List of ship launches in 1980

The list of ship launches in 1980 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1980.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
4 January	Finland	Wärtsilä	Turku	Viking Saga	cruiseferry	For Rederi Ab Sally
12 January	Denmark	Alborg Vaerft	Alborg, Denmark	Olfert Fischer	Template:Sclass-	For Royal Danish Navy
12 January	SUN	Werft 340	Selenodolsk	SKR 482	Koni-class frigate	For Sovjet Nany
16 January	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Boone	Template:Sclass-
23 January	Poland	Gdańsk Shipyard	Gdańsk	Pogoria	Sail training ship
25 January	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Aradu	MEKO 360 frigate
15 February	Finland	Wärtsilä	Turku	Viking Song	cruiseferry	For Rederi Ab Sally
16 February	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Clifton Sprague	Template:Sclass-
16 February	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	McKee	Template:Sclass-
18 February	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Southampton, England	Nottingham	Type 42 destroyer
1 March	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Scott	Template:Sclass-
1 March	Australia	Carrington Slipways	Tomago, New South Wales	Tobruk	Modified Template:Sclass2-
4 March	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Brazen	Type 22 frigate
12 March	Japan			Mochishio	Template:Sclass-
15 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Carl Vinson	Template:Sclass-
15 March	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Lewis B. Puller	Template:Sclass-
18 March	Japan			Ishikari	destroyer escort
19 April	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Boston	Template:Sclass-
26 April	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Viking Sally	cruiseferry	Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally.
29 April	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Michigan	Template:Sclass-
15 May	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Flatley	Template:Sclass-
17 May	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Merrimack	Template:Sclass-
30 May	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Stark	Template:Sclass-
31 May	France			Montcalm	Template:Sclass-
21 June	SUN	Werft 340	Selenodolsk	SKR-28	Koni-class frigate	For Sovjet Nany
28 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Chandler	Template:Sclass-
25 July	Finland	Wärtsilä	Turku	Finlandia	cruiseferry	For Effoa. Planned name when launched was Skandia
26 July	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Copeland	Template:Sclass-
1 August	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Prinsesse Ragnhild	Cruiseferry	For Jahre Line
2 August	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Cape Cod	Template:Sclass-
16 August	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Atlanta	Template:Sclass-
30 August	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Jack Williams	Template:Sclass-
25 September	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead, England	Liverpool	Type 42 destroyer
26 September	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Sydney	Template:Sclass-	For Royal Australian Navy
21 October	Finland	Wärtsilä	Turku	Silvia Regina	cruiseferry	For Rederi AB Svea
31 October	Denmark	Aalborg Vaerft	Aalborg	Tropicale	Cruise ship	For Carnival Cruise Lines
7 November	Japan			Hatsuyuki	Template:Sclass-
16 November	Netherlands	Wilton-Fijenoord	Schiedam	Bloys van Treslong	Template:Sclass-
22 November	Germany	AG Weser Seebeckswerft	Bremerhaven	Olau Hollandia	Cruiseferry	For Olau Line
24 November	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness, England	Manchester	Type 42 destroyer
5 December	Sweden	Öresundsvarvet	Landskrona	Gotland	Cruiseferry	For Rederi AB Gotland; chartered to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna as Wasa Star on delivery
13 December	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Baltimore	Template:Sclass-
20 December	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Gallery	Template:Sclass-