List of ship commissionings in 1971

The list of ship commissionings in 1971 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1971.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
8 January	United States Navy	Bluefish		Sturgeon class submarine	SSN-675
19 January	Royal Australian Navy	Torrens		River class destroyer escort	DE 53
12 March	United States Navy	Billfish		Sturgeon class submarine	SSN-676
24 April	United States Navy	Joseph Hewes		Knox class frigate	FF-1078
22 May	United States Navy	Bowen		Knox class frigate	FF-1079
3 June	Sessan Linjen	Prinsessan Desirée	Sweden	Ferry
8 July	Royal Caribbean Cruise Line	Nordic Prince	Norway	Song of Norway -class cruise ship
23 July	United States Navy	Fanning		Knox class frigate	FF-1076
11 September	United States Navy	Pintado		Sturgeon class submarine	SSN-672
December	People's Liberation Army Navy	Jinan		Type 051 destroyer	105	date of initial operational capability
17 December	United States Navy	Archerfish		Sturgeon class submarine	SSN-678

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