List of ship commissionings in 1943

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The list of ship commissionings in 1943 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1943.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
January 9	Royal Navy	Hunter	Attacker class escort carrier	D80	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Block Island
January 14	United States Navy	Independence	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CV-22	Redesignated CVL-22 in July
January 31	Royal Navy	Tracker	Attacker class escort carrier	D24	Lend-Lease acquisition
February 17	United States Navy	Lexington	Essex class aircraft carrier	CV-16
February 20	United States Navy	Barnes	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-20
February 25	United States Navy	Princeton	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CV-23	Redesignated CVL-23 in July
February 27	Royal Navy	Fencer	Attacker class escort carrier	D64	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Croatan
March 8	United States Navy	Block Island	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-21
March 31	United States Navy	Belleau Wood	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CV-24	Redesignated CVL-24 in July
April 7	Royal Navy	Searcher	Attacker class escort carrier	D40	Lend-Lease acquisition
April 9	Royal Navy	Chaser	Attacker class escort carrier	D32	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Breton
April 9	United States Navy	Prince William	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-31
April 10	United States Navy	Edsall	Edsall class destroyer escort	DE-129
April 12	United States Navy	Breton	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-23
April 15	United States Navy	Yorktown	Essex class aircraft carrier	CV-10
April 25	Royal Navy	Ravager	Attacker class escort carrier	D70	Lend-Lease acquisition
April 28	United States Navy	Croatan	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-25
April 28	Royal Navy	Striker	Attacker class escort carrier	D12	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Prince William
May 13	United States Navy	Bataan	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CV-29	Redesignated CVL-29 in July
May 24	United States Navy	Bunker Hill	Essex class aircraft carrier	CV-17
May 28	United States Navy	Cowpens	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CV-25	Redesignated CVL-25 in July
May 31	United States Navy	Pybus	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-34
June 9	United States Navy	Daniel T. Griffin	Buckley class destroyer escort	DE-54
June 11	Royal Navy	Pursuer	Attacker class escort carrier	D73	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS St. George
June 17	United States Navy	Monterey	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CV-26	Redesignated CVL-26 in July
June 28	United States Navy	Baffins	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-35
July 3	United States Navy	Glacier	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-33
July 8	United States Navy	Casablanca	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-55
July 19	Royal Navy	Ameer	Attacker class escort carrier	D01	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Baffins
July 22	United States Navy	Bolinas	Bogue class escort carrier	CVE-36
July 24	United States Navy	Cabot	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CVL-28
August 1	Royal Navy	Atheling	Attacker class escort carrier	D51	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Glacier
August 4	Royal Navy	Trumpeter	Attacker class escort carrier	D09	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Bastian
August 6	Royal Navy	Pybus	Attacker class escort carrier	D98	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Pybus
August 7	United States Navy	Liscome Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-56
August 11	Royal Navy	Stinger	Attacker class escort carrier	D26	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Chatham
August 12	Royal Navy	Begum	Attacker class escort carrier	D38	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Bolinas
August 12	Royal Navy	Empress	Attacker class escort carrier	D42	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Carnegie
August 16	United States Navy	Intrepid	Essex class aircraft carrier	CV-11
August 17	United States Navy	Wasp	Essex class aircraft carrier	CV-18
August 25	Royal Navy	Khedive	Attacker class escort carrier	D62	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Cordova
August 27	United States Navy	Coral Sea	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-57
August 31	United States Navy	Corregidor	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-58
August 31	United States Navy	Langley	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CVL-27
September 2	Kriegsmarine	Schnelles Geleitboot 4	San Souci class escort vessel	SG 4
September 7	Royal Navy	Nabob	Bogue class escort carrier	D77	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Edisto
September 13	United States Navy	Mission Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-59
September 25	United States Navy	Guadalcanal	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-60
September 27	Royal Navy	Shah	Attacker class escort carrier	D80	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Jamaica
October 5	United States Navy	Manila Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-61
October 14	United States Navy	Natoma Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-62
October 22	Royal Navy	Patroller	Attacker class escort carrier	D07	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Keneenaw
October 23	United States Navy	Midway	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-63
October 31	United States Navy	Didrickson Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-64
November 3	Royal Navy	Premier	Attacker class escort carrier	D42	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Estero
November 7	United States Navy	Wake Island	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-65
November 8	Royal Navy	Ranee	Attacker class escort carrier	D03	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Niantic
November 15	United States Navy	White Plains	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-66
November 19	Royal Navy	Thane	Attacker class escort carrier	D83	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Sunset
November 20	Royal Navy	Speaker	Attacker class escort carrier	D90	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Delgada
November 21	United States Navy	Solomons	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-67	Former HMS Emperor
November 27	United States Navy	Kalinin Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-68
November 29	United States Navy	Hornet	Essex class aircraft carrier	CV-12
December 4	United States Navy	Kasaan Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-69
December 7	Royal Navy	Queen	Attacker class escort carrier	D19	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS St. Andrews
December 9	United States Navy	Fanshaw Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-55
December 15	United States Navy	Kitkun Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-71
December 15	United States Navy	San Jacinto	Independence class light aircraft carrier	CVL-30
December 21	United States Navy	Tulagi	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-72
December 22	Royal Navy	Ruler	Attacker class escort carrier	D72	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS St. Joseph
December 28	United States Navy	Gambier Bay	Casablanca class escort carrier	CVE-73
December 31	Royal Navy	Arbiter	Attacker class escort carrier	D31	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS St. Simon

[edit] See also

• List of World War II ships

Ship launches:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship commissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship decommissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Shipwrecks:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949