The list of ship launches in 1976 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1976 . In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
Date Country Builder Location Ship Class and type Notes 6 January United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi John Young Spruance -class destroyer For United States Navy . 27 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lepeta Supertanker For Shell Tanker Ltd .[ 1] 1 February United States San Diego, California Rose City San Clemente -class oil tanker 21 February United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Omaha Los Angeles -class submarine For United States Navy . 1 March United Kingdom Vosper Thornycroft Portsmouth Ghanadhah Ardhana -class patrol craft For United Arab Emirates Navy .[ 2] 26 March United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Comte de Grasse Spruance -class destroyer For United States Navy . 28 March Finland Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki Finnjet Cruiseferry For Finnlines . 3 April United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Memphis Los Angeles -class submarine For United States Navy . 14 April United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Glasgow Type 42 destroyer For Royal Navy . 12 May United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun Broadsword Type 22 frigate For Royal Navy . 26 May West Germany Bremen Bonn Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier For Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt 25 June France Chantiers de l'Atlantique Nantes Batillus Batillus -class supertanker 2 July United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leonia Supertanker For Shell Tankers Ltd .[ 3] 8 July United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi O'Brien Spruance -class destroyer For United States Navy . 9 July United Kingdom Charles Hill & Sons Ltd . Bristol Miranda Guinness Tanker For Arthur Guinness & Sons (Dublin) Ltd . 31 July United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Mississippi Virginia -class cruiser For United States Navy . 14 August Soviet Union Severnaya Verf Leningrad Retivyy Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship For Soviet Navy . 27 August West Germany J. J. Sietas Hamburg Transgermania Ferry Poseidon Schiffahrts OHG.[ 5] 1 September United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Merrill Spruance -class destroyer For United States Navy . 25 September United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Oliver Hazard Perry Oliver Hazard Perry -class frigate For United States Navy . 28 September West Germany Nobiskrug Rendsburg Lunni Product tanker 6 October West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Shyri Type 209 submarine For Ecuadorian Navy . 9 October United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Groton Los Angeles -class submarine For United States Navy . 13 November Peru Servicio Industrial de la Marina Callao Carvajal Lupo -class frigate For Peruvian Navy . 19 November West Germany Lürssen Bremen Meerkatze Fishery protection vessel For Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung. 20 November United Kingdom Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group Barrow-in-Furness Sceptre Swiftsure -class submarine For Royal Navy . 4 December West Germany AG Weser Bremen Wahran Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company 11 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lima Supertanker For Shell Tankers Ltd .[ 6] 17 December France Georges Leygues Georges Leygues -class frigate For French Navy . 18 December Netherlands Rijn-Schelde Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven Vlissingen Kortenaer Kortenaer -class frigate For Royal Netherlands Navy . 23 December Japan Noshiro Chikugo -class destroyer escort For Japanese Navy . 28 December United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Briscoe Spruance -class destroyer For United States Navy . Unknown date United States Cross Rip Ferry For Hy-Line . Unknown date Japan Hitachi Zosen Corporation Osaka Esso Japan Supertanker For Esso Unknown date Norway Thalassa Desgagnes Double-hulled tanker For Groupe Desgagné .
^ "Lepeta" . The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017 . ^ Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks. ^ "Leonia" . The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017 . ^ "M/S Transgermania" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 15 February 2023 . ^ "Lima" . The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017 . Sources Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4 .