List of ship launches in 2000

The list of ship launches in 2000 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2000.

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
18 January	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Aurora	Cruise ship	For P&O Cruises
29 January	United States	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems	Avondale, Louisiana	Pililaau	Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship
8 April	Netherlands	Koninklijke Schelde Groep	Flushing	De Zeven Provinciën	De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
1 May	Japan	Tsuneishi Holdings Corporation	Nakatado District, Kagawa	Maersk Wind	Vehicle transporter	For A P Møller, Singapore
6 May	United Kingdom	BAE Systems Naval Ships (YSL)	Glasgow, Scotland	St Albans	Type 23 frigate
12 May	Russia	Baltic Shipyard	St. Petersburg	Talwar	Talwar-class frigate	For Indian Navy
17 June	Australia	Tenix Defence Systems	Williamstown, Victoria	Parramatta	Anzac-class frigate
21 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Bulkeley	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
2 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	McCampbell	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
28 July	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Watkins	Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
2 August	United Kingdom	Ferguson Shipbuilders	Port Glasgow	Hebrides	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
25 September	Japan			Akebono	Murasame-class destroyer
29 September	Italy	Fincantieri Marghera Yard	Venice, Italy	Pride of Rotterdam	Cruiseferry	For P&O Ferries
16 October	Japan			Ariake	Murasame-class destroyer
11 November	United States	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems	Avondale, Louisiana	Brittin	Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship
18 November	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Superfast VII	Ro-Pax ferry	For Superfast Ferries
18 November	Netherlands	Ferus Smit B.V	Westerbroek	Morgenstond III	Cargo ship	For C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Morgenstond III
18 November	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Superfast IX	Ro-Pax ferry	For Superfast Ferries
22 November	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Shoup	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
24 November	Russia	Baltic Shipyard	St. Petersburg	Trishul	Talwar-class frigate	For Indian Navy
27 November	Japan			Isoshio	Oyashio-class submarine
28 November	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Superfast VIII	Ro-Pax ferry	For Superfast Ferries