List of ship launches in 1988
The list of ship launches in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1988.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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15 January | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Comstock | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | |
20 January | ![]() | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Chatham | Type 22 frigate | |
23 January | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Topeka | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
23 January | ![]() | Vosper Thornycroft | Woolston | Quorn | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel | |
13 February | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Abraham Lincoln | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | |
17 February | ![]() | Sachishio | Yūshio-class submarine | |||
17 March | ![]() | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku | Royal Viking Sun | Cruise ship | For Royal Viking Line |
19 March | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Normandy | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
19 March | ![]() | Latouche-Tréville | Georges Leygues-class frigate | |||
15 April | ![]() | Vickers Shipbuilding | Barrow-in-Furness | Talent | Trafalgar-class submarine | |
22 April | ![]() | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | Schleswig-Holstein | ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[1] |
23 April | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Pennsylvania | Ohio-class submarine | |
30 April | ![]() | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Halifax | Halifax-class frigate | |
30 April | ![]() | C. Lühring | Brake | Eversand | For German Navy | |
30 April | ![]() | VEB Yachtwerft Berlin | Zander | Zander-class tug | For Volksmarine | |
4 June | ![]() | Hamagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |||
25 June | ![]() | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Ingraham | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
15 July | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Chancellorsville | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
22 July | ![]() | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | Yıldırım | Yavuz-class frigate | ||
31 July | ![]() | Șantierul Naval Oltenița | Oltenița | Omskiy-133 | Omskiy type cargo ship | For North Western Fleet Company[2] |
8 August | ![]() | Marinewerft | Gölcük | Dolunay | Type 209 submarine | For Turkish Naval Forces |
13 August | ![]() | Brodogradevna Industrija | Split, Yugoslavia | Isabella | cruiseferry | For SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
15 August | ![]() | Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Benjamin Isherwood | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
1 September | ![]() | Kröger Shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | Stollergrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | For German Navy |
12 September | ![]() | Setogiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |||
15 September | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Tortuga | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | |
22 October | ![]() | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku, Finland | Athena | cruiseferry | For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic |
23 October | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Monterey | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
12 November | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Miami | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
19 November | ![]() | DCN | Brest | Foudre | Foudre-class landing platform dock | For French Navy |
3 December | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Leroy Grumman | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
4 December | ![]() | Mykolaiv | Riga | Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier | Renamed Varyag in 1990, transferred to PLAN in 1998 | |
21 December | ![]() | Abukuma | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | |||
25 December | ![]() | Sawagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |||
Unknown date | ![]() | K Damen | Boven-Hardinxveld | Konarak | Hendijan-class vessel | For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |