The list of ship launches in 1978 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1978. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 7 January Cargo ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For J. & J. Denholm Ltd. 10 January S.A. Sederberg The Big Whites-type refrigerated cargo ship Chantiers de France Dunkerque For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie 14 January Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. 21 January Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 27 January Supertanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pomona Shipping Co. 31 January S.A. Waterberg The Big Whites-type refrigerated cargo ship Chantiers Navals de La Ciotat La Ciotat For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie 7 February Modified For Peruvian Navy 18 February Mercandian Transporter II Type FV 610 Ro-Ro ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn For Per Henriksen 24 February Nordfriesland Ferry Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH 25 February Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 1 March Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. 3 March Yulius Fuchik Barge carrier Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki For V/O Sudoimport 3 March Costa Rica RoRo-ship Ankerløkken Verft Glommen A/S Fredrikstad For Linera Naviera Oan Atlantica S.A. 5 March Cargo ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Hadley Shipping Co. Ltd. 17 March Transvaal Type MCS 2700 reefer Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie 20 March Ferry For Stena Container Line 20 March Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Greek Navy 23 March Cargo ship Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland For Australind Steamship Co. 8 April Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 25 April Type 42 destroyer Swan Hunter Wallsend, England For Royal Navy. 7 May Vickers-Armstrongs For Royal Navy. 19 May S.A. Winterberg The Big Whites-type refrigerated cargo ship Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint Nazaire For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie 14 June Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Greek Navy. 17 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 21 June Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For Royal Australian Navy. 23 June Container ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Container Rentals Ltd. 24 June Bulk carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ropner Shipping. 3 July Krechet Koni-class frigate Shipyard 340 Zelenodolsk For Soviet Navy. 22 July Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 25 July Al Munassir Amphibious warfare ship Brooke Marine Lowestoft, England For Royal Omani Navy. 29 July Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. 10 August Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. August Centro America RoRo-ship Ankerløkken Verft Glommen A/S Frederikstad For Linera Naviera Oan Atlantica S.A. 18 September For Japanese Navy. 25 September Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 6 October Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Furness Withy. 14 October Container ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Container Rentals Ltd. 14 October Mercandian Importer II type FV 610 Ro-Ro ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn For Per Henriksen. 21 October Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 4 November Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 16 November Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Greek Navy 18 November Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 21 November Cruiseferry Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard Turku For SF Line for Viking Line traffic 25 November Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 1 December Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For Royal Australian Navy. 2 December For French Navy. 14 December Swan Hunter Wallsend, England For Royal Navy. 15 December Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland For Royal Navy. 16 December Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. 28 December Seatrain Oriskany Container ship Namura Shipbuilding Company Imari Unknown date Emadala Ferry Rickmers Rederei Bremerhaven, Germany For Emadala Shipping Co Unknown date Tug Arklow Engineering Co Ltd. Wexford For private owner.
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