Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
4 January | Denmark | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Gigant | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen [da][1] |
12 January | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Alaska | Ohio-class submarine | |
21 January | Japan | | | Akishio | Yūshio-class submarine | |
1 February | West Germany | Husumer Schiffswerft | Husum | Pellworm | ferry | For Neue Pellwormer Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft GmbH[2] |
6 February | France | | | La Motte-Picquet | Georges Leygues-class frigate | |
8 February | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Reuben James | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
2 March | East Germany | VEB Peene-Werft | Wolgast | Börde | Ohre-class barracks ship | For Volksmarine |
4 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Auckland Star | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Blue Star Line.[3] |
11 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Bunker Hill | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
15 March | Finland | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Wellamo | Cruiseferry | For Effoa for Silja Line traffic |
19 March | East Germany | VEB Peene-Werft | Wolgast | Uckermarck | Ohre-class Barracks ship | For Volksmarine |
26 April | Finland | Valmet Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Anatoliy Kolesnichenko | SA-15 type cargo ship |
26 April | Denmark | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Continent | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen [da][4] |
27 April | Soviet Union | Werft 340 | Zelenodolsk | SKR-201 | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy |
5 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Pacific Sandpiper | Nuclear fuel carrier | For Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd.[5] |
5 June | Poland | Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego | Szczecin | Mikhail Sholokhov | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | For Far Eastern Shipping[6] |
11 June | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Shankush | Type 209 submarine | For Indian Navy |
1 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Canterbury Star | Refrigerate cargo ship | For Blue Star Line.[7] |
3 July | Japan | | | Setoyuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | |
4 July | United Kingdom | Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd | Selby | Hebridean Isles | Ferry | For Caledonian MacBrayne |
12 July | Finland | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Otso | Icebreaker | |
20 July | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Key West | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
9 August | Denmark | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Arrow | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen [da][8] |
22 August | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Mobile Bay | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
31 August | Finland | Wärtsilä Perno shipyard | Turku | Olympia | Cruiseferry | For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic |
12 September | Finland | Valmet Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Kapitan Man | SA-15 type cargo ship | |
14 September | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Nevada | Ohio-class submarine | |
28 September | West Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Homeric | Cruise ship | For Home Lines |
5 October | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Henry J. Kaiser | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
14 October | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Cornwall | Type 22 frigate | |
16 October | Japan | | | Asayuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | |
26 October | Sweden | Kockums | Malmö | Jubilee | Holiday-class cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Lines |
29 October | Finland | Valmet Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Birka Princess | Cruiseferry | For Birka Line |
2 November | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Oklahoma City | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
7 November | West Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Yavuz | Yavuz-class frigate | |
14 November | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Roebuck | Survey ship | For Royal Navy.[9] |
30 November | West Germany | Schichau Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | Peter Pan | Cruiseferry | For TT-Line |
14 December | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Louisville | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
14 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Thomas S. Gates | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
17 December | Brazil | Industrias Verolme Ishibras | | Berge Fjord | Ore carrier | |
20 December | Finland | Hollming | Rauma | Rautaruukki | Finnpusku pusher vessel | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Colliter | Workboat | For Bristol City Council.[10] |
Unknown date | Denmark | | | Danica White | Bulk carrier | [11] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Island Rose | Passenger launch | For Puffin Cruises.[12] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Leisure Scene | Passenger ship | For Blue Funnel Cruises.[13] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Rebecca Elaine | Fishing Vessel | For Hamble Fisheries Ltd.[14] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Seeker | Fishing vessel | For private owner.[15] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Babcock Marine Ltd. | Appledore | S.H.M. 5 | Barge | For Shoreham Harbour Board.[16] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Unity 2 | Fishing vessel | For private owner.[17] |