List of ship launches in 2009
The list of ship launches in 2009 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2009.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
14 January |
Vietnam |
Nam Trieu Ship Building Industry Corporation |
Hai Phong |
PTSC-Bach Ho[1] |
Floating Storage and Offloading vessel |
For Petrovietnam.[2] |
16 January |
Germany |
Ferus Smit |
Leer |
Drogdenbank |
|
For Pot Scheepvaart |
17 January |
Turkey |
|
|
Halit Bey |
|
For VBG Shipping & Trading Co, Turkey.[3] |
18 January |
United States |
Northrop Grumman |
Newport News, Virginia |
New Mexico |
Virginia-class submarine |
|
January |
France |
STX Europe |
Saint-Nazaire |
MSC Magnifica |
Musica-class cruise ship |
For MSC Cruises |
11 February |
Spain |
Navantia |
Ferrol |
Thor Heyerdahl |
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate |
For Royal Norwegian Navy |
13 February |
Germany |
Meyer Werft |
Papenburg |
AIDAluna |
Cruise ship |
Official launch at Palma de Mallorca, built at Papenburg for AIDA Cruises. |
27 February |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Ancona |
Silver Spirit |
Cruise ship |
For Silversea Cruises[4] |
8 March |
United States |
National Steel and Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Wally Schirra |
Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship |
|
12 March |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Marghera |
Costa Deliziosa |
Hybrid Vista-class and Spirit-class cruise ship |
For Costa Cruises |
21 March |
Netherlands |
Ferus Smit |
Hoogezand |
Bro Garland |
|
[5] |
27 March |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
Frisia Lübeck |
|
|
28 March |
Netherlands |
Niestern Sander |
Delfzijl |
Eemsborg |
|
For Wagenborg |
30 March |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Gravely |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
March |
South Korea |
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering |
Okpo |
Danit |
Container ship |
|
25 April |
Poland |
Stocznia Gdynia |
Gdynia |
Sattha Bhum |
Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship |
[6] |
25 May |
Germany |
Diedrich Shipyard |
Oldersum |
Wind Force I |
|
For AG Norden-Frisia |
6 June |
Germany |
Meyer Werft |
Papenburg |
Celebrity Equinox |
Solstice-class cruise ship |
For Celebrity Cruises |
7 June |
Germany |
Wandan Yards |
Wismar |
MV Stena Britannica |
RoPax 55 |
For Stena Line[7] |
7 June |
Germany |
Wandan Yards |
Wismar |
MV Stena Hollandica |
RoPax 55 |
For Stena Line[8] |
12 June |
Germany |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
Eclipse |
container ship |
luxury yacht |
16 June |
Germany |
Ferus Smit |
Leer |
Fivelborg |
|
For Wagenborg |
18 June |
Germany |
HDW |
Kiel |
Arpão |
Type 214 submarine |
For Portuguese Navy |
25 June |
Italy |
T Mariotti SpA |
Venice |
Seabourn Odyssey |
Cruise ship |
For Seabourn Cruise Line |
26 June |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Monfalcone |
Azura |
Grand-class cruise ship |
For P&O Cruises[9] |
16 July |
Romania |
Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA |
Galați |
Samskip Innovator |
Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship |
[10] |
26 July |
India |
Shipbuilding Centre |
Visakhapatnam |
Arihant |
Arihant-class submarine |
|
1 August |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Jason Dunham |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
14 August |
Germany |
Lindenau |
Kiel |
Seychelles Paradise |
Tanker |
|
16 August |
United States |
National Steel and Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Matthew Perry |
Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship |
|
18 August |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
Borkum |
|
|
21 August |
Japan |
IHI Marine United |
|
Ise |
Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer |
|
28 August |
Romania |
Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA |
Galați |
Samskip Endeavour |
Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship |
[11] |
29 August |
Bulgaria |
|
|
Royal Helena[12] |
Barquentine |
|
18 September |
India |
Mazagon Dock Limited |
Mumbai |
Kochi |
Kolkata-class destroyer |
|
19 September |
United States |
VT Halter Marine |
Moss Point, Mississippi |
Ferdinand R. Hassler |
Hydrographic survey vessel |
For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[13] |
1 October |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Ancona |
Le Boreal |
Cruise ship |
For Compagnie du Ponant[14] |
16 October |
Japan |
|
|
Hakuryū |
Sōryū-class submarine |
|
21 October |
United Kingdom |
BVT Surface Fleet |
Govan |
Defender |
Type 45 destroyer |
|
30 October |
Italy |
Fincantieri |
Marghera |
Nieuw Amsterdam |
Vista-class cruise ship |
For Holland America Line[15] |
19 November |
United Kingdom |
BAE Systems Surface Ships |
Scotstoun |
Scarborough[16] |
Offshore patrol vessel |
For Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard |
20 November |
United States |
General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Missouri |
Virginia-class submarine |
|
20 November |
Finland |
STX Europe |
Turku |
Allure of the Seas |
Oasis-class cruise ship |
For Royal Caribbean International |
21 November |
Netherlands |
Ferus Smit |
Westerbroek |
Pioneer |
|
|
11 December |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
Frisia Cottbus |
TNSW 3400 |
|
15 December |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
William P. Lawrence |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
|
Exact date unknown |
Philippines |
|
|
Wight Ryder I |
Catamaran |
For Wightlink |
Exact date unknown |
Turkey |
Ada Yacht Works |
Bodrum |
Le Pietre |
Gulet |
|
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