The list of ship launches in 1980 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1980.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
4 January	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards	Turku	Viking Saga	cruiseferry	For Rederi Ab Sally
12 January	Denmark	Alborg Vaerft	Aalborg, Denmark	Olfert Fischer	Niels Juel-class corvette	For Royal Danish Navy
12 January	Soviet Union	Werft 340	Zelenodolsk	SKR 482	Koni-class frigate	For Soviet Navy
16 January	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Boone	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
18 January	Japan	Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding		Sea-Land Mariner	D9-class container ship	For Sea-Land Corporation
23 January	Poland	Gdańsk Shipyard	Gdańsk	Pogoria	Sail training ship
25 January	West Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Aradu	MEKO 360 frigate
1 February	West Germany	Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH	Husum	Uthlande	ferry	For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[1]
15 February	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards	Turku	Viking Song	cruiseferry	For Rederi Ab Sally
16 February	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Clifton Sprague	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
16 February	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	McKee	Emory S. Land-class submarine tender
18 February	United Kingdom	Vosper Thornycroft	Southampton, England	Nottingham	Type 42 destroyer
1 March	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Scott	Kidd-class destroyer
1 March	Australia	Carrington Slipways	Tomago, New South Wales	Tobruk	Modified Round Table-class landing ship logistics
4 March	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Glasgow, Scotland	Brazen	Type 22 frigate
12 March	Japan			Mochishio	Yūshio-class submarine
14 March	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Cakra	Cakra-class submarine	For Indonesian Navy
15 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Carl Vinson	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
15 March	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Lewis B. Puller	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
18 March	Japan			Ishikari	destroyer escort
20 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	St Christopher	Ferry	For Sealink.[2]
29 March	Turkey			Tuzla	General cargo ship	For Cayeli Shipping
1 April	West Germany	Schiffswerft und Maschf. Max Sieghold	Bremerhaven	Bugsier 14	tugboat	For Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft[3]
19 April	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Boston	Los Angeles-class submarine
26 April	West Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Viking Sally	cruiseferry	Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally.
29 April	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Michigan	Ohio-class submarine
15 May	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Flatley	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
17 May	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Merrimack	Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler
30 May	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Stark	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
31 May	France			Montcalm	Georges Leygues-class frigate
6 June	Denmark	Frederikshavn Vaerft	Frederikshavn	Mercandian Trader II	type FV 610 RoRo-ship	For Per Henriksen[4]
9 June	West Germany	AG Weser	Bremen	Niedersachsen	Bremen-class frigate	For German Navy
21 June	Soviet Union	Werft 340	Zelenodolsk	SKR-28	Koni-class frigate	For Soviet Navy
28 June	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Chandler	Kidd-class destroyer
25 July	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards	Turku	Finlandia	cruiseferry	For Effoa. Planned name when launched was Skandia
26 July	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Copeland	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
1 August	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Prinsesse Ragnhild	Cruiseferry	For Jahre Line
2 August	United States	National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California	Cape Cod	Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
16 August	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Atlanta	Los Angeles-class submarine
27 August	Canada	Burrard Yarrows Corp. Vancouver Division	North Vancouver	Queen of Surrey	C-class ferry	For BC Ferries[5]
30 August	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Jack Williams	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
3 September	West Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Rheinland-Pfalz	Bremen-class frigate	For German Navy
4 September	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	Nanggala	Cakra-class submarine	For Indonesian Navy
25 September	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead, England	Liverpool	Type 42 destroyer
25 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	St David	Ferry	For Sealink.
26 September	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Sydney	Adelaide-class frigate	For Royal Australian Navy
21 October	Finland	Wärtsilä Perno and Turku shipyards	Turku	Silvia Regina	cruiseferry	For Rederi AB Svea
30 October	Canada	Burrard Yarrows Corp. Victoria Division	Victoria	Queen Oak Bay	C-class ferry	For BC Ferries[6]
31 October	Denmark	Aalborg Vaerft	Aalborg	Tropicale	Cruise ship	For Carnival Cruise Lines
7 November	Japan			Hatsuyuki	Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
16 November	Netherlands	Wilton-Fijenoord	Schiedam	Bloys van Treslong	Kortenaer-class frigate
22 November	West Germany	AG Weser Seebeckswerft	Bremerhaven	Olau Hollandia	Cruiseferry	For Olau Line
24 November	United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	Barrow-in-Furness, England	Manchester	Type 42 destroyer
5 December	Sweden	Öresundsvarvet	Landskrona	Gotland	Cruiseferry	For Rederi AB Gotland; chartered to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna as Wasa Star on delivery
13 December	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Baltimore	Los Angeles-class submarine
17 December	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Emden	Bremen-class frigate	For German Navy
20 December	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Gallery	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Date unknown	Hong Kong	Chung Wah Shipyard	Hong Kong	Salvageman	Salvage tug	For United Towing Ltd.[7]