List of ship launches in 2004

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The list of ship launches in 2004 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2004. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Builder and location	Ship	Class and type	Operator	Notes
January 7	Template:Flagicon DCNS, Lorient, France	Template:RSS		Template:Flagicon Republic of Singapore Navy
January 9	Template:Flagicon Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States			Template:Navy/core
January 22	Template:Flagicon Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany		Sietas type 178 container ship	Template:Flagicon Reederei Winfried Eicke
February 9	Template:Flagicon Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany		Sietas type 168 container ship
February 15	Template:Flagicon Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea		OOCL SX-class container ship	Template:Flagicon Orient Overseas Container Line
February 25	Template:Flagicon Odense Staalskibsvaerft, Lindø, Denmark	Template:HDMS	auxiliary frigate	Template:Navy/core	first ship of her class
February 25	Template:Flagicon Odense Staalskibsvaerft, Lindø, Denmark		Mærsk A-class container ship	Template:Flagicon Mærsk Line
February 28	Template:Flagicon Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry, Xiamen, China		type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship	Template:Flagicon Rickmers Group
March 8	Template:Flagicon Astellios Hijos de J. Barreras, Vigo, Spain		ferry	Template:Flagicon Naviera Armas
March 13	Template:Flagicon Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany			Template:Flagicon Royal Caribbean International
March 13	Germany		Carrack
March 14	Template:Flagicon Taizhou Yongtai Shipbuilding, Taixing, China	Zelek Star	General cargo ship	Template:Flagicon Fuden Shipping & Trading
March 20	Template:Flagicon Tenix Defence Systems, Williamstown, Australia			Template:Navy/core
March 22	Template:Flagicon Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany	Pioneer Sea	Sietas type 178 container ship
April 3	Template:Flagicon Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States			Template:Navy/core
April 19	Template:Flagicon BAE Systems, Glasgow, Scotland			Template:Navy/core
April 22	Template:Flagicon HDW, Kiel, Germany		Type 214 submarine	Template:Navy/core
April 22	Template:Flagicon Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany		Sietas type 178 container ship	Template:Flagicon Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG
April 28	Template:Flagicon Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea		Sealand-New-York-type container ship	Template:Flagicon Maersk
1 May	Template:Flagicon Kvaerner Masa Yards, Turku, Finland		Cruiseferry	Template:Flagicon Color Line	largest cruiseferry in the world when delivered
13 May	Template:Flagicon Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States			Template:Navy/core
15 May	Template:Flagicon Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Okpo, South Korea			Template:Flagicon Hamburg Süd
June 3	Template:Flagicon Navantia, Ferrol, Spain	Template:HNoMS		Template:Navy/core
June 4	Template:Flagicon Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, India	Template:INS		Template:Navy/core
June 15	Template:Flagicon Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany	Template:SAS	Type 209 submarine	Template:Navy/core
June 18	Template:Flagicon Peene-Werft, Wolgast, Germany		Multi-purpose vessel	Template:Flagicon Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Stralsund
June 21	Template:Flagicon Odense Staalskibsvaerft, Lindø, Denmark		Mærsk A-class container ship	Template:Flagicon Mærsk Line
June 26	Template:Flagicon Fincantieri, Marghera, Italy			Template:Flagicon P&O Cruises
July 3	Template:Flagicon ST Engineering, Benoi, Singapore			Template:Navy/core
July 20	Template:Flagicon Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy		amphibious assault aircraft carrier	Template:Navy/core
July 27	Template:Flagicon Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany		Sietas type 178 container ship	Template:Flagicon Reederei Rambow
July 30	Template:Flagicon Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Okpo, South Korea			Template:Flagicon Hamburg Süd
August 26	Japan			Template:Navy/core
August	Template:Flagicon HDW, Kiel, (Germany)	Template:GS	Type 212 submarine	Template:Navy/core
September 8	Template:Flagicon Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA, Galați, Romania		Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship
September 14	Template:Flagicon Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany		Sietas type 178 container ship	Template:Flagicon Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG
October 2	Template:Flagicon Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States			Template:Navy/core
October 6	Template:Flagicon Brest Arsenal, Brest, France			Template:Navy/core
October 16	Template:Flagicon Volkswerft Stralsund, Stralsund, Germany		VW 2500-type container ship
October 18	Template:Flagicon Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany		Eilbek-class container ship	Template:Flagicon Hansa Hamburg Shipping
October 18	Template:Flagicon Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, Germany		Sietas type 178 container ship	Template:Flagicon Hammonia Reederei
October 25	Template:Flagicon Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA, Galați, Romania		Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship
October 30	Template:Flagicon Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany			Template:Flagicon Hansa Hamburg Shipping
October 30	Template:Flagicon Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Okpo, South Korea			Template:Flagicon Hamburg Süd
November 4	Japan	Template:JDS		Template:Navy/core
November 12	Template:Flagicon Navatia, Ferrol, Spain			Template:Navy/core
November 13	Template:Flagicon Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States			Template:Navy/core
November 18	Template:Flagicon Astellios Hijos de J. Barreras, Vigo, Spain		ferry	Template:Flagicon Naviera Armas
November 19	Template:Flagicon Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States			Template:Navy/core
November 24	Template:Flagicon Navantia, Cartagena, Spain			Template:Navy/core
November 27	Template:Flagicon Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea			Template:Flagicon Orient Overseas Container Line
December 9	Template:Flagicon Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany		container ship	Template:Flagicon COSCO
December 11	Template:Flagicon Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States			Template:Navy/core
December 16	Template:Flagicon Kockums, Malmö, Sweden	Template:HSwMS		Template:Navy/core
December 18	Template:Flagicon Fincantieri, Muggiano, Italy		Type 212 submarine	Template:Navy/core
Unknown date	Template:Flagicon Zhoushan Shipyard, Zhoushan, China		Container ship	Template:Flagicon Brise Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG
Unknown date	Template:Flagicon STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, Jinhae-gu, South Korea		Tanker		Renamed the Maersk Peary in 2011 and leased to the Military Sealift Command
Unknown date	United Kingdom David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol	Corrine Marin	Barge	For private owner.
Unknown date	Template:Flagicon Oshima Shipbuilding, Japan		Container ship / bulk carrier	Template:Flagicon Masterbulk