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 |
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18 January | Kriegsmarine | U-63 | Type IIC submarine | [citation needed] | |
1 March | Kriegsmarine | Adolf Vinnen | weather ship | ex-fishing trawler Gustav Adolf Kühling | [citation needed] |
6 March | United States Navy | Tippecanoe | Patoka-class oiler | [citation needed] | |
unknown date | United States Coast and Geodetic Survey | Explorer | survey ship | entered service in spring 1940 | [citation needed] |
1 April | French Navy | Richelieu | Richelieu-class battleship | ||
6 April | Royal Navy | Gladiolus | Flower-class corvette | [citation needed] | |
20 April | Kriegsmarine | U-120 | Type IIB submarine | [citation needed] | |
23 April | Royal Norwegian Navy | Honningsvåg | Naval trawler | ex-Malangen, captured from Germany | [citation needed] |
25 April | United States Navy | Wasp | aircraft carrier | [citation needed] | |
28 May | Kriegsmarine | U-121 | Type IIB submarine | [citation needed] | |
13 June | Kriegsmarine | Tiger | torpedo boat | ex-Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer Tor | [citation needed] |
15 June | Kriegsmarine | U-137 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
17 June | United States Navy | Abbot | Wickes-class destroyer | recommissioned from reserve | [1] |
27 June | Kriegsmarine | U-138 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
8 July | Kriegsmarine | Hessen | weather ship | converted sealer | [citation needed] |
24 July | Kriegsmarine | U-139 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
1 August | Kriegsmarine | Prinz Eugen | Admiral Hipper-class cruiser | [citation needed] | |
7 August | Kriegsmarine | U-140 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
20 August | Kriegsmarine | Bismarck | Bismarck-class battleship | [citation needed] | |
21 August | Kriegsmarine | U-141 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
22 August | Kriegsmarine | Karl Meyer | Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender | completion date | [citation needed] |
4 September | Kriegsmarine | U-142 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
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 | [citation needed] | |
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 | [citation needed] | |
2 October | Kriegsmarine | U-144 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
16 October | Kriegsmarine | U-145 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
23 October | Royal Navy | Lancaster | Town-class destroyer | Ex-USS Philip | [citation needed] |
23 October | Royal Navy | Mansfield | Town-class destroyer | Ex-USS Evans | [citation needed] |
23 October | Royal Navy | Montgomery | Town-class destroyer | Ex-USS Wickes | [citation needed] |
30 October | United States Navy | Santee | Cimarron-class oiler (1939) | ex-merchant tanker Seakay | [citation needed] |
30 October | Kriegsmarine | U-146 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
4 November | United States Navy | Sangamon | Cimarron-class oiler | ex-Esso Trenton | [citation needed] |
13 November | Kriegsmarine | U-149 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
26 November | Royal Navy | Newark | Town-class destroyer | Ex-USS Ringgold | [citation needed] |
27 November | Kriegsmarine | U-150 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
5 December | Royal Navy | Newmarket | Town-class destroyer | Ex-USS Robinson | [citation needed] |
5 December | Royal Navy | Newport | Town-class destroyer | Ex-USS Sigourney | [citation needed] |
5 December | Royal Navy | Richmond | Town-class destroyer | Ex-USS Fairfax | [citation needed] |
11 December | Kriegsmarine | U-147 | Type IID submarine | [citation needed] | |
11 December | Royal Navy | King George V | King George V-class battleship | [citation needed] | |
unknown date | Kriegsmarine | Schwabenland | seaplane tender | converted merchant | [citation needed] |
unknown date | Kriegsmarine | August Wriedt | weather ship | ex-FV August Wriedt | [citation needed] |
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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