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The list of ship launches in 1977 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1977.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
1 January
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Stump
Spruance -class destroyer
22 January
Italy
Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando"
Livorno
Espresso Venezia
Espresso Livorno -class ferry
For Tirrenia di Navigazione[1]
29 January
Norway
Trosvik Verksted A/S
Brevik
Jan Heweliusz
ferry
For Polskie Linie Oceaniczne [2]
3 February
United Kingdom
Swan Hunter
Wallsend-on-Tyne
Kharg
Ol -class tanker (1965)
For Imperial Iranian Navy [3]
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
Lackenby
Bulk carrier
For Ropner Shipping.[4]
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
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 . Devon
RMV Scillonian III
Ferry
for Isles of Scilly Steamship Company
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
3 June
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Conolly
Spruance -class destroyer
4 June
Soviet Union
Werft 340
Selenodolsk
Nerpa
Koni-class frigate
For Soviet Navy
18 June
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Coastal Corpus Christi
Supertanker
For Woodstock Shipping Co.[5]
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
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[6]
16 August
France
Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Saint-Nazaire , France
Pierre Guillaumat
Batillus -class supertanker
17 September
France
DCNS
Tonnant
Redoutable -class submarine
For French Navy
20 October
West Germany
Nobiskrug
Rendsburg , Germany
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 [7]
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[8]
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
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 , Germany
Mashala
Ferry
For Mashala Shipping Co .
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