List of ship commissionings in 1982

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The list of ship commissionings in 1982 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1982.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
16 January	United States Navy	USS Fahrion		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-22
30 January	United States Navy	USS Boston		Los Angeles-class submarine	SSN-703
6 March	Royal Australian Navy	HMAS Launceston		Fremantle-class patrol boat	FCPB 207
13 March	United States Navy	USS Carl Vinson		Nimitz-class aircraft carrier	CVN-70
24 March	Pakistan Navy	PNS Babur		County-class destroyer		Purchase date from the Royal Navy of ex-HMS London
6 April	Chilean Navy	Capitán Prat		County-class destroyer		Purchase date from the Royal Navy of ex-HMS Norfolk
17 April	United States Navy	USS Lewis B. Puller		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-23
17 April	United States Navy	USS Stephen W. Groves		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-29
15 May	United States Navy	USS Boone		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-28
20 June	Royal Navy	HMS Illustrious		Invincible-class aircraft carrier	R06
26 June	United States Navy	USS John L. Hall		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-32
1 July	Royal Navy	HMS Liverpool		Type 42 destroyer	D92
1 July	United States Navy	USS Baltimore		Los Angeles-class submarine	SSN-704
7 August	United States Navy	USS Copeland		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-25
11 September	United States Navy	USS Michigan		Ohio-class submarine	SSBN-727
18 September	Hellenic Navy	Limnos		Elli-class frigate	F451
9 October	United States Navy	USS Aubrey Fitch		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-34
23 October	United States Navy	USS Stark		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-31
13 November	Royal Australian Navy	HMAS Ipswich		Fremantle-class patrol boat	FCPB 209
15 November	Royal Netherlands Navy	HNLMS Bloys van Treslong		Kortenaer-class frigate	F824
27 November	United States Navy	USS Mahlon S. Tisdale		Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate	FFG-27
16 December	Royal Navy	HMS Manchester		Type 42 destroyer	D95