The list of ship commissionings in 1972 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1972.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Pennant | Other notes | |
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27 January | Swedish Lloyd | Saga | Sweden | Ferry | Formerly Hispania with the same company | |
7 February | Stena Line | Stena Atlantica | Sweden | Ferry | Formerly Saga with Swedish Lloyd (not the Saga above) | |
17 February | Finland Steamship Company | Aallotar | Finland | Ferry | For Silja Line traffic | |
18 March | Baltic Shipping Company | Mikhail Lermontov | Soviet Union | Ivan Franko-class passenger liner | ||
25 May | Rederi AB Svea | Svea Regina | Sweden | Ferry | For Silja Line traffic | |
19 April | Rederi Ab Sally | Viking 3 | Finland | Ferry | For Viking Line traffic | |
15 July | Jydsk Færgefart A/S | Kattegat | Denmark | Ferry | ||
28 July | National Navy of Uruguay | 18 De Julio | Dealey-class destroyer escort | DE-3 | Ex-USS Dealey | |
25 October | Soviet Navy | Admiral Makarov | Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship | |||
11 December | Rederi AB Slite | Diana | Sweden | Ferry | For Viking Line traffic | |
Unknown | Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela | Tiburon | Balao-class submarine | S-12 | Ex-USS Cubera |
Ship events in 1972 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
Ship commissionings: | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
Shipwrecks: | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
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