list (as for those of other years) primarily covers Naval Vessels as, with rare exception, commercial ship launchings are too numerous to be listed.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
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8 January | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Mount Whitney | Blue Ridge-class command ship | For United States Navy. |
10 January | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Bluefish | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
13 January | ![]() | Chikugo | Chikugo-class destroyer escort | For Japanese Navy. | ||
17 January | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Ouellet | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
22 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | La Pampa | Bulk carrier | For Buries Marks Ltd.[1] |
24 January | ![]() | Todd Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Fanning | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
7 February | ![]() | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Saginaw | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
February | ![]() | Svendborgs Skibsværft A/S | Svendborg | Kärnan | Ferry | For DSB Färjedivision.[2] |
February | ![]() | Seine-Maritime | Mangro | Daphné-class submarine | For Pakistani Navy. | |
February | ![]() | Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Murayjib | Dhafeer-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[3] |
6 March | ![]() | Mutzelfeldwerft | Cuxhaven | Fair Lady | Ferry | For Reederei Cassen Eils.[4] |
7 March | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Joseph Hewes | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
7 March | ![]() | Courageous | Churchill-class submarine | For Royal Navy. | ||
11 March | ![]() | Uzushio | Uzushio-class submarine | For Japanese Navy. | ||
22 March | ![]() | Brodogradiliste Titovo | Split | Marella | Ferry | For SF Line / Viking Line. |
28 March | ![]() | Yantar | Kaliningrad | Bditelnyy | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy. |
28 March | ![]() | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | San Bernardino | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
March | ![]() | Gebrüder Kötter Schiffswerft | Haren | Stadt Heiligenhafen | Ferry | For Seebäderdienst Heiligenhafen.[5] |
22 April | ![]() | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Boulder | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
23 April | ![]() | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Savannah | Wichita-class replenishment oiler | For United States Navy. |
1 May | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Billfish | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
2 May | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Bowen | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
6 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bulk Eagle | Bulk carrier | For Kriship Shipping Co.[6] |
6 May | ![]() | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Canterbury | Leander-class frigate | For Royal New Zealand Navy. |
6 May | ![]() | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Viking 1 | Ferry | For Rederi Ab Sally / Viking Line |
7 May | ![]() | DCAN | Lorient | Aconit | Unique frigate | For French Navy. |
9 May | ![]() | Sea Venture | Cruise ship | For Flagship Cruises. | ||
11 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Esso Ulidia | Tanker | For Esso Petroleum Co.[7] |
20 May | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company | Seattle, Washington | Ponce | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy. |
23 May | ![]() | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Drum | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
2 June | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Sydney Bridge | Bulk carrier | For Bowring Shipping Ltd.[8] |
12 June | ![]() | IHI Corporation | Tokyo | Mutsu | Nuclear-powered cargo ship | |
12 June | ![]() | Husumer Schiffswerft | Husum | Insel Amrum | Ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH.[9] |
20 June | ![]() | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Dixon | L. Y. Spear-class submarine tender | For United States Navy. |
20 June | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Paul | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
June | ![]() | Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Jinan | Type 051 destroyer | For Chinese Navy. |
9 July | ![]() | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Nordic Prince | Song of Norway-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. |
11 July | ![]() | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Pensacola | Anchorage-class dock landing ship | For United States Navy. |
14 July | ![]() | Zeya | Cable layer | For Sudoimport. | ||
21 July | ![]() | Dubigeon-Normandie SA | Nantes | Joanna Van de Merwe | Daphné-class submarine | For South African Navy. |
24 | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Brewton | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
1 August | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company | Seattle, Washington | Reasoner | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
15 | ![]() | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Racine | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
15 August | ![]() | Rickmers Werft | Bremerhaven | Travetal | For J. A. Reinecke.[10] | |
29 August | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Aylwin | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
15 September | ![]() | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Glavkos | Type 209 submarine | For Greek Navy |
16 September | ![]() | Ayase | Chikugo-class destroyer escort | For Japanese Navy. | ||
8 October | ![]() | Severnaya Verf | Leningrad | Marshal Voroshilov | Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy. |
15 October | ![]() | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Apollo | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
7 November | ![]() | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Spartanburg County | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
9 November | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Flint | Kilauea-class ammunition ship | For United States Navy. |
20 November | ![]() | Aalborg Shipyard | Aalborg | Prinsessan Desirée | Ferry | For Sessan Linjen. |
21 November | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Elmer Montgomery | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
22 November | ![]() | Severnaya Verf | Leningrad | Admiral Makarov | Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy. |
27 November | ![]() | Davie Shipbuilding | Lauzon | Athabaskan | Iroquois-class destroyer | For Royal Canadian Navy. |
27 November | ![]() | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Columbus New Zealand | Columbus New Zealand-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd. |
28 November | ![]() | Marine Industries | Sorel-Tracy | Iroquois | Iroquois-class destroyer | For Royal Canadian Navy. |
30 November | ![]() | Hayashikane Shipbuilding | Nagasaki | Toko Maru | Fisheries research vessel | For Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry - Fisheries Agency. |
11 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rudby | Bulk carrier | For Ropner Shipping.[11] |
12 December | ![]() | Rickmers Werft | Bremerhaven | Fuldatal | For J. A. Reinecke.[12] | |
19 December | ![]() | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Fairfax County | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy. |
19 December | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company | Seattle, Washington | Stein | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
30 December | ![]() | Upper Clyde Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Sig Ragne | Cargo ship | For Liverpool Liners.[13] |
31 December | ![]() | Mikhail Lermontov | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Baltic Shipping Company. | ||
December | ![]() | Huludao Shipyard | Huludao | Changzheng 1 | Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine | For Chinese Navy. |
Unknown date | ![]() | Stocznia Polnocna | Gdańsk | Liman | Moma-class intelligence ship | For Soviet Navy. |
Unknown date | ![]() | Heusden | Pontra Maris | Cable-laying barge | For Stemat Marine Services.[14] |
References
- ^ "La Pampa". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Kärnan" (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
- ^ "M/S Fait Lady" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "M/S Stadt Heiligenhafen" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Bulk Eagle". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Esso Ulidia". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Sydney Bridge". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Insel Amrum" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "M/S Travetal" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "Rudby". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Fuldatal" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ Engineering Officer, Sig Ragne, May 78 - Sept 78
- ^ "Zeeschepen op het Haringvliet". www.zeeschepenophetharingvliet.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2020.