| Date |
Ship |
Class / type |
Builder |
Location |
Country |
Notes |
| 21 January |
Marlborough |
Type 23 frigate |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend |
 United Kingdom |
|
| 31 January |
Jintsū |
Abukuma-class destroyer escort |
|
|
 Japan |
|
| 2 February |
Kalkgrund |
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats |
Kröger Shipyard |
Schacht-Audorf |
 West Germany |
For German Navy |
| 24 February |
Lady Diana |
yacht |
Flender Werke |
Lübeck |
West Germany |
For NAVTOL[1] |
| 7 March |
Lord of the Isles |
Ferry |
Ferguson Shipbuilders |
Port Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
For Caledonian MacBrayne |
| 11 March |
Cowpens |
Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
 United States |
|
| 17 March |
Seabourn Spirit |
Cruise ship |
Schichau Seebeckwerft |
Bremerhaven |
West Germany |
For Seabourn Cruise Line |
| 19 March |
Victory |
ferry |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Kobe |
Japan |
For Higashi Nippon Ferry Co.[2] |
| 7 April |
Lady Sarah |
yacht |
Flender Werke |
Lübeck |
West Germany |
[3] |
| 8 April |
Argyll |
Type 23 frigate |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
|
| 15 April |
Cinderella |
Cruiseferry |
Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard |
Turku |
 Finland |
For SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
| 26 April |
Mittelgrund |
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats |
Elsflether Shipyard |
Elsflether |
West Germany |
For German Navy |
| 5 May |
Arco Axe |
Dredger |
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. |
Appledore |
United Kingdom |
For Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd.[4] |
| 5 May |
Melbourne |
Adelaide-class frigate |
AMECON |
Williamstown, Victoria |
 Australia |
|
| 6 May |
Rushmore |
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
United States |
|
| 26 June |
Vasco da Gama |
Vasco da Gama-class frigate |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
West Germany |
|
| 2 July |
Gettysburg |
Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
United States |
|
| 3 July |
Scranton |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
United States |
|
| 8 July |
Vancouver |
Halifax-class frigate |
Saint John Shipbuilding |
Saint John, New Brunswick |
 Canada |
|
| 13 July |
Bant |
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats |
Kröger Shipyard |
Schacht-Audorf |
West Germany |
For German Navy |
| 19 July |
Reina Sofía |
Santa María-class frigate |
Bazan |
Ferrol |
 Spain |
|
| 22 July |
Henry Eckford |
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler |
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
United States |
|
| 26 July |
Harushio |
Harushio-class submarine |
|
|
Japan |
|
| 25 August |
Nordic Empress |
Cruise ship |
Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Saint-Nazaire |
 France |
For Royal Caribbean International |
| 27 August |
Kalypso |
Cruiseferry |
Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard |
Turku |
Finland |
For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic |
| 1 September |
Chosin |
Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
United States |
|
| 11 September |
Umigiri |
Asagiri-class destroyer |
|
|
Japan |
|
| 12 September |
Kaiwo Maru II |
Four-masted Barque |
Sumitomo Heavy Industries |
|
Japan |
|
| 16 September |
Arleigh Burke |
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
United States |
|
| 23 September |
Pecos |
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
United States |
|
| September |
Shankul |
Type 209 submarine |
Mazagon Dock Limited |
Mumbai |
 India |
For Indian Navy |
| September |
William M |
Z-drive tug |
North American Shipbuilding |
|
United States |
For Alpha Marine Services |
| 2 October |
Breitgrund |
Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats |
Elsfleth Shipyard |
Elsfleth |
West Germany |
For German Navy |
| 14 October |
West Virginia |
Ohio-class submarine |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
United States |
|
| 27 October |
City of London |
Dredger |
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. |
Appledore |
United Kingdom |
For United Marine Dredgers Ltd.[5] |
| 31 October |
RMS St Helena |
Royal Mail Ship |
Hall, Russell & Company |
Aberdeen |
United Kingdom |
|
| 6 November |
Silja Serenade |
Cruiseferry |
Wärtsilä Marine (estate) Perno shipyard |
Turku |
Finland |
For Effoa for Silja Line traffic |
| 11 November |
Ashland |
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship |
Avondale Shipyard |
Avondale, Louisiana |
United States |
|
| 19 November |
Horizon |
Cruise ship |
Meyer Werft |
Papenburg |
West Germany |
For Celebrity Cruises |
| 5 December |
Shepparton |
Paluma-class motor launch |
|
|
Australia |
|
| 19 December |
Ōyodo |
Abukuma-class destroyer escort |
|
|
Japan |
|
| Unknown date |
Cheonan |
Pohang-class corvette |
|
|
 South Korea |
For Republic of Korea Navy |
| Unknown date |
Corsair |
Hovercraft |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
West Germany |
For Blohm + Voss (prototype) |
| Unknown date |
Happy Hooker |
Ferry |
Arklow Marine Services Inc. |
Arklow |
 Ireland |
For Doolin2Aran Ferries.[6] |
| Unknown date |
Maid of the Islands |
Ferry |
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. |
Bristol |
United Kingdom |
For Brownsea Island Ferries Ltd.[7] |
| Unknown date |
Melwey |
Pilot boat |
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. |
Bristol |
United Kingdom |
For Weymouth Harbour Board.[8] |
| Unknown date |
Tunas Samudera |
Brigantine |
Brooke Yachts International. |
Lowestoft |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Malaysian Navy.[9] |
| Unknown date |
Vigilance |
Survey ship |
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. |
Bristol |
United Kingdom |
For Environment Agency.[10] |
