List of ship launches in 1983

The list of ship launches in 1983 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1983.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
15 January	Australia	North Queensland Engineers and Agents	Cairns, Queensland	Cessnock	Template:Sclass-
17 January	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Yorktown	Template:Sclass-
20 January	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Nizhneyansk	SA-15-class cargo ship
25 January	Japan			Yubetsu	Template:Sclass-
27 January	Japan			Nadashio	Template:Sclass-
23 February	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Igarka	SA-15-class cargo ship
26 February	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Carr	Template:Sclass-
4 March	Argentina	Río Santiago Shipyard	La Plata	Rosales	Template:Sclass-
9 March	Australia	North Queensland Engineers and Agents	Cairns, Queensland	Bendigo	Template:Sclass-
19 March	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Minneapolis-Saint Paul	Template:Sclass-
14 April	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Edinburgh	Type 42 destroyer
16 April	Poland	Stocznia im Lenina	Gdańsk	Stena Germanica	ferry	For Stena Line
23 April	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Nicholas	Template:Sclass-
29 April	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Thomson	Type 209 submarine	For Armada de Chile
30 April	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Olympia	Template:Sclass-
1 June	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Monchegorsk	SA-15-class cargo ship
10 June	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Whidbey Island	Template:Sclass-
11 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Giuseppe Garibaldi	Light V/STOL aircraft carrier
24 June	Argentina	Río Santiago Shipyard	La Plata	Spiro	Template:Sclass-
9 July	Australia	North Queensland Engineers and Agents	Cairns, Queensland	Gawler	Template:Sclass-
14 July	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Arkhangelsk	SA-15-class cargo ship
16 July	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Rentz	Template:Sclass-
29 July	Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Simpson	Type 209 submarine	For Armada de Chile
13 August	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Robert G. Bradley	Template:Sclass-
20 August	East Germany	VEB Peene-Werft	Wolgast	Vogtland	Ohre-class Barracks ship	For Volksmarine
27 August	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Augusta	Template:Sclass-
27 August	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Hyman G. Rickover	Template:Sclass-
6 September	Japan			Haruyuki	Template:Sclass-
14 September	SUN	Sredne-Newski	Leningrad	Schuja	Tarantul-class corvette
19 September	Japan			Isoyuki	Template:Sclass-
24 September	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Honolulu	Template:Sclass-
15 October	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Henry M. Jackson	Template:Sclass-
22 October	Australia	North Queensland Engineers and Agents	Cairns, Queensland	Geraldton	Template:Sclass-
5 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Taylor	Template:Sclass-
11 November	SUN	Werft 129	Selenodolsk	Sokol	Koni-class frigate	For Sovjet Nany
15 November	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Amderma	SA-15-class cargo ship
16 November	Turkey	Marinewerft	Gölcük	TCG Doganay	Type 209 submarine	For Turkish Naval Forces
19 November	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Brave	Type 22 frigate
19 November	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Gary	Template:Sclass-
24 November	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Kemerovo	SA-15-class cargo ship
2 December	United Kingdom	Ferguson Ailsa Ltd	Port Glasgow	Isle of Arran	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
17 December	Germany	Elsflether Werft	Elsfleth	Mellum	Multi-purpose vessel	For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
19 December	Ireland	Verolme Dockyard	Rushbrook, Ireland	Eithne	Template:Sclass-	For Irish Naval Service
Date uncertain	People's Republic of China	Huludao Shipyard	Huludao, Liaoning Province	Changzheng 3	Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine
Date uncertain	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Okha	SA-15-class cargo ship
Date uncertain	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Bratsk	SA-15-class cargo ship
Date uncertain	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Tiksi	SA-15-class cargo ship
Date uncertain	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Kola	SA-15-class cargo ship