# List of ship launches in 1965

The list of ship launches in 1965 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1965.
| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 8 January | Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Narvik | Oslo-class frigate | |
| 16 January | West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Wasa | Ferry | For Lion Ferry AB |
| 16 January | United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Kamehameha | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
| 16 January | East Germany | V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft | Wismar | Taras Shevchenko | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Black Sea Shipping Company |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Comilla | Rajshahi-class patrol boat | For Pakistani Navy. |
| 23 January | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Denver | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | |
| 4 February | United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Voge | Garcia-class frigate | |
| 15 February | Canada | Vancouver Shipyards Co. | North Vancouver | Queen of Burnaby | Burnaby-class ferry | For BC Ferries |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Zabardast | Firefighting tug | For BP Clyde Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Jessore | Patrol boat | For Pakistani Navy. |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Waikato | Leander-class frigate | For Royal New Zealand Navy. |
| 27 February | Japan | | | Yamagumo | Yamagumo-class destroyer | |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Edenfield | Tanker | For Eden Tankers Ltd. |
| 11 March | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Utsira | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 15 March | West Germany | Atlas-Werke | Bremen | Hans Techel | Type 202 submarine | For German Navy |
| 20 March | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | George Bancroft | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
| 28 March | Italy | Italcantieri S.p.A. | Castellamare di Stabia | Canguro Azzurro | Ferry | For Societa. Navi. Traghetto S.N.T |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Ranger Ajax | Fishing trawler | For Ranger Fishing Co. Ltd. |
| 9 April | West Germany | Schichau Unterweser AG | Bremerhaven | Helgoland | Fehmarn-class tug | |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Kungsholm | Ocean liner / cruise ship | For Swedish American Line |
| 17 April | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Glover | Garcia-class frigate | |
| 23 April | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Francis Scott Key | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
| 25 April | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Wainwright | Belknap-class cruiser | |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Wimbrown Two | Offshore supply vessel | For G. Wimpey & Co. Ltd. |
| 15 May | United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Guardfish | Permit-class submarine | |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Ranger Apollo | Fishing trawler | For Ranger Fishing Co. Ltd. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | North Shore | Offshore supply vessel | For Offshore Marine Ltd. |
| 19 May | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Utstein | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 21 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | George C. Marshall | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
| 22 May | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | James K. Polk | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
| 29 May | United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Camden | Sacramento-class fast combat support ship | |
| 6 June | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | W. D. Tideway | Dredger | For Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd. |
| 8 June | United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Koelsch | Garcia-class frigate | |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Centaur | Tanker | For British Tanker Company. |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Rajshahi | Rajshahi-class patrol boat | For Pakistani Navy. |
| June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | La Estancia | Bulk carrier | For Buries Marks Ltd. |
| 2 July | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Biddle | Belknap-class cruiser | |
| 4 July | Italy | Navameccanica Cant. Nav. | Castellamare di Stabia | Canguro Rosso | Ferry | For Societa. Navi. Traghetto S.N.T |
| 10 July | West Germany | Lindenau | Kiel | Walchensee | Walchensee-class tanker | For German Navy |
| 26 July | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Sylhet | Patrol boat | For Pakistani Navy. |
| 28 July | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Craigdarragh | Tug | For J. Cooper (Belfast) Ltd. |
| 29 July | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Petrel | Coaster | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Ranger Aurora | Fishing trawler | For Ranger Fishing Co. Ltd. |
| 20 July | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Smit-Lloyd 51 | Tender | For Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd. |
| 30 July | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Utvær | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 31 July | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Tripoli | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship | |
| 14 August | United States | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | Duluth | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | |
| 14 August | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | George Washington Carver | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
| 23 August | Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Bergen | Oslo-class frigate | |
| 25 September | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | | Warspite | Valiant-class submarine | |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Lady Cecelia | Tug | For J. H. Pigott & Son. |
| 8 October | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Uthaug | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 18 October | Sweden | Lindholmens Varv | Gothenburg | Saga | ferry | for Swedish Lloyd |
| 20 October | United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | O'Callahan | Garcia-class frigate | |
| 23 October | United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Mariano G. Vallejo | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
| 28 October | Sweden | Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Fennia | Ferry | For Siljarederiet |
| 30 October | Italy | Cantieri Navale Felzsegi S.p.A. | Trieste | Forende | Ferry | For DFDS |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | HMNB Devonport | Devonport, England | Danae | Leander-class frigate | |
| 10 November | West Germany | Atlas-Werke | Bremen | Friedrich Schürer | Type 202 submarine | For German Navy |
| 13 November | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Henry L. Stimson | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Grab Dredger No. 2 | Dredger | For Calcutta Port Commission. |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Southampton | Juno | Leander-class frigate | |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | La Sierra | Bulk carrier | For Buries Marks Ltd. |
| 27 November | Japan | | | Asashio | Asashio-class submarine | |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | Garganey | Wild Duck-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 December | Finland | Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard | Helsinki | Finnpartner | Ferry | for Finnlines (Amer-Tupakka) |
| 17 December | Finland | Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan | Turku | Prins Hamlet | Ferry | for Lion Ferry |
| 18 December | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Westwego, Louisiana | Hamilton | Hamilton-class cutter | |
| 18 December | West Germany | Kiel | Howaldtswerke | Prinsesse Ragnhild | Ferry | For Jahre Line |
| 23 December | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth | Hopper Barge No. 6 | Hopper barge | For Calcutta Port Commission. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Carp | Workboat | For Royal Corps of Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | Chubb | Workboat | For Royal Corps of Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ellen May | Motor barge | For Scott (Toombridge) Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Englishman | Tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Frindsbury. | Rohoy | Coaster | For London & Rochester Trading Co Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | St. Elmo | Tug | For Midmed Towage Co. Ltd. |