The list of ship launches in 1997 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1997.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
3 January  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Katrine Mærsk K-class container ship For Mærsk Line
18 January  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi McFaul Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
28 February  United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Sisler Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
February  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Rotterdam Rotterdam-class amphibious transport dock
14 March  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Bonhomme Richard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
26 March  Finland Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku Superfast III ROPAX ferry For Superfast Ferries
27 March  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Bob Hope Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship
March  Italy Fincantieri Genoa SuperSeaCat Two MDV1200-class monofull fast ferry For Sea Containers
4 April  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Kirsten Mærsk K-class container ship For Mærsk Line
17 April  Italy Fincantieri Marghera Disney Magic cruise ship For Disney Cruise Lines[1]
24 April  Finland Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku Superfast IV ROPAX ferry For Superfast Ferries
April  Taiwan China Shipbuilding Kaohsiung Chang Chien Cheng Kung-class frigate
3 May  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Donald Cook Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
3 May  Netherlands Van der Giessen de Noord Krimpen aan den IJssel Schleswig-Holstein train ferry For Scandlines
10 May  Australia Tenix Defence Williamstown, Victoria Te Mana Anzac-class frigate For Royal New Zealand Navy
20 May  China Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Shanghai Amber Lagoon Amber Lagoon-class freight ship For MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping[2]
7 June  South Korea Daewoo Heavy Industries Okpo Peene Ore bulk carrier [3]
8 June  France Aconit La Fayette-class frigate
1 July  Netherlands Van der Giessen de Noord Krimpen aan den IJssel Deutschland train ferry For Scandlines
11 July  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Mercury cruise ship For Celebrity Cruises
26 July  United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Watson Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
31 July  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Sovereign Mærsk S-class container ship For Mærsk Line
9 August  Spain Astilleros Españoles Puerto Real Skåne ro-ro/train ferry For SweFerry Ab[4]
19 August  Japan Yūdachi Murasame-class destroyer
21 August  Japan Kirisame Murasame-class destroyer
28 August  South Korea Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ulsan Petrojarl Banff FSPO [5]
1 September  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Connecticut Seawolf-class submarine
1 September  France Chantiers de l’Atlantique Saint Nazaire Vision of the Seas Vision-class cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International
18 September  Japan Michishio Oyashio-class submarine
27 September  Germany Volkswerft Stralsund Neuwerk multi-purpose vessel For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
27 September  South Korea Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Koje Shanghai Express London Express-class container ship For Hapag-Lloyd[6]
29 September  Germany Abeking & Rasmussen Fulda Frankenthal-class minehunter For German Navy
2 October  United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Dahl Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
4 October  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Higgins Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
21 October  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Fisher Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship
21 October  China Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Shanghai Purple Beach Amber Lagoon-class freight ship For MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping
24 October  Denmark Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Susan Mærsk S-class container ship For Mærsk Line
October  China Dalian Shipyard Dalian Shenzhen Type 051B destroyer
12 November  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Porter Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
15 November  United States Avondale Shipyard Westwego, Louisiana Healy Polar icebreaker
29 November  South Korea Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Koje Düsseldorf Express London Express-class container ship For Hapag-Lloyd[7]
Date unknown  Singapore Singapore Kota Wajar container ship

References

  1. ^ "M/S Disney Magic" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ^ "DNV L: Magnolia" (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. ^ "DNV GL: Paradise N". Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. ^ "MS Skåne" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ^ "DNV GL: Petrojarl Banff". Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  6. ^ "DNV GL: Kobe Express". Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  7. ^ "DNV GL: Düsseldorf Express". Retrieved 2019-09-17.
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