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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