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