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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 [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

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  1. ^ 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
  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

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