# List of ship launches in 1979

The list of ship launches in 1979 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1979.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 20 January | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Deyo | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 27 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Elstree Grange | Tanker | For Furness Withy. |
| 27 January | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Yellowstone | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender | |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | City of Hartlepool | Container ship | For Container Rentals Ltd. |
| 3 February | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Thorn | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 9 February | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Searcher | | For HM Coastguard. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine | Lowestoft, Suffolk | Fremantle | Fremantle-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy. |
| 10 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Ingersoll | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 20 March | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Pontos | Type 209 submarine | For Greek Navy. |
| 24 March | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Clark | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
| 25 March | Soviet Union | Yantar | Kaliningrad | Zadornyy | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship | |
| 27 March | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Antrim | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
| 27 March | Japan | | | Yūshio | Yūshio-class submarine | |
| 31 March | West Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Diana II | Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry | For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic |
| 7 April | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Ohio | Ohio-class submarine | |
| 21 April | Soviet Union | Zelenodolsk Shipyard | Zelenodolsk | Sokol | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy. |
| 25 April | Denmark | Frederikshavn Vaerft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Carrier | type FV 610 RoRo-ship | For Merc-Scandia KS |
| 28 April | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Dallas | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 28 April | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Cimarron | Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler | |
| 1 May | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Fife | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 9 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | City of Ipswich | Container ship | For Container Rentals Ltd. |
| 19 May | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Sides | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Galloway Princess | Ferry | For Sealink. |
| 7 June | Ireland | Arklow Engineering Co Ltd. | Wexford | Thomas F. Doyle | Tug | For Cork Harbour Commissioners. |
| 16 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Fletcher | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Southampton, England | Southampton | Type 42 destroyer | |
| 14 July | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Samuel Eliot Morison | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
| 28 July | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Acadia | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender | |
| 20 July | Turkey | Marinewerft | Gölcük | Yıldıray | Type 209 submarine | For Turkish Navy |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Seeker | Revenue cutter | For HM Customs and Excise. |
| 11 August | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Kidd | Kidd-class destroyer | |
| 11 August | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | La Jolla | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 14 August | Finland | Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard | Turku | Rosella | Cruiseferry | For SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
| 18 August | Denmark | Frederikshavn Vaerft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Exporter II | type FV 610 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen. |
| 24 August | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Fahrion | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
| 30 August | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Casma | Type 209 submarine | For Peruvian Navy |
| 7 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ravenscraig | Bulk carrier | For British Steel Corporation. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Star Hercules | Offshore supply vessel | For Ratchden Ltd. |
| 11 September | West Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Viking Sally | Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry | Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally. |
| 20 September | Japan | | | Kurama | Shirane-class destroyer | |
| 21 September | France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire, France | Prairial | Batillus-class supertanker | |
| 24 September | West Germany | Bremer Vulkan | Bremen-Vegesack | New Zealand Caribbean | container ship | For Shipping Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. |
| 27 September | West Germany | Bremer Vulkan | Bremen-Vegesack | Bremen | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy |
| 5 October | United Kingdom | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering | | Splendid | Swiftsure-class submarine | |
| 20 October | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | John A. Moore | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
| 27 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | San Francisco | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 3 November | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Estocin | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
| 4 November | Japan | Onomichi Zosen | Onomichi | Ever Light | Ever Level-class container ship | For Evergreen Marine |
| 10 November | Poland | Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego | Szczecin | Georg Ots | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | For Black Sea Shipping Company |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd | Bideford | Peroto | Coaster | For Cornish Shipping Ltd. |
| 1 December | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Callaghan | Kidd-class destroyer | |
| 5 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | St Anselm | Ferry | For Sealink. |
| 8 December | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Phoenix | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 19 December | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Antofagasta | Type 209 submarine | For Peruvian Navy |
| 29 December | Poland | Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego | Szczecin | Dmitriy Shostakovich | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | For Black Sea Shipping Company |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Lady Sarah | Fishing vessel | For private owner. |