The list of ship launches in 1986 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1986. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 11 January Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California For United States Navy. 17 January Chantiers et ateliers de la Perrière Lorient For French Navy. 24 January Konstantin Chernenko Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry Stocznia Szczecinska im A Warskiego Szczecin For Far Eastern Shipping Company 29 January For Japanese Navy. 1 February Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. 9 February For Japanese Navy. 14 February Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 14 February Tripartite-class minehunter Mercantile-Belyard Rupelmonde For Belgian Navy. 20 February Sevmorput LASH carrier Zaliv Shipbuilding yard Kerch, Ukraine Nuclear-powered cargo ship 21 February Mercandian Universe Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For 22 February Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 1 March Atherstone Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Vosper Thornycroft Woolston For Royal Navy. 15 March Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 26 March Type 22 frigate Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Navy. 29 March Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy. 8 April Coventry Type 22 frigate Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Navy. 24 April Fleet replenishment vessel Sandock Austral Durban, South Africa For South African Navy. 25 April Kalinin Baltic Shipyard Leningrad For Soviet Navy. 27 April Koni-class frigate Zelenodolsk Shipyard Zelenodolsk For Soviet Navy. 9 May Finn Finnpusku pusher vessel Hollming Rauma 30 May HDW Kiel For Turkish Navy. 30 May Cruise ship HDW Kiel 30 May Mercandian Sun II Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For 31 May Sea-Land Anchorage D7-class container ship Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay For Sea-Land Corporation 20 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 20 June Tacoma Boatbuilding Company Tacoma, Washington 21 June Type 22 frigate Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow For Royal Navy. 28 June Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 9 July Research vessel Cantiere navale del Muggiano La Spezia For NATO. 23 July Bazan Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 9 August Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 9 August Celebration Kockums Malmö For Carnival Cruise Lines 16 August Cruiseferry Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven For Swecarrier for TT-Line traffic 22 August SA-15 type cargo ship Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki 29 August Mercandian Sea II Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship Frederikshavn Værft Frederikshavn For 31 August Cruiseferry Wärtsilä Perno shipyard Turku For Jahre Line 5 September Dredger Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd Appledore For Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd. 5 September Berge Stahl Ore carrier Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan 19 September For Japanese Navy. 27 September Sea-Land Tacoma D7-class container ship Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay For Sea-Land Corporation 14 October Exxon Valdez Oil tanker National Steel and Shipbuilding San Diego, California For Exxon Corporation 14 October Schwedeneck Schwedeneck-class research vessel Kröger shipyard Schacht-Audorf For German Navy. 24 October Orenstein & Koppel Lübeck For German Navy. 3 November Vickers Shipbuilding Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 14 November Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For United States Navy. 28 November Nordstand-class tug Orenstein & Koppel Lübeck For German Navy. 6 December Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 13 December Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For United States Navy. 17 December SA-15 type cargo ship Valmet Vuosaari shipyard Helsinki 20 December Sea-Land Kodiak D7-class container ship Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay For Sea-Land Corporation Exact date unknown Cargo ship Tokuoka Zosen K.K. Naruto For Daifuku Kaiun K.K. Exact date unknown Kontio Icebreaker Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki Exact date unknown Albion Workboat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Bristol City Council. Exact date unknown Argia Gaff topsail schooner Jennings Shipyard Exact date unknown Hubberston Pilot boat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Milford Haven Port Authority. Exact date unknown Mary Marie Fishing vessel David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Exact date unknown Yarra Workboat Bailey & Boynton Ltd. Hull For Bailey & Boynton Ltd.
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