List of ship commissionings in 1981

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The list of ship commissionings in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1981.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
10 January	United States Navy	*Estocin*	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-15
7 March	Error creating thumbnail: Coiste an Asgard	*Asgard II*	Sail training brigantine
21 March	Royal Australian Navy	*Canberra*	Adelaide-class frigate	FFG 02
21 March	United States Navy	*Clifton Sprague*	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-16
27 March	United States Navy	*Kidd*	Kidd-class destroyer	DDG-993
28 March	United States Navy	*Bremerton*	Los Angeles-class submarine	SSN-698
14 April	Royal Netherlands Navy	*Piet Hein*	Kortenaer-class frigate	F811
16 May	United States Navy	*Jacksonville*	Los Angeles-class submarine	SSN-699
20 June	United States Navy	*Flatley*	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-21
1 August	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy	*Khanjar*	Kaman-class fast attack craft	P230
1 August	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy	*Neyzeh*	Kaman-class fast attack craft	P231
1 August	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy	*Tabarzin*	Kaman-class fast attack craft	P232
29 August	United States Navy	*Callaghan*	Kidd-class destroyer	DDG-994
19 September	United States Navy	*Jack Williams*	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-24
26 September	United States Navy	*Antrim*	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-20
10 October	Hellenic Navy	*Elli*	Elli-class frigate	F450	First in class
10 October	United States Navy	*Taurus*	Pegasus-class hydrofoil	PHM-3
24 October	United States Navy	*Scott*	Kidd-class destroyer	DDG-995
14 November	United States Navy	*John A. Moore*	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-19
14 November	United States Navy	*Florida*	Ohio-class submarine	SSGN-728
2 December	Royal Netherlands Navy	*Philips van Almonde*	Kortenaer-class frigate	F823
5 December	United States Navy	*Gallery*	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-26
29 December	Soviet Navy	TK-208	Typhoon-class submarine	TK-208

See also[]

Ship events in 1981
Ship launches:	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
Ship commissionings:	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
Ship decommissionings:	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
Shipwrecks:	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986

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