List of ship commissionings in 1972

The list of ship commissionings in 1972 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1972.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Pennant Other notes
27 January Swedish Lloyd Saga  Sweden Ferry Formerly Hispania with the same company
7 February Stena Line Stena Atlantica  Sweden Ferry Formerly Saga with Swedish Lloyd (not the Saga above)
12 February  United States Navy Barbour County Newport-class tank landing ship LST-1195
17 February Finland Steamship Company Aallotar  Finland Ferry For Silja Line traffic
18 March Baltic Shipping Company Mikhail Lermontov Soviet Union Ivan Franko-class passenger liner
8 April  United States Navy Harlan County Newport-class tank landing ship LST-1196
19 April Rederi Ab Sally Viking 3  Finland Ferry For Viking Line traffic
5 May  United States Navy Silversides Sturgeon-class submarine SSN-679
6 May  United States Navy Bagley Knox-class frigate FF-1069
13 May  United States Navy Mount Vernon Anchorage-class dock landing ship LSD-39
25 May Rederi AB Svea Svea Regina  Sweden Ferry For Silja Line traffic
27 May  United States Navy Barnstable County Newport-class tank landing ship LST-1197
8 July  United States Navy Brewton Knox-class frigate FF-1086
15 July Jydsk Færgefart A/S Kattegat  Denmark Ferry
22 July  United States Navy Donald B. Beary Knox-class frigate FF-1085
28 July  National Navy of Uruguay 18 De Julio Dealey-class destroyer escort DE-3 Ex-USS Dealey
5 August  United States Navy Bristol County Newport-class tank landing ship LST-1198
9 September  United States Navy Kirk Knox-class frigate FF-1087
25 October  Soviet Navy Admiral Makarov Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship
11 November  United States Navy Barbey Knox-class frigate FF-1088
11 December Rederi AB Slite Diana  Sweden Ferry For Viking Line traffic
Unknown  Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela Tiburon Balao-class submarine S-12 Ex-USS Cubera

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