List of ship launches in 2006

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The list of ship launches in 2006 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2006.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
20 January	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Usan	COSCO Ningbo	container ship	For COSCO[1] sister ship of COSCO Guangzhou
27 January	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	Palatia	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship	[2]
1 February	United Kingdom	BAE Systems Naval Ships (YSL)	Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland	Daring	Type 45 destroyer
1 February	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Analena	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG[3]
19 February	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Pride of Hawaii	Jewel-class cruise ship	For Norwegian Cruise Line[4]
20 February	Germany	Fassmer	Berne	Hanseatic Explorer		For Harren & Partner
23 February	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Georg Mærsk	Mærsk D-class container ship	For Maersk Line[5]
7 March	Japan	Oshima Shipbuilding Company	Saikai	Torm Skagen	type Oshima 76D bulk carrier	For ND Shipping IMO 9287182
10 March	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Usan	COSCO Yanitan	container ship	For COSCO[6] sister ship of COSCO Guangzhou
18 March	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	SAS Queen Modjadji	Type 209 submarine	For South African Navy
29 March	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	MOL Sunrise	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship	[7]
30 March	India	Mazagon Dock Limited	Mumbai	Kolkata	Kolkata-class destroyer
8 April	Poland	Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Ariana	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[8]
14 April	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Usan	COSCO Beijing	container ship	For COSCO[9] sister ship of COSCO Guangzhou
18 April	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Anina	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG[10]
19 April	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Braunschweig	Braunschweig-class corvette
28 April	Spain	Navantia	Ferrol	Otto Sverdrup	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate	For Royal Norwegian Navy
9 May	Singapore	ST Engineering	Benoi	Supreme	Formidable-class frigate
11 May	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Rita	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG[11]
13 May	Netherlands	Koninklijke Schelde Groep	Flushing	Johan de Witt	Rotterdam-class amphibious transport dock
19 May	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Usan	COSCO Hellas	container ship	For COSCO[12] sister ship of COSCO Guangzhou
20 May	South Korea	Geoje	Samsung Heavy Industries	OOCL Europe	OOCL SX-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[13]
27 May	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	Maersk Norwich	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship
29 May	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	Maersk Needham	Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship	IMO 9301938
1 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Emerald Princess	Grand-class cruise ship	For Princess Cruises[14]
9 June	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries		Son Won-il	Type 214 submarine	For South Korean Navy
9 June	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Euphoria	Sietas type 168 container ship	For [15]
14 June	United Kingdom	VT Group	HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England	Clyde	River-class offshore patrol vessel
17 June	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Hawaii	Virginia-class submarine
23 June	Poland	Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Bomar Spring	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[16]
24 June	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Sacagawea	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
30 June	Germany	Lindenau	Kiel	Seacoud		For German Tanker Shipping[17]
4 July	Romania	Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA	Galați	Eucon Leader	Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship	[18]
12 July	France	DCN	Lorient	Chevalier Paul	Horizon-class frigate
16 July	Poland	Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Hermann Wulff	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[19]
4 August	Italy	Fincantieri	Sestri Ponente	Costa Serena	Concordia-class cruise ship	For Costa Cruises[20]
10 August	Pakistan	Karachi Shipyard	Karachi	Hamza	Agosta 90B-class submarine
11 August	United States	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems	Avondale, Louisiana	Green Bay	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
30 August	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Ashigara	Atago-class destroyer
6 September	Germany	Lürssen	Bremen-Vegesack	Magdeburg	Braunschweig-class corvette
12 September	Poland	Remontowa Group	Gdańsk	Argyle	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 September	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Sampson	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
19 September	Romania	Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA	Galați	Jork Reliance	Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship	[21]
22 September	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Makin Island	Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
23 September	United States	Marinette Marine	Marinette, Wisconsin	Freedom	Freedom-class littoral combat ship
29 September	United States	NGSS Ingalls	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Bertholf	Legend-class cutter
5 October	Germany	ConMar	Brake	RMS Kiel	Futura Carrier-type coastal trading vessel	IMO 9352846
9 October	United States	Northrop Grumman	Newport News, Virginia	George H.W. Bush	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
15 October	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Norwegian Pearl	Jewel-class cruise ship	For Norwegian Cruise Line
20 October	Poland	Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Westerdiek	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[22]
25 October	South Korea	Geoje	Samsung Heavy Industries	OOCL Tokyo	OOCL SX-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[23]
31 October	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	JPO Sagittarius	Hyundai 2530 TEU type container ship[24]
6 November	Japan			Mochishio	Oyashio-class submarine
11 November	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Fram	Cruise ship	For Hurtigruten Group[25]
18 November	Australia	Tenix	Williamstown, Victoria	Otago	Protector-class offshore patrol vessel	For Royal New Zealand Navy
23 November	Finland	Aker Finnyards Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Star	Cruiseferry	For Tallink
26 November	South Korea	STX Offshore & Shipbuilding	Jinhae	JPO Scorpius	Hyundai 2530 TEU type container ship	[26]
November	Greece	Hellenic Shipyards	Chaidari	Pipinos	Type 214 submarine	For Greece Navy
6 December	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Alan Shepard	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
8 December	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Osaka Express	Colombo-Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[27]
15 December	Finland	Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard	Turku	Color Magic	Cruiseferry	For Color Line; largest cruiseferry in the world when delivered; completed at Aker Finnyards' Rauma shipyard
15 December	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	Bahia	Bahia-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[28]
15 December	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	Bahia Blanca	Bahia-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[29]
15 December	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Henneke Rambow	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Reederei Rambow[30]
29 December	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	NYK Venus	Container ship	For NYK Line[31]
Unknown date	Singapore	Damen Group	Singapore	Bornholm Express	Fast Passenger Ferry	For Christansøfarten, Gudhjem, Denmark.
Unknown date	Spain	Astilleros de Huelva	Huelva	Clipper Point	Roll-on/roll-off Ferry	For Seatruck Ferries "Heysham Max" vessel for Heysham Warrenpoint route.
Unknown date	United Kingdom			MV Finnland	Container ship	For Navalis GmbH & Co. KG.
Unknown date	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique		Gaselys	LNG carrier	For Gaz de France.