List of ship launches in 1981

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
28 January  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel Frankfurt Express container ship For Hapag-Lloyd
6 February  Poland Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Lev Tolstoy Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry For Black Sea Shipping Company[1]
7 February  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Mahlon S. Tisdale Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For US Navy[2]
10 February  Japan Setoshio Yūshio-class submarine
20 March  Liberia Koyo Dockyard Mihara, Japan Harbel Tapper bulk carrier
21 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Houston Los Angeles-class submarine For US Navy[3]
28 March  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Almirante Brown Almirante Brown-class destroyer
4 April  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Stephen W. Groves Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For US Navy[2]
17 April  Poland Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego Szczecin Konstantin Simonov Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry For Baltic Sea Shipping Company[4]
25 April  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut City of Corpus Christi Los Angeles-class submarine For US Navy[3]
25 April  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Ticonderoga Ticonderoga-class cruiser For US Navy[5]
30 April  SUN Werft 340 Selenodolsk SKR-35 Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy
14 May  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Merchant II type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Per Henriksen[6]
16 May  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Abraham Crijnssen Kortenaer-class frigate
16 May  Netherlands Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing Jan van Brakel Kortenaer-class frigate
19 May  Sweden Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Trelleborg ferry For Statens Järnvägars Färjedrift[7]
19 May  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel BAP Pisagua Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy
22 May  Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg GV 909 Cruiseferry Ordered by Sessan Linjen, order cancelled before delivery
22 May  West Germany AG Weser Bremen St. Michaelis tanker For Hamburg Süd[8]
29 May  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Köln Bremen-class frigate For German Navy
2 June  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend, England Ark Royal Invincible-class aircraft carrier
17 June  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Boxer Type 22 frigate
27 June  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Reid Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For US Navy[2]
1 July  United Kingdom Trafalgar Trafalgar-class submarine
2 July  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Crommelin Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
18 July  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Willamette Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler
24 July  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine John L. Hall Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For US Navy[2]
4 August  Japan Shirayuki Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
22 August  Poland Stocznia im Lenina Gdańsk Stena Germanica ferry For Stena Line[9]
4 September  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Supplier II type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Mercandia rederiet A/S[10]
25 September  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg La Argentina Almirante Brown-class destroyer
10 October  France Dubigeon-Normandie Nantes Scandinavia Cruiseferry For Scandinavian World Cruises
13 October  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Halyburton Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For US Navy[2]
17 October  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Aubrey Fitch Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For US Navy[2]
17 October  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Jarrett Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate For US Navy[2]
19 October  Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel BAP Blume Type 209 submarine For Peruvian Navy
31 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Norfolk Los Angeles-class submarine For US Navy[3]
14 November  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Florida Ohio-class submarine For US Navy[11]
17 November  France Jean de Vienne Georges Leygues-class frigate
26 November  Finland Wärtsilä Helsinki Song of America cruise ship For Royal Caribbean International
5 December  Germany AG Weser Seebeckswerft Bremerhaven Olau Britannia Cruiseferry For Olau Line
22 December  Denmark Frederikshavn Vaerft Frederikshavn Mercandian Importer III type FV 610 RoRo-ship For Per Henriksen[12]
24 December  SUN Werft 340 Selenodolsk SKR 481 Koni-class frigate For Soviet Navy

See also
Ship events in 1981
Ship launches: 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Ship commissionings: 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Ship decommissionings: 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Shipwrecks: 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

References
  1. "M/S LEV TOLSTOY". Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  2. Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 641
  3. Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 618
  4. "M/S KONSTANTIN SIMONOV". Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  5. Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 628
  6. "M/S MERCANDIAN MERCHANT II". Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  7. "M/S Trelleborg". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  8. "DNV GL: Petrojarl Cidade de Rio das Ostras". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  9. "M/S Stena Germaniva". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  10. "M/S MERCANDIAN SUPPLIER II". Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  11. Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 616
  12. "M/S MERCANDIAN IMPORTER III". Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle; Baker, A. D., III, eds. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.
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