| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
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| 11 January | Rodney M. Davis | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 17 January | Vulcain | Vulcain-class minesweeper | Chantiers et ateliers de la Perrière | Lorient | France | For French Navy. |
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| 24 January | Konstantin Chernenko | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | Stocznia Szczecinska im A Warskiego | Szczecin | Poland | For Far Eastern Shipping Company [1] |
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| 29 January | Shimayuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | | | Japan | For Japanese Navy. |
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| 1 February | Fort McHenry | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 9 February | Takeshio | Yūshio-class submarine | | | Japan | For Japanese Navy. |
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| 14 February | Antietam | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 14 February | Bellis | Tripartite-class minehunter | Mercantile-Belyard | Rupelmonde | Belgium | For Belgian Navy. |
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| 20 February | Sevmorput | LASH carrier | Zaliv Shipbuilding yard | Kerch, Ukraine | Soviet Union | Nuclear-powered cargo ship |
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| 21 February | Mercandian Universe | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For Per Henriksen [ da ] [2] |
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| 22 February | Joshua Humphreys | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | United States | |
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| 1 March | Atherstone | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel | Vosper Thornycroft | Woolston | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 15 March | Newport News | Los Angeles-class submarine | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 26 March | Sheffield | Type 22 frigate | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 29 March | Kauffman | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 8 April | Coventry | Type 22 frigate | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 24 April | Drakensberg | Fleet replenishment vessel | Sandock Austral | Durban, South Africa | Republic of South Africa | For South African Navy. |
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| 25 April | Kalinin | Kirov-class battlecruiser | Baltic Shipyard | Leningrad | Soviet Union | For Soviet Navy. |
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| 27 April | SKR-195 | Koni-class frigate | Zelenodolsk Shipyard | Zelenodolsk | Soviet Union | For Soviet Navy. |
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| 9 May | Finn | Finnpusku pusher vessel | Hollming | Rauma | Finland | |
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| 30 May | Turgutreis | Yavuz-class frigate | HDW | Kiel | West Germany | For Turkish Navy. |
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| 30 May | Astor | Cruise ship | HDW | Kiel | West Germany | |
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| 30 May | Mercandian Sun II | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For Per Henriksen [ da ] [3] |
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| 31 May | Sea-Land Anchorage | D7-class container ship | Bay Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay | United States | For Sea-Land Corporation |
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| 20 June | Leyte Gulf | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 20 June | Assertive | Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company | Tacoma, Washington | United States | |
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| 21 June | Cumberland | Type 22 frigate | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 28 June | Helena | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 9 July | Alliance | Research vessel | Cantiere navale del Muggiano | La Spezia | Italy | For NATO. |
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| 23 July | Victoria | Santa María-class frigate | Bazan | Ferrol | Spain | For Spanish Navy. |
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| 9 August | John Lenthall | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | United States | |
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| 9 August | Celebration | Holiday-class cruise ship | Kockums | Malmö | Sweden | For Carnival Cruise Lines |
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| 16 August | Nils Holgersson | Cruiseferry | Schichau Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | West Germany | For Swecarrier for TT-Line traffic |
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| 22 August | Yuriy Arshenevskiy | SA-15 type cargo ship | Valmet Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Finland | |
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| 29 August | Mercandian Sea II | Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship | Frederikshavn Værft | Frederikshavn | Denmark | For Per Henriksen [ da ] [4] |
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| 31 August | Kronprins Harald | Cruiseferry | Wärtsilä Perno shipyard | Turku | Finland | For Jahre Line |
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| 5 September | Arco Avon | Dredger | Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd. [5] |
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| 5 September | Berge Stahl | Ore carrier | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | South Korea | |
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| 19 September | Asagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | | | Japan | For Japanese Navy. |
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| 27 September | Sea-Land Tacoma | D7-class container ship | Bay Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay | United States | For Sea-Land Corporation |
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| 14 October | Exxon Valdez | Oil tanker | National Steel and Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | United States | For Exxon Corporation |
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| 14 October | Schwedeneck | Schwedeneck-class research vessel | Kröger shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | West Germany | For German Navy. |
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| 24 October | Nordstrand | Nordstand-class tug | Orenstein & Koppel | Lübeck | West Germany | For German Navy. |
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| 3 November | Trenchant | Trafalgar-class submarine | Vickers Shipbuilding | Barrow-in-Furness | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
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| 14 November | San Jacinto | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 28 November | Langeness | Nordstand-class tug | Orenstein & Koppel | Lübeck | West Germany | For German Navy. |
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| 6 December | San Juan | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 13 December | Tennessee | Ohio-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | For United States Navy. |
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| 17 December | Vasiliy Burkhanov | SA-15 type cargo ship | Valmet Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Finland | |
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| 20 December | Sea-Land Kodiak | D7-class container ship | Bay Shipbuilding | Sturgeon Bay | United States | For Sea-Land Corporation |
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| Exact date unknown | Daifuku Maru No. 8 | Cargo ship | Tokuoka Zosen K.K. | Naruto | Japan | For Daifuku Kaiun K.K. |
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| Exact date unknown | Kontio | Icebreaker | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Finland | |
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| Exact date unknown | Albion | Workboat | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Bristol City Council. [6] |
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| Exact date unknown | Argia | Gaff topsail schooner | Jennings Shipyard | | United States | |
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| Exact date unknown | Hubberston | Pilot boat | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Milford Haven Port Authority. [7] |
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| Exact date unknown | Mary Marie | Fishing vessel | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [8] |
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| Exact date unknown | Yarra | Workboat | Bailey & Boynton Ltd. | Hull | United Kingdom | For Bailey & Boynton Ltd. [9] |
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