List of ship launches in 1978

The list of ship launches in 1978 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1978.

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
14 January	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Frank Cable	Emory S. Land-class submarine tender
21 January	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Nassau	Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
7 February	Peru			Villavisencio	Modified Lupo-class frigate
25 February	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	John Rodgers	Spruance-class destroyer
1 March	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Duncan	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
3 March	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Yulius Fuchik	Barge carrier	For V/O Sudoimport
8 April	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Leftwich	Spruance-class destroyer
25 April	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Exeter	Type 42 destroyer
7 May	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs		Spartan	Swiftsure-class submarine
17 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Cushing	Spruance-class destroyer
21 June	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Adelaide	Adelaide-class frigate	For Royal Australian Navy
3 July	Soviet Union	Shipyard 340	Zelenodolsk	Krechet	Koni-class frigate	For Soviet Navy
22 July	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Bremerton	Los Angeles-class submarine
29 July	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Wadsworth	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
10 August	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Harry W. Hill	Spruance-class destroyer
18 September	Japan			Shirane	Shirane-class destroyer
25 September	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	O'Bannon	Spruance-class destroyer
21 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Arkansas	Virginia-class cruiser
4 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	McInerney	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
18 November	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Jacksonville	Los Angeles-class submarine
21 November	Finland	Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard	Turku	Turella	Cruiseferry	For SF Line for Viking Line traffic
25 November	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Peleliu	Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
1 December	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Canberra	Adelaide-class frigate	For Royal Australian Navy
2 December	France			Dupleix	Georges Leygues-class frigate
14 December	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Illustrious	Invincible-class aircraft carrier
15 December	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Brilliant	Type 22 frigate
16 December	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	George Philip	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Unknown date	West Germany	Rickmers Rederei	Bremerhaven, Germany	Emadala	Ferry	For Emadala Shipping Co