List of ship launches in 1987

The list of ship launches in 1987 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1987.

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	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
17 January	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Andrew J. Higgins	Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
23 January	Japan			Yukishio	Yūshio-class submarine
29 January	Spain	Bazan	Ferrol	Numancia	Santa María-class frigate
30 January	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries		Shimakaze	Hatakaze-class destroyer
25 February	Italy	Fincantieri		San Giorgio	San Giorgio-class amphibious assault ship
3 April	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Lake Champlain	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
4 April	France	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire	Sovereign of the Seas	Sovereign-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International
24 April	Turkey	Gölcük Naval Shipyard		Fatih	Yavuz-class frigate
13 June	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Albany	Los Angeles-class submarine
17 June	Finland	Valmet	Helsinki	Kapitan Danilkin	SA-15-class cargo ship
27 June	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Gunston Hall	Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
10 July	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Norfolk	Type 23 frigate
12 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Philippine Sea	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
18 July	Yugoslavia	Brodogradevna Industrija	Split	Amorella	cruiseferry	for SF Line for Viking Line traffic
4 August	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Wasp	Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
9 September	Japan			Amagiri	Asagiri-class destroyer
12 September	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Pasadena	Los Angeles-class submarine
21 September	Japan			Yūgiri	Asagiri-class destroyer
2 October	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Princeton	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
2 October	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Walter S. Diehl	Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
7 October	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead, England	Campbeltown	Type 22 frigate
10 October	Italy	Fincantieri		San Marco	San Giorgio-class amphibious assault ship
10 October	Japan			Yamagiri	Asagiri-class destroyer
1 November	West Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Crown Odyssey	Cruise ship	For Royal Cruise Line
8 December	United Kingdom	Ferguson Shipbuilders	Port Glasgow	Isle of Mull	Ferry	For Caledonian MacBrayne
19 December	Japan	Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co	Onishi	Reijin	Car transporter	For Nissan Prince Kaiun K.K.
Date uncertain	People's Republic of China	Huludao Shipyard	Huludao, Liaoning Province	ChangZheng 4	Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine

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