List of ship launches in 2013

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The list of ship launches in 2013 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2013.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
5 January	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	APL Temasek	Temasek-class container ship	For American President Lines[1]
12 January	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	NYK Hercules	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[2]
13 January	United States	Bollinger Shipyards	Lockport, Louisiana	Margaret Norvell	Sentinel-class cutter	For  United States Coast Guard
17 January	South Korea	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo-dong, South Gyeongsang Province	Vale Korea	Valemax	For Vale Shipping
25 January	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	AIDAstella	SPHINX	AIDA Crociere
25 January	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Reestborg		For Wagenborg Shipping [nl]
25 January	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Shanghai Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[3]
6 February	Germany	HDW	Kiel	U-36	Type 212 submarine	For  German Navy
8 February	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	MOL Quest	Temasek-class container ship	For Mitsui O.S.K. Lines[4]
11 February	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Ludwigshafen Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[5]
24 February	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
24 February	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	OOCL Chongqing	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[6]
26 February	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Norwegian Breakaway	Breakaway-class cruise ship	for NCL
1 March	Poland	Stocznia Gdansk	Gdańsk	Bergensfjord	Cruise ferry	For Fjord Line
3 March		Jiangsu Rongsheng		Ore Rio de Janeiro	Valemax-class bulk carrier	[7]
5 March	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Volgaborg		For Wagenborg Shipping [nl]
8 March	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Cap San Nicolas	Cap San-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[8]
17 March	Iran	Shahid Tamjidi Marine Industries	Bandar-e Anzali, Iran	Damavand	Moudge-class frigate	For  Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
22 March	Canada	ABCO Industries Lunenburg Shipyard	Lunenburg, Nova Scotia	S. Dudka	Fishery protection vessel	For  Canadian Coast Guard
23 March	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	APL Raffles	Temasek-class container ship	For American President Lines[9]
26 March	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone, Italy.	Regal Princess	Royal-class cruise ship	For Princess Cruises
26 March	India	Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers	Kolkata	Kiltan	Kamorta-class corvette	For  Indian Navy
27 March	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Majestic Mærsk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
27 March	United States	VT Halter Marine	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Maury	Pathfinder-class survey ship	For  United States Navy
30 March	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	NYK Hermes	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[10]
12 April	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Antwerpen Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[11]
12 April	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Cap San Marco	Cap San-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[12]
26 April	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	MOL Quality	Temasek-class container ship	For Mitsui O.S.K. Lines[13]
3 May		Hyundai Heavy Industries		FSRU Independence	LNG carrier	For Leif Höegh & Co
3 May	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Cap San Lorenzo	Cap San-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[14]
4 May	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Mary Mærsk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
4 May	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	OOCL Bangkok	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[15]
16 May	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Cap San Augustin	Cap San-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[16]
18 May	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Marie Mærsk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
29 May	Spain	Astilleros de Sevilla	Seville	Viking ADCC	Cruiseferry	For Viking Line[17]
31 May	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Oceanex Connaigra	ConRo-ship	For Oceanex Inc.[18]
1 June	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	APL Vanda	Temasek-class container ship	For American President Lines[19]
5 June	United States	Austal USA	Blakeley Island Alabama	Millinocket	Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport	For  United States Navy
15 June	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	NYK Hyperion	OOCL M-class container ship	For Orient Overseas Container Line[20]
21 June	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	Thalassa Hellas	Thalassa Hellas-class container ship	For Evergreen Marine[21]
29 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Riva Trigoso	Virginio Fasan	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For  Italian Navy
6 July	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	APL Agile	Temasek-class container ship	For American President Lines[22]
13 July	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Madison Mærsk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
15 July	Italy	Fincantieri	Castellammare di Stabia	Ubaldo Diciotti	Dattilo-class offshore patrol vessel	For  Italy Coast Guard
2 August	Finland	STX Finland	Rauma, Finland	Turva	Offshore patrol vessel	For Finnish Border Guard
6 August	Japan	IHI Corporation	Yokohama	Izumo	Izumo-class helicopter destroyer	For  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
10 August	United States	NGSS Ingalls	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Hamilton	Legend-class cutter	For  United States Coast Guard
