List of ship launches in 1974

The list of ship launches in 1974 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1974. 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
12 January  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Richard B. Russell Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy.
22 January  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden U-28 Type 206 submarine For German Navy.
5 February  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Arrow Type 21 frigate For Royal Navy.
7 February  Denmark Helsingør Skibsværft og Maskinbyggeri Helsingør Golden Odyssey Cruise ship For Royal Cruise Lines.[1]
9 February  West Germany Rheinwerft Walsum Duisburg-Walsum Scharhörn Multi-purpose vessel For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
22 February  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Paul F. Foster Spruance-class destroyer For United States Navy.
22 February  United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness Cardiff Type 42 destroyer For Royal Navy.
22 February  Japan Kuroshio Uzushio-class submarine For Japanese Navy.
15 March  Denmark Svendborg Ship Yard Agpa Agdlek-class cutter For Royal Danish Navy.[2]
21 March  West Germany Lürssen Bremen Falke Albatros-class fast attack craft For German Navy.
23 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast World Cavalier Supertanker For Worldwide Shipping Co.[3]
28 March  West Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Viking 5 Ferry For Rederi Ab Sally
March  Spain Bazán Cartagena Marsopa Daphné-class submarine For Spanish Navy.[4][5]
4 April  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden U-30 Type 206 submarine For German Navy.
5 April  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Arica Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy.
6 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Los Angeles Los Angeles-class submarine For United States Navy.
10 April  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Pijao Type 209 submarine For Colombian Navy.
25 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Kinkaid Spruance-class destroyer For United States Navy.
25 May  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden U-23 Type 206 submarine For German Navy.
29 May  Japan Teshio Chikugo-class destroyer escort For Japanese Navy.
21 June  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Coventry Type 42 destroyer For Royal Navy.
16 July  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Tayrona Type 209 submarine For Colombian Navy.
18 July  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Saipan Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship For United States Navy.
19 July  France Dubegion-Normandie Nantes Svea Corona Svea Corona-class ferry For Rederi AB Svea
26 July  Denmark Helsingør Værft A/S Helsingør Mette Mols Ferry For Mols Linien A/S.[6]
17 August  France DCNS Indomptable Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy.
22 August  Japan Yoshino Chikugo-class destroyer escort For Japanese Navy.
24 August  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Hewitt Spruance-class destroyer For United States Navy.
15 September  France Dubegion-Normandie Nantes Wellamo Svea Corona-class Ferry For Finland Steamship Company.
16 September  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Greenock Orion Oberon-class submarine For Royal Australian Navy.
18 September  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Alacrity Type 21 frigate For Royal Navy.
20 September  Denmark Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen Cunard Countess Cruise ship For Cunard Line.
6 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Canadian Bridge Bulk carrier For Bibby Shipping.[7]
19 October  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Philadelphia Los Angeles-class submarine For United States Navy.
23 October  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Atilay Atilay-class submarine For Turkish Navy.
26 October  West Germany Werft Nobiskrug Rendsburg Nils Holgersson Roll-on/roll-off ferry For TT-Line.
9 November  Argentina ANFE Rio Santiago Ensenada Santísima Trinidad Type 42 destroyer For Argentine Navy.
10 November  West Germany AG Weser Bremen Ioannis Colocotronis Europatanker ultra large crude carrier Viavela Armadora S.A
28 November  Soviet Union Zhdanov Leningrad Vasily Chapayev Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship For Soviet Navy.
30 November  United Kingdom Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Barrow-in-Furness Superb Swiftsure-class submarine For Royal Navy.
13 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lotorium Supertanker For Shell Tankers Ltd..[8]
14 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Virginia Virginia-class cruiser For United States Navy.
18 December  Greece Hellenic General Enterprises Perama Lemnos For Lemnos Maritime Co. GmbH.[9]
19 December  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Elliot Spruance-class destroyer For United States Navy.
19 December  Denmark Helsingør Værft A/S Helsingør Maren Mols Ferry For Mols Linien A/S.[10]
December  Denmark Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen Cunard Conquest Cruise ship For Cunard Line.
December  Spain Bazán Cartagena Narval Daphné-class submarine For Spanish Navy.[4]
Unknown date  United States Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Chester, Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Ro-ro cargo ship For Navieras de Puerto Rico Steamship Company
Unknown date  West Germany Kröger Rendsburg Spessart Rhön-class tanker For German Navy.

References
  1. "M/S Golden Odyssey" (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. Balsved, Johnny E. "AGPA (1974-2009)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. "World Cavalier". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. "Les sous-marins à hautes performances de 800 tonnes du type Daphné" (in French). 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  5. "Les sous-marins à hautes performances de 800 tonnes du type Daphné" (in French). 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  6. "M/S Mette Mols". Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  7. "Canadian Bridge". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. "Lotorium". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. "M/S Lemons" (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  10. "M/S MarenMols" (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 May 2016.

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