List of ship launches in 2006

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The list of ship launches in 2006 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2006.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
1 February  United Kingdom BAE Systems Naval Ships (YSL) Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Daring Type 45 destroyer
30 March Template:IND Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata-class destroyer
13 May Template:NLD Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Johan de Witt Rotterdam class landing platform dock
19 April Template:GER Blohm + Voss Hamburg Braunschweig Braunschweig-class corvette
28 April Template:ESP Navantia Ferrol Otto Sverdrup Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate For Royal Norwegian Navy
9 May Template:SIN ST Engineering Benoi Supreme Formidable-class frigate
14 June  United Kingdom VT Group HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England Clyde River-class patrol vessel
17 June  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Hawaii Virginia-class submarine
24 June  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Sacagawea Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
12 July 22x20px France DCN Lorient Chevalier Paul Horizon-class frigate
10 August Template:PAK Karachi Shipyard Karachi Hamza Agosta 90B class submarine
11 August  United States Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Avondale, Louisiana Green Bay San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
30 August Template:JPN Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Ashigara Atago-class destroyer
6 September Template:GER Lürssen Bremen-Vegesack Magdeburg Braunschweig-class corvette
16 September  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Sampson Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
22 September  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Makin Island Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
23 September  United States Marinette Marine Marinette, Wisconsin Freedom Freedom-class littoral combat ship
29 September  United States NGSS Ingalls Pascagoula, Mississippi Template:USCGC Legend-class cutter
9 October  United States Northrop Grumman Newport News, Virginia George H.W. Bush Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
15 October Template:GER Meyer Werft Papenburg Norwegian Pearl Jewel-class cruise ship For Norwegian Cruise Line
6 November Template:JPN Mochishio Oyashio-class submarine
18 November  Australia Tenix Williamstown, Victoria Otago Protector class offshore patrol vessel For Royal New Zealand Navy
23 November Template:FIN Aker Finnyards Helsinki Star Cruiseferry For Tallink
6 December  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Alan Shepard Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
15 December Template:FIN Aker Finnyards Turku Color Magic Cruiseferry For Color Line; largest cruiseferry in the world when delivered; completed at Aker Finnyards' Rauma shipyard
Unknown date Template:SGP Damen Group Singapore Bornholm Express Fast Passenger Ferry For Christansøfarten, Gudhjem, Denmark.
Unknown date Template:ESP Astilleros de Huelva Huelva Clipper Point Roll-on/roll-off Ferry For Seatruck Ferries "Heysham Max" vessel for Heysham Warrenpoint route.

See also


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