| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
4 January | Finland | Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards | Turku | Viking Saga | cruiseferry | For Rederi Ab Sally |
5 January | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | BP Harrier | Tanker | For BP Oil Ltd.[1] |
12 January | Denmark | Alborg Vaerft | Aalborg, Denmark | Olfert Fischer | Niels Juel-class corvette | For Royal Danish Navy |
12 January | Soviet Union | Werft 340 | Zelenodolsk | SKR 482 | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy |
16 January | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Boone | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
18 January | Japan | Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding | | Sea-Land Mariner | D9-class container ship | For Sea-Land Corporation |
23 January | Poland | Gdańsk Shipyard | Gdańsk | Pogoria | Sail training ship | |
25 January | West Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Aradu | MEKO 360 frigate | |
1 February | West Germany | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | Uthlande | ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[2] |
15 February | Finland | Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards | Turku | Viking Song | cruiseferry | For Rederi Ab Sally |
16 February | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Clifton Sprague | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
16 February | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | McKee | Emory S. Land-class submarine tender | |
18 February | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Southampton, England | Nottingham | Type 42 destroyer | |
1 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Scott | Kidd-class destroyer | |
1 March | Australia | Carrington Slipways | Tomago, New South Wales | Tobruk | Modified Round Table-class landing ship logistics | |
4 March | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Brazen | Type 22 frigate | |
12 March | Japan | | | Mochishio | Yūshio-class submarine | |
5 January | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | BP Hunter | Tanker | For BP Oil Ltd.[3] |
14 March | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Cakra | Cakra-class submarine | For Indonesian Navy |
15 March | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Carl Vinson | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | |
15 March | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Lewis B. Puller | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
18 March | Japan | | | Ishikari | destroyer escort | |
20 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | St Christopher | Ferry | For Sealink.[4] |
29 March | Turkey | | | Tuzla | General cargo ship | For Cayeli Shipping |
1 April | West Germany | Schiffswerft und Maschf. Max Sieghold | Bremerhaven | Bugsier 14 | tugboat | For Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft[5] |
19 April | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Boston | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
26 April | West 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 | Ohio-class submarine | |
15 May | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Flatley | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
17 May | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Merrimack | Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler | |
30 May | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Stark | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
31 May | France | | | Montcalm | Georges Leygues-class frigate | |
6 June | Denmark | Frederikshavn Vaerft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Trader II | type FV 610 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen[6] |
9 June | West Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Niedersachsen | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy |
21 June | Soviet Union | Werft 340 | Zelenodolsk | SKR-28 | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy |
28 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Chandler | Kidd-class destroyer | |
11 July | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Cableman | Tanker | For C. Rowbotham and Sons (Management) Ltd.[7] |
25 July | Finland | Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards | Turku | Finlandia | cruiseferry | For Effoa. Planned name when launched was Skandia |
26 July | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Copeland | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
1 August | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Prinsesse Ragnhild | Cruiseferry | For Jahre Line |
2 August | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Cape Cod | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender | |
16 August | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Atlanta | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
27 August | Canada | Burrard Yarrows Corp. Vancouver Division | North Vancouver | Queen of Surrey | C-class ferry | For BC Ferries[8] |
30 August | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Jack Williams | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
3 September | West Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Rheinland-Pfalz | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy |
4 September | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Nanggala | Cakra-class submarine | For Indonesian Navy |
25 September | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Liverpool | Type 42 destroyer | |
25 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | St David | Ferry | For Sealink. |
26 September | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Sydney | Adelaide-class frigate | For Royal Australian Navy |
21 October | Finland | Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards | Turku | Silvia Regina | cruiseferry | For Rederi AB Svea |
30 October | Canada | Burrard Yarrows Corp. Victoria Division | Victoria | Queen Oak Bay | C-class ferry | For BC Ferries[9] |
31 October | Denmark | Aalborg Vaerft | Aalborg | Tropicale | Cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Lines |
7 November | Japan | | | Hatsuyuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | |
8 November | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Kinterbury | Naval stores carrier | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[10] |
16 November | Netherlands | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Bloys van Treslong | Kortenaer-class frigate | |
22 November | West 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 | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
17 December | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Emden | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy |
20 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Gallery | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Flower of Bristol | Passenger launch | For Bristol Packet Boat Trips.[11] |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Pill Hobbler II | Launch | For Pill Hobblers.[12] |
Date unknown | Hong Kong | Chung Wah Shipyard | Hong Kong | Salvageman | Salvage tug | For United Towing Ltd. |
Date unknown | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Serenity | Passenger launch | For private owner.[14] |