# List of ship launches in 1976

The list of ship launches in 1976 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1976. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
| 6 January | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | John Young | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Rollnes | Bulk carrier | For Hambros Bank Ltd. |
| 27 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lepeta | Supertanker | For Shell Tanker Ltd. |
| 1 February | United States | | San Diego, California | Rose City | San Clemente-class oil tanker | |
| 21 February | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Omaha | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | Vosper Thornycroft | Portsmouth | Ghanadhah | Ardhana-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Southgate | Bulk carrier | For Park Steamships Ltd. |
| 26 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Comte de Grasse | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
| 28 March | Finland | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | Finnjet | Cruiseferry | For Finnlines. |
| 3 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Memphis | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Glasgow | Type 42 destroyer | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scotstoun | Broadsword | Type 22 frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd | Beverley | Exegarth | Firefighting tug | For Rea Towing Co. Ltd. |
| 26 May | West Germany | | Bremen | Bonn | Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier | For Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Sandgate | Bulk carrier | For Turnbull Scott Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 25 June | France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Nantes | Batillus | Batillus-class supertanker | |
| 2 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Leonia | Supertanker | For Shell Tankers Ltd. |
| 8 July | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | O'Brien | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. | Bristol | Miranda Guinness | Tanker | For Arthur Guinness & Sons (Dublin) Ltd. |
| 26 July | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Al Wafi | Patrol boat | For Royal Omani Navy. |
| 31 July | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Mississippi | Virginia-class cruiser | For United States Navy. |
| 14 August | Soviet Union | Severnaya Verf | Leningrad | Retivyy | Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship | For Soviet Navy. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Green Park | Bulk carrier | For Park Steamships Ltd. |
| 27 August | West Germany | J. J. Sietas | Hamburg | Transgermania | Ferry | Poseidon Schiffahrts OHG. |
| 1 September | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Merrill | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
| 25 September | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Oliver Hazard Perry | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 28 September | West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Lunni | Product tanker | |
| 6 October | West Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Shyri | Type 209 submarine | For Ecuadorian Navy. |
| 9 October | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Groton | Los Angeles-class submarine | For United States Navy. |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Al Fulk | Patrol boat | For Royal Omani Navy. |
| 13 November | Peru | Servicio Industrial de la Marina | Callao | Carvajal | Lupo-class frigate | For Peruvian Navy. |
| 19 November | West Germany | Lürssen | Bremen | Meerkatze | Fishery protection vessel | For Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung. |
| 20 November | United Kingdom | Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group | Barrow-in-Furness | Sceptre | Swiftsure-class submarine | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 December | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Jebba | Patrol boat | For Nigerian Navy. |
| 4 December | West Germany | AG Weser | Bremen | Wahran | Type "Europatanker" Ultra Large Crude Carrier | For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lima | Supertanker | For Shell Tankers Ltd. |
| 17 December | France | | | Georges Leygues | Georges Leygues-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 18 December | Netherlands | Rijn-Schelde Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven | Vlissingen | Kortenaer | Kortenaer-class frigate | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Mercia Shore | Offshore supply vessel | For Offshore Marine Ltd. |
| 23 December | Japan | | | Noshiro | Chikugo-class destroyer escort | For Japanese Navy. |
| 28 December | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Briscoe | Spruance-class destroyer | For United States Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Cross Rip | Ferry | For Hy-Line. |
| Unknown date | Japan | Hitachi Zosen Corporation | Osaka | Esso Japan | Supertanker | For Esso |
| Unknown date | Norway | | | Thalassa Desgagnes | Double-hulled tanker | For Groupe Desgagné. |