List of ship commissionings in 1943 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The list of ship commissionings in 1943 includes a chronological list of all ship

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,...

HMS Hunter (D80)

USS Block Island was an Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II....

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

Attacker class escort carriers were a type of aircraft carrier in service with the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. There were eight ships in the class, all constructed in the United States and supplied under the terms of Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy.The ships served in two different...

HMS Whimbrel (U29)

HMS Whimbrel is the last surviving Royal Navy warship present at the Japanese Surrender in World War II. She was a sloop of the Black Swan class, laid down on 31 October 1941 to the pennant of U29 at the famed yards of Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow.Launched on 25 August 1942 almost nine...

| Black Swan class

Black Swan class sloop

The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Thirteen Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-four Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including...

USS Independence (CVL-22)

The fourth USS Independence was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class.-Construction and deployment:...

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

The Independence class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II.This class were a result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's interest in Navy shipbuilding plans...

HMS Tracker (D24)

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| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

USS Lexington (CV-16)

USS Lexington , known as "The Blue Ghost", is one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, is named in honor of the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two were originally ordered; however as World War II wound down, six were...

USS Barnes (CVE-20)

USS Barnes was an escort carrier in the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry her name.Barnes was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract; transferred to the United States Navy on 1 May 1942; launched on 22 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington;...

| Bogue class

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

USS Princeton (CVL-23)

The fourth USS Princeton was a United States Navy lost at the battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.-Construction and deployment:The ship was laid down as the Tallahassee by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 2 June 1941...

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

HMS Fencer (D64)

USS Croatan was transferred to the United Kingdom on 27 February 1943 under lend-lease where she served as HMS Fencer ...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

HMS Kite (U87)

HMS Kite was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, commanded by Lt Cmdr Segram RN and once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederic John Walker...

| Modified Black Swan class

Black Swan class sloop

USS Block Island (CVE-21)

USS Block Island was a for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first of two escort carriers named after Block Island Sound off Rhode Island. Block Island was launched on 6 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission...

| Bogue class

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)

USS Belleau Wood was a United States Navy active during World War II in the Pacific Theater, from 1943 to 1945. The ship also served in the First Indochina War under French Navy temporary service as Bois Belleau....

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

HMS Starling (U66)

HMS Starling was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan, Scotland, launched on 14 October 1942, and commissioned on 1 April 1943....

| Modified Black Swan class

Black Swan class sloop

HMS Searcher (D40)

HMS Searcher was an Ruler-class escort carrier escort carrier of the Royal Navy. Built in Seattle in the United States she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease. Launched in 1942 she served until 29 November 1945. She was sold into merchant service and renamed Captain Theo...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

HMS Chaser (D32)

The USS Breton was an Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II....

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

USS Prince William (CVE-31)

USS Prince William , ex-MC Hull 242, was laid down by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington, 18 May 1942 as AVG-31; redesignated ACV-31 on 20 August 1942; launched 23 August 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Paul Foley; and commissioned 9 April 1943, Captain Herbert E...

| Bogue class

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

USS Edsall (DE-129)

USS Edsall was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall ....

| Edsall class

Edsall class destroyer escort

The Edsall class destroyer escorts were built primarily for ocean anti-submarine escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS Edsall was commissioned on 10 April 1943 at Orange, Texas. The class was also known as the FMR type from their Fairbanks-Morse Reduction-geared diesel drive...

USS Breton (CVE-23)

USS Breton was a Bogue class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Breton was in service as an escort carrier from 1943 to 1946 and as an aircraft transport from 1958 to 1970....

| Bogue class

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

USS Yorktown (CV-10)

USS Yorktown is one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is named after the Battle of Yorktown of the American Revolutionary War, and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

HMS Ravager (D70)

HMS Ravager was an Ruler class escort carrier escort carrier built in the United States and operated by the Royal Navy during World War II....

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

USS Croatan (CVE-25)

USS Croatan was an escort carrier launched on 1 August 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. J. S. Russell; and commissioned on 28 April 1943, Captain J. B...

| Bogue class

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

HMS Striker (D12)

The name Prince William was assigned to MC hull 198, a converted C3 laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Francisco, California, 15 December 1941....

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

HMS Pheasant (U49)

HMS Pheasant was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow on 13 July 1942, launched on 21 December 1942, and commissioned on 12 May 1943....

| Modified Black Swan class

Black Swan class sloop

USS Bataan (CVL-29)

USS Bataan , originally planned as USS Buffalo and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton Independence class light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II....

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)

USS Bunker Hill was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the second US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the Battle of Bunker Hill. Bunker Hill was commissioned in May 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

USS Cowpens (CVL-25)

USS Cowpens , nicknamed The Mighty Moo, was an 11,000-ton that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947....

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

USS Daniel T. Griffin (DE-54)

USS Daniel T. Griffin , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman Daniel T. Griffin , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....

| Buckley class

Buckley class destroyer escort

The Buckley class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943 - 1944. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. The lead ship was USS Buckley which was launched on 9 January 1943. The ships had General Electric steam...

HMS Pursuer (D73)

The USS St. George was laid down on 31 July 1941 as a C3-S-A2 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Hull 296 of Pascagoula, Mississippi, under Maritime Commission contract as the SS Mormacland for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. . She was renamed St...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

USS Monterey (CVL-26)

USS Monterey was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, in service during World War II and used in training for several years thereafter....

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

USS Casablanca (CVE-55)

The USS Casablanca was a United States Navy escort aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class, named after the city of Casablanca, Morocco.Casablanca has borne three names and three type designators...

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