# List of ship launches in 1977

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. |
| 22 January | Italy | Cant. Nav. "Luigi Orlando" | Livorno | Espresso Venezia | Espresso Livorno-class ferry | For Tirrenia di Navigazione |
| 29 January | Norway | Trosvik Verksted A/S | Brevik | Jan Heweliusz | ferry | For Polskie Linie Oceaniczne |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Kharg | Ol-class tanker (1965) | For Imperial Iranian Navy |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Cumbria Shore | Offshore supply vessel | For Offshore Marine Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Gallic Fjord | Bulk carrier | For Gallic Shipping Ltd. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Sunderland Ship Builders Ltd | Sunderland | Nessbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line Ltd. |
| 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 |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Commodore Enterprise | Cargo ship | For Commodore Transporters Ltd. |
| 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 |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Al Aul | Patrol boat | For Royal Omani Navy. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 2 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 3 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 4 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 5 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 6 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Clipper 7 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 1 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 2 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 3 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 4 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 5 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allday Aluminium Ltd. | Gosport | Oil Cutter 6 | Crew boat | For Ocean Inchcape. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Poole Belle | Passenger ship | For Crosons Ltd. |