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The list of ship launches in 2000 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2000.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
18 January
Germany
Meyer Werft
Papenburg
Aurora
Cruise ship
For P&O Cruises
29 January
United States
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Avondale, Louisiana
Pililaau
Bob Hope -class vehicle cargo ship
29 January
Germany
J.J. Sietas
Hamburg -Neuenfelde
Annegret
Sietas type 161
For SAL Heavy Lift [1]
3 February
South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries
Goeje
E.R. Pusan
Samsung 5500-class container ship
[2]
4 February
Denmark
Odense Staalskibsvaerft
Lindø
Cornelius Mærsk
S-class container ship
For Mærsk Line
9 March
South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries
Goeje
E.R. Seoul
Samsung 5500-class container ship
[3]
8 April
Netherlands
Koninklijke Schelde Groep
Flushing
De Zeven Provinciën
De Zeven Provinciën -class frigate
1 May
Japan
Tsuneishi Holdings Corporation
Nakatado District, Kagawa
Maersk Wind
Vehicle transporter
For A P Møller, Singapore
6 May
United Kingdom
BAE Systems Naval Ships (YSL)
Glasgow
St Albans
Type 23 frigate
6 May
Spain
Astilleros Españoles
Puerto Real
Stena Hollandica
Seapacer-class RoPax -ferry
For Stena Line [4]
12 May
Russia
Baltic Shipyard
St. Petersburg
Talwar
Talwar -class frigate
For Indian Navy
19 May
Germany
Blohm + Voss
Hamburg
Olympic Explorer
Voyager -class cruise ship
For Royal Olympic Cruises [5]
24 May
Germany
J.J. Sietas
Hamburg -Neuenfelde
Paula
Sietas type 161
For SAL Heavy Lift [6]
1 June
Estonia
BLRT Grupp
Tallinn
Vapper
Vapper -class gunboat
For Estonian Border Guard
4 June
South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries
Goeje
E.R. London
Samsung 5500-class container ship
[7]
17 June
Australia
Tenix Defence Systems
Williamstown, Victoria
Parramatta
Anzac -class frigate
21 June
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Bulkeley
Arleigh Burke -class destroyer
29 June
Germany
J.J. Sietas
Hamburg -Neuenfelde
Wiebke
Sietas type 161
For SAL Heavy Lift [8]
2 July
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
McCampbell
Arleigh Burke -class destroyer
7 July
South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries
Goeje
E.R. Amsterdam
Samsung 5500-class container ship
[9]
28 July
United States
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
San Diego , California
Watkins
Watson -class vehicle cargo ship
29 July
South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries
Goeje
E.R. Felixtone
Samsung 5500-class container ship
[10]
2 August
United Kingdom
Ferguson Shipbuilders
Port Glasgow
Hebrides
Ferry
For Caledonian MacBrayne
12 August
South Korea
Geoje
Samsung Heavy Industries
Prometheus
Ferry
For Minoan Lines [11]
1 September
Finland
Rauma
Aker Finnyards
Ulysses
Ferry
For Irish Ferries
3 September
South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries
Goeje
E.R. Berlin
Samsung 5500-class container ship
[12]
5 September
South Korea
Ulsan
Hyundai Heavy Industries
Sealand Illinois
Sealand-New-York -type container ship
For Costamare Shipping [13]
6 September
France
Saint Nazaire
ALSTOM Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Celebrity Infinity
Millennium -class cruise ship
For Celebrity Cruises
9 September
Poland
Stocznia Gdynia
Gdynia
Alexandra
Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship
[14]
25 September
Japan
Akebono
Murasame -class destroyer
29 September
Italy
Fincantieri Marghera Yard
Venice, Italy
Pride of Rotterdam
Cruiseferry
For P&O Ferries
16 October
Japan
Ariake
Murasame -class destroyer
27 October
Poland
Stocznia Gdynia
Gdynia
Aries
Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship
For Alpha Ship [15]
31 October
Spain
Navatia
Ferrol
Álvaro de Bazán
Álvaro de Bazán -class frigate
For Armada Española
4 November
Germany
Volkswerft Stralsund
Stralsund
E.R. Lübeck
VW 2500-type container ship
[16]
10 November
Netherlands
Tille Scheepsbouw Kootstertille BV
Kootstertille
Hunzedijk
[17]
11 November
United States
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Avondale, Louisiana
Brittin
Bob Hope -class vehicle cargo ship
18 November
Germany
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Kiel
Superfast VII
Ro-Pax ferry
For Superfast Ferries
18 November
Netherlands
Ferus Smit B.V
Westerbroek
Morgenstond III
Cargo ship
For C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Morgenstond III
18 November
Germany
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Kiel
Superfast IX
Ro-Pax ferry
For Superfast Ferries
18 November
South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries
Geoje
Cap San Nicolas
Cap-San -class container ship
For Hamburg Süd [18]
22 November
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Shoup
Arleigh Burke -class destroyer
24 November
Russia
Baltic Shipyard
St. Petersburg
Trishul
Talwar -class frigate
For Indian Navy
26 November
South Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries
Goeje
APL England
Samsung 5500-class container ship
[19]
27 November
Japan
Isoshio
Oyashio -class submarine
28 November
Germany
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Kiel
Superfast VIII
Ro-Pax ferry
For Superfast Ferries
1 December
South Korea
Hyundai Heavy Industries
Ulsan
Trade Freda
container ship
For Hansa Mare Reederei [20]
22 December
Poland
Stocznia Gdynia
Gdynia
Vega
Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship
For Alpha Ship [21]
Unknown date
Russia
BBC Kusan
Ro-ro cargo ship
[22]
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Glomar Jack Ryan
Drillship
For Global Marine Ltd.[23]
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