| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
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| 8 January | Karlsruhe | Bremen-class frigate | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | West Germany | For German Navy |
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| 23 January | Isomeria | LPG carrier | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Shell Tankers Ltd. [1] |
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| 28 January | Espora | Espora-class corvette | Río Santiago Shipyard | La Plata | Argentina | For Argentine Navy. |
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| 30 January | Platte | Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 3 February | Mercandian Governor | Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For K/S Merc Scandia XXIX. [2] |
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| 6 February | Shenandoah | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender | National Steel and Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 6 February | Underwood | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 17 February | Heroína | Almirante Brown-class destroyer | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | West Germany | For Argentine Navy |
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| 19 February | Carrianna Peony | B26-class Bulk Carrier | Austin & Pickersgill Ltd | Sunderland | Panama | For Pino Armadora S.A. [3] |
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| 22 February | Yubari | Yubari-class destroyer escort | | | Japan | For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. |
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| 26 February | Wimpy Seahunter | Offshore supply vessel | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Wimpey (Marine) Ltd. [4] |
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| 2 March | Hayler | Spruance-class destroyer | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 5 March | Okishio | Yūshio-class submarine | | | Japan | For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. |
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| 6 March | Curts | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 13 March | Albuquerque | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 26 March | Darwin | Adelaide-class frigate | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | United States | For Royal Australian Navy. |
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| 30 April | Mercandian President | Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For K/S Merc Scandia XXIX. [5] |
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| 8 May | Buffalo | Los Angeles-class submarine | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 8 May | Beaver | Type 22 frigate | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 22 May | Doyle | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 22 May | Príncipe de Asturias | V/STOL aircraft carrier | Bazán | Ferrol | Spain | For Spanish Navy. |
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| 27 May | Hamayuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | | | Japan | For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. |
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| 19 June | Echoman | Tanker | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Rowbotham Tankships Ltd. [6] |
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| 20 June | York | Type 42 destroyer | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 21 June | Sawayuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | | | Japan | For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. |
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| 23 June | Inflexible | Redoutable-class submarine | DCNS | Cherbourg | France | For French Navy. |
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| 3 July | British Skill | Tanker | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For BP. [7] |
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| 31 July | SKR-471 | Koni-class frigate | Werft 4340 | Zelenodolsk | Soviet Union | For Soviet Navy. |
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| 27 August | Bussewitz | Tanker | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | West Germany | For Deutsche Seereederei Rostock |
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| 31 August | Sarandi | Almirante Brown-class destroyer | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | West Germany | For Argentine Navy |
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| 18 September | Klakring | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 18 September | McClusky | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 18 September | Portsmouth | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 8 October | Montero | Lupo-class frigate | Servicio Industrial de la Marina | Callao | Peru | For Peruvian Navy. |
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| 15 October | Vandegrift | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 16 October | Salt Lake City | Los Angeles-class submarine | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 19 October | Mineyuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | | | Japan | For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. |
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| 28 October | Tankerman | Tanker | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Rowbotham Tankships Ltd. [8] |
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| 2 November | Gloucester | Type 42 destroyer | Vosper Thorneycroft | Woolston, Hampshire | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 5 November | Mercandian Ambassador II | Type FV 1500 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For K/S Merc-Scandia XXXII P/R. [9] |
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| 6 November | Georgia | Ohio-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 13 November | Norilsk | SA-15 type cargo ship | Wärtsilä | Turku | Finland | |
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| 1 December | Turbulent | Trafalgar-class submarine | Vickers Shipbuilding | Barrow-in-Furness | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 18 December | De Wert | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 18 December | Thach | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| Unknown date | El Yadekh | Patrol boat | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | United Kingdom | For Algerian Navy. [10] |
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| Unknown date | Kingroad | Workboat | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Bristol Ports Authority. [11] |
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| Unknown date | Mainscrew | Tug | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Mayhew Marine. [12] |
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| Unknown date | Peter Faber | Cable-laying vessel | | | Denmark | |
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| Unknown date | Pride of Bath | Passenger Launch | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [13] |
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| Unknown date | Rachel Ann | Launch | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [14] |
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| Unknown date | Stent I | Tug | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [15] |
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| Unknown date | Ugor | Auxiliary ammunition ship | | | Yugoslavia | For Yugoslav Navy |
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