The list of ship launches in 1982 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1982. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 8 January Bremen-class frigate Howaldtswerke Kiel For German Navy 23 January LPG carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Shell Tankers Ltd. 28 January Río Santiago Shipyard La Plata For Argentine Navy. 30 January Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 3 February Mercandian Governor Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For K/S Merc Scandia XXIX. 6 February National Steel and Shipbuilding San Diego, California For United States Navy. 6 February Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 17 February Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Argentine Navy 19 February Austin & Pickersgill Ltd Sunderland For Pino Armadora S.A. 22 February For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. 26 February Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Wimpey (Marine) Ltd. 2 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 5 March For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. 6 March Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. 13 March Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 26 March Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For Royal Australian Navy. 30 April Mercandian President Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For K/S Merc Scandia XXIX. 8 May Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 8 May Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland For Royal Navy. 22 May Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 22 May V/STOL aircraft carrier Bazán Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 27 May For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. 19 June Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Rowbotham Tankships Ltd. 20 June Type 42 destroyer Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Navy. 21 June For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. 23 June Redoutable-class submarine DCNS Cherbourg For French Navy. 3 July Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For BP. 31 July SKR-471 Koni-class frigate Werft 4340 Zelenodolsk For Soviet Navy. 27 August Bussewitz Tanker Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Deutsche Seereederei Rostock 31 August Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Argentine Navy 18 September Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 18 September Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. 18 September Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 8 October Servicio Industrial de la Marina Callao For Peruvian Navy. 15 October Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. 16 October Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 19 October For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. 28 October Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Rowbotham Tankships Ltd. 2 November Type 42 destroyer Vosper Thorneycroft Woolston, Hampshire For Royal Navy. 5 November Mercandian Ambassador II Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXII P/R. 6 November Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 13 November SA-15 type cargo ship Wärtsilä Turku 1 December Vickers Shipbuilding Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 18 December Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 18 December Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. Unknown date Patrol boat Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For Algerian Navy. Unknown date Kingroad Workboat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Bristol Ports Authority. Unknown date Tug David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Mayhew Marine. Unknown date Cable-laying vessel Unknown date Pride of Bath Passenger Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Rachel Ann Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Tug David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Auxiliary ammunition ship For Yugoslav Navy

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