List of ship commissionings in 1966

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The list of ship commissionings in 1966 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1966.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
February 25	Finnlines	Finndana	Finland	ferry		Previously Hansa Express for the same company
March 28	Finnlines	Finnhansa	Finland	ferry		Delivery delayed by two onboard fires; largest ferry on the Baltic Sea when delivered
April 27	Siljarederiet	Fennia	Finland	ferry
May 2	Swedish Lloyd	Saga	Sweden	ferry
June 21	Royal Navy	Fife		County class destroyer	D20
June 22	Finnlines	Finnpartner	Finland	ferry
August 6	United States Navy	Tripoli		Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship	LPH-10
August 27	United States Navy	Arlington		Modified Saipan class communications relay ship	AGMR-2	Former USS Saipan
February 25	TT-Line	Finndana	Finland	ferry		Chartered from Finnlines
October 11	Royal Navy	Glamorgan		County class destroyer	D19
October 27	Rederi AB Svea	Svea	Sweden	ferry
November 15	Chilean Navy	Virgilio Uribe		Buckley class destroyer escort	APD-29	Former USS Daniel T. Griffin

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Ship launches:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship commissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship decommissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Shipwrecks:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969