List of ship commissionings in 1980

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The list of ship commissionings in 1980 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1980.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
January	People's Liberation Army Navy	*Changzheng 2*	Type 091 submarine	401	date of initial operational capability
16 February	United States Navy	*Thorn*	Spruance-class destroyer	DD-988
22 March	United States Navy	*Deyo*	Spruance-class destroyer	DD-989
24 April	Royal Netherlands Navy	*Van Kinsbergen*	Kortenaer-class frigate	F809
31 May	United States Navy	*Fife*	Spruance-class destroyer	DD-991
11 July	Royal Navy	*Invincible*	Invincible-class aircraft carrier	R05
12 July	United States Navy	*Fletcher*	Spruance-class destroyer	DD-992
11 October	United States Navy	*Samuel Eliot Morison*	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-13
18 October	United States Navy	*Arkansas*	Virginia-class cruiser	CGN-41	Sponsor: Mrs. Betty Bumpers
29 October	Royal Netherlands Navy	*Banckert*	Kortenaer-class frigate	F810
15 November	Royal Australian Navy	*Adelaide*	Adelaide-class frigate	FFG 01	First in class

See also[]

Ship events in 1980
Ship launches:	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Ship commissionings:	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Ship decommissionings:	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Shipwrecks:	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985

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