# List of ship launches in 2009

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 | Floating Storage and Offloading vessel | For Petrovietnam. |
| 16 January | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Drogdenbank | | For Pot Scheepvaart |
| 17 January | Turkey | | | Halit Bey | | For VBG Shipping & Trading Co, Turkey. |
| 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 |
| 29 January | Denmark | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Mathilde Mærsk | M-class container ship | For Mærsk Line |
| 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 |
| 27 February | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Silver Spirit | Cruise ship | For Silversea Cruises |
| 28 February | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Geoje | MSC Camille | 'MSC Danit-type container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 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 |
| 21 March | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Hoogezand | Bro Garland | | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 25 April | Poland | Stocznia Gdynia | Gdynia | Sattha Bhum | Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship | |
| 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 |
| 7 June | Germany | Wandan Yards | Wismar | Stena Hollandica | RoPax 55 | For Stena Line |
| 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 |
| 4 July | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Geoje | Saipem 12000 | | |
| 11 July | Germany | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Elysee | Sietas type 178 container ship | For JR Shipping BV Elysee |
| 11 July | China | Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding | Zhoushan | Mederie | type CV Venus 5300 container ship | For Reederei Buss |
| 16 July | Romania | Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA | Galați | Samskip Innovator | Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 28 August | Romania | Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA | Galați | Samskip Endeavour | Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship | |
| 29 August | Bulgaria | | | Royal Helena | Barquentine | |
| 4 September | Russia | Skala Skipasmidja | Faroe Islands | Petrozavodsk | Reefer cargo ship | For P/f Kenn |
| 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 |
| 23 September | Indonesia | Pt. Drydocks World Pertama | Batam | Sampson | Goliath-class crane ship | For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl |
| 1 October | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Le Boreal | Cruise ship | For Compagnie du Ponant |
| 22 October | Germany | Volkswerft Stralsund | Stralsund | Vivien A | VW 2500-type container ship | |
| 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 |
| 6 November | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Vienna Express | Vienna Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd |
| 6 November | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Geoje | MSC Sonia | 'MSC Danit-type container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 6 November | China | Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding | Zhoushan | Medsuperior | type CV Venus 5300 container ship | For Reederei Buss |
| 18 November | United Kingdom | BAE Systems Marine | Portsmouth | Amazonas | Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel | For Brazilian Navy. |
| 19 November | United Kingdom | BAE Systems Surface Ships | Scotstoun | Scarborough | Offshore patrol vessel | For Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. |
| 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 |
| 11 December | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Budapest Express | Vienna Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd |
| 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 |
| 30 December | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Geoje | CPO Savona | 'MSC Danit-type container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| Exact date unknown | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Clyde Clipper | Ferry | For Clyde Cruises. |
| Exact date unknown | Spain | | | Galeon Andalucia | Galleon | For private owner. |
| Exact date unknown | Ireland | Arklow Marine Services Inc. | Arklow | Rathlin Express | Ferry | For Government of Northern Ireland. |
| Exact date unknown | Philippines | | | Wight Ryder I | Catamaran | For Wightlink |
| Exact date unknown | Turkey | Ada Yacht Works | Bodrum | Le Pietre | Gulet | |