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The list of ship launches in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1988.
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
15 January
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale, Louisiana
Comstock
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
20 January
United Kingdom
Swan Hunter
Wallsend
Chatham
Type 22 frigate
23 January
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Topeka
Los Angeles-class submarine
23 January
United Kingdom
Vosper Thornycroft
Woolston
Quorn
Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel
13 February
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
17 February
Japan
Sachishio
Yūshio-class submarine
17 March
Finland
Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard
Turku
Royal Viking Sun
Cruise ship
For Royal Viking Line
19 March
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Normandy
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
19 March
France
Latouche-Tréville
Georges Leygues-class frigate
15 April
United Kingdom
Vickers Shipbuilding
Barrow-in-Furness
Talent
Trafalgar-class submarine
22 April
West Germany
Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH
Husum
Schleswig-Holstein
ferry
For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[1]
23 April
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ohio-class submarine
30 April
Canada
Saint John Shipbuilding
Saint John, New Brunswick
Halifax
Halifax-class frigate
30 April
West Germany
C. Lühring
Brake
Eversand
For German Navy
30 April
East Germany
VEB Yachtwerft Berlin
Zander
Zander-class tug
For Volksmarine
4 June
Japan
Hamagiri
Asagiri-class destroyer
25 June
United States
Todd Pacific Shipyards
San Pedro, California
Ingraham
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
15 July
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Chancellorsville
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
22 July
Turkey
Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Yıldırım
Yavuz-class frigate
31 July
Soviet Union
Șantierul Naval Oltenița
Oltenița
Omskiy-133
Omskiy type cargo ship
For North Western Fleet Company[2]
8 August
Turkey
Marinewerft
Gölcük
Dolunay
Type 209 submarine
For Turkish Naval Forces
13 August
Yugoslavia
Brodogradevna Industrija
Split, Yugoslavia
Isabella
cruiseferry
For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
15 August
United States
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Isherwood
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
1 September
West Germany
Kröger Shipyard
Schacht-Audorf
Stollergrund
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats
For German Navy
12 September
Japan
Setogiri
Asagiri-class destroyer
15 September
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale, Louisiana
Tortuga
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
22 October
Finland
Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard
Turku, Finland
Athena
cruiseferry
For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
23 October
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Monterey
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
12 November
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Miami
Los Angeles-class submarine
19 November
France
DCN
Brest
Foudre
Foudre-class landing platform dock
For French Navy
3 December
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale, Louisiana
Leroy Grumman
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
4 December
Soviet Union
Mykolaiv
Riga
Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
Renamed Varyag in 1990, transferred to PLAN in 1998
21 December
Japan
Abukuma
Abukuma-class destroyer escort
25 December
Japan
Sawagiri
Asagiri-class destroyer
Unknown date
Netherlands
K Damen
Boven-Hardinxveld
Konarak
Hendijan-class vessel
For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
^"M/S Schleswig-Holstein" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^"OMSKIY-133". Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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