List of ship launches in 1983

The list of ship launches in 1983 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1983.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
15 January	Australia	North Queensland Engineers and Agents	Cairns, Queensland	Cessnock	Fremantle-class patrol boat
17 January	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Yorktown	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
20 January	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Nizhneyansk	SA-15-class cargo ship
25 January	Japan			Yubetsu	Yubari-class destroyer escort
27 January	Japan			Nadashio	Yūshio-class submarine
23 February	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Igarka	SA-15-class cargo ship
26 February	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Carr	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
4 March	Argentina	Río Santiago Shipyard	La Plata	Rosales	Espora-class corvette
9 March	Australia	North Queensland Engineers and Agents	Cairns, Queensland	Bendigo	Fremantle-class patrol boat
19 March	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Minneapolis-Saint Paul	Los Angeles-class submarine
14 April	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Edinburgh	Type 42 destroyer
23 April	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Nicholas	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
30 April	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Olympia	Los Angeles-class submarine
1 June	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Monchegorsk	SA-15-class cargo ship
10 June	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Whidbey Island	Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
11 June	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Giuseppe Garibaldi	Light V/STOL aircraft carrier
24 June	Argentina	Río Santiago Shipyard	La Plata	Spiro	Espora-class corvette
9 July	Australia	North Queensland Engineers and Agents	Cairns, Queensland	Gawler	Fremantle-class patrol boat
14 July	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Arkhangelsk	SA-15-class cargo ship
16 July	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Rentz	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
13 August	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Robert G. Bradley	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
20 August	East Germany	VEB Peene-Werft	Wolgast	Vogtland'	Ohre-class Barracks ship	For Volksmarine
27 August	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Augusta	Los Angeles-class submarine
27 August	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Hyman G. Rickover	Los Angeles-class submarine
6 September	Japan			Haruyuki	Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
14 September	SUN	Sredne-Newski	Leningrad	Schuja	Tarantul-class corvette
19 September	Japan			Isoyuki	Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
24 September	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Honolulu	Los Angeles-class submarine
15 October	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Henry M. Jackson	Ohio-class submarine
22 October	Australia	North Queensland Engineers and Agents	Cairns, Queensland	Geraldton	Fremantle-class patrol boat
5 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Taylor	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
11 November	SUN	Werft 129	Selenodolsk	Sokol	Koni-class frigate	For Sovjet Nany
15 November	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Amderma	SA-15-class cargo ship
19 November	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Brave	Type 22 frigate
19 November	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Gary	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
24 November	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Kemerovo	SA-15-class cargo ship
2 December	United Kingdom	Ferguson Ailsa Ltd	Port Glasgow	Isle of Arran	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
17 December	Germany	Elsflether Werft	Elsfleth	Mellum	Multi-purpose vessel	For Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
19 December	Ireland	Verolme Dockyard	Rushbrook, Ireland	Eithne	Eithne-class patrol vessel	For Irish Naval Service
Date uncertain	People's Republic of China	Huludao Shipyard	Huludao, Liaoning Province	Changzheng 3	Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine
Date uncertain	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Okha	SA-15-class cargo ship
Date uncertain	Finland	Valmet Vuosaari shipyard	Helsinki	Bratsk	SA-15-class cargo ship
Date uncertain	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Tiksi	SA-15-class cargo ship
Date uncertain	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno shipyard	Turku	Kola	SA-15-class cargo ship