List of ship launches in 1985

!width="130" | Country

! Builder

! Location

! Ship

! Class / type

! Notes

| {{Flag|Denmark}}

| Frederikshavn Værft

| Frederikshavn

| Mercandian Gigant

| Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship

| For {{ill|Per Henriksen (shipowner)|lt=Per Henriksen|da|Per Henriksen (skibsreder)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/mercandian_ocean_1985.htm|title=M/S Mercandian Ocean.|accessdate=26 August 2017 |language=Swedish }}

| {{flag|United States}}

| Electric Boat

| Groton, Connecticut

| {{USS|Alaska|SSBN-732|2}}

| {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|2}}

|

| {{flag|Japan}}

|

|

| {{JDS|Akishio||2}}

| {{sclass|Yūshio|submarine|2}}

|

| {{flag|West Germany}}

| Husumer Schiffswerft

| Husum

| Pellworm

| ferry

| For Neue Pellwormer Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft GmbH{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/pellworm_1985.htm|title=M/S Pellworm.|accessdate=8 October 2017 |language=Swedish }}

| {{flag|France}}

|

|

| {{ship|French frigate|La Motte-Picquet||2}}

| {{sclass|Georges Leygues|frigate|2}}

|

| {{flag|United States}}

| Todd Pacific Shipyards

| San Pedro, California

| {{USS|Reuben James|FFG-57|2}}

| {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|2}}

|

| {{flag|East Germany}}

| VEB Peene-Werft

| Wolgast

| Börde

| Ohre-class barracks ship

| For Volksmarine

| {{flag|United States}}

| Ingalls Shipbuilding

| Pascagoula, Mississippi

| {{USS|Bunker Hill|CG-52|2}}

| {{sclass|Ticonderoga|cruiser|2}}

|

| {{flag|Finland}}

| Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard

| Helsinki

| {{MS|Wellamo|3=2}}

| Cruiseferry

| For Effoa for Silja Line traffic

| {{flag|East Germany}}

| VEB Peene-Werft

| Wolgast

| Uckermarck

| Ohre-class Barracks ship

| For Volksmarine

| {{flag|Finland}}

| Valmet Vuosaari shipyard

| Helsinki

| {{MV|Anatoliy Kolesnichenko||2}}

| SA-15 type cargo ship

| {{Flag|Denmark}}

| Frederikshavn Værft

| Frederikshavn

| Mercandian Continent

| Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship

| For {{ill|Per Henriksen (shipowner)|lt=Per Henriksen|da|Per Henriksen (skibsreder)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/mercandian_continent_1985.htm|title=M/S Mercandian Continent.|accessdate=26 August 2017 |language=Swedish }}

| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}

| Werft 340

| Zelenodolsk

| SKR-201

| {{sclass2|Koni|frigate|1}}

| For Soviet Navy

| {{Flag|Poland}}

| Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego

| Szczecin

| Mikhail Sholokhov

| {{sclass|Dmitriy Shostakovich|ferry|1}}

| For Far Eastern Shipping{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/mikhail_sholokhov_1986.htm|title=M/S MIKHAIL SHOLOKHOV.|accessdate=16 October 2016 |language=Swedish }}

| {{flag|West Germany}}

| Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft

| Kiel

| {{INS|Shankush|S45|2}}

| Type 209 submarine

| For Indian Navy

| {{flag|Japan}}

|

|

| {{JS|Setoyuki||2}}

| {{sclass|Hatsuyuki|destroyer|2}}

|

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd

| Selby

| {{MV|Hebridean Isles|3=2}}

| Ferry

| For Caledonian MacBrayne

| {{flag|Finland}}

| Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard

| Helsinki

| {{ship||Otso|icebreaker|2}}

| Icebreaker

|

| {{flag|United States}}

| Newport News Shipbuilding

| Newport News, Virginia

| {{USS|Key West|SSN-722|2}}

| {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|2}}

|

| {{Flag|Denmark}}

| Frederikshavn Værft

| Frederikshavn

| Mercandian Arrow

| Type FV 2100 RoRo-ship

| For {{ill|Per Henriksen (shipowner)|lt=Per Henriksen|da|Per Henriksen (skibsreder)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/mercandian_arrow_1986.htm|title=M/S Mercandian Arrow.|accessdate=26 August 2017 |language=Swedish }}

| {{flag|United States}}

| Ingalls Shipbuilding

| Pascagoula, Mississippi

| {{USS|Mobile Bay||2}}

| {{sclass|Ticonderoga|cruiser|2}}

|

| {{flag|Finland}}

| Wärtsilä Perno shipyard

| Turku

| {{MS|Olympia|3=2}}

| Cruiseferry

| For Rederi AB Slite for Viking Line traffic

| {{flag|Finland}}

| Valmet Vuosaari shipyard

| Helsinki

| {{MV|Kapitan Man||2}}

| SA-15 type cargo ship

|

| {{flag|United States}}

| Electric Boat

| Groton, Connecticut

| {{USS|Nevada|SSBN-733|2}}

| {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|2}}

|

| {{flag|West Germany}}

| Meyer Werft

| Papenburg

| Homeric

| Cruise ship

| For Home Lines

| {{flag|United States}}

| Avondale Shipyard

| Avondale, Louisiana

| {{USNS|Henry J. Kaiser|T-AO-187|2}}

| {{sclass|Henry J. Kaiser|replenishment oiler|2}}

|

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| Yarrow Shipbuilders

| Glasgow

| {{HMS|Cornwall|F99|2}}

| Type 22 frigate

|

| {{flag|Japan}}

|

|

| {{JS|Asayuki||2}}

| {{sclass|Hatsuyuki|destroyer|2}}

|

| {{flag|Sweden}}

| Kockums

| Malmö

| Jubilee

| {{sclass|Holiday|cruise ship|2}}

| For Carnival Cruise Lines

| {{flag|Finland}}

| Valmet Vuosaari shipyard

| Helsinki

| {{MS|Birka Princess|3=2}}

| Cruiseferry

| For Birka Line

| {{flag|United States}}

| Newport News Shipbuilding

| Newport News, Virginia

| {{USS|Oklahoma City|SSN-723|2}}

| {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|2}}

|

| {{flag|West Germany}}

| Blohm + Voss

| Hamburg

| {{TCG|Yavuz|F-240|2}}

| {{sclass|Yavuz|frigate|2}}

|

| {{flag|West Germany}}

| Schichau Seebeckwerft

| Bremerhaven

| {{MS|Peter Pan|1986|2}}

| Cruiseferry

| For TT-Line

| {{flag|United States}}

| Electric Boat

| Groton, Connecticut

| {{USS|Louisville|SSN-724|2}}

| {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|2}}

|

| {{flag|United States}}

| Bath Iron Works

| Bath, Maine

| {{USS|Thomas S. Gates||2}}

| {{sclass|Ticonderoga|cruiser|2}}

|

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| Industrias Verolme Ishibras

|

| {{ship||Berge Fjord}}

| Ore carrier

|

| {{flag|Finland}}

| Hollming

| Rauma

| {{ship||Rautaruukki|pusher|2}}

| Finnpusku pusher vessel

|

| {{flag|Denmark}}

|

|

| {{MV|Danica White||2}}

| Bulk carrier

| {{cite news |title=DANICA WHITE Pirate attack and hijacking on 1 June 2007 |url=http://www.dma.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/OKE/List-marine-accident-reports-per-year/danicawhiteoversat.pdf |publisher=Danish Maritime Authority |date=16 November 2007 |access-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215431/http://www.dma.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/OKE/List-marine-accident-reports-per-year/danicawhiteoversat.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 }}