| Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes |
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| 3 March | Rederi AB Svea | Sveaborg | {{SWE}} | ferry | Chartered to Aarhus-Oslo Linie | Renamed Peer Günt |
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| 11 April | USA}} | {{USS>Franklin D. Roosevelt|CV-42|2}} | Midway|aircraft carrier|2}} | Scrapped |
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| April | Lloyd Triestino | {{SS>Galileo Galilei | 2} | {{ITA}} | Ocean liner | Laid up; rebuilt into a cruise ship | Sold to Italian Line during reconstruction |
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| 13 May | Finnlines | Bore Star | {{FIN}} | Ferry (used as a cruise ship) | End of charter; returned to Steamship Company Bore | Placed in Silja Line traffic |
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| 1 September | Swedish Lloyd | Patricia | {{SWE}} | ferry | Laid up in Gothenburg; sold to Stena Line in September 1978 | Renamed Stena Oceanica |
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| 2 September | Swedish Lloyd | Saga | {{SWE}} | ferry | Laid up in Gothenburg; sold to Minoan Lines in March 1978 | Renamed Knossos |
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| 1 October | Effoa | Aallotar | {{FIN}} | ferry | Chartered to Polferries |
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| 22 October | Svea Line (Finland) | Fennia | {{FIN}} | ferry | Laid up; chartered to Sessan Linjen 1978 |
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| 31 October | Argentine Navy | Nueve de Julio | {{ARG}} | Brooklyn class cruiser | Scrapped in Japan in 1983 |
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| 30 December | Jydsk Færgefart A/S | Kattergat | {{DEN}} | ferry | Sold to P&O Normandy Ferries, March 1978 | Renamed nf Tiger |
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