List of ship launches in 1976

The list of ship launches in 1976 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1976. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Builder and location Ship Class and type Operator Notes
January 6 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States John Young Spruance-class destroyer  United States Navy
February 1 San Diego, California, United States Rose City Oil tanker
February 21 Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States Omaha Los Angeles-class submarine  United States Navy
March 1 Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Ghanadhah Ardhana-class patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [1]
March 26 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Comte de Grasse Spruance-class destroyer  United States Navy
March 28 Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland Finnjet Cruiseferry Finnlines
April 3 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Memphis Los Angeles-class submarine  United States Navy
April 14 Swan Hunter, Wallsend, North East England Glasgow Type 42 destroyer  Royal Navy
May 12 Yarrows, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Broadsword Type 22 frigate
May 26 Bremen, West Germany Bonn Type "Europatanker" ULCC For Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt
June 25 Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France Batillus Batillus-class supertanker
July 8 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States O'Brien Spruance-class destroyer  United States Navy
July 31 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Mississippi Virginia-class cruiser  United States Navy
August 14 Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg, Russia Retivyy Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship  Soviet Navy
August 27 J.J. Sietas, Neuenfelde, Hamburg, West Germany Transgermania Ferry Poseidon Schiffahrts OHG[2]
September 1 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Merrill Spruance-class destroyer  United States Navy
September 25 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Oliver Hazard Perry Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate  United States Navy
September 28 Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany Lunni Product tanker
October 6 Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany Shyri Type 209 submarine  Ecuadorian Navy
October 9 Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States Groton Los Angeles-class submarine  United States Navy
November 13 Servicio Industrial de la Marina, Callao, Peru Carvajal Lupo-class frigate  Peruvian Navy
November 19 Lürssen, Bremen, West Germany Meerkatze Fishery protection vessel Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
November 20 Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England Sceptre Swiftsure-class submarine  Royal Navy
December 4 AG Weser, Bremen, West Germany Wahran Type "Europatanker" ULCC For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company
December 17 unknown builder, France Georges Leygues Georges Leygues-class frigate  French Navy
December 18 Rijn-Schelde Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven, Vlissingen, Netherlands Kortenaer Kortenaer-class frigate  Royal Netherlands Navy
December 23  Japan Noshiro Chikugo-class destroyer escort  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
December 28 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Briscoe Spruance-class destroyer  United States Navy
Unknown date  United States Cross Rip Ferry Hy-Line
Unknown date  Norway Thalassa Desgagnes Double-hulled tanker Groupe Desgagné

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
  2. "M/S Transgermania (1976)".

See also
Ship events in 1976
Ship launches: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Ship commissionings: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Ship decommissionings: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Shipwrecks: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
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