List of ship commissionings in 2008

The list of ship commissionings in 2008 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 2008.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Pennant Other notes
22 February  Royal Australian Navy Glenelg Armidale-class patrol boat ACPB 96
27 March  Marina Militare Cavour Aircraft carrier 550
4 April  Latvian Naval Forces Tālivaldis Imanta-class minehunter M-06 former HNLMS Dordrecht
8 April  Belgian Navy Louise-Marie Karel Doorman-class frigate F931 former HNLMS Willem van der Zaan
3 May  United States Navy North Carolina Virginia-class submarine SSN-777 commissioned at Wilmington, North Carolina
6 June  United States Navy Sterett Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG-104
4 August  United States Coast Guard Bertholf Legend-class cutter WMSL-750 First in class
19 August  Royal Thai Navy Pharuehatsabodi 813
5 September  Republic of Korea Navy Choe Yeong Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin-class destroyer DDH-981
22 September  German Navy Magdeburg Braunschweig-class corvette F261
18 October  Indonesian Navy Sultan Iskandar Muda Sigma-class corvette 367
15 October  Ecuadorian Navy Comandante Rafael Morán Valverde FM-02
22 October  Latvian Naval Forces Visvaldis Imanta-class minehunter M-07 former HNLMS Delfzijl
23 October  People's Liberation Army Navy Daishandao Daishandao-class hospital ship 866 First in class
25 October  United States Navy New Hampshire Virginia-class submarine SSN-778
7 November  Chilean Navy 4201 4201
8 November  United States Navy Freedom Freedom-class littoral combat ship LCS-1 First in class
2 December  United States Navy Crocodile Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat WPB-87369
10 December  Chilean Navy Almirante Condell Type 23 frigate FF-06 Formerly HMS Marlborough (F233)
10 December  Russian Navy Vitse-Admiral Zakharin 611


See also

Ship events in 2008
Ship launches: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Ship commissionings: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Ship decommissionings: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Shipwrecks: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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