Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
10 January | United Kingdom | Scott-Lithgow | Greenock | Nordic Commander | Tanker | For Anglo-Nordic Tankers.[1] |
22 January | Soviet Union | Yantar | Kaliningrad | Druzhnyy | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy. |
25 January | West Germany | Blohm+Voss | Hamburg | Adrian Mærsk | Mærsk A-class container ship | For A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S |
30 January | France | | Nantes | Bore Star | Ferry | For Steamship Company Bore. |
14 February | West Germany | | Kiel | Saldiray | Type 209 submarine | For Turkish Navy. |
24 February | Japan | | | Kumano | Chikugo-class destroyer escort | For Japanese Navy. |
7 March | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Portsmouth | Ardhana | Ardhana-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[2] |
8 March | West Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Vassiliki Colocotronis | Europatanker Ultra Large Crude Carrier | For Pansegura Armadora S.A. |
21 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Arthur W. Radford | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
6 April | Soviet Union | Shipyard No. 532 | Kerch | Deyatelnyy | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy. |
14 April | Finland | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Azerbaihzan | Belorussiya-class cruise ship | Black Sea Shipping Company[3] |
24 April | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Newcastle | Type 42 destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
26 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Baton Rouge | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
9 May | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Ardent | Type 21 frigate | For Royal Navy. |
27 May | United Kingdom | Scotstoun-Marine | Clydebank | Loch Maree | Refrigerated cargo vessel | For C. Connell & Co. Ltd.[4] |
5 June | West Germany | Kröger | Rendsburg | Falke | Albatros-class fast attack craft | For German Navy. |
13 June | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Portsmouth | Zurara | Ardhana-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[2] |
13 June | West Germany | Kremer-Werft | Elmshorn | Leiv Viking | Offshore supply vessel | [5] |
21 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Peterson | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
24 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Caron | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
30 June | Japan | | | Takashio | Uzushio-class submarine | For Japanese Navy. |
1 July | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Worth | San Clemente-class oil tanker | |
1 July | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Sabalo | Type 209 submarine | For Venezuelan Navy. |
5 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lampas | Supertanker | For Shell Tankers Ltd.[6] |
19 July | Soviet Union | Werft 340 | Selenodolsk | Delfin | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy. |
24 July | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Hudson Cavalier | Stat 32 tanker | For John Hudson Fuel & Shipping. |
8 August | West Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | World Giant | Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier | For Chesham Shipping Company. |
9 August | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Texas | Virginia-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
24 August | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | David R. Ray | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
30 August | Japan | | Mitsui | Berge Emperor | Supertanker | For Bergesen d.y. |
15 September | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Portsmouth | Murban | Ardhana-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[2] |
16 September | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Portsmouth | Al Ghulian | Ardhana-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[2] |
30 September | Soviet Union | Mykolaiv | Minsk | Kiev-class aircraft carrier | For Soviet Navy. |
4 October | West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Kronprins Harald | Ferry | For Jahre Line.[7] |
8 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Essi Camilla | Bulk carrier | For Ruud Petersen A/S.[8] |
11 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | For United States Navy. |
17 October | Finland | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Kazakhstan | Belorussiya-class cruise ship | For Black Sea Shipping Company.[9] |
21 October | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Oldendorf | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
4 November | West Germany | Flender Werft | Rendsburg | Tor Scandinavia | Cruiseferry | For Tor Line. |
6 November | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Caribe | Type 209 submarine | For Venezuelan Navy. |
14 November | Finland | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Don Carlos | Vehicle transporter | For Rederei AB Soya. |
20 November | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Avenger | Type 21 frigate | For Royal Navy. |
4 December | West Germany | Lürssen | Greif | Albatros-class | | For German Navy. |
5 December | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Liverpool Bridge | Bridge-class OBO carrier | For Bibby Line. |
15 December | West Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Shat-Alarab | Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier | For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company |
15 December | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Portsmouth | Radoom | Ardhana-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[2] |