Global InformationList of ship launches in 2009 information
The list of ship launches in 2009 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2009.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January |  Vietnam
|
Nam Trieu Ship Building Industry Corporation | Hai Phong | PTSC-Bach Ho[1] | Floating Storage and Offloading vessel | For Petrovietnam.[2] |
| 16 January |  Germany
|
Ferus Smit | Leer | Drogdenbank | For Pot Scheepvaart | |
| 17 January |  Turkey
|
Halit Bey | For VBG Shipping & Trading Co, Turkey.[3] | |||
| 18 January |  United States
|
Northrop Grumman | Newport News, Virginia | New Mexico | Virginia-class submarine | |
| 27 January |  South Korea
|
Ulsan | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Al Khor | Sealand-New-York-type container ship | Reederei Hermann Wulff John-Peter Wulff[4] |
| 29 January |  Denmark
|
Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Mathilde Mærsk | M-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[5] |
| January |  France
|
STX Europe | Saint-Nazaire | MSC Magnifica | Musica-class cruise ship | For MSC Cruises |
| 11 February |  Spain
|
Navantia | Ferrol | Thor Heyerdahl | Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 13 February | Germany
|
Meyer Werft | Papenburg | AIDAluna | Cruise ship | Official launch at Palma de Mallorca, built at Papenburg for AIDA Cruises. |
| 14 February |  Romania
|
Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries | Mangalia | Rio Blanco | Rio-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[6] |
| 27 February |  Italy
|
Fincantieri | Ancona | Silver Spirit | Cruise ship | For Silversea Cruises[7] |
| 28 February | South Korea
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Geoje | MSC Camille | 'MSC Danit-type container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[8] |
| 8 March | United States
|
National Steel and Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Wally Schirra | Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship | |
| 12 March | Italy
|
Fincantieri | Marghera | Costa Deliziosa | Hybrid Vista and Spirit-class cruise ship | For Costa Cruises |
| 12 March | Romania
|
Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries | Mangalia | Rio Bravo | Rio-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[9] |
| 21 March |  Netherlands
|
Ferus Smit | Hoogezand | Bro Garland | [10] | |
| 27 March | Germany
|
Nordseewerke | Emden | Frisia Lübeck | ||
| 28 March | Netherlands
|
Niestern Sander | Delfzijl | Eemsborg | For Wagenborg Shipping | |
| 30 March | United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Gravely | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 30 March |  China
|
Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding | Zhoushan | Medbaffin | type CV Venus 5300 container ship | For Reederei Buss[11] |
| March | South Korea
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Danit | Container ship | |
| 9 April | Germany
|
Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Navi Baltic | Sietas type 178 container ship | For Amisco, Tallinn[12] |
| 25 April |  Poland
|
Stocznia Gdynia | Gdynia | Sattha Bhum | Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship | [13] |
| 25 May | Germany
|
Diedrich Shipyard | Oldersum | Wind Force I | For AG Norden-Frisia | |
| 6 June | Germany
|
Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Celebrity Equinox | Solstice-class cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises |
| 7 June | Germany
|
Wandan Yards | Wismar | Stena Britannica | RoPax 55 | For Stena Line[14] |
| 7 June | Germany
|
Wandan Yards | Wismar | Stena Hollandica | RoPax 55 | For Stena Line[15] |
| 12 June | Germany
|
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Eclipse | container ship | luxury yacht |
| 16 June | Germany
|
Ferus Smit | Leer | Fivelborg | For Wagenborg Shipping | |
| 18 June | Germany
|
HDW | Kiel | Arpão | Type 214 submarine | For Portuguese Navy |
| 25 June | Italy
|
T Mariotti SpA | Venice | Seabourn Odyssey | Cruise ship | For Seabourn Cruise Line |
| 26 June | Italy
|
Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Azura | Grand-class cruise ship | For P&O Cruises[16] |
| 4 July | South Korea
|
Samsung Heavy Industries | Geoje | Saipem 12000 | [17] | |
| 11 July | Germany
|
Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Elysee | Sietas type 178 container ship | For JR Shipping BV Elysee[18] |
| 11 July | China
|
Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding | Zhoushan | Mederie | type CV Venus 5300 container ship | For Reederei Buss[19] |
| 16 July | Romania
|
Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA | Galați | Samskip Innovator | Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship | [20] |
| 26 July |  India
|
Shipbuilding Centre | Visakhapatnam | Arihant | Arihant-class submarine | |
| 1 August | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Jason Dunham | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 5 August | Romania
|
Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries | Mangalia | Rio Madeira | Rio-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[21] |
| 14 August | Germany
|
Lindenau | Kiel | Seychelles Paradise | Tanker | |
| 16 August | United States
|
National Steel and Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Matthew Perry | Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship | |
| 18 August | Germany
|
Nordseewerke | Emden | Borkum | ||
| 21 August |  Japan
|
IHI Marine United | Ise | Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer | ||
| 27 August | China
|
Sasebo HI | Sasebo | Five Stars Fujian | bulk carrier | [22] |
| 28 August | Romania
|
Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA | Galați | Samskip Endeavour | Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship | [23] |
| 29 August |  Bulgaria
|
Royal Helena | Barquentine | [24] | ||
| 4 September |  Russia
|
Skala Skipasmidja | Faroe Islands | Petrozavodsk | Reefer cargo ship | For P/f Kenn[25] |
| 18 September | India
|
Mazagon Dock Limited | Mumbai | Kochi | Kolkata-class destroyer | |
| 19 September | United States
|
VT Halter Marine | Moss Point, Mississippi | Ferdinand R. Hassler | Hydrographic survey vessel | For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[26] |
| 23 September |  Indonesia
|
Pt. Drydocks World Pertama | Batam | Sampson | Goliath-class crane ship | For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl[27] |
| 1 October | Italy
|
Fincantieri | Ancona | Le Boreal | Cruise ship | For Compagnie du Ponant[28] |
| 22 October | Germany
|
Volkswerft Stralsund | Stralsund | Vivien A | VW 2500-type container ship | [29] |
| 16 October | Japan
|
Hakuryū | Sōryū-class submarine | |||
| 16 October | Spain
|
Navantia | San Fernando, Cádiz | Meteoro | Buque de Acción Marítima | For Armada Española |
| 21 October |  United Kingdom
|
BVT Surface Fleet | Govan | Defender | Type 45 destroyer | |
| 30 October | Italy
|
Fincantieri | Marghera | Nieuw Amsterdam | Vista-class cruise ship | For Holland America Line[30] |
| 6 November | South Korea
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Vienna Express | Vienna Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[31] |
| 6 November | South Korea
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Geoje | MSC Sonia | 'MSC Danit-type container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[32] |
| 6 November | China
|
Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding | Zhoushan | Medsuperior | type CV Venus 5300 container ship | For Reederei Buss[33] |
| 19 November | United Kingdom
|
BAE Systems Surface Ships | Scotstoun | Scarborough[34] | Offshore patrol vessel | For Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard |
| 20 November | United States
|
General Dynamics Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Missouri | Virginia-class submarine | |
| 20 November |  Finland
|
STX Europe | Turku | Allure of the Seas | Oasis-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
| 21 November | Netherlands
|
Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Pioneer | ||
| 11 December | Germany
|
Nordseewerke | Emden | Frisia Cottbus | TNSW 3400 | |
| 11 December | South Korea
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Basle Express | Vienna Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[35] |
| 11 December | South Korea
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Budapest Express | Vienna Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[36] |
| 15 December | United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | William P. Lawrence | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 24 December | South Korea
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Prague Express | Prague Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[37] |
| 30 December | South Korea
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Geoje | CPO Savona | 'MSC Danit-type container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[38] |
| Exact date unknown |  Philippines
|
Wight Ryder I | Catamaran | For Wightlink | ||
| Exact date unknown | Turkey
|
Ada Yacht Works | Bodrum | Le Pietre | Gulet |
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