List of ship launches in 1989

The list of ship launches in 1989 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1989.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
21 January	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Marlborough	Type 23 frigate
31 January	Japan			Jintsu	Abukuma-class destroyer escort
2 February	Germany	Kröger Shipyard	Schacht-Audorf	Kalkgrund	Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats	For German Navy
7 March	United Kingdom	Ferguson Shipbuilders	Port Glasgow	Lord of the Isles	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
11 March	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Cowpens	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
17 March	West Germany	Schichau Seebeckwerft	Bremerhaven	Seabourn Spirit	Cruise ship	For Seabourn Cruise Line
8 April	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Argyll	Type 23 frigate
15 April	Finland	Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard	Turku	Cinderella	Cruiseferry	For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
26 April	Germany	Elsflether Shipyard	Elsflether	Mittelgrund	Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats	For German Navy
5 May	Australia	AMECON	Williamstown, Victoria	Melbourne	Adelaide-class frigate
6 May	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Rushmore	Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
26 June	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Vasco da Gama	Vasco da Gama-class frigate
2 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Gettysburg	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
3 July	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Scranton	Los Angeles-class submarine
8 July	Canada	Saint John Shipbuilding	Saint John, New Brunswick	Vancouver	Halifax-class frigate
13 July	Germany	Kröger Shipyard	Schacht-Audorf	Bant	Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats	For German Navy
19 July	Spain	Bazan	Ferrol	Reina Sofía	Santa María-class frigate
22 July	United States	Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Henry Eckford	Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
26 July	Japan			Harushio	Harushio-class submarine
25 August	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire	Nordic Empress	Cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
27 August	Finland	Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard	Turku	Kalypso	Cruiseferry	For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
1 September	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Chosin	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
11 September	Japan			Umigiri	Asagiri-class destroyer
12 September	Japan	Sumitomo Heavy Industries		Kaiwo Maru II	Four-masted Barque
16 September	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Arleigh Burke	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
23 September	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Pecos	Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
2 October	Germany	Elsfleth Shipyard	Elsfleth	Breitgrund	Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats	For German Navy
14 October	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	West Virginia	Ohio-class submarine
6 November	Finland	Wärtsilä Marine (estate) Perno shipyard	Turku	Silja Serenade	Cruiseferry	For Effoa for Silja Line traffic
11 November	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Ashland	Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
19 November	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Horizon	Cruise ship	For Celebrity Cruises
5 December	Australia			Shepparton	Paluma-class survey motor launch
19 December	Japan			Ohyodo	Abukuma-class destroyer escort
Unknown date	South Korea			Cheonan	Pohang-class corvette	For Republic of Korea Navy