List of ship commissionings in 1988

The list of ship commissionings in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1988.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
30 May	Spanish Navy	Príncipe de Asturias		STOL aircraft carrier	R11
November	People's Liberation Army Navy	Changzheng 4		Type 091 submarine	404	date of initial operational capability

See also

Ship events in 1988
Ship launches:	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Ship commissionings:	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Ship decommissionings:	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Shipwrecks:	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993