List of ship launches in 1981

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The list of ship launches in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1981.

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DateCountryBuilderLocationShipClass / typeNotes
28 JanuaryFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Frankfurt Express Container ship For Hapag-Lloyd
6 FebruaryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Lev Tolstoy Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry For Black Sea Shipping Company. [1]
7 FebruaryFlag of the United States.svg  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Mahlon S. Tisdale Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigateFor United States Navy. [2]
10 FebruaryFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Setoshio Yūshio-class submarineFor Japanese Navy.
20 MarchFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Koyo Dockyard Mihara, Japan Harbel Tapper Bulk carrier
21 MarchFlag of the United States.svg  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Houston Los Angeles-class submarineFor United States Navy. [3]
21 MarchFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Isomeria LPG carrier For Shell Tankers Ltd. [4]
28 MarchFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Almirante Brown Almirante Brown-class destroyerFor Argentine Navy.
4 AprilFlag of the United States.svg  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Stephen W. Groves Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigateFor United States Navy. [2]
17 AprilFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Konstantin Simonov Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry For Baltic Sea Shipping Company. [5]
25 AprilFlag of the United States.svg  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut City of Corpus Christi Los Angeles-class submarineFor United States Navy. [3]
25 AprilFlag of the United States.svg  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Ticonderoga Ticonderoga-class cruiserFor United States Navy. [6]
30 AprilFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Werft 340 Selenodolsk SKR-35 Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy.
14 MayFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Merchant IIType FV 610 RoRo-shipFor Per Henriksen. [7]
16 MayFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Abraham Crijnssen Kortenaer-class frigateFor Royal Netherlands Navy.
16 MayFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Jan van Brakel Kortenaer-class frigateFor Royal Netherlands Navy.
19 MayFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Trelleborg FerryFor Statens Järnvägars Färjedrift. [8]
19 MayFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Pisagua Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy.
22 MayFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg GV 909 Cruiseferry Ordered by Sessan Linjen, order cancelled before delivery
22 MayFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany AG Weser Bremen St. Michaelis Tanker For Hamburg Süd. [9]
29 MayFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Köln Bremen-class frigate For German Navy.
2 JuneFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Ark Royal Invincible-class aircraft carrierFor Royal Navy.
17 JuneFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Boxer Type 22 frigateFor Royal Navy.
27 JuneFlag of the United States.svg  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Reid Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigateFor United States Navy. [2]
1 JulyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Trafalgar Trafalgar-class submarineFor Royal Navy.
2 JulyFlag of the United States.svg  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Crommelin Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigateFor United States Navy.
18 JulyFlag of the United States.svg  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Willamette Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oilerFor United States Navy.
24 JulyFlag of the United States.svg  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine John L. Hall Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigateFor United States Navy. [2]
4 AugustFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Shirayuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyerFor Japanese Navy.
22 AugustFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Stocznia im Lenina Gdańsk Stena Germanica FerryFor Stena Line. [10]
23 AugustFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Leninsky Komsomol Shipyard Komsomolsk-on-Amur Chita Kilo-class submarine For Soviet Navy. [11]
4 SeptemberFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Supplier IItype FV 610 RoRo-shipFor Mercandia rederiet A/S. [12]
25 SeptemberFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg La Argentina Almirante Brown-class destroyerFor Argentine Navy.
10 OctoberFlag of France.svg  France Dubigeon-Normandie Nantes Scandinavia Cruiseferry For Scandinavian World Cruises.
13 OctoberFlag of the United States.svg  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Halyburton Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigateFor United States Navy. [2]
17 OctoberFlag of the United States.svg  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Aubrey Fitch Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigateFor United States Navy. [2]
17 OctoberFlag of the United States.svg  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Jarrett Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigateFor United States Navy. [2]
19 OctoberFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Blume Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy.
31 OctoberFlag of the United States.svg  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Norfolk Los Angeles-class submarineFor United States Navy. [3]
14 NovemberFlag of the United States.svg  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Florida Ohio-class submarineFor United States Navy. [13]
17 NovemberFlag of France.svg  France Jean de Vienne Georges Leygues-class frigateFor French Navy.
26 NovemberFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki Song of America Cruise shipFor Royal Caribbean International.
5 DecemberFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany AG Weser Seebeckswerft Bremerhaven Olau Britannia Cruiseferry For Olau Line.
22 DecemberFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Importer IIIType FV 610 RoRo-shipFor Per Henriksen. [14]
24 DecemberFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Werft 340 Selenodolsk SKR 481 Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy.

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 641.
  3. 1 2 3 Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 618.
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  6. ↑ Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 628.
  7. ↑ "M/S MERCANDIAN MERCHANT II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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  9. ↑ "DNV GL: Petrojarl Cidade de Rio das Ostras" . Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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