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)
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
25 May	Rederi AB Svea	Svea Regina	Sweden	Ferry		For Silja Line traffic
19 April	Rederi Ab Sally	Viking 3	Finland	Ferry		For Viking Line traffic
15 July	Jydsk Færgefart A/S	Kattegat	Denmark	Ferry
28 July	National Navy of Uruguay	18 De Julio		Dealey-class destroyer escort	DE-3	Ex-USS Dealey
25 October	Soviet Navy	Admiral Makarov		Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship
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