The list of ship launches in 1972 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1972. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 26 January Bore X Rauma Rauma-Reopla Oy For Angfartygs Ab Bore 1 February For Japanese Navy. 1 February Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Greek Navy. 1 February Type 206 submarine Emden Nordseewerke For German Navy. 19 February Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 19 February Westerland Ferry Mützelfeldwerft Cuxhaven For HADAG. 21 February Schleswig-Holstein Ferry Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH 26 February Ferry Cantieri Navali di Pietra Ligure Pietra Ligure For Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace Société Anonyme de Navigation 11 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 13 March Container ship Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd. 16 March Type 21 frigate Vosper Thornycroft Southampton, England For Royal Navy 18 March Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 18 March For Japanese Navy. 24 March Ferry Helsingør Skibs & Maskinbygg Helsingør For Jydsk Færgefart A/S 30 March For Japanese Navy. March Daphné-class submarine Bazán Cartagena For Spanish Navy. 15 April Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 22 April General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 26 April Bulk carrier Harland & Wolff Belfast For Mascot A/S. 1 May Sea-Land Galloway SL-7 class container ship AG Weser Bremen For Sea-Land Service 6 May Wesertal Rickmers Werft Bremerhaven For JA Reinecke & Co. 9 May Seaward Cruise ship Cantieri Navali del Tirreno & Riuniti Riva Trigoso For Norwegian Cruise Line 12 May LASH carrier Cockerill Hoboken, Antwerp 13 May G.W.191 Barge Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Wimpey (Marine) Ltd. 13 May Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 16 May Dane Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For British United Trawlers Finance Ltd. 18 May Dredger Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Amey Marine Ltd. 24 May Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Shell-Mex & B. P. 26 May Antares Rauma Repola Oy Rauma For Finska Ångfartygs Ab. 3 June Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 10 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 12 June Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun, Glasgow For Chilean Navy 12 June Remuera Container ship Swan Hunter High Walker For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company 15 June Type 206 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy. 15 June Espresso Livorno Espresso Livorno-class ferry Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" Livorno For Soc. Trahetti del Mediterraneo. 29 June For Japanese Navy. 1 July Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 8 July Export Leader Container ship Bath Iron Works Bath Maine For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines 11 July Ferry Wärtsilä Turku For Steamship Company Bore / Silja Line 12 August Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 22 August Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Shell-Mex & B. P.28 AugustFerryKanda ShipbuildingKure, Hiroshima 28 August Ferry Meyer Werft Papenburg For Rederi AB Slite / Viking Line 29 August Type 206 submarine Nordseewerke Emden For German Navy. 1 September Sea-Land McLean SL-7 class container ship Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. Rotterdam For Sea-Land Service 1 September Sea-Land Exchange SL-7 class container ship Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. Rotterdam For Sea-Land Service 8 September Orion Rauma Repola Oy Rauma For Finska Ångfartygs Ab. 5 October Götaland Ferry A/S Nakskov Skibsværf Nakskov For Statens Järnvägar 7 October Supertanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Carlow Maritime Panama. 10 October Type 206 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy. 11 October Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Shell-Mex & B. P. 14 October Globtik Tokyo Oil tanker Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Kure For Globtik Tankers 21 October Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 24 October Type 42 destroyer Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness, England For Argentine Navy. 31 October Type 206 submarine Nordseewerke Emden For German Navy. October Daphné-class submarine Bazán Cartagena For Spanish Navy. 1 November General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 4 November Hughes Glomar Explorer Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Chester, Pennsylvania 9 November Type 209 submarine Tandanor Buenos Aires For Argentine Navy. 10 November Bore XI Rauma Rauma-Reopla Oy For Angfartygs Ab Bore. 22 November For Japanese Navy. 22 November Pict Fishing trawler Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft For British United Trawlers Finance Ltd. 23 November Type 21 frigate Vosper Thornycroft Southampton For Royal Navy 25 November Tanker Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Shell-Mex & B. P. 5 December Funny Girl Ferry Stader Schiffswerft Stade For Reederei Cassen Eils 15 December Type 206 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy. 15 December Sirius Rauma Repola Oy Rauma For Finska Ångfartygs Ab 16 December Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana For United States Navy. 26 December Chernomorskiy yard Nikolayev For Soviet Navy. Unknown date Rhine Maru Kamakura Maru-type container ship Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe For Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
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