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List of Ship Commissionings In 1940report

  • [Date]: 18 January
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-63
    [Class and type]: Type IIC submarine
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  • [Date]: 1 March
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: Adolf Vinnen
    [Class and type]: weather ship
    [Notes]: ex-fishing trawler Gustav Adolf Kühling
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  • [Date]: 6 March
    [Operator]:  United States Navy
    [Ship]: Tippecanoe
    [Class and type]: Patoka-class oiler
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  • [Date]: unknown date
    [Operator]: Flag of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.svg United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
    [Ship]: Explorer
    [Class and type]: survey ship
    [Notes]: entered service in spring 1940
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  • [Date]: 6 April
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Gladiolus
    [Class and type]: Flower-class corvette
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  • [Date]: 20 April
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-120
    [Class and type]: Type IIB submarine
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  • [Date]: 23 April
    [Operator]:  Royal Norwegian Navy
    [Ship]: Honningsvåg
    [Class and type]: Naval trawler
    [Notes]: ex-Malangen, captured from Germany
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  • [Date]: 25 April
    [Operator]:  United States Navy
    [Ship]: Wasp
    [Class and type]: aircraft carrier
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  • [Date]: 28 May
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-121
    [Class and type]: Type IIB submarine
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  • [Date]: 13 June
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: Tiger
    [Class and type]: torpedo boat
    [Notes]: ex-Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer Tor
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  • [Date]: 15 June
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-137
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 17 June
    [Operator]:  United States Navy
    [Ship]: Abbot
    [Class and type]: Wickes-class destroyer
    [Notes]: recommissioned from reserve
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  • [Date]: 27 June
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-138
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 8 July
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: Hessen
    [Class and type]: weather ship
    [Notes]: converted sealer
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  • [Date]: 24 July
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-139
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 1 August
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: Prinz Eugen
    [Class and type]: Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
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  • [Date]: 7 August
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-140
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 20 August
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: Bismarck
    [Class and type]: Bismarck-class battleship
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  • [Date]: 21 August
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-141
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 22 August
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: Karl Meyer
    [Class and type]: Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender
    [Notes]: completion date
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  • [Date]: 4 September
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-142
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 9 September
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Castleton
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: ex-USS Aaron Ward, commissioned at Halifax upon transfer from the United States Navy under the command of Cmdr. Frank H. E. Skyrme
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  • [Date]: 9 September
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Clare
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: ex-USS Abel P. Upshur, commissioned at Halifax upon transfer from the United States Navy
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  • [Date]: 18 September
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-143
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 23 September
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Charlestown
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: ex-USS Abbot transferred as part of the destroyers-for-bases deal
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  • [Date]: 24 September
    [Operator]:  Royal Canadian Navy
    [Ship]: St. Clair
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
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  • [Date]: 2 October
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-144
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 16 October
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-145
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 23 October
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Lancaster
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: Ex-USS Philip
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  • [Date]: 23 October
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Mansfield
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: Ex-USS Evans
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  • [Date]: 23 October
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Montgomery
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: Ex-USS Wickes
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  • [Date]: 30 October
    [Operator]:  United States Navy
    [Ship]: Santee
    [Class and type]: Cimarron-class oiler (1939)
    [Notes]: ex-merchant tanker Seakay
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  • [Date]: 30 October
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-146
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 4 November
    [Operator]:  United States Navy
    [Ship]: Sangamon
    [Class and type]: Cimarron-class oiler
    [Notes]: ex-Esso Trenton
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  • [Date]: 13 November
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-149
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 26 November
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Newark
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: Ex-USS Ringgold
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  • [Date]: 27 November
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-150
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 5 December
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Newmarket
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: Ex-USS Robinson
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  • [Date]: 5 December
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Newport
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: Ex-USS Sigourney
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  • [Date]: 5 December
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: Richmond
    [Class and type]: Town-class destroyer
    [Notes]: Ex-USS Fairfax
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  • [Date]: 11 December
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: U-147
    [Class and type]: Type IID submarine
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  • [Date]: 11 December
    [Operator]:  Royal Navy
    [Ship]: King George V
    [Class and type]: King George V-class battleship
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  • [Date]: unknown date
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: Schwabenland
    [Class and type]: seaplane tender
    [Notes]: converted merchant
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  • [Date]: unknown date
    [Operator]:  Kriegsmarine
    [Ship]: August Wriedt
    [Class and type]: weather ship
    [Notes]: ex-FV August Wriedt
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In the history of the shipbuilding industry, there are several important interlacing points all over the world. Among them, 1940 is a major breakthrough point of the world’s ship span. During that year, the shipbuilding industry in the rest of the world grew rapidly, and the 44 ships recorded in this random tool were the list of ships that were debugged and put into service that year.

In the context of the 1940s when the shipbuilding process was cumbersome, the shipbuilding industry required huge human resources and logistics requirements, all showed that the generator was recorded in the commissioning of these ships hard-won. This generator allows us to see in detail the specific date of commissioning of each ship, the country of operation, the shipping number, the class and type of ship, and finally whether the commissioning requirements have been passed.

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