List of ship launches in 1981
The list of ship launches in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1981.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
| 7 February |
 United States |
Todd Pacific Shipyards |
San Pedro, California |
Mahlon S. Tisdale |
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
|
| 10 February |
 Japan |
|
|
Setoshio |
Yūshio-class submarine |
|
| 21 March |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Houston |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
| 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 |
|
| 25 April |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
City of Corpus Christi |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
| 25 April |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Ticonderoga |
Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
|
| 30 April |
 SUN |
Werft 340 |
Selenodolsk |
SKR-35 |
Koni-class frigate |
For Sovjet Nany |
| 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 Ab |
Landskrona |
Trelleborg |
ferry |
For Statens Järnvägars Färjedrift[1] |
| 22 May |
Sweden |
Götaverken |
Gothenburg |
GV 909 |
Cruiseferry |
Ordered by Sessan Linjen, order cancelled before delivery |
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 4 August |
Japan |
|
|
Shirayuki |
Hatsuyuki-class destroyer |
|
| 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 |
|
| 17 October |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Aubrey Fitch |
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
|
| 17 October |
United States |
Todd Pacific Shipyards |
San Pedro, California |
Jarrett |
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
|
| 31 October |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Norfolk |
Los Angeles-class submarine |
|
| 14 November |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Florida |
Ohio-class submarine |
|
| 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 |
| 24 December |
SUN |
Werft 340 |
Selenodolsk |
SKR 481 |
Koni-class frigate |
For Sovjet Nany |
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