| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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| 22 January | {{USSR}} | Yantar | Kaliningrad | {{ship>Soviet frigate|Druzhnyy | 2} | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship |
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| 25 January | Germany}} | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Adrian Mærsk | Mærsk A-class container ship | For A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S |
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| 30 January | {{FRA}} | Dubegion-Normandie | Nantes | {{MS>Bore Star|3=2}} | Ferry | For Steamship Company Bore / Silja Line |
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| 14 February | Germany}} | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | TCG Saldiray | Type 209 submarine | For Turkish Naval Forces |
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| 24 February | {{JPN}} | {{JDS>Kumano|DE-224|2}} | Chikugo|destroyer escort|2}} |
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| 8 March | {{GER}} | AG Weser | Bremen | Vassiliki Colocotronis | Type "Europatanker" ULCC | For Pansegura Armadora S.A. |
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| 21 March | {{USA}} | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | {{USS>Arthur W. Radford|DD-968|2}} | Spruance|destroyer|2}} |
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| 6 April | {{USSR}} | Zalyv | Kerch | {{ship>Soviet frigate|Deyatelnyy | 2} | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship |
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| 24 April | {{UK}} | Swan Hunter | Wallsend, England | {{HMS>Newcastle|D87|2}} | Type 42 destroyer |
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| 26 April | {{USA}} | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | {{USS>Baton Rouge|SSN-689|2}} | Los Angeles|submarine|2}} |
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| 9 May | {{UK}} | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | {{HMS>Ardent|F184|2}} | Type 21 frigate |
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| 5 June | {{GER}} | Kröger | Rendsburg | Falke | Albatros-class Fast attack craft |
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| 13 June | {{GER}} | Kremer-Werft | Elmshorn | Leiv Viking | offshore supply vessel | [1] |
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| 21 June | {{USA}} | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | {{USS>Peterson|DD-969|2}} | Spruance|destroyer|2}} |
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| 24 June | {{USA}} | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | {{USS>Caron|DD-970|2}} | Spruance|destroyer|2}} |
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| 30 June | {{JPN}} | {{JDS>Takashio|SS-571|2}} | Uzushio|submarine|2}} |
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| 1 July | {{USA}} | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Worth | Oil tanker |
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| 1 July | Germany}} | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Sabalo | Type 209 submarine | For Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela |
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| 19 July | Soviet Union}} | Werft 340 | Selenodolsk | Delfin | Koni-class frigate | For Sovjet Nany |
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| 24 July | {{UK}} | Cammell Laird | Mersey | Hudson Cavalier | Stat 32 tanker | RFA|Appleleaf|A79|6}} and {{HMAS|Westralia|O 195|6}} |
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| 8 August | {{GER}} | AG Weser | Bremen | World Giant | Type "Europatanker" ULCC | For Chesham Shipping Company |
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| 9 August | {{USA}} | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, VA | {{USS>Texas|CGN-39|2}} | Virginia|cruiser|2}} |
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| 24 August | {{USA}} | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | {{USS>David R. Ray|DD-971|2}} | Spruance|destroyer|2}} |
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| 30 August | {{JPN}} | Mitsui | {{MV>Berge Emperor | 2} | Supertanker | For Bergesen d.y. |
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| 30 September | {{USSR}} | Chernomorskiy yard | Nikolayev | {{ship>Soviet aircraft carrier|Minsk | 2} | Kiev|aircraft carrier|2}} |
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| 4 October | Germany}} | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Kronprins Harald | ferry | For Jahre Line[2] |
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| 11 October | {{USA}} | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | {{USS>Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69|2}} | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|2}} |
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| 17 October | {{FIN}} | Wärtsilä Marine | Turku | Kazakhstan | cruise ship | For Black Sea Shipping Company[3] |
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| 21 October | {{USA}} | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | {{USS>Oldendorf|DD-972|2}} | Spruance|destroyer|2}} |
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| 4 November | {{GER}} | Lübecker Flender-Werke | Lübeck | {{MS>Tor Scandinavia|3=2}} | Cruiseferry | For Tor Line |
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| 6 November | Germany}} | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Caribe | Type 209 submarine | For Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela |
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| 14 November | {{FIN}} | OY Wärtsilä AB | Åbo | {{MV>Don Carlos|1975|2}} | Vehicle transporter | For Rederei AB Soya |
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| 20 November | {{UK}} | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | {{HMS>Avenger|F185|2}} | Type 21 frigate |
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| 4 December | {{GER}} | Lürssen | Bremen | Greif | Albatros-class Fast attack craft |
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| 5 December | {{UK}} | Swan Hunter | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | {{MV>Liverpool Bridge | 2} | Bulk Ore Carrier | For Bibby Line |
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| 15 December | {{GER}} | AG Weser | Bremen | Shat-Alarab | Type "Europatanker" ULCC | For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.shz.de/lokales/elmshorner-nachrichten/kremer-werft-das-aus-nach-1164-schiffen-id1870506.html|title=Kremer-Werft: Das Aus nach 1164 Schiffen|language=german|date=2011-12-07|accessdate=2016-08-31}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/kronprins_harald_1976.htm|title=M/S Kronprins Harald.|accessdate=2016-08-03}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/kazakhstan_1976.htm|title=M/S KAZAKHSTAN.|accessdate=2016-12-01}}