List of ship launches in 1996

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

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
6 January	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Hopper	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
20 January	Spain	Bazan	Ferrol	Chakri Naruebet	Aircraft carrier	For Royal Thai Navy
24 February	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Pearl Harbor	Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship
9 March	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Sutherland	Type 23 frigate
15 March	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Bataan	Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
22 March	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Ross	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
31 May	Canada	Saint John Shipbuilding	Saint John, New Brunswick	Ottawa	Halifax-class frigate
May	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Galaxy	Cruise ship	For Celebrity Cruises
May	Taiwan	China Shipbuilding	Kaohsiung	Pan Chao	Cheng Kung-class frigate
28 June	Australia	Tenix Defence	Williamstown, Victoria	Arunta	Anzac-class frigate
29 June	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Mahan	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
27 July	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Louisiana	Ohio-class submarine
9 August	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire	Rhapsody of the Seas	Vision-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
24 August	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Bridge	Supply-class fast combat support ship
27 August	Japan	IHI Corporation	Tokyo	Chōkai	Kongō-class destroyer
7 September	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Harry S. Truman	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
6 October	Germany	Bremer Vulkan	Bremen	Costa Olympia	Cruise ship	For Costa Cruises
15 October	Japan			Oyashio	Oyashio-class submarine
8 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Decatur	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
13 November	Spain	Astilleros de Huelva		Lehola	Ferry	For Estonian Shipping Co Ltd
Unknown date	Slovakia	Slovenske Lodenice	Komárno	Anne Scan	Cargo ship	For NORDICA Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Herford"