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The list of ship launches in 1985 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1985.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
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4 January
|
Denmark
|
Frederikshavn Værft
|
Frederikshavn
|
Mercandian Gigant
|
Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship
|
For Per Henriksen [da][1]
|
12 January
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Alaska
|
Ohio-class submarine
|
|
21 January
|
Japan
|
|
|
Akishio
|
Yūshio-class submarine
|
|
1 February
|
West Germany
|
Husumer Schiffswerft
|
Husum
|
Pellworm
|
ferry
|
For Neue Pellwormer Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft GmbH[2]
|
6 February
|
France
|
|
|
La Motte-Picquet
|
Georges Leygues-class frigate
|
|
8 February
|
United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards
|
San Pedro, California
|
Reuben James
|
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
|
|
2 March
|
East Germany
|
VEB Peene-Werft
|
Wolgast
|
Börde
|
Ohre-class barracks ship
|
For Volksmarine
|
4 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Auckland Star
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Blue Star Line.[3]
|
11 March
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Bunker Hill
|
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
|
|
15 March
|
Finland
|
Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
|
Helsinki
|
Wellamo
|
Cruiseferry
|
For Effoa for Silja Line traffic
|
19 March
|
East Germany
|
VEB Peene-Werft
|
Wolgast
|
Uckermarck
|
Ohre-class Barracks ship
|
For Volksmarine
|
26 April
|
Finland
|
Valmet Vuosaari shipyard
|
Helsinki
|
Anatoliy Kolesnichenko
|
SA-15 type cargo ship
|
26 April
|
Denmark
|
Frederikshavn Værft
|
Frederikshavn
|
Mercandian Continent
|
Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship
|
For Per Henriksen [da][4]
|
27 April
|
Soviet Union
|
Werft 340
|
Zelenodolsk
|
SKR-201
|
Koni-class frigate
|
For Soviet Navy
|
5 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.
|
Appledore
|
Pacific Sandpiper
|
Nuclear fuel carrier
|
For Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd.[5]
|
5 June
|
Poland
|
Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego
|
Szczecin
|
Mikhail Sholokhov
|
Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
|
For Far Eastern Shipping[6]
|
11 June
|
West Germany
|
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
|
Kiel
|
Shankush
|
Type 209 submarine
|
For Indian Navy
|
1 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Canterbury Star
|
Refrigerate cargo ship
|
For Blue Star Line.[7]
|
3 July
|
Japan
|
|
|
Setoyuki
|
Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
|
|
4 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd
|
Selby
|
Hebridean Isles
|
Ferry
|
For Caledonian MacBrayne
|
12 July
|
Finland
|
Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
|
Helsinki
|
Otso
|
Icebreaker
|
|
20 July
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Key West
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
|
9 August
|
Denmark
|
Frederikshavn Værft
|
Frederikshavn
|
Mercandian Arrow
|
Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship
|
For Per Henriksen [da][8]
|
22 August
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Mobile Bay
|
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
|
|
31 August
|
Finland
|
Wärtsilä Perno shipyard
|
Turku
|
Olympia
|
Cruiseferry
|
For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic
|
12 September
|
Finland
|
Valmet Vuosaari shipyard
|
Helsinki
|
Kapitan Man
|
SA-15 type cargo ship
|
|
14 September
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Nevada
|
Ohio-class submarine
|
|
28 September
|
West Germany
|
Meyer Werft
|
Papenburg
|
Homeric
|
Cruise ship
|
For Home Lines
|
5 October
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Henry J. Kaiser
|
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
|
|
14 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow
|
Cornwall
|
Type 22 frigate
|
|
16 October
|
Japan
|
|
|
Asayuki
|
Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
|
|
26 October
|
Sweden
|
Kockums
|
Malmö
|
Jubilee
|
Holiday-class cruise ship
|
For Carnival Cruise Lines
|
29 October
|
Finland
|
Valmet Vuosaari shipyard
|
Helsinki
|
Birka Princess
|
Cruiseferry
|
For Birka Line
|
2 November
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Oklahoma City
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
|
7 November
|
West Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Yavuz
|
Yavuz-class frigate
|
|
14 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Roebuck
|
Survey ship
|
For Royal Navy.[9]
|
30 November
|
West Germany
|
Schichau Seebeckwerft
|
Bremerhaven
|
Peter Pan
|
Cruiseferry
|
For TT-Line
|
14 December
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Louisville
|
Los Angeles-class submarine
|
|
14 December
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Thomas S. Gates
|
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
|
|
17 December
|
Brazil
|
Industrias Verolme Ishibras
|
|
Berge Fjord
|
Ore carrier
|
|
20 December
|
Finland
|
Hollming
|
Rauma
|
Rautaruukki
|
Finnpusku pusher vessel
|
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
Colliter
|
Workboat
|
For Bristol City Council.[10]
|
Unknown date
|
Denmark
|
|
|
Danica White
|
Bulk carrier
|
[11]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
Island Rose
|
Passenger launch
|
For Puffin Cruises.[12]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Leisure Scene
|
Passenger ship
|
For Blue Funnel Cruises.[13]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
Rebecca Elaine
|
Fishing Vessel
|
For Hamble Fisheries Ltd.[14]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
Seeker
|
Fishing vessel
|
For private owner.[15]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Babcock Marine Ltd.
|
Appledore
|
S.H.M. 5
|
Barge
|
For Shoreham Harbour Board.[16]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd.
|
Bristol
|
Unity 2
|
Fishing vessel
|
For private owner.[17]
|