The list of ship launches in 2004 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2004. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class and type Builder Location Country Notes January 7 DCNS Lorient Republic of Singapore Navy January 9 Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi January 22 Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Reederei Winfried Eicke February 9 Sietas type 168 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde February 15 OOCL SX-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje Orient Overseas Container Line February 25 auxiliary frigate Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø first ship of her class February 25 Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Maersk Line February 28 type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen Rickmers Group March 8 ferry Astellios Hijos de J. Barreras Vigo Naviera Armas March 13 Meyer Werft Papenburg Royal Caribbean International March 13 Carrack March 14Zelek StarGeneral cargo ship Taizhou Yongtai Shipbuilding Taixing Fuden Shipping & Trading March 20 Tenix Defence Systems Williamstown March 22 Pioneer Sea Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde April 3 Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine April 19 BAE Systems Glasgow April 22 Type 214 submarine HDW Kiel April 22 Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG April 28 Sealand-New-York-type container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Maersk 1 May Cruiseferry Kvaerner Masa Yards Turku Color Line largest cruiseferry in the world when delivered 13 May Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 15 May Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Hamburg Süd June 3 Navantia Ferrol June 4 Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai June 15 Type 209 submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel June 18 Multi-purpose vessel Peene-Werft Wolgast Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Stralsund June 21 Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø Maersk Line June 26 Fincantieri Marghera P&O Cruises July 3 ST Engineering Benoi July 20 amphibious assault aircraft carrier Fincantieri Riva Trigoso July 27 Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Reederei Rambow July 30 Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Hamburg Süd August 26 August Type 212 submarine HDW Kiel September 8 Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați September 14 Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG October 2 Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi October 6 Brest Arsenal Brest October 16 VW 2500-type container ship Volkswerft Stralsund Stralsund October 18 Eilbek-class container ship Meyer Werft Papenburg Hansa Hamburg Shipping October 18 Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde Hammonia Reederei October 25 Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați October 30 Meyer Werft Papenburg Hansa Hamburg Shipping October 30 Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Hamburg Süd November 4 November 12 Navatia Ferrol November 13 Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine November 18 ferry Astellios Hijos de J. Barreras Vigo Naviera Armas November 19 Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi November 24 Navantia Cartagena November 27 Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje Orient Overseas Container Line December 9 container ship Blohm + Voss Hamburg COSCO December 11 Avondale Shipyard New Orleans, Louisiana December 16 Kockums Malmö December 18 Type 212 submarine Fincantieri Muggiano Unknown date Container ship Zhoushan Shipyard Zhoushan Brise Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG Unknown date Tanker STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu Renamed the Maersk Peary in 2011 and leased to the Military Sealift Command Unknown date Corrine Marin Barge David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Container ship / bulk carrier Oshima Shipbuilding Masterbulk
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