List of ship commissionings in 1940


The list of ship commissionings in 1940 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1940. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.
DateOperatorShipClass and typeNotesRef
18 January'
1 March'weather shipex-fishing trawler Gustav Adolf Kühling
6 March' oiler
unknown date United States Coast and Geodetic Survey'survey shipentered service in spring 1940
1 April'
6 April'
20 April'
23 April'Naval trawlerex-Malangen, captured from Germany
25 April'aircraft carrier
28 May'
13 JuneTigertorpedo boatex-Norwegian Tor
15 June'
17 June'recommissioned from reserve
27 June'
8 July'weather shipconverted sealer
24 July'
1 August'
7 August'
20 August'
21 August'
22 August'completion date
4 September'
9 September'ex-USS Aaron Ward, commissioned at Halifax upon transfer from the United States Navy under the command of Cmdr. Frank H. E. Skyrme
9 September'ex-USS Abel P. Upshur, commissioned at Halifax upon transfer from the United States Navy
18 September'
23 September'ex-USS Abbot transferred as part of the destroyers-for-bases deal
24 September'
2 October'
16 October'
23 October'Ex-
23 October'Ex-
23 October'Ex-
30 October' oiler (1939)ex-merchant tanker Seakay
30 October'
4 November' oilerex-Esso Trenton
13 November'
26 November'Ex-
27 November'
5 December'Ex-
5 December'Ex-
5 December'Ex-
11 December'
11 December'
unknown date'seaplane tenderconverted merchant
unknown date'weather shipex-