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The list of ship launches in 1989 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1989.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
21 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Swan Hunter
|
Wallsend
|
Marlborough
|
Type 23 frigate
|
|
31 January
|
Japan
|
|
|
Jintsū
|
Abukuma-class destroyer escort
|
|
2 February
|
West Germany
|
Kröger Shipyard
|
Schacht-Audorf
|
Kalkgrund
|
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats
|
For German Navy
|
24 February
|
West Germany
|
Flender Werke
|
Lübeck
|
Lady Diana
|
yacht
|
For NAVTOL[1]
|
7 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Ferguson Shipbuilders
|
Port Glasgow
|
Lord of the Isles
|
Ferry
|
For Caledonian MacBrayne
|
11 March
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Cowpens
|
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
|
|
17 March
|
West Germany
|
Schichau Seebeckwerft
|
Bremerhaven
|
Seabourn Spirit
|
Cruise ship
|
For Seabourn Cruise Line
|
19 March
|
Japan
|
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
|
Kobe
|
Victory
|
ferry
|
For Higashi Nippon Ferry Co.[2]
|
7 April
|
West Germany
|
Flender Werke
|
Lübeck
|
Lady Sarah
|
yacht
|
[3]
|
8 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow
|
Argyll
|
Type 23 frigate
|
|
15 April
|
Finland
|
Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard
|
Turku
|
Cinderella
|
Cruiseferry
|
For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
|
26 April
|
West Germany
|
Elsflether Shipyard
|
Elsflether
|
Mittelgrund
|
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats
|
For German Navy
|
5 May
|
Australia
|
AMECON
|
Williamstown, Victoria
|
Melbourne
|
Adelaide-class frigate
|
|
6 May
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Rushmore
|
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
|
|
26 June
|
West Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Vasco da Gama
|
Vasco da Gama-class frigate
|
|
2 July
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Gettysburg
|
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
|
|
3 July
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Scranton
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
|
8 July
|
Canada
|
Saint John Shipbuilding
|
Saint John, New Brunswick
|
Vancouver
|
Halifax-class frigate
|
|
13 July
|
West Germany
|
Kröger Shipyard
|
Schacht-Audorf
|
Bant
|
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats
|
For German Navy
|
19 July
|
Spain
|
Bazan
|
Ferrol
|
Reina Sofía
|
Santa María-class frigate
|
|
22 July
|
United States
|
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Henry Eckford
|
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
|
|
26 July
|
Japan
|
|
|
Harushio
|
Harushio-class submarine
|
|
25 August
|
France
|
Chantiers de l'Atlantique
|
Saint-Nazaire
|
Nordic Empress
|
Cruise ship
|
For Royal Caribbean International
|
27 August
|
Finland
|
Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard
|
Turku
|
Kalypso
|
Cruiseferry
|
For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
|
1 September
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Chosin
|
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
|
|
11 September
|
Japan
|
|
|
Umigiri
|
Asagiri-class destroyer
|
|
12 September
|
Japan
|
Sumitomo Heavy Industries
|
|
Kaiwo Maru II
|
Four-masted Barque
|
|
16 September
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Arleigh Burke
|
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
|
|
23 September
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Pecos
|
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
|
|
September
|
India
|
Mazagon Dock Limited
|
Mumbai
|
Shankul
|
Type 209 submarine
|
For Indian Navy
|
September
|
United States
|
North American Shipbuilding
|
|
William M
|
Z-drive tug
|
For Alpha Marine Services
|
2 October
|
West Germany
|
Elsfleth Shipyard
|
Elsfleth
|
Breitgrund
|
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats
|
For German Navy
|
14 October
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
West Virginia
|
Ohio-class submarine
|
|
31 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Hall, Russell & Company
|
Aberdeen
|
RMS St Helena
|
Royal Mail Ship
|
|
6 November
|
Finland
|
Wärtsilä Marine (estate) Perno shipyard
|
Turku
|
Silja Serenade
|
Cruiseferry
|
For Effoa for Silja Line traffic
|
11 November
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Ashland
|
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
|
|
19 November
|
West Germany
|
Meyer Werft
|
Papenburg
|
Horizon
|
Cruise ship
|
For Celebrity Cruises
|
5 December
|
Australia
|
|
|
Shepparton
|
Paluma-class motor launch
|
|
19 December
|
Japan
|
|
|
Ōyodo
|
Abukuma-class destroyer escort
|
|
Unknown date
|
South Korea
|
|
|
Cheonan
|
Pohang-class corvette
|
For Republic of Korea Navy
|
Unknown date
|
West Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Corsair
|
Hovercraft
|
For Blohm + Voss (prototype)
|