List of ship launches in 1976

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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	Builder and location	Ship	Class and type	Operator	Notes
January 6	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	John Young	Spruance-class destroyer	United States Navy
February 1	San Diego, California, United States	Rose City	Oil tanker
February 21	Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States	Omaha	Los Angeles-class submarine	United States Navy
March 1	Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England	Ghanadhah	Ardhana-class patrol craft	United Arab Emirates Navy	[1]
March 26	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	Comte de Grasse	Spruance-class destroyer	United States Navy
March 28	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland	Finnjet	Cruiseferry	Finnlines
April 3	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States	Memphis	Los Angeles-class submarine	United States Navy
April 14	Swan Hunter, Wallsend, North East England	Glasgow	Type 42 destroyer	Royal Navy
May 12	Yarrows, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland	Broadsword	Type 22 frigate
May 26	Bremen, West Germany	Bonn	Type "Europatanker" ULCC	For Kosmos Bulkschiffahrt
June 25	Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France	Batillus	Batillus-class supertanker
July 8	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	O'Brien	Spruance-class destroyer	United States Navy
July 31	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States	Mississippi	Virginia-class cruiser	United States Navy
August 14	Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Retivyy	Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship	Soviet Navy
August 27	J.J. Sietas, Neuenfelde, Hamburg, West Germany	Transgermania	Ferry	Poseidon Schiffahrts OHG[2]
September 1	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	Merrill	Spruance-class destroyer	United States Navy
September 25	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	Oliver Hazard Perry	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	United States Navy
September 28	Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany	Lunni	Product tanker
October 6	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany		Type 209 submarine	Ecuadorian Navy
October 9	Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States	Groton	Los Angeles-class submarine	United States Navy
November 13	Servicio Industrial de la Marina, Callao, Peru	Carvajal	Lupo-class frigate	Peruvian Navy
November 19	Lürssen, Bremen, West Germany	Meerkatze	Fishery protection vessel	Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
November 20	Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England	Sceptre	Swiftsure-class submarine	Royal Navy
December 4	AG Weser, Bremen, West Germany	Wahran	Type "Europatanker" ULCC	For Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company
December 17	unknown builder, France	Georges Leygues	Georges Leygues-class frigate	French Navy
December 18	Rijn-Schelde Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven, Vlissingen, Netherlands	Kortenaer	Kortenaer-class frigate	Royal Netherlands Navy
December 23	Japan	Noshiro	Chikugo-class destroyer escort	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
December 28	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	Briscoe	Spruance-class destroyer	United States Navy
Unknown date	United States	Cross Rip	Ferry	Hy-Line
Unknown date	Norway	Thalassa Desgagnes	Double-hulled tanker	Groupe Desgagné

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