List of ship commissionings in 1981

The list of ship commissionings in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1981.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
10 January					FFG-15
7 March	Ireland\|name=Coiste an Asgardship\|\|Asgard II\|\|2navy\|AustraliaHMAS\|Canberra\|FFG 02\|2sclass\|Adelaide\|frigate\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Clifton Sprague\|3=2sclass\|Oliver Hazard Perry\|frigate\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Kidd\|3=2\|DDG-993sclass\|Kidd\|destroyer\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Bremerton\|3=2\|SSN-698sclass\|Los Angeles\|submarine\|2navy\|NetherlandsHNLMS\|Piet Hein\|F811\|2sclass\|Kortenaer\|frigate\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Jacksonville\|3=2sclass\|Los Angeles\|submarine\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Flatley\|3=2sclass\|Oliver Hazard Perry\|frigate\|2navy\|Iranship\|IRIS\|Khanjar\|P230\|2sclass\|Kaman\|fast attack craft\|2navy\|Iranship\|IRIS\|Neyzeh\|P231\|2sclass\|Kaman\|fast attack craft\|2navy\|Iranship\|IRIS\|Tabarzin\|P232\|2sclass\|Kaman\|fast attack craft\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Callaghan\|3=2\|DDG-994sclass\|Kidd\|destroyer\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Jack Williams\|3=2sclass\|Oliver Hazard Perry\|frigate\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Antrim\|FFG-20\|2sclass\|Oliver Hazard Perry\|frigate\|2navy\|Greeceship\|Greek frigate\|Elli\|F450\|2sclass\|Elli\|frigate\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Taurus\|PHM-3\|2Sclass\|Pegasus\|hydrofoil\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Scott\|3=2\|DDG-995sclass\|Kidd\|destroyer\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|John A. Moore\|3=2sclass\|Oliver Hazard Perry\|frigate\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Florida\|SSGN-728\|2Sclass\|Ohio\|submarine\|2navy\|NetherlandsHNLMS\|Philips van Almonde\|F823\|2sclass\|Kortenaer\|frigate\|2navy\|United StatesUSS\|Gallery\|3=2sclass\|Oliver Hazard Perry\|frigate\|2navy\|Soviet Unionsclass\|Typhoon\|submarine\|2 Books 1 Vineland 71,214 2 Project Hail Mary 31,941 3 Wuthering Heights 18,607 4 Hamlet 15,928 5 Hamnet (novel) 15,832 6 Frankenstein 11,017 7 Flowers in the Attic 10,307 8 The Count of Monte Cristo 9,133 9 Dune Messiah 8,113 10 The Testaments 8,006 Films 1 Sinners (2025 film) 622,394 2 Hamnet (film) 295,777 3 Weapons (2025 film) 223,917 4 Mr Nobody Against Putin 163,645 5 Marty Supreme 149,377 6 KPop Demon Hunters 133,023 7 Sentimental Value 129,966 8 Bugonia (film) 112,650 9 The Secret Agent (2025 film) 77,032 10 All the Empty Rooms 73,731 Programming Languages 1 Python (programming language) 4,694 2 C (programming language) 4,564 3 JavaScript 3,307 4 Scratch (programming language) 2,739 5 C++ 2,012 6 Rust (programming language) 1,710 7 Java (programming language) 1,662 8 R (programming language) 1,501 9 COBOL 1,427 10 YAML 1,308 TV Series 1 The Madison (TV series) 106,133 2 One Piece (2023 TV series) 76,319 3 Scarpetta (TV series) 62,845 4 Paradise (2025 TV series) 48,765 5 The Other Bennet Sister 39,436 6 The Pitt 39,127 7 DTF St. Louis 37,811 8 Love Story (2026 TV series) 32,476 9 Young Sherlock (British TV series) 30,900 10 Bridgerton 29,723 Video Games 1 Resident Evil Requiem 23,671 2 Wordle 22,659 3 Crimson Desert 21,539 4 Pokémon Pokopia 21,183 5 Pokémon (video game series) 8,283 6 Minecraft 7,928 7 Roblox 7,908 8 Grand Theft Auto VI 7,100 9 Grand Theft Auto V 6,727 10 Poppy Playtime 6,368 © 2026 OWIKI.org. Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Status: ONLINE Version: 1.05