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.

Date Operator Ship Class and type Notes Ref
18 January  Kriegsmarine U-63 Type IIC submarine
1 March  Kriegsmarine Adolf Vinnen weather ship ex-fishing trawler Gustav Adolf Kühling
6 March  United States Navy Tippecanoe Patoka-class oiler
unknown date  United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Explorer survey ship entered service in spring 1940
1 April  French Navy Richelieu Richelieu-class battleship
6 April  Royal Navy Gladiolus Flower-class corvette
20 April  Kriegsmarine U-120 Type IIB submarine
23 April  Royal Norwegian Navy Honningsvåg Naval trawler ex-Malangen, captured from Germany
25 April  United States Navy Wasp aircraft carrier
28 May  Kriegsmarine U-121 Type IIB submarine
13 June  Kriegsmarine Tiger torpedo boat ex-Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer Tor
15 June  Kriegsmarine U-137 Type IID submarine
17 June  United States Navy Abbot Wickes-class destroyer recommissioned from reserve [1]
27 June  Kriegsmarine U-138 Type IID submarine
8 July  Kriegsmarine Hessen weather ship converted sealer
24 July  Kriegsmarine U-139 Type IID submarine
1 August  Kriegsmarine Prinz Eugen Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
7 August  Kriegsmarine U-140 Type IID submarine
20 August  Kriegsmarine Bismarck Bismarck-class battleship
21 August  Kriegsmarine U-141 Type IID submarine
22 August  Kriegsmarine Karl Meyer Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender completion date
4 September  Kriegsmarine U-142 Type IID submarine
9 September  Royal Navy Castleton Town-class destroyer ex-USS Aaron Ward, commissioned at Halifax upon transfer from the United States Navy under the command of Cmdr. Frank H. E. Skyrme [2]
9 September  Royal Navy Clare Town-class destroyer ex-USS Abel P. Upshur, commissioned at Halifax upon transfer from the United States Navy [3]
18 September  Kriegsmarine U-143 Type IID submarine
23 September  Royal Navy Charlestown Town-class destroyer ex-USS Abbot transferred as part of the destroyers-for-bases deal [1]
24 September  Royal Canadian Navy St. Clair Town-class destroyer
2 October  Kriegsmarine U-144 Type IID submarine
16 October  Kriegsmarine U-145 Type IID submarine
23 October  Royal Navy Lancaster Town-class destroyer Ex-USS Philip
23 October  Royal Navy Mansfield Town-class destroyer Ex-USS Evans
23 October  Royal Navy Montgomery Town-class destroyer Ex-USS Wickes
30 October  United States Navy Santee Cimarron-class oiler (1939) ex-merchant tanker Seakay
30 October  Kriegsmarine U-146 Type IID submarine
4 November  United States Navy Sangamon Cimarron-class oiler ex-Esso Trenton
13 November  Kriegsmarine U-149 Type IID submarine
26 November  Royal Navy Newark Town-class destroyer Ex-USS Ringgold
27 November  Kriegsmarine U-150 Type IID submarine
5 December  Royal Navy Newmarket Town-class destroyer Ex-USS Robinson
5 December  Royal Navy Newport Town-class destroyer Ex-USS Sigourney
5 December  Royal Navy Richmond Town-class destroyer Ex-USS Fairfax
11 December  Kriegsmarine U-147 Type IID submarine
11 December  Royal Navy King George V King George V-class battleship
unknown date  Kriegsmarine Schwabenland seaplane tender converted merchant
unknown date  Kriegsmarine August Wriedt weather ship ex-FV August Wriedt
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. Parsons, Luann (9 April 1981). "Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 19 August 2019. Abbot was recommissioned on 17 June 1940
  2. "Aaron Ward I (Destroyer No. 132)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2019. On 9 September 1940, Aaron Ward was decommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Transferred to Great Britain as one of the overage destroyers traded to that nation in return for the right to establish American bases on British possessions in the western hemisphere, she was commissioned in the Royal Navy that same day as HMS Castleton, 44-year old Cmdr. Frank H. E. Skyrme, RN (Ret.), in command.
  3. "Abel P. Upshur (Destroyer No. 193)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2019. British on 9 September 1940. She was assigned to the 1st "Town-class" Flotilla

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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