List of ship launches in 2006

The list of ship launches in 2006 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2006.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
1 February	United Kingdom	BAE Systems Naval Ships (YSL)	Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland	Daring	Type 45 destroyer
19 February	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Pride of Hawaii	Jewel-class cruise ship	For Norwegian Cruise Line
20 February	Germany	Fassmer	Berne	Hanseatic Explorer		For Harren & Partner
30 March	India	Mazagon Dock Limited	Mumbai	Kolkata	Kolkata-class destroyer
19 April	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Braunschweig	Braunschweig-class corvette
28 April	Spain	Navantia	Ferrol	Otto Sverdrup	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate	For Royal Norwegian Navy
28 April	United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat		USS Hawaii	Virginia-class submarine	For US Navy
9 May	Singapore	ST Engineering	Benoi	Supreme	Formidable-class frigate
13 May	Netherlands	Koninklijke Schelde Groep	Flushing	Johan de Witt	Rotterdam-class amphibious transport dock
1 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Emerald Princess	Grand-class cruise ship	For Princess Cruises
9 June	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries		Son Won-il	Type 214 submarine	For South Korean Navy
14 June	United Kingdom	VT Group	HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England	Clyde	River-class patrol vessel
17 June	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Hawaii	Virginia-class submarine
24 June	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Sacagawea	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
30 June	Germany	Lindenau	Kiel	Seacoud		For German Tanker Shipping
12 July	France	DCN	Lorient	Chevalier Paul	Horizon-class frigate
4 August	Italy	Fincantieri	Sestri Ponente	Costa Serena	Concordia-class cruise ship	For Costa Cruises
10 August	Pakistan	Karachi Shipyard	Karachi	Hamza	Agosta 90B class submarine
11 August	United States	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems	Avondale, Louisiana	Green Bay	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
30 August	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Ashigara	Atago-class destroyer
6 September	Germany	Lürssen	Bremen-Vegesack	Magdeburg	Braunschweig-class corvette
12 September	Poland	Remontowa Group	Gdańsk	Argyle	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
16 September	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Sampson	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
22 September	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Makin Island	Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
23 September	United States	Marinette Marine	Marinette, Wisconsin	Freedom	Freedom-class littoral combat ship
29 September	United States	NGSS Ingalls	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Bertholf	Legend-class cutter
9 October	United States	Northrop Grumman	Newport News, Virginia	George H.W. Bush	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
15 October	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Norwegian Pearl	Jewel-class cruise ship	For Norwegian Cruise Line
6 November	Japan			Mochishio	Oyashio-class submarine
11 November	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Fram	Cruise ship	For Hurtigruten Group
18 November	Australia	Tenix	Williamstown, Victoria	Otago	Protector-class offshore patrol vessel	For Royal New Zealand Navy
23 November	Finland	Aker Finnyards	Helsinki	Star	Cruiseferry	For Tallink
? November	Greece	Hellenic Shipyards	Chaidari	Pipinos	Type 214 submarine	For Greece Navy
6 December	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Alan Shepard	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
15 December	Finland	Aker Finnyards	Turku	Color Magic	Cruiseferry	For Color Line; largest cruiseferry in the world when delivered; completed at Aker Finnyards' Rauma shipyard
Unknown date	Singapore	Damen Group	Singapore	Bornholm Express	Fast Passenger Ferry	For Christansøfarten, Gudhjem, Denmark.
Unknown date	Spain	Astilleros de Huelva	Huelva	Clipper Point	Roll-on/roll-off Ferry	For Seatruck Ferries "Heysham Max" vessel for Heysham Warrenpoint route.