List of ship launches in 1996

The list of ship launches in 1996 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1996.

Date	Ship	Class / type	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
6 January	Hopper	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
8 January	Knock Muir	Suezmax tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Fred Olsen & Co.[1]
20 January	Chakri Naruebet	Aircraft carrier	Bazan	Ferrol	Spain	For Royal Thai Navy
24 February	Pearl Harbor	Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	United States
1 March	Grandeur of the Seas	Vision-class cruise ship	Kvaerner Masa-Yards	Helsinki	Finland	For Royal Caribbean International
2 March	Stena Jutlantica	ferry	Krimpen a/d, Ijssel	Van der Gissen de Noord	Netherlands	For Stena Line|[2]
9 March	Sutherland	Type 23 frigate	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow	United Kingdom
9 March	Knud Mærsk	K-class container ship	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Denmark	For Maersk Line
15 March	Bataan	Wasp-class amphibious assault ship	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	United States
19 March	Alphagas	LNG tanker	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	United Kingdom	For Alphagas Partenreederei.[3]
22 March	Ross	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	United States
9 April	HSC NGV Aliso	high-speed ferry	Chantiers Leroux et Lotz Naval	Saint-Malo	France	For Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée[4]
April	Stena Voyager	HSS 1500	Finnyards Rauma	Rauma	Finland	For Stena Line[5]
31 May	Ottawa	Halifax-class frigate	Saint John Shipbuilding	Saint John, New Brunswick	Canada
May	Pan Chao	Cheng Kung-class frigate	China Shipbuilding	Kaohsiung	Taiwan
13 June	Knock An	Tanker	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Fred Olsen & Co.[6]
21 June	Kate Mærsk	K-class container ship	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Denmark	For Maersk Line
28 June	Arunta	Anzac-class frigate	Tenix Defence	Williamstown, Victoria	Australia
29 June	Mahan	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
29 June	Stena Carisma	HSS 900	Westamarin A/S	Kristiansand	Norway	For Stena Line[7]
2 July	Silvia Ana L		Bazans Fernando Shipyard	Cádiz	Spain	For Los Cipreses S.A
27 July	Louisiana	Ohio-class submarine	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	United States
1 August	Seillean	SWOPS vessel	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	United Kingdom	For BP.[8]
9 August	Rhapsody of the Seas	Vision-class cruise ship	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire	France	For Royal Caribbean International
24 August	Bridge	Supply-class fast combat support ship	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	United States
27 August	Chōkai	Kongō-class destroyer	IHI Corporation	Tokyo	Japan
7 September	Harry S. Truman	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	United States
14 September	Galaxy	Century-class Cruise ship	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Germany	For Celebrity Cruises
25 September	Evert Prahm	coastal trading vessel	Kötter-Werft	Haren, Germany	Germany	IMO 9138757
4 October	Karen Mærsk	K-class container ship	Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Denmark	For Maersk Line
6 October	Costa Olympia	Cruise ship	Bremer Vulkan	Bremen	Germany	For Costa Cruises
13 October	Scott	Scott-class ocean survey vessel	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.[9]
15 October	Oyashio	Oyashio-class submarine			Japan
4 November	Arklow Bridge	Bulk carrier	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	United Kingdom	For Devon Line Ltd.[10]
5 November	Panaustral	container ship	Stocznia Szczecinska S.A.	Szczecin	Poland	[11]
8 November	Decatur	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	United States
13 November	Lehola	Ferry	Astilleros de Huelva		Spain	For Estonian Shipping Co Ltd
21 November	Enchantment of the Seas	Vision-class cruise ship	Kvaerner Masa-Yards	Helsinki	Finland	For Royal Caribbean International
14 December	Stena Discovery	HSS 1500	Finnyards	Rauma	Finland	For Stena Line[12]
14 December	Siroco	Foudre-class landing platform dock	DCN	Brest	France	For French Navy
20 December	Prins Richard	Train Ferry	Ørskov Christensen Staalskibsværft A/S	Frederikshavn	Denmark	For Scandlines
Unknown date	Anne Scan	Cargo ship	Slovenske Lodenice	Komárno	Slovakia	For NORDICA Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Herford"
Unknown date	Georgian	Launch	David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.	Bristol	United Kingdom	For private owner.[13]
Unknown date	Isambard Brunel	Pilot boat	David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.	Bristol	United Kingdom	For Bristol Ports Authority.[14]