List of ship commissionings in 1940

The list of ship commissionings in 1940 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1940.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
18 January	Kriegsmarine	U-63	Type IIC coastal submarine	U-63
1 March	Kriegsmarine	Adolf Vinnen	Weather ship	WBS 5	Converted fishing trawler
6 March	United States Navy	Tippecanoe	Patoka-class oiler	AO-21
Spring	United States Coast and Geodetic Survey	Explorer	Survey ship	OSS 28
6 April	Royal Navy	Gladiolus	Flower-class corvette	K34
20 April	Kriegsmarine	U-120	Type IIB coastal submarine	U-120
23 April	Royal Norwegian Navy	Honningsvåg	Naval trawler		Ex-German trawler Malangen
25 April	United States Navy	Wasp	Light aircraft carrier	CV-7
28 May	Kriegsmarine	U-121	Type IIB coastal submarine	U-121
13 June	Kriegsmarine	Tiger	Torpedo boat		Ex-Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer Tor
15 June	Kriegsmarine	U-137	Type IID coastal submarine	U-137
27 June	Kriegsmarine	U-138	Type IID coastal submarine	U-138
8 July	Kriegsmarine	Hessen	Weather ship	WBS 11	Converted sealer
24 July	Kriegsmarine	U-139	Type IID coastal submarine	U-139
1 August	Kriegsmarine	Prinz Eugen	Modified Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser
7 August	Kriegsmarine	U-140	Type IID coastal submarine	U-140
20 August	Kriegsmarine	Bismarck	Bismarck-class battleship
21 August	Kriegsmarine	U-141	Type IID coastal submarine	U-141
22 August	Luftwaffe	Karl Meyer	Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender		Completion date
4 September	Kriegsmarine	U-142	Type IID coastal submarine	U-142
18 September	Kriegsmarine	U-143	Type IID coastal submarine	U-143
24 September	Royal Canadian Navy	St. Clair	Town-class destroyer	I65	ex-USS Williams
2 October	Kriegsmarine	U-144	Type IID coastal submarine	U-144
16 October	Kriegsmarine	U-145	Type IID coastal submarine	U-145
23 October	Royal Navy	Lancaster	Town-class destroyer	G05	ex-USS Philip
23 October	Royal Navy	Mansfield	Town-class destroyer	G76	ex-USS Evans
23 October	Royal Navy	Montgomery	Town-class destroyer	G95	ex-USS Wickes
30 October	United States Navy	Santee	Cimarron-class oiler	AO-29	Former merchant tanker Seakay
4 November	United States	Sangamon	Cimarron-class oiler	AO-28	Former tanker Esso Trenton
30 October	Kriegsmarine	U-146	Type IID coastal submarine	U-146
13 November	Kriegsmarine	U-149	Type IID coastal submarine	U-149
26 November	Royal Navy	Newark	Town-class destroyer	G08	ex-USS Ringgold
27 November	Kriegsmarine	U-150	Type IID coastal submarine	U-150
5 December	Royal Navy	Newmarket	Town-class destroyer	G47	ex-USS Robinson
5 December	Royal Navy	Newport	Town-class destroyer	G54	ex-USS Sigourney
5 December	Royal Navy	Richmond	Town-class destroyer	G88	ex-USS Fairfax
11 December	Royal Navy	King George V	King George V-class	41
11 December	Kriegsmarine	U-147	Type IID coastal submarine	U-147
28 December	Kriegsmarine	U-148	Type IID coastal submarine	U-148
Unknown	Kriegsmarine	Schwabenland	Converted merchant type seaplane tender
Unknown	Kriegsmarine	August Wriedt	weather ship	WBS 8	Former FV August Wriedt

See also

• List of World War II ships

Ship events in 1940
Ship launches:	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Ship commissionings:	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Ship decommissionings:	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Shipwrecks:	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945