# List of ship launches in 1987

The list of ship launches in 1987 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1987.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 17 January | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Andrew J. Higgins | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
| 23 January | Japan | | | Yukishio | Yūshio-class submarine | |
| 29 January | Spain | Bazan | Ferrol | Numancia | Santa María-class frigate | |
| 30 January | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | | Shimakaze | Hatakaze-class destroyer | |
| 30 January | West Germany | Orenstein & Koppel | Lübeck | Vogelsand | Nordstand-class tug | |
| 25 February | Italy | Fincantieri | | San Giorgio | San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock | |
| 7 March | West Germany | Deggendorfer Werft und Eisenbau | | Mozart | River cruise ship | For Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft |
| 3 April | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Lake Champlain | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
| 4 April | France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | Sovereign of the Seas | Sovereign-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd | Appledore | Arco Arun | Dredger | For Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd. |
| 24 April | Turkey | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | | Fatih | Yavuz-class frigate | |
| 24 April | West Germany | Kröger-Werft | Schacht-Audorf | Atair | Vermessungs-, Wracksuch- und Forschungsschiffe des BSH | For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure |
| 28 April | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Tupi | Type 209 submarine | For Marinha do Brasil |
| 3 May | Soviet Union | Werft 340 | Zelenodolsk | SKR-451 | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy |
| 9 May | West Germany | Elsfleth shipyard | Elsfleth | Kronsort | Schwedeneck-class research vessel | For German Navy |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Brooke Yachts International. | Lowestoft | Young Endeavour | Brigantine | For Royal Australian Navy. |
| 13 June | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Albany | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 17 June | Finland | Wärtsilä Marine Vuosaari shipyard | Helsinki | Kapitan Danilkin | SA-15 type cargo ship | |
| 27 June | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Gunston Hall | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship | |
| 10 July | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Norfolk | Type 23 frigate | |
| 12 July | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Philippine Sea | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
| 13 July | France | Ateliers et chantiers du Havre | Le Havre | Wind Spirit | Motor sailing yacht | For Windstar Cruises |
| 18 July | Yugoslavia | Brodogradevna Industrija | Split | Amorella | Cruiseferry | for SF Line for Viking Line traffic |
| 31 July | West Germany | Kröger shipyard | Schacht-Audorf | Helmsand | Schwedeneck-class research vessel | For German Navy |
| 4 August | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Wasp | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship | |
| 10 August | West Germany | Johann Oelkers KG | Hamburg | Bülk | Tugboat | For Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd | Appledore | Welsh Piper | Dredger | For British Dredging Ltd. |
| 9 September | Japan | | | Amagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |
| 12 September | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Pasadena | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
| 17 September | West Germany | Bremer Vulkan | Bremen-Vegesack | Augsburg | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy |
| 21 September | Japan | | | Yūgiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ironbridge | Bulk carrier | For British Steel Corporation. |
| 2 October | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Princeton | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | |
| 2 October | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Walter S. Diehl | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | |
| 7 October | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Campbeltown | Type 22 frigate | |
| 10 October | Italy | Fincantieri | | San Marco | San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock | |
| 10 October | Japan | | | Yamagiri | Asagiri-class destroyer | |
| 15 October | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Lübeck | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy |
| 1 November | West Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Crown Odyssey | Cruise ship | For Royal Cruise Line |
| 8 December | United Kingdom | Ferguson Shipbuilders | Port Glasgow | Isle of Mull | Ferry | For Caledonian MacBrayne |
| 19 December | Japan | Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co | Onishi | Reijin | Car transporter | For Nissan Prince Kaiun K.K. |
| Unknown date | China | Huludao Shipyard | Huludao, Liaoning Province | Changzheng 4 | Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Eynhallow | Ro-Ro ferry | For Orkney Ferries. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Granogwen | Fishery patrol vessel | For South Wales Fisheries Committee. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Seillean | SWOPS ship | For BP Petroleum Development. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Spray 38 | Passenger ship | For Alan Guichard. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Watchman | Launch | For private owner. |