List of ship launches in 2008

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The list of ship launches in 2008 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2008.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Note
18 January	Finland	Aker Yards	Rauma	SuperSpeed 2	RoPax-ferry	For Color Line[1]
26 January	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Dewey	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
26 January	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.	Okpo	Rio de la Plata	Rio-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[2]
1 February	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Ruby Princess	Modified Grand-class cruise ship	For Princess Cruises
1 February	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Bremen Express	Colombo-Express-classe container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[3]
5 February	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Margrethe Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Maersk Line[4]
5 February	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries		Saman	Tanker
6 February	France	Chantiers de l’Atlantique	Saint Nazaire	MSC Fantasia	Fantasia-class cruise ship	For MSC Cruises
13 February	Russia	Sevmash	Severodvinsk	Yury Dolgorukiy	Borei-class submarine
17 February	Germany	J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Anne-Sofie	Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel	For SAL Heavy Lift[5]
21 February	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	New Hampshire	Virginia-class submarine
24 February	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Stockdale	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
1 March	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Eemshorn
5 March	Portugal	Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo	Viana do Castelo	Atlântida	Passenger ship	For Atlanticoline SA[6]
10 March	Spain	Navantia	Ferrol	Juan Carlos I	Juan Carlos I-class amphibious assault ship
14 March				Combi Dock II	Combi Dock-class	For K/S Combi Lift[7]
28 March	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Marchen Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Maersk Line[8]
March	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	Sirius Star
6 April	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Amelia Earhart	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
19 April	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.	Okpo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[9]
26 April	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	Independence	Independence-class littoral combat ship	For US Navy
30 April	Poland	Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Racha Bhum	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[10]
3 May	Denmark		Copenhagen	UC3 Nautilus	midget submarine
17 May	Romania	Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA	Mangalia	Monte Azul	Monte-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[11]
4 June	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Maren Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Maersk Line[12]
4 June	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries		An Jung-geun	Type 214 submarine	For South Korean Navy
12 June	Germany	Peene-Werft	Wolgast	Seefalke	Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel	For German Federal Coast Guard
21 June	United Kingdom	Colin Rees	Milbrook	Spirit of Mystery	Lugger	Replica of Mystery
30 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Sestri Ponente	Costa Pacifica	Concordia-class cruise ship	For Costa Cruises
30 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Marghera	Costa Luminosa	Hybrid Vista-class and Spirit-class cruise ship	For Costa Cruises
12 July	United States	NGSS Ingalls	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Waesche	Legend-class cutter
12 July	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	CMA CGM Vela	Container ship	For CMA CGM
15 July	Germany	HDW	Kiel	Tridente	Type 214 submarine	For Portuguese Navy
18 July	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Vera Rambow	Sietas typr 178 container ship	For Rambow Bereederungs Gesellschaft[13]
20 July	France	Aker Yards	Saint Nazaire	MSC Splendida	Fantasia-class cruise ship	For MSC Crociere[14]
4 August				Combi Dock III	Combi Dock-class	For K/S Combi Lift[15]
4 August	Indonesia	Pt. Drydocks World Pertama	Batam	OSA Goliath	Goliath-class crane ship	For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl[16]
10 August	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Celebrity Solstice	Solstice-class cruise ship	For Celebrity Cruises
22 August	Germany	J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Trina	Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel	For SAL Heavy Lift[17]
26 August	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Mette Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Maersk Line[18]
30 August	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.	Okpo	Rio Negro	Rio-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[19]
August	Liberia			Manisa Bella	General cargo vessel
6 September	Romania	Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA	Mangalia	Monte Alegre	Monte-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[20]
16 September	India	Larsen & Toubro	Hazira	Rolldock Sun	S-class Heavy lift ship	For Rolldock[21]
18 September	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Carl Brashear	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
25 September	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Northern Expedition	Ro-Ro Ferry
26 September	United States	Halter Marine, Inc.	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Bell M. Shimada	Research vessel
27 September	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Citadel
2 October	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Charlotta	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Reederei Gerd Bartels[22]
8 October	Spain	Navantia	Cartagena	Tunku Abdul Razak	Scorpène-class submarine	For Royal Malaysian Navy
9 October	Netherlands	Koninklijke Niestern Sander	Delfzijl	Laganborg		For Wagenborg Shipping [nl]
15 October	Japan			Unryū	Sōryū-class submarine
15 October	Spain	Astilleros de Huelva,	Sevilla	Clipper Pennant	Ro-Ro Ferry	For Seatruck Ferries
17 October	Germany	Schichau Seebeckwerft	Bremerhaven	Stefan Sibum	SSW Super 1000 container ship	Reederei Bernd Sibum
17 October	Germany	Peene-Werft	Wolgast	Meerkatze	Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel	For German Federal Coast Guard
18 October	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Wayne E. Meyer	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
24 October	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Carnival Dream	Dream-class cruise ship	For Carnival Cruise Lines[23]
27 October	Romania	Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA	Galați	Susan Borchard	Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship	[24]
1 November	United Kingdom	Babcock Marine Ltd.	Appledore	Sarafsa	Motor yacht	For private owner.[25]
3 November	Germany	J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Regine	Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel	For SAL Heavy Lift[26]
5 November	Turkey	Marmara Shipyards	Istanbul	YM Uranus	Chemical tanker
7 November	Denmark	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Marit Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Maersk Line[27]
17 November	United Kingdom	BVT Surface Fleet	Govan	Dragon	Type 45 destroyer
22 November	Finland	STX Europe	Turku	Oasis of the Seas	Oasis-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
23 November	Romania	Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA	Mangalia	Monte Aconcagua	Monte-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[28]
24 November	Malaysia	PSC-Naval Dockyard		Kelantan	Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
27 November	Iran	Shahid Tamjidi shipyard	Bandar Anzali	Derafsh	Sina-class fast attack craft	For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[29]
28 November	China	Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding	Zhoushan	Medondra	type CV Venus 5300 container ship	For Reederei Buss[30]
5 December	Finland	STX Europe	Rauma	Baltic Queen	Ferry	For Tallink
15 December	Germany	Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Thetis	Sietas typr 178 container ship	For Reederei Drevin, Cuxhaven[31]
16 December	Romania	Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA	Galați	Kaspar Schepers	Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship	[32]
27 December	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	MSC Danit	'MSC Danit-type container ship	For Mediterranean Shipping Company[33]