List of ship launches in 1986

The list of ship launches in 1986 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1986.

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
11 January	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Rodney M. Davis	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
29 January	Japan			Shimayuki	Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
1 February	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Fort McHenry	Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
9 February	Japan			Takeshio	Yūshio-class submarine
14 February	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Antietam	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
20 February	Soviet Union	Zaliv Shipbuilding yard	Kerch, Ukraine	Sevmorput	LASH carrier	Nuclear-powered cargo ship
22 February	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Joshua Humphreys	Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
15 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Newport News	Los Angeles-class submarine
26 March	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Sheffield	Type 22 frigate
29 March	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Kauffman	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
8 April	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Coventry	Type 22 frigate
24 April	South Africa	Sandock Austral	Durban, South Africa	Drakensberg	Fleet replenishment vessel
27 April	SUN	Werft 340	Selenodolsk	SKR-195	Koni-class frigate	For Sovjet Nany
9 May	Finland	Hollming	Rauma	Finn	Finnpusku pusher vessel
30 May	Germany	HDW	Kiel	Turgut Reis	Yavuz-class frigate
20 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Leyte Gulf	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
21 June	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Cumberland	Type 22 frigate
28 June	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Helena	Los Angeles-class submarine
July	Canada	Maple Leaf Adventures	Vancouver, Canada	Maple Leaf	Schooner, rebuilt	See Maple Leaf (schooner)
23 July	Spain	Bazan	Ferrol	Victoria	Santa María-class frigate
9 August	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	John Lenthall	Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
9 August	Sweden	Kockums	Malmö	Celebration	Holiday-class cruise ship	For Carnival Cruise Lines
16 August	Germany	Schichau Seebeckwerft	Bremerhaven	Nils Holgersson	Cruiseferry	For Swecarrier for TT-Line traffic
22 August	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Yuriy Arshenevskiy	SA-15-class cargo ship
31 August	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Kronprins Harald	Cruiseferry	For Jahre Line
5 September	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Berge Stahl	Ore carrier
19 September	Japan			Asagiri	Asagiri-class destroyer
14 October	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Exxon Valdez	Oil tanker	For Exxon Corporation
14 October	Germany	Kröger shipyard	Schacht-Audorf	Schwedeneck	Schwedeneck-class research vessel	For German Navy
24 October	Germany	Orenstein & Koppel	Lübeck	Nordstrand	Nordstand-class tug
3 November	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding	Barrow-in-Furness, England	Trenchant	Trafalgar-class submarine
14 November	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	San Jacinto	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
28 November	Germany	Orenstein & Koppel	Lübeck	Langeneß	Nordstand-class tug
6 December	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	San Juan	Los Angeles-class submarine
13 December	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Tennessee	Ohio-class submarine
17 December	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Vasiliy Burkhanov	SA-15-class cargo ship
Exact date unknown	Brazil	Industrias Verolme Ishibras		Berge Fjord	Ore carrier
Exact date unknown	Finland	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Kontio	Icebreaker