The list of ship launches in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1988. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 15 January Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 20 January Type 22 frigate Swan Hunter Wallsend 23 January Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 23 January Quorn Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Vosper Thornycroft Woolston 13 February Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 17 February 17 March Royal Viking Sun Cruise ship Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard Turku For Royal Viking Line 18 March Dredger Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd Appledore For Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd. 19 March Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 19 March 15 April Vickers Shipbuilding Barrow-in-Furness 22 April Schleswig-Holstein ferry Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH 23 April Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 30 April Saint John Shipbuilding Saint John, New Brunswick 30 April Eversand C. Lühring Brake For German Navy 30 April Zander Zander-class tug VEB Yachtwerft Berlin For Volksmarine 4 June 25 June Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California 15 July Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 22 July Gölcük Naval Shipyard 31 JulyOmskiy-133Omskiy type cargo shipȘantierul Naval OltenițaOltenițaFor North Western Fleet Company 8 August Type 209 submarine Marinewerft Gölcük For Turkish Naval Forces 13 August cruiseferry Brodogradevna Industrija Split, Yugoslavia For SF Line for Viking Line traffic 15 August Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 September Stollergrund Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats Kröger Shipyard Schacht-Audorf For German Navy 12 September 15 September Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 22 October Athena cruiseferry Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard Turku, Finland For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic 23 October Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 11 November Ferry Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd Appledore For Mercandia Liniere I/S. 12 November Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 19 November Foudre Foudre-class landing platform dock DCN Brest For French Navy 3 December Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 4 December Riga Mykolaiv Renamed in 1990, transferred to PLAN in 1998 21 December 25 December Unknown date Aran Workboat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Harvest Reaper Fishing trawler David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date K Damen Boven-Hardinxveld For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Unknown date Maid of the Forth Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Miss Westmorland Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Windermere Lake Cruises. Unknown date Pill Hobbler Launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Pill Hobbler Marine Services Ltd. Unknown date Purbeck Gem Passenger ship J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For Robert A. Hale. Unknown date Surta Steam launch David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner.
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