The list of ship commissionings in 1918 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1918. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.
Date | Operator | Ship | Pennant | Class and type | Notes |
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March 25 | United States Navy | A. G. Prentiss | ID-2313 | Tugboat | civilian tug delivered to Navy service under charter[1] |
April 6 | United States Navy | Fairfax | Destroyer No. 93 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
April 16 | United States Navy | Akela | SP-1793 | Section patrol craft | |
April 16 | United States Navy | Little | Destroyer No. 79 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
April 18 | United States Navy | Arroyo | SP-197 | Section patrol craft | |
April 26 | United States Navy | Kimberly | Destroyer No. 80 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
May 15 | United States Navy | Sigourney | Destroyer No. 81 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
May 20 | United States Navy | New Mexico | BB-40 | New Mexico-class battleship | |
May 24 | United States Navy | Stevens | Destroyer No. 86 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
May 29 | United States Navy | Avenger | SP-2646 | Section patrol craft | |
June 1 | United States Navy | Gregory | Destroyer No. 82 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
June 1 | United States Navy | Taylor | Destroyer No. 94 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
June 8 | United States Navy | Israel | Destroyer No. 98 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
June 13 | United States Navy | Colhoun | Destroyer No. 85 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
June 24 | United States Navy | Rathburne | Destroyer No. 113 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
June 29 | United States Navy | Luce | Destroyer No. 99 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
July 1 | United States Navy | Dyer | Destroyer No. 84 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
July 2 | United States Navy | Stringham | Destroyer No. 83 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
July 4 | United States Navy | Maury | Destroyer No. 100 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
July 17 | Imperial German Navy | Oswald | FS III | Converted merchant type seaplane carrier | |
July 20 | United States Navy | Talbot | Destroyer No. 114 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
July 21 | United States Navy | Lansdale | Destroyer No. 101 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
July 26 | United States Navy | Montgomery | Destroyer No. 121 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
July 31 | United States Navy | Bell | Destroyer No. 95 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
July 31 | United States Navy | Wickes | Destroyer No. 75 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
August 4 | United States Navy | Mahan | Destroyer No. 102 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
August 8 | United States Navy | Waters | Destroyer No. 115 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
August 14 | United States Navy | Arabia | ID-3434 | Section patrol craft | |
August 16 | United States Navy | Stribling | Destroyer No. 96 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
August 18 | United States Navy | Lamberton | Destroyer No. 119 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
August 21 | United States Navy | Murray | Destroyer No. 97 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
August 24 | United States Navy | Philip | Destroyer No. 76 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
September 7 | United States Navy | McKee | Destroyer No. 87 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
September 9 | United States Navy | Dent | Destroyer No. 116 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
September 16 | United States Navy | Dorsey | Destroyer No. 117 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
September 20 | United States Navy | Schley | Destroyer No. 103 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
September 30 | United States Navy | Radford | Destroyer No. 120 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
September 30 | United States Navy | Woolsey | Destroyer No. 77 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
October 1 | Royal Netherlands Navy | M 3 | M 3 | M-class minesweeper | |
October 1 | Royal Netherlands Navy | M 4 | M 4 | M-class minesweeper | |
October 2 | United States Navy | Lea | Destroyer No. 118 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
October 11 | United States Navy | Evans | Destroyer No. 78 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
October 19 | United States Navy | Robinson | Destroyer No. 88 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
October 23 | United States Navy | Breese | Destroyer No. 122 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
October 31 | Royal Netherlands Navy | M 1 | M 1 | M-class minesweeper | |
November 11 | United States Navy | Champlin | Destroyer No. 104 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
November 14 | United States Navy | Ringgold | Destroyer No. 89 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
November 25 | United States Navy | Mugford | Destroyer No. 105 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
November 29 | United States Navy | Gamble | Destroyer No. 123 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
December 3 | Royal Netherlands Navy | M 2 | M 2 | M-class minesweeper | |
December 12 | United States Navy | Chew | Destroyer No. 106 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
December 23 | United States Navy | Ludlow | Destroyer No. 112 | Wickes-class destroyer | |
unknown date | United States Navy | Ahdeek | SP-2589 | Section patrol craft | Loaned to Culver Naval School 1919 |