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The list of ship launches in 1985 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1985.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
4 January
Denmark
Frederikshavn Værft
Frederikshavn
Mercandian Gigant
Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship
For Per Henriksen [da][1]
12 January
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Alaska
Ohio-class submarine
21 January
Japan
Akishio
Yūshio-class submarine
1 February
West Germany
Husumer Schiffswerft
Husum
Pellworm
ferry
For Neue Pellwormer Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft GmbH[2]
6 February
France
La Motte-Picquet
Georges Leygues-class frigate
8 February
United States
Todd Pacific Shipyards
San Pedro, California
Reuben James
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
2 March
East Germany
VEB Peene-Werft
Wolgast
Börde
Ohre-class barracks ship
For Volksmarine
4 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Auckland Star
Refrigerated cargo ship
For Blue Star Line.[3]
11 March
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Bunker Hill
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
15 March
Finland
Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
Helsinki
Wellamo
Cruiseferry
For Effoa for Silja Line traffic
19 March
East Germany
VEB Peene-Werft
Wolgast
Uckermarck
Ohre-class Barracks ship
For Volksmarine
26 April
Finland
Valmet Vuosaari shipyard
Helsinki
Anatoliy Kolesnichenko
SA-15 type cargo ship
26 April
Denmark
Frederikshavn Værft
Frederikshavn
Mercandian Continent
Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship
For Per Henriksen [da][4]
27 April
Soviet Union
Werft 340
Zelenodolsk
SKR-201
Koni-class frigate
For Soviet Navy
5 June
Poland
Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego
Szczecin
Mikhail Sholokhov
Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
For Far Eastern Shipping[5]
11 June
West Germany
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Kiel
Shankush
Type 209 submarine
For Indian Navy
1 July
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Canterbury Star
Refrigerate cargo ship
For Blue Star Line.[6]
3 July
Japan
Setoyuki
Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
4 July
United Kingdom
Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd
Selby
Hebridean Isles
Ferry
For Caledonian MacBrayne
12 July
Finland
Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
Helsinki
Otso
Icebreaker
20 July
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Key West
Los Angeles-class submarine
9 August
Denmark
Frederikshavn Værft
Frederikshavn
Mercandian Arrow
Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship
For Per Henriksen [da][7]
22 August
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Mobile Bay
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
31 August
Finland
Wärtsilä Perno shipyard
Turku
Olympia
Cruiseferry
For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
12 September
Finland
Valmet Vuosaari shipyard
Helsinki
Kapitan Man
SA-15 type cargo ship
14 September
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Nevada
Ohio-class submarine
28 September
West Germany
Meyer Werft
Papenburg
Homeric
Cruise ship
For Home Lines
5 October
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale, Louisiana
Henry J. Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
14 October
United Kingdom
Yarrow Shipbuilders
Glasgow
Cornwall
Type 22 frigate
16 October
Japan
Asayuki
Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
26 October
Sweden
Kockums
Malmö
Jubilee
Holiday-class cruise ship
For Carnival Cruise Lines
29 October
Finland
Valmet Vuosaari shipyard
Helsinki
Birka Princess
Cruiseferry
For Birka Line
2 November
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles-class submarine
7 November
West Germany
Blohm + Voss
Hamburg
Yavuz
Yavuz-class frigate
30 November
West Germany
Schichau Seebeckwerft
Bremerhaven
Peter Pan
Cruiseferry
For TT-Line
14 December
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Louisville
Los Angeles-class submarine
14 December
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Thomas S. Gates
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
17 December
Brazil
Industrias Verolme Ishibras
Berge Fjord
Ore carrier
20 December
Finland
Hollming
Rauma
Rautaruukki
Finnpusku pusher vessel
Unknown date
Denmark
Danica White
Bulk carrier
[8]
^"M/S Mercandian Ocean" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^"M/S Pellworm" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^"Auckland Star". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^"M/S Mercandian Continent" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^"M/S MIKHAIL SHOLOKHOV" (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^"Canterbury Star". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^"M/S Mercandian Arrow" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^"DANICA WHITE Pirate attack and hijacking on 1 June 2007" (PDF). Danish Maritime Authority. 16 November 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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