The list of ship launches in 1980 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1980.
List __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 4 January Viking Saga cruiseferry Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards Turku For Rederi Ab Sally 5 January Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For BP Oil Ltd. 12 January Alborg Vaerft Aalborg, Denmark For Royal Danish Navy 12 January SKR 482 Koni-class frigate Werft 340 Zelenodolsk For Soviet Navy 16 January Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington 18 January Sea-Land Mariner D9-class container ship Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding For Sea-Land Corporation 23 January Pogoria Sail training ship Gdańsk Shipyard Gdańsk 25 January Aradu MEKO 360 frigate Blohm + Voss Hamburg 1 February Uthlande ferry Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH 15 February Viking Song cruiseferry Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards Turku For Rederi Ab Sally 16 February Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 16 February Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington 18 February Type 42 destroyer Vosper Thornycroft Southampton, England 1 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 1 March Modified Carrington Slipways Tomago, New South Wales 4 March Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland 12 March 5 January Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For BP Oil Ltd. 14 March Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Indonesian Navy 15 March Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 15 March Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California 18 March destroyer escort 20 March Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sealink.29 MarchTuzlaGeneral cargo shipFor Cayeli Shipping 1 April Bugsier 14 tugboat Schiffswerft und Maschf. Max Sieghold Bremerhaven For Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft 19 April Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 26 April cruiseferry Meyer Werft Papenburg Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally. 29 April Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 15 May Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 17 May Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 30 May Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington 31 May 6 June Mercandian Trader II type FV 610 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn For Per Henriksen 9 June Niedersachsen Bremen-class frigate AG Weser Bremen For German Navy 21 June SKR-28 Koni-class frigate Werft 340 Zelenodolsk For Soviet Navy 28 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 11 July Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For C. Rowbotham and Sons (Management) Ltd. 25 July Finlandia cruiseferry Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards Turku For Effoa. Planned name when launched was Skandia 26 July Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California 1 August Cruiseferry Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Jahre Line 2 August National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California 16 August Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 27 August Queen of Surrey C-class ferry Burrard Yarrows Corp. Vancouver Division North Vancouver For BC Ferries 30 August Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 3 September Rheinland-Pfalz Bremen-class frigate Blohm + Voss Hamburg For German Navy 4 September Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Indonesian Navy 23 September TK-208 Sevmash Severodvinsk 25 September Type 42 destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England 25 September St David Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sealink. 26 September Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For Royal Australian Navy 21 October cruiseferry Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards Turku For Rederi AB Svea 30 October Queen Oak Bay C-class ferry Burrard Yarrows Corp. Victoria Division Victoria For BC Ferries 31 October Tropicale Cruise ship Aalborg Vaerft Aalborg For Carnival Cruise Lines 7 November 8 November Naval stores carrier Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. 16 November Wilton-Fijenoord Schiedam 22 November Cruiseferry AG Weser Seebeckswerft Bremerhaven For Olau Line 24 November Type 42 destroyer Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness, England 5 December Cruiseferry Öresundsvarvet Landskrona For Rederi AB Gotland; chartered to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna as Wasa Star on delivery 13 December Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 17 December Emden Bremen-class frigate Nordseewerke Emden For German Navy 20 December Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Date unknown Flower of Bristol Passenger launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Bristol Packet Boat Trips. Date unknown Pill Hobbler II Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Pill Hobblers. Date unknown Salvage tug Chung Wah Shipyard Hong Kong For United Towing Ltd. Date unknown Serenity Passenger launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner.
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