Date
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Builder and location
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Ship
|
Class and type
|
Operator
|
Notes
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January 12
|
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States
|
Richard B. Russell
|
Sturgeon-class submarine
|
United States Navy
|
January 22
|
Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany
|
U-28
|
Type 206 submarine
|
German Navy
|
February 5
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland
|
Arrow
|
Type 21 frigate
|
Royal Navy
|
February 7
|
Helsingør Skibsværft og Maskinbyggeri, Helsingør, Denmark
|
Golden Odyssey
|
Cruise ship
|
Royal Cruise Lines
|
[1]
|
February 9
|
Rheinwerft Walsum, Duisburg-Walsum, Germany
|
Scharhörn
|
Multi-purpose vessel
|
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
|
February 22
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
|
Paul F. Foster
|
Spruance-class destroyer
|
United States Navy
|
February 22
|
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness, England
|
Cardiff
|
Type 42 destroyer
|
Royal Navy
|
February 22
|
Japan
|
Kuroshio
|
Uzushio-class submarine
|
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
|
March 15
|
Svendborg Ship Yard, Denmark
|
Agpa
|
Agdlek-class cutter
|
Royal Danish Navy
|
[2]
|
March 21
|
Lürssen, Bremen, West Germany
|
Falke
|
Albatros-class fast attack craft
|
German Navy
|
March 28
|
Meyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany
|
Viking 5
|
Ferry
|
Rederi Ab Sally
|
March
|
Bazán, Cartagena, Spain
|
Marsopa
|
Daphné-class submarine
|
Spanish Navy
|
[3][4]
|
April 4
|
Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany
|
U-30
|
Type 206 submarine
|
German Navy
|
April 5
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, West Germany
|
Arica
|
Type 209 submarine
|
Peruvian Navy
|
April 6
|
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States
|
Los Angeles
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
United States Navy
|
April 10
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, West Germany
|
Pijao
|
Type 209 submarine
|
Colombian National Navy
|
May 25
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
|
Kinkaid
|
Spruance-class destroyer
|
United States Navy
|
May 25
|
Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany
|
U-23
|
Type 206 submarine
|
German Navy
|
May 29
|
Japan
|
Teshio
|
Chikugo-class destroyer escort
|
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
|
June 21
|
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
|
Coventry
|
Type 42 destroyer
|
Royal Navy
|
July 16
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, West Germany
|
Tayrona
|
Type 209 submarine
|
Colombian National Navy
|
July 18
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
|
Saipan
|
Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
|
United States Navy
|
July 19
|
Dubegion-Normandie, Nantes, France
|
Svea Corona
|
Svea Corona-class ferry
|
Rederi AB Svea
|
Used on the Silja Line, first ship in its class
|
July 26
|
, Helsingør Værft A/S, Helsingør, Denmark
|
Mette Mols
|
Ferry
|
Mols Linien A/S
|
[5]
|
August 17
|
DCNS, France
|
Indomptable
|
Redoutable-class submarine
|
French Navy
|
August 22
|
Japan
|
Yoshino
|
Chikugo-class destroyer escort
|
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
|
August 24
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
|
Hewitt
|
Spruance-class destroyer
|
United States Navy
|
September 15
|
Dubegion-Normandie, Nantes, France
|
Wellamo
|
Svea Corona-class Ferry
|
Finland Steamship Company
|
For operation on the Silja Line
|
September 16
|
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering, Greenock, Scotland
|
Orion
|
Oberon-class submarine
|
Royal Australian Navy
|
September 18
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland
|
Alacrity
|
Type 21 frigate
|
Royal Navy
|
September 20
|
Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark
|
Cunard Countess
|
Cruise ship
|
Cunard Line
|
October 19
|
Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States
|
Philadelphia
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
United States Navy
|
October 23
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, West Germany
|
Atilay
|
Atilay-class submarine
|
Turkish Navy
|
October 26
|
Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, West Germany
|
Nils Holgersson
|
Roll-on/roll-off passenger car ferry
|
TT-Line
|
November 9
|
ANFE Rio Santiago, Ensenada, Argentina
|
Santísima Trinidad
|
Type 42 destroyer
|
Argentine Navy
|
November 10
|
AG Weser, Bremen, West Germany
|
Ioannis Colocotronis
|
Europatanker ultra large crude carrier
|
Viavela Armadora S.A
|
November 28
|
Zhdanov, Leningrad, Soviet Union
|
Vasily Chapayev
|
Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship
|
Soviet Navy
|
November 30
|
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Barrow-in-Furness, England
|
Superb
|
Swiftsure-class submarine
|
Royal Navy
|
December 14
|
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States
|
Virginia
|
Virginia-class cruiser
|
United States Navy
|
December 18
|
Hellenic General Enterprises, Perama, Greece
|
Lemnos
|
|
Lemnos Maritime Co. GmbH
|
[6]
|
December 19
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
|
Elliot
|
Spruance-class destroyer
|
United States Navy
|
December 19
|
Helsingør Værft A/S, Helsingør, Denmark
|
Maren Mols
|
Ferry
|
Mols Linien A/S[7]
|
December
|
Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark
|
Cunard Conquest
|
Cruise ship
|
Cunard Line
|
December
|
Bazán, Cartagena, Spain
|
Narval
|
Daphné-class submarine
|
Spanish Navy
|
[3]
|
unknown date
|
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
|
Puerto Rico
|
Ro-ro cargo ship
|
Navieras de Puerto Rico Steamship Company
|
unknown date
|
Kröger, Rendsburg, West Germany
|
Spessart
|
Rhön-class tanker
|
|
Commissioned into German Navy in 1977
|