12 August	India	Cochin Shipyard	Kochi	Vikrant	Aircraft carrier	For  Indian Navy
16 August	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Leverkusen Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[23]
17 August	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	APL Merlion	Temasek-class container ship	For American President Lines[24]
23 August	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Judith		[25]
29 August	United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat		North Dakota	Virginia-class submarine	For  United States Navy
30 August	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg, Germany	Rolldock Star	S-class Heavy lift ship	For Rolldock[26]
3 September	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.	Nagasaki	Ramform Atlas	Ramform Titan-class research vessel	[27]
6 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	Thalassa Patris	Thalassa Hellas-class container ship	For Evergreen Marine[28]
6 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Ludwigshafen Express	Hamburg Express-class container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[29]
8 September	Germany	Neptun Werft	Rostock-Warnemünde	Viking Buri	Viking Longships-class river cruise ship	For Viking Cruises[30]
8 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	Hyundai Dream	Hyundai Dream-class container ship	For Hyundai Merchant Marine[31]
15 September	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	John Glenn	Expeditionary Transfer Dock	For Military Sealift Command
18 September	France	DCNS		Provence	FREMM multipurpose frigate	For  French Navy
19 September	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Megantic		[32]
27 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Cap San Antonio	Cap San-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[33]
28 September	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	MOL Quasar	Temasek-class container ship	For Mitsui O.S.K. Lines[34]
29 September	Japan	Japan Marine United	Tsu, Mie	Nunavik	Bulk carrier	For Fednav
5 October	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Magleby Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
15 October	France	STX France	Saint Nazaire	Vladivostok	Mistral-class amphibious assault ship	For  Russian Navy
17 October	Netherlands	GS Yard	Waterhuizen	Manito		[35]
25 October	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	Thalassa Pistis	Thalassa Hellas-class container ship	For Evergreen Marine[36]
28 October	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Zumwalt	Zumwalt-class destroyer	For  United States Navy
2 November	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	APL Ascend	Temasek-class container ship	For American President Lines[37]
2 November	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg, Germany	Norwegian Getaway	Breakaway-class cruise ship	for NCL
3 November	United Kingdom	Babcock Marine	North Devon	Samuel Beckett	Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel	For  Irish Naval Service
8 November	Finland	STX Finland	Turku, Finland	Mein Schiff 3	Cruise ship	For TUI Cruises
8 November	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Cap San Raphael	Cap San-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[38]
9 November	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding		Gerald R. Ford	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier	for  United States Navy
9 November	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Maribo Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
15 November	Italy	Fincantieri	Marghera, Italy	Costa Diadema	Dream-class cruise ship	For Costa Cruises
15 November	Netherlands	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Arklow Bank		For Arklow Shipping
2 December	Romania	Damen Shipyards	Galaţi	Shabab Oman II	Sail training ship	For  Royal Navy of Oman
3 December	South Korea	Samsung Heavy Industries	Geoje	Prelude FLNG	Floating liquefied natural gas plant	For Shell
7 December	South Korea	Daewoo	Geoje	Marstal Maersk	Maersk Triple E class	For Maersk Line
10 December	United States	Bollinger Shipyards	Lockport, Louisiana	Charles Sexton	Sentinel-class cutter	For  United States Coast Guard
12 December	Finland	Arctech Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Baltika	Icebreaker	For FGI Gosmorspassluzhba
13 December	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Cap San Artemissio	Cap San-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[39]
14 December	United States	Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama	Jackson	Independence-class littoral combat ship	For  United States Navy
14 December	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup	APL Aspire	Temasek-class container ship	For American President Lines[40]
18 December	Germany	Ferus Smit	Leer	Reggeborg		For Wagenborg Shipping [nl]
18 December	United States	Marinette Marine	Marinette, Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Freedom-class littoral combat ship	For  United States Navy
24 December		Jiangsu Rongsheng		Vale Tianjin	Valemax-class bulk carrier	[41]
24 December	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Geoje	Thalassa Elpida	Thalassa Hellas-class container ship	For Evergreen Marine[42]
Unknown date	Malawi	Mota Engil		Chilembwe	Passenger ship	For Malawi Shipping Company
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Dalby Aire	Crew transfer vessel	For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd.[43]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Gardian 14	Crew transfer vessel	For Gardline Environmental Ltd.[44]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alnmaritec Ltd	Blyth	Rix Tiger	Wind farm service vessel	For he Rix Tiger Workboat Ltd. - Rix Sea Shuttle Ltd.[45]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Solway Challenger	Crew transfer vessel	For E.On Climate & Renewables UK Ltd.[46]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Spirit of Hotton	Crew transfer vessel	For E.On Climate & Renewables UK Ltd.[47]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	Titan Discovery	Workboat	For Titan Environmental Surveys Ltd.[48]