List of ship commissionings in 1951

The list of ship commissionings in 1951 includes a chronological compilation of ships commissioned in 1951. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Notes	Ref
3 January	United States Navy	Rendova	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
15 January	United States Navy	Bon Homme Richard	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
17 January	United States Navy	Antietam	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
1 February	United States Navy	Essex	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
3 February	United States Navy	Tarawa	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
26 February	United States Navy	Abbot	Fletcher-class destroyer	Recommissioned from reserve in San Diego	[1]
28 April	United States Navy	Block Island	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
3 May	Royal Netherlands Navy	De Zeeuw	Van Amstel-class frigate	Ex-USS Eisner	[citation needed]
3 May	Royal Netherlands Navy	Van Zijll	Van Amstel-class frigate	Ex-USS Stern	[citation needed]
19 May	Military Sea Transportation Service	Corregidor	Casablanca-class aircraft transport	Placed in service from United States Navy reserve	[citation needed]
21 May	United States Navy	Gilbert Islands	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
20 June	United States Navy	Salerno Bay	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
3 July	United States Navy	Kula Gulf	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
10 July	Polish Navy	Zetempowiec	Hospital ship	Conversion from merchant cargo ship Opole	[citation needed]
26 July	United States Navy	Point Cruz	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
28 September	United States Navy	Wasp	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]
31 October	Military Sea Transportation Service	Windham Bay	Casablanca-class aircraft transport	Placed in service from United States Navy reserve	[citation needed]
30 November	United States Navy	Bennington	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	[citation needed]

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