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
18 January	Kriegsmarine	U-63	Type IIC coastal submarine	U 63
6 March	United States Navy	Tippecanoe	Patoka class fleet replenishment oiler	AO-21
6 April	Royal Navy	Gladiolus	Flower class corvette	K34
20 April	Kriegsmarine	U-120	Type IIB coastal submarine	U 120
23 April	Royal Norwegian Navy	Honningsvåg	Naval trawler		Ex German trawler Malangen
25 April	United States Navy	Wasp	Light aircraft carrier	CV-7
28 May	Kriegsmarine	U-121	Type IIB coastal submarine	U 121
13 June	Kriegsmarine	Tiger	Torpedo boat		Ex Norwegian Sleipner class destroyer Tor
15 June	Kriegsmarine	U-137	Type IID coastal submarine	U 137
27 June	Kriegsmarine	U-138	Type IID coastal submarine	U 138
24 July	Kriegsmarine	U-139	Type IID coastal submarine	U 139
1 August	Kriegsmarine	Prinz Eugen	Modified Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser
7 August	Kriegsmarine	U-140	Type IID coastal submarine	U 140
20 August	Kriegsmarine	Bismarck	Bismarck class battleship
21 August	Kriegsmarine	U-141	Type IID coastal submarine
22 August	Luftwaffe	Karl Meyer	Karl Meyer class seaplane tender		Completion date
4 September	Kriegsmarine	U-142	Type IID coastal submarine
18 September	Kriegsmarine	U-143	Type IID coastal submarine
24 September	Royal Canadian Navy	St. Clair	Wickes class destroyer	I-65	ex-USS Williams
2 October	Kriegsmarine	U-144	Type IID coastal submarine	U 144
16 October	Kriegsmarine	U-145	Type IID coastal submarine
23 October	Royal Navy	Lancaster	Wickes class destroyer		ex-USS Philip
23 October	Royal Navy	Mansfield	Wickes class destroyer		ex-USS Evans
23 October	Royal Navy	Montgomery	Wickes class destroyer		ex-USS Wickes
30 October	United States Navy	Santee	Cimarron class oiler	AO-29	Former merchant tanker Seakay
4 November	United States	Sangamon	Cimarron class oiler	AO-28	Former tanker Esso Trenton
30 October	Kriegsmarine	U-146	Type IID coastal submarine	U 146
13 November	Kriegsmarine	U-149	Type IID coastal submarine
26 November	Royal Navy	Newark	Wickes class destroyer		ex-USS Ringgold
27 November	Kriegsmarine	U-150	Type IID coastal submarine
5 December	Royal Navy	Newmarket	Wickes class destroyer		ex-USS Robinson
5 December	Royal Navy	Newport	Wickes class destroyer		ex-USS Sigourney
5 December	Royal Navy	Richmond	Wickes class destroyer		ex-USS Fairfax
11 December	Royal Navy	King George V	King George V class battleship	41
11 December	Kriegsmarine	U-147	Type IID coastal submarine
28 December	Kriegsmarine	U-148	Type IID coastal submarine
Uncertain	Kriegsmarine	Schwabenland	Converted merchant type seaplane tender		Former SS Schwabenland

See also

• List of World War II ships

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