List of ship launches in 1986

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

	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
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	Helsinki	Yuriy Arshenevskiy	SA-15-class cargo ship
31 August	Finland	Wärtsilä	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
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
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	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