List of ship launches in 1986
The list of ship launches in 1986 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1986.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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11 January | ![]() | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Rodney M. Davis | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
17 January | ![]() | Chantiers et ateliers de la Perrière | Lorient | Vulcain | Vulcain-class minesweeper | For French Navy. |
24 January | ![]() | Stocznia Szczecinska im A Warskiego | Szczecin | Konstantin Chernenko | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | For Far Eastern Shipping Company[1] |
29 January | ![]() | Shimayuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | For Japanese Navy. | ||
1 February | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Fort McHenry | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | For United States Navy. |
9 February | ![]() | Takeshio | Yūshio-class submarine | For Japanese Navy. | ||
14 February | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Antietam | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
14 February | ![]() | Mercantile-Belyard | Rupelmonde | Bellis | Tripartite-class minehunter | For Belgian Navy. |
20 February | ![]() | Zaliv Shipbuilding yard | Kerch, Ukraine | Sevmorput | LASH carrier | Nuclear-powered cargo ship |
21 February | ![]() | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Universe | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen [da][2] |
22 February | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Joshua Humphreys | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
1 March | ![]() | Vosper Thornycroft | Woolston | Atherstone | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel | For Royal Navy. |
15 March | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Newport News | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
26 March | ![]() | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Sheffield | Type 22 frigate | For Royal Navy. |
29 March | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Kauffman | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
8 April | ![]() | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Coventry | Type 22 frigate | For Royal Navy. |
24 April | ![]() | Sandock Austral | Durban, South Africa | Drakensberg | Fleet replenishment vessel | For South African Navy. |
25 April | ![]() | Baltic Shipyard | Leningrad | Kalinin | Kirov-class battlecruiser | For Soviet Navy. |
27 April | ![]() | Zelenodolsk Shipyard | Zelenodolsk | SKR-195 | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy. |
9 May | ![]() | Hollming | Rauma | Finn | Finnpusku pusher vessel | |
30 May | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | Turgutreis | Yavuz-class frigate | For Turkish Navy. |
30 May | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | Astor | Cruise ship | |
30 May | ![]() | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Sun II | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen [da][3] |
31 May | ![]() | Bay Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay | Sea-Land Anchorage | D7-class container ship | For Sea-Land Corporation |
20 June | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Leyte Gulf | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
20 June | ![]() | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company | Tacoma, Washington | Assertive | Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship | |
21 June | ![]() | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Cumberland | Type 22 frigate | For Royal Navy. |
28 June | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Helena | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
9 July | ![]() | Cantiere navale del Muggiano | La Spezia | Alliance | Research vessel | For NATO. |
23 July | ![]() | Bazan | Ferrol | Victoria | Santa María-class frigate | For Spanish Navy. |
9 August | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | John Lenthall | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
9 August | ![]() | Kockums | Malmö | Celebration | Holiday-class cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Lines |
16 August | ![]() | Schichau Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | Nils Holgersson | Cruiseferry | For Swecarrier for TT-Line traffic |
22 August | ![]() | Valmet Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Yuriy Arshenevskiy | SA-15 type cargo ship | |
29 August | ![]() | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Sea II | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen [da][4] |
31 August | ![]() | Wärtsilä Perno shipyard | Turku | Kronprins Harald | Cruiseferry | For Jahre Line |
5 September | ![]() | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Berge Stahl | Ore carrier | |
19 September | ![]() | Asagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | For Japanese Navy. | ||
27 September | ![]() | Bay Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay | Sea-Land Tacoma | D7-class container ship | For Sea-Land Corporation |
14 October | ![]() | National Steel and Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Exxon Valdez | Oil tanker | For Exxon Corporation |
14 October | ![]() | Kröger shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | Schwedeneck | Schwedeneck-class research vessel | For German Navy. |
24 October | ![]() | Orenstein & Koppel | Lübeck | Nordstrand | Nordstand-class tug | For German Navy. |
3 November | ![]() | Vickers Shipbuilding | Barrow-in-Furness | Trenchant | Trafalgar-class submarine | For Royal Navy. |
14 November | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | San Jacinto | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
28 November | ![]() | Orenstein & Koppel | Lübeck | Langeness | Nordstand-class tug | For German Navy. |
6 December | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | San Juan | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
13 December | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Tennessee | Ohio-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
17 December | ![]() | Valmet Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Vasiliy Burkhanov | SA-15 type cargo ship | |
20 December | ![]() | Bay Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay | Sea-Land Kodiak | D7-class container ship | For Sea-Land Corporation |
Exact date unknown | ![]() | Tokuoka Zosen K.K. | Naruto | Daifuku Maru No. 8 | Cargo ship | For Daifuku Kaiun K.K. |
Exact date unknown | ![]() | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Kontio | Icebreaker | |
Exact date unknown | ![]() | Jennings Shipyard | Argia | Gaff topsail schooner |