The list of ship launches in 1977 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1977.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Operator etc |
| 1 January |  United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Stump | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 17 January |  United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Oguta | Patrol boat | For Nigerian Navy.[1] |
| 22 January |  Italy | Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" | Livorno | Espresso Venezia | Espresso Livorno-class ferry | For Tirrenia di Navigazione[2] |
| 29 January |  Norway | Trosvik Verksted A/S | Brevik | Jan Heweliusz | ferry | For Polskie Linie Oceaniczne[3] |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Kharg | Ol-class tanker (1965) | For Imperial Iranian Navy[4] |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Cumbria Shore | Offshore supply vessel | For Offshore Marine Ltd.[5] |
| 19 February | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Cincinnati | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 15 March |  West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | B.A.E. Huancavilca | Type 209 submarine | For Fuerza Naval del Ecuador |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast, N. Ireland | Lackenby | Bulk carrier | For Ropner Shipping.[6] |
| 26 March |  Netherlands | Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | Callenburgh | Kortenaer-class frigate | |
| 11 April | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Belleau Wood | Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship | |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Al Mujahid | Patrol boat | For Royal Omani Navy.[7] |
| 16 April | Netherlands | Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | Van Kinsbergen | Kortenaer-class frigate | |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering | Barrow-in-Furness | Invincible | Invincible-class aircraft carrier | |
| 4 May | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Emory S. Land | Emory S. Land-class submarine tender | |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders | Appledore | RMV Scillonian III | Ferry | For Isles of Scilly Steamship Company[8] |
| 5 May |  France | Chantiers de France | Dunkerque | S.A. Helderberg | The Big Whites-type refrigerated cargo ship | For Deutsche West-Afrika-Linie |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Battleaxe | Type 22 frigate | |
| 19 May |  Japan | | | Yaeshio | Uzushio-class submarine | |
| 21 May | Japan | | | Yūgumo | Yamagumo-class destroyer | |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Al Jabbar | Patrol boat | For Royal Omani Navy.[9] |
| 3 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Conolly | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Leslie Gault | Bulk carrier | For Gallic Shipping Ltd.[10] |
| 4 June |  Soviet Union | Werft 340 | Selenodolsk | Nerpa | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast, N. Ireland | Coastal Corpus Christi | Supertanker | For Woodstock Shipping Co.[11] |
| 18 June | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | New York City | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 21 June |  Denmark | Aalborg Værft A/S | Ålborg | Dana Anglia | Ferry | For DFDS Seaways |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon, Scotland | Saturn | Ferry | For Caledonian MacBrayne |
| 23 July | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Moosbrugger | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 30 July | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Indianapolis | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 12 August | West Germany | Rickmers Werft | Bremerhaven | Wuppertal | | For JA Reinecke & Co[12] |
| 16 August | France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire, France | Pierre Guillaumat | Batillus-class supertanker | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd | Bideford | Island Scene | Passenger ship | For private owner.[13] |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Gallic Fjord | Bulk carrier | For Gallic Shipping Ltd.[14] |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Sunderland Ship Builders Ltd | Sunderland | Nessbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line Ltd.[15] |
| 17 September | France | DCNS | | Tonnant | Redoutable-class submarine | For French Navy |
| 20 October | West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Uikku | Product tanker | |
| 24 October | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | TCG Batiray | Type 209 submarine | For Turkish Naval Forces |
| 28 October |  Finland | Rauma | Rauma-Repola Oy | Buraidah | | For Fanco N.V. Willemstad[16] |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Commodore Enterprise | Cargo ship | For Commodore Transporters Ltd.[17] |
| 29 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Birmingham | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 29 October | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | John Hancock | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 11 November | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Nicholson | Spruance-class destroyer | |
| 16 December | Italy | Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" | Livorno | Espresso Ravenna | Espresso Livorno-class ferry | For Adriatica di Navigazione SpA[18] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Al Aul | Patrol boat | For Royal Omani Navy.[19] |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | Bijlsma Lemmer Scheepswerf | Lemmer | Carebeka IX | Bulk carrier | |
| Unknown date |  China | Huludao Shipyard | Huludao, Liaoning | ChangZheng 2 | Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bideford Shipyard (1973) Ltd | Bideford | Congener | Fishing trawler | For Allan Morse Jr. and others.[20] |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | Buijs Scheepsbouw | Krimpen aan den IJssel | Ilhéu da Mina | Dredger and freighter | Currently operated by Açores Madeira |
| Unknown date | West Germany | Rickmers Rederei | Bremerhaven | Mashala | Ferry | For Mashala Shipping Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 1 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[21] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 2 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[22] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 3 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[23] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 4 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[24] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 5 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[25] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 6 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[26] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 7 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[27] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 1 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[28] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 2 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[29] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 3 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[30] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 4 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[31] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 5 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[32] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 6 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape.[33] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Poole Belle | Passenger ship | For Crosons Ltd.[34] |
References
- ^ "Oguta". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "M/S Espresso Venezia" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "M/S Jan Heweliusz" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (1977), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 14 (3), International Naval Research Organization: 197–199, JSTOR 44888102
- ^ "Cumbria Shore". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Lackenby". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Al Mujahid". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Scillonian III". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Al Jabbar". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Leslie Gault". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Coastal Corpus Christi". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Wupperlat" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "Island Scene". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Gallic Fjord". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Nessbank". Sunderlandships.com. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "M/S Buraidah" (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Commodore Enterprise". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "M/S Espresso Ravenna" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Al Aul". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Congener". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Clipper 1". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Clipper 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Clipper 3". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Clipper 4". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Clipper 5". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Clipper 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Clipper". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Cutter 1". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Cutter 2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Cutter 3". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Cutter 4". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Cutter 5". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Oil Cutter 6". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Poole Belle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.