List of ship commissionings in 1920
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The list of ship commissionings in 1920 includes a chronological list of all ship
s commissioned in 1920.
Ship
Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...
s commissioned in 1920.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Pennant | Other notes | |
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31 January | AA-1 USS T-1 (SS-52) The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1.... |
AA-1 class AA-1 class submarine The AA-1 class was a class of three experimental submarines of the United States Navy, built toward the end of World War I, between 1916 and 1919. The design was not a success and none of the submarines saw active service... submarine |
Submarine No. 52 | |||
19 February | Sapelo USS Sapelo (AO-11) -External links:* at navsource.org... |
Patoka class Patoka class oiler The Patoka class oilers are a series of eight fleet replenishment oilers built for the United States Navy after World War I. All but one of the vessels were commissioned between 1919 and 1922, and all were held in various states until the eve of World War II, where all served with the Navy for the... fleet replenishment oiler |
AO-11 | |||
15 May | Hood HMS Hood (51) HMS Hood was the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. One of four s ordered in mid-1916, her design—although drastically revised after the Battle of Jutland and improved while she was under construction—still had serious limitations. For this reason she was the only ship of her class to be... |
Admiral class Admiral class battlecruiser The Admiral-class battlecruisers were a class of four British Royal Navy battlecruisers designed near the end of World War I. Their design began as a improved version of the s, but it was recast as a battlecruiser after Admiral John Jellicoe, commander of the Grand Fleet, pointed out that there was... battlecruiser |
51 | |||
9 July | K III | K III class submarine | K III | |||
21 August | Z 3 | Z 1 class torpedo boat | Z 3 | |||
4 September | Trinity USS Trinity (AO-13) USS Trinity was laid down on 10 November 1919 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; launched on 3 July 1920; and commissioned on 4 September 1920, Comdr. Harry M. Bostwick, USNRF, in command.-Initial Cruise:... |
Patoka class Patoka class oiler The Patoka class oilers are a series of eight fleet replenishment oilers built for the United States Navy after World War I. All but one of the vessels were commissioned between 1919 and 1922, and all were held in various states until the eve of World War II, where all served with the Navy for the... fleet replenishment oiler |
AO-13 | |||
15 September | K V | K V class K V class submarine The K V class was a class of three submarines, built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Used for patrols in the Dutch colonial waters. The class comprised K V, K VI and K VII. The submarines diving depth was 40 meters. Only K VII was still in service at the start of... submarine |
K V | |||
7 December | T-3 USS T-3 (SS-61) USS T-3 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy originally named AA-3.She was laid down as AA-3 on 21 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 24 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs... |
AA-1 class AA-1 class submarine The AA-1 class was a class of three experimental submarines of the United States Navy, built toward the end of World War I, between 1916 and 1919. The design was not a success and none of the submarines saw active service... submarine |
Submarine No. 61 |