List of ship launches in 1979

The list of ship launches in 1979 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1979.

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
20 January	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Deyo	Spruance-class destroyer
27 January	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Yellowstone	Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
3 February	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Thorn	Spruance-class destroyer
16 February	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine	Lowestoft, Suffolk	Fremantle	Fremantle-class patrol boat	for Royal Australian Navy
10 March	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Ingersoll	Spruance-class destroyer
24 March	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Clark	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
27 March	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Antrim	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
27 March	Japan			Yūshio	Yūshio-class submarine
31 March	West Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Diana II	Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry	For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
7 April	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Ohio	Ohio-class submarine
21 April	SUN	Werft 340	Selenodolsk	Sokol	Koni-class frigate	For Sovjet Nany
25 April	Denmark	Frederikshavn Vaerft	Frederikshavn	Mercandian Carrier	Freight ferry	For Merc-Scandia KS
27 April	Finland	Wärtsilä	Turku	Rosella	Cruiseferry	For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
28 April	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Dallas	Los Angeles-class submarine
28 April	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Cimarron	Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler
1 May	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Fife	Spruance-class destroyer
19 May	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Sides	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
16 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Fletcher	Spruance-class destroyer
29 June	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Southampton, England	Southampton	Type 42 destroyer
14 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Samuel Eliot Morison	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
28 July	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Acadia	Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
11 August	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Kidd	Kidd-class destroyer
11 August	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	La Jolla	Los Angeles-class submarine
24 August	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Fahrion	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
11 September	West Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Viking Sally	Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry	Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally.
20 September	Japan			Kurama	Shirane-class destroyer
21 September	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire, France	Prairial	Batillus-class supertanker
5 October	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering		Splendid	Swiftsure-class submarine
20 October	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	John A. Moore	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
27 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	San Francisco	Los Angeles-class submarine
3 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Estocin	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
1 December	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Callaghan	Kidd-class destroyer
8 December	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Phoenix	Los Angeles-class submarine