| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
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| 15 January | Comstock | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | United States | |
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| 20 January | Chatham | Type 22 frigate | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | United Kingdom | |
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| 23 January | Topeka | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | |
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| 23 January | Quorn | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel | Vosper Thornycroft | Woolston | United Kingdom | |
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| 13 February | Abraham Lincoln | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | United States | |
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| 17 February | Sachishio | Yūshio-class submarine | | | Japan | |
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| 17 March | Royal Viking Sun | Cruise ship | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku | Finland | For Royal Viking Line |
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| 18 March | Arco Adur | Dredger | Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd. [1] |
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| 19 March | Normandy | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | |
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| 19 March | Latouche-Tréville | Georges Leygues-class frigate | | | France | |
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| 15 April | Talent | Trafalgar-class submarine | Vickers Shipbuilding | Barrow-in-Furness | United Kingdom | |
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| 22 April | Schleswig-Holstein | ferry | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | West Germany | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH [2] |
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| 23 April | Pennsylvania | Ohio-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | |
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| 30 April | Halifax | Halifax-class frigate | Saint John Shipbuilding | Saint John, New Brunswick | Canada | |
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| 30 April | Eversand | | C. Lühring | Brake | West Germany | For German Navy |
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| 30 April | Zander | Zander-class tug | VEB Yachtwerft Berlin | | East Germany | For Volksmarine |
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| 4 June | Hamagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | | | Japan | |
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| 25 June | Ingraham | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | United States | |
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| 15 July | Chancellorsville | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | United States | |
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| 22 July | Yıldırım | Yavuz-class frigate | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | | Turkey | |
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| 31 July | Omskiy-133 | Omskiy type cargo ship | Șantierul Naval Oltenița | Oltenița | Soviet Union | For North Western Fleet Company [3] |
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| 8 August | Dolunay | Type 209 submarine | Marinewerft | Gölcük | Turkey | For Turkish Naval Forces |
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| 13 August | Isabella | cruiseferry | Brodogradevna Industrija | Split, Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | For SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
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| 15 August | Benjamin Isherwood | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | |
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| 1 September | Stollergrund | Stollengrund-class multipurpose boats | Kröger Shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | West Germany | For German Navy |
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| 12 September | Setogiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | | | Japan | |
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| 15 September | Tortuga | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | United States | |
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| 22 October | Athena | cruiseferry | Wärtsilä Marine Perno shipyard | Turku, Finland | Finland | For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic |
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| 23 October | Monterey | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | United States | |
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| 11 November | Mercandia VII | Ferry | Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd | Appledore | United Kingdom | For Mercandia Liniere I/S. [4] |
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| 12 November | Miami | Los Angeles-class submarine | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | United States | |
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| 19 November | Foudre | Foudre-class landing platform dock | DCN | Brest | France | For French Navy |
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| 3 December | Leroy Grumman | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | United States | |
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| 4 December | Riga | Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier | | Mykolaiv | Soviet Union | Renamed Varyag in 1990, transferred to PLAN in 1998 |
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| 21 December | Abukuma | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | | | Japan | |
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| 25 December | Sawagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | | | Japan | |
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| Unknown date | Aran | Workboat | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [5] |
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| Unknown date | Harvest Reaper | Fishing trawler | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [6] |
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| Unknown date | Konarak | Hendijan-class vessel | K Damen | Boven-Hardinxveld | Netherlands | For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
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| Unknown date | Maid of the Forth | Ferry | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [7] |
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| Unknown date | Miss Westmorland | Ferry | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Windermere Lake Cruises. [8] |
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| Unknown date | Pill Hobbler | Launch | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Pill Hobbler Marine Services Ltd. [9] |
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| Unknown date | Purbeck Gem | Passenger ship | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | United Kingdom | For Robert A. Hale. [10] |
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| Unknown date | Surta | Steam launch | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For private owner. [11] |
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