The list of ship launches in 1997 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1997. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 3 January Katrine Mærsk K-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 18 January Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 28 February National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California February Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing 6 March Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For United Marine Dredging Ltd. 14 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 26 March ROPAX ferry Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku For Superfast Ferries 27 March Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana March SuperSeaCat Two MDV1200-class monofull fast ferry Fincantieri Genoa For Sea Containers 4 April Kirsten Mærsk K-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 6 April LNG tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Betagas Partenreederei. 17 April Disney Magic cruise ship Fincantieri Marghera For Disney Cruise Line 24 April ROPAX ferry Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku For Superfast Ferries April China Shipbuilding Kaohsiung 3 May Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 3 May Schleswig-Holstein train ferry Van der Giessen de Noord Krimpen aan den IJssel For Scandlines 10 May Tenix Defence Williamstown, Victoria For Royal New Zealand Navy 20 May Amber Lagoon Amber Lagoon-class freight ship Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Shanghai For MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping 7 June Peene Ore bulk carrier Daewoo Heavy Industries Okpo 8 June 1 July Deutschland train ferry Van der Giessen de Noord Krimpen aan den IJssel For Scandlines 5 July Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For United Marine Dredging Ltd. 11 July Mercury cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Celebrity Cruises 26 July Watson-class vehicle cargo ship National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California 31 July Sovereign Mærsk S-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 9 August ro-ro/train ferry Astilleros Españoles Puerto Real For SweFerry Ab 19 August destroyer 21 August Murasame-class destroyer 28 August Petrojarl Banff FSPO Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ulsan 1 September Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 1 September Chantiers de l’Atlantique Saint Nazaire For Royal Caribbean International 18 September 27 September Neuwerk multi-purpose vessel Volkswerft Stralsund For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure 27 September Shanghai Express London Express-class container ship Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Koje For Hapag-Lloyd 29 September Fulda Frankenthal-class minehunter Abeking & Rasmussen For German Navy 2 October Watson-class vehicle cargo ship National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California 4 October Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 21 October Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 21 October Purple Beach Amber Lagoon-class freight ship Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Shanghai For MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping 24 October Susan Mærsk S-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line October Type 051B destroyer Dalian Shipyard Dalian 12 November Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 15 November Polar icebreaker Avondale Shipyard Westwego, Louisiana 29 November Düsseldorf Express London Express-class container ship Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Koje For Hapag-Lloyd November tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Giles W.Pritchard-Gordon & Co. Ltd. Date unknown Faoilean Workboat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Date unknown Ferryman Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Date unknown container ship Singapore Date unknown Tug David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. Date unknown Scenic II Passenger launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Pulteney Cruises Ltd. Date unknown Taunt Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Date unknown Warbler Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner.
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