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]
|
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- ^ "M/S Espresso Venezia" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "M/S Jan Heweliusz" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "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.
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