|  | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | 
  | 8 January |  Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Narvik | Oslo-class frigate |  | 
  | 16 January |  West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Wasa | Ferry | For Lion Ferry AB[1] | 
  | 16 January |  United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Kamehameha | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |  | 
  | 16 January |  East Germany | V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft | Wismar | Taras Shevchenko | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Black Sea Shipping Company[2] | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Comilla | Rajshahi-class patrol boat | For Pakistani Navy.[3] | 
  | 23 January |  United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Denver | Austin-class amphibious transport dock |  | 
  | 4 February |  United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Voge | Garcia-class frigate |  | 
  | 15 February | .svg.png) Canada | Vancouver Shipyards Co. | North Vancouver | Queen of Burnaby | Burnaby-class ferry | For BC Ferries[4] | 
  | 15 February |  United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Zabardast | Firefighting tug | For BP Clyde Tanker Co. Ltd.[5] | 
  | 17 February |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Jessore | Patrol boat | For Pakistani Navy.[6] | 
  | 18 February |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Waikato | Leander-class frigate | For Royal New Zealand Navy. | 
  | 27 February |  Japan |  |  | Yamagumo | Yamagumo-class destroyer |  | 
  | 5 March |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Edenfield | Tanker | For Eden Tankers Ltd.[7] | 
  | 11 March |  West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Utsira | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy | 
  | 15 March |  West Germany | Atlas-Werke | Bremen | Hans Techel | Type 202 submarine | For German Navy | 
  | 20 March |  United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | George Bancroft | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |  | 
  | 28 March |  Italy | Italcantieri S.p.A. | Castellamare di Stabia | Canguro Azzurro | Ferry | For Societa. Navi. Traghetto S.N.T[8] | 
  | 5 April |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Ranger Ajax | Fishing trawler | For Ranger Fishing Co. Ltd.[9] | 
  | 9 April |  West Germany | Schichau Unterweser AG | Bremerhaven | Helgoland | Fehmarn-class tug |  | 
  | 14 April |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Kungsholm | Ocean liner / cruise ship | For Swedish American Line | 
  | 17 April |  United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Glover | Garcia-class frigate |  | 
  | 23 April |  United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Francis Scott Key | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |  | 
  | 25 April |  United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Wainwright | Belknap-class cruiser |  | 
  | 5 May |  United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Wimbrown Two | Offshore supply vessel | For G. Wimpey & Co. Ltd.[10] | 
  | 15 May |  United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Guardfish | Permit-class submarine |  | 
  | 5 April |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Ranger Apollo | Fishing trawler | For Ranger Fishing Co. Ltd.[11] | 
  | 17 May |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | North Shore | Offshore supply vessel | For Offshore Marine Ltd.[12] | 
  | 19 May |  West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Utstein | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy | 
  | 21 May |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | George C. Marshall | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |  | 
  | 22 May |  United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | James K. Polk | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |  | 
  | 29 May |  United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Camden | Sacramento-class fast combat support ship |  | 
  | 6 June |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | W. D. Tideway | Dredger | For Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd.[13] | 
  | 8 June |  United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Koelsch | Garcia-class frigate |  | 
  | 15 June |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Centaur | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[14] | 
  | 28 June |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Rajshahi | Rajshahi-class patrol boat | For Pakistani Navy.[15] | 
  | June |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | La Estancia | Bulk carrier | For Buries Marks Ltd.[16] | 
  | 2 July |  United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Biddle | Belknap-class cruiser |  | 
  | 4 July |  Italy | Navameccanica Cant. Nav. | Castellamare di Stabia | Canguro Rosso | Ferry | For Societa. Navi. Traghetto S.N.T[17] | 
  | 10 July |  West Germany | Lindenau | Kiel | Walchensee | Walchensee-class tanker | For German Navy | 
  | 26 July |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Sylhet | Patrol boat | For Pakistani Navy.[18] | 
  | 28 July |  United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Craigdarragh | Tug | For J. Cooper (Belfast) Ltd.[19] | 
  | 29 July |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Petrel | Coaster | For General Steam Navigation Company.[20] | 
  | 5 April |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Ranger Aurora | Fishing trawler | For Ranger Fishing Co. Ltd.[21] | 
  | 20 July |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Smit-Lloyd 51 | Tender | For Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd.[22] | 
  | 30 July |  West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Utvær | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy | 
  | 31 July |  United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Tripoli | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |  | 
  | 14 August |  United States | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | Duluth | Austin-class amphibious transport dock |  | 
  | 14 August |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | George Washington Carver | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |  | 
  | 23 August |  Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Bergen | Oslo-class frigate |  | 
  | 25 September |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs |  | Warspite | Valiant-class submarine |  | 
  | 27 September |  United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Lady Cecelia | Tug | For J. H. Pigott & Son.[23] | 
  | 8 October |  West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Uthaug | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy | 
  | 18 October |  Sweden | Lindholmens Varv | Gothenburg | Saga | ferry | for Swedish Lloyd | 
  | 20 October |  United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | O'Callahan | Garcia-class frigate |  | 
  | 23 October |  United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Mariano G. Vallejo | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |  | 
  | 28 October |  Sweden | Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Fennia | Ferry | For Siljarederiet | 
  | 30 October |  Italy | Cantieri Navale Felzsegi S.p.A. | Trieste | Forende | Ferry | For DFDS[24] | 
  | 31 October |  United Kingdom | HMNB Devonport | Devonport, England | Danae | Leander-class frigate |  | 
  | 10 November |  West Germany | Atlas-Werke | Bremen | Friedrich Schürer | Type 202 submarine | For German Navy | 
  | 13 November |  United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Henry L. Stimson | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine |  | 
  | 23 November |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Grab Dredger No. 2 | Dredger | For Calcutta Port Commission.[25] | 
  | 24 November |  United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Southampton | Juno | Leander-class frigate |  | 
  | 24 November |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | La Sierra | Bulk carrier | For Buries Marks Ltd.[26] | 
  | 27 November |  Japan |  |  | Asashio | Asashio-class submarine |  | 
  | 13 December |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Garganey | Wild Duck-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[27] | 
  | 15 December |  Finland | Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard | Helsinki | Finnpartner | Ferry | for Finnlines (Amer-Tupakka) | 
  | 17 December |  Finland | Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan | Turku | Prins Hamlet | Ferry | for Lion Ferry | 
  | 18 December |  United States | Avondale Shipyard | Westwego, Louisiana | Hamilton | Hamilton-class cutter |  | 
  | 18 December |  West Germany | Kiel | Howaldtswerke | Prinsesse Ragnhild | Ferry | For Jahre Line[28] | 
  | 23 December |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Hopper Barge No. 6 | Hopper barge | For Calcutta Port Commission.[29] | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Carp | Workboat | For Royal Corps of Transport.[30] | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Chubb | Workboat | For Royal Corps of Transport.[31] | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ellen May | Motor barge | For Scott (Toombridge) Ltd.[32] | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Englishman | Tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd. | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom |  | Frindsbury. | Rohoy | Coaster | For London & Rochester Trading Co Ltd. | 
  | Unknown date |  United Kingdom | W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | St. Elmo | Tug | For Midmed Towage Co. Ltd. |