The list of ship launches in 1983 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1983.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
2 January  Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Admiral II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For Mercandia rederiet A/S[1]
15 January  Australia NQEA Cairns, Queensland Cessnock Fremantle-class patrol boat
17 January  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Yorktown Ticonderoga-class cruiser
20 January  Finland Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Nizhneyansk SA-15 type cargo ship
25 January  Japan Yūbetsu Yubari-class destroyer escort
27 January  Japan Nadashio Yūshio-class submarine
23 February  Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Igarka SA-15 type cargo ship
26 February  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Carr Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
4 March  Argentina Río Santiago Shipyard La Plata Rosales Espora-class corvette
9 March  Australia NQEA Cairns, Queensland Bendigo Fremantle-class patrol boat
19 March  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Minneapolis–Saint Paul Los Angeles-class submarine
26 March  Soviet Union Zhdanov Shipyard Leningrad Admiral Tributs Udaloy-class destroyer
28 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Success Tanker For BP Shipping.[2]
14 April  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Edinburgh Type 42 destroyer
15 April  Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Diplomat Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXII P/R[3]
16 April  Poland Stocznia im Lenina Gdańsk Stena Germanica ferry For Stena Line[4]
23 April  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Nicholas Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
29 April  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Thomson Type 209 submarine For Armada de Chile
30 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Olympia Los Angeles-class submarine
1 June  Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Monchegorsk SA-15 type cargo ship
10 June  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Whidbey Island Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
11 June  Italy Fincantieri Monfalcone Giuseppe Garibaldi Light V/STOL aircraft carrier
24 June  Argentina Río Santiago Shipyard La Plata Spiro Espora-class corvette
9 July  Australia NQEA Cairns, Queensland Gawler Fremantle-class patrol boat
10 July  Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Prince II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXV[5]
14 July  Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Arkhangelsk SA-15 type cargo ship
15 July  Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Senator Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXIV[6]
16 July  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Rentz Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
29 July  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Simpson Type 209 submarine For Armada de Chile
13 August  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Robert G. Bradley Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
20 August  East Germany VEB Peene-Werft Wolgast Vogtland Ohre-class barracks ship For Volksmarine
27 August  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Augusta Los Angeles-class submarine
27 August  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Hyman G. Rickover Los Angeles-class submarine
6 September  Japan Haruyuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
14 September  Soviet Union Sredne-Newski Leningrad Schuja Tarantul-class corvette
19 September  Japan Isoyuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
24 September  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Honolulu Los Angeles-class submarine
7 October  United Kingdom Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole Fort Good Hope Offshore supply vessel For Townsend Holdings Ltd.[7]
15 October  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Henry M. Jackson Ohio-class submarine
22 October  Australia NQEA Cairns, Queensland Geraldton Fremantle-class patrol boat
5 November  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Taylor Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
11 November  Soviet Union Werft 129 Selenodolsk Sokol Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy
15 November  Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Amderma SA-15 type cargo ship
16 November  Turkey Marinewerft Gölcük Doğanay Type 209 submarine For Turkish Naval Forces
19 November  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Brave Type 22 frigate
19 November  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Gary Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
24 November  Finland Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Kemerovo SA-15 type cargo ship
2 December  United Kingdom Ferguson Ailsa Ltd Port Glasgow Isle of Arran Ferry For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 December  Denmark Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn Mercandian Queen II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXVI[8]
17 December  West Germany Elsflether Werft Elsfleth Mellum Multi-purpose vessel For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
19 December  Ireland Verolme Dockyard Rushbrook Eithne Eithne-class patrol vessel For Irish Naval Service
Date unknown  China Huludao Shipyard Huludao, Liaoning Province Changzheng 3 Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine
Date unknown  Finland Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Okha SA-15 type cargo ship
Date unknown  Finland Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki Bratsk SA-15 type cargo ship
Date unknown  Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Tiksi SA-15 type cargo ship
Date unknown  Finland Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku Kola SA-15 type cargo ship

References

  1. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN ADMIRAL II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ^ "British Success". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN DIPLOMAT" (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. ^ "M/S Stena Scandinavica" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN Prince II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  6. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN SENATOR" (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 258.
  8. ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN Queen II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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