List of ship commissionings in 1951

Fourteen ships were commissioned in 1951:

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
3 January	United States Navy	Rendova	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	CVE-114	Recommissioning from reserve
15 January	United States Navy	Bon Homme Richard	Essex-class aircraft carrier	CV-31	Recommissioning from reserve
17 January	United States Navy	Antietam	Essex-class aircraft carrier	CV-36	Recommissioning from reserve
1 February	United States Navy	Essex	Essex-class aircraft carrier	CV-9	Recommissioning from reserve
3 February	United States Navy	Tarawa	Essex-class aircraft carrier	CV-40	Recommissioning from reserve
3 May	Royal Netherlands Navy	De Zeeuw	Van Amstel-class frigate	F810	Former USS Eisner
3 May	Royal Netherlands Navy	Van Zijl	Van Amstel-class frigate	F811	Former USS Stern
4 October	United States Navy	Salerno Bay	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	CVE-110	Recommissioning from reserve
3 July	United States Navy	Kula Gulf	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	CVE-108	Recommissioning from reserve
10 July	Polish Navy	ORP Zetempowiec	training and hospital ship		Conversion from merchant cargo ship Opole
26 July	United States Navy	Point Cruz	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	CVE-119	Recommissioning from reserve
28 April	United States Navy	Block Island	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	CVE-106	Recommissioning from reserve
19 May	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	Corregidor	Casablanca-class aircraft transport	CVE-58	Placed in service from United States Navy reserve
21 May	United States Navy	Gilbert Islands	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	CVE-107	Recommissioning from reserve
28 September	United States Navy	Wasp	Essex-class aircraft carrier	CV-18	Recommissioned from reserve
31 October	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	Windham Bay	Casablanca-class aircraft transport	CVE-92	Placed in service from United States Navy reserve
30 November	United States Navy	Bennington	Essex-class aircraft carrier	CV-20	Recommissioned from reserve

See also

Ship events in 1951
Ship launches:	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
Ship commissionings:	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
Ship decommissionings:	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
Shipwrecks:	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956

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