List of ship launches in 2009

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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 Maersk 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 [nl]
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 [nl]
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]
18 November	United Kingdom	BAE Systems Marine	Portsmouth	Amazonas	Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel	For Brazilian Navy.[34]
19 November	United Kingdom	BAE Systems Surface Ships	Scotstoun	Scarborough	Offshore patrol vessel	For Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard.[35]
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[36]
11 December	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Budapest Express	Vienna Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[37]
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[38]
30 December	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	CPO Savona	'MSC Danit-type container ship	For Mediterranean Shipping Company[39]
Exact date unknown	United Kingdom	David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.	Bristol	Clyde Clipper	Ferry	For Clyde Cruises.[40]
Exact date unknown	Spain			Galeon Andalucia	Galleon	For private owner.[41]
Exact date unknown	Ireland	Arklow Marine Services Inc.	Arklow	Rathlin Express	Ferry	For Government of Northern Ireland.[42]
Exact date unknown	Philippines			Wight Ryder I	Catamaran	For Wightlink
Exact date unknown	Turkey	Ada Yacht Works	Bodrum	Le Pietre	Gulet