Global InformationList of ship launches in 1981 information
The list of ship launches in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1981.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 January |  West 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 United States Navy.[2] |
| 10 February |  Japan
|
Setoshio | Yūshio-class submarine | For Japanese Navy. | ||
| 20 March | Japan
|
Koyo Dockyard | Mihara, Japan | Harbel Tapper | Bulk carrier | |
| 21 March | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Houston | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy.[3] |
| 21 March |  United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Isomeria | LPG carrier | For Shell Tankers Ltd.[4] |
| 28 March | West Germany
|
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Almirante Brown | Almirante Brown-class destroyer | For Argentine Navy. |
| 4 April | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Stephen W. Groves | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy.[2] |
| 17 April | Poland
|
Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego | Szczecin | Konstantin Simonov | Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry | For Baltic Sea Shipping Company.[5] |
| 25 April | United States
|
Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | City of Corpus Christi | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy.[3] |
| 25 April | United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Ticonderoga | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | For United States Navy.[6] |
| 30 April |  Soviet Union
|
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.[7] |
| 16 May |  Netherlands
|
Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | Abraham Crijnssen | Kortenaer-class frigate | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| 16 May | Netherlands
|
Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | Jan van Brakel | Kortenaer-class frigate | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| 19 May |  Sweden
|
Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Trelleborg | Ferry | For Statens Järnvägars Färjedrift.[8] |
| 19 May | West Germany
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | 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.[9] |
| 29 May | West 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 | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Boxer | Type 22 frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 June | United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Reid | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy.[2] |
| 1 July | United Kingdom
|
Trafalgar | Trafalgar-class submarine | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 2 July | United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Crommelin | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 18 July | United States
|
Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Willamette | Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler | For United States Navy. |
| 24 July | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | John L. Hall | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy.[2] |
| 4 August | Japan
|
Shirayuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | For Japanese Navy. | ||
| 22 August | Poland
|
Stocznia im Lenina | Gdańsk | Stena Germanica | Ferry | For Stena Line.[10] |
| 23 August | Soviet Union
|
Leninsky Komsomol Shipyard | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | Chita | Kilo-class submarine | For Soviet Navy.[11] |
| 4 September | Denmark
|
Frederikshavn Vaerft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Supplier II | type FV 610 RoRo-ship | For Mercandia rederiet A/S.[12] |
| 25 September | West Germany
|
Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | La Argentina | Almirante Brown-class destroyer | For Argentine Navy. |
| 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 United States Navy.[2] |
| 17 October | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Aubrey Fitch | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy.[2] |
| 17 October | United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Jarrett | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy.[2] |
| 19 October | West Germany
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Blume | Type 209 submarine | For Peruvian Navy. |
| 31 October | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Norfolk | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy.[3] |
| 14 November | United States
|
Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Florida | Ohio-class submarine | For United States Navy.[13] |
| 17 November | France
|
Jean de Vienne | Georges Leygues-class frigate | For French Navy. | ||
| 26 November |  Finland
|
Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Song of America | Cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International. |
| 5 December | West 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.[14] |
| 24 December | Soviet Union
|
Werft 340 | Selenodolsk | SKR 481 | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy. |
- ^ "M/S LEV TOLSTOY" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 641.
- ^ a b c Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 618.
- ^ "Isomeria". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S KONSTANTIN SIMONOV" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 628.
- ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN MERCHANT II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "M/S Trelleborg" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "DNV GL: Petrojarl Cidade de Rio das Ostras". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "M/S Stena Germaniva" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "B-260 Chita". Rusnavy. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN SUPPLIER II" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 616.
- ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN IMPORTER III" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2017.