List of ship commissionings in 2008

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

OperatorShipFlagClass and typePennantOther notes
22 FebruaryNaval Ensign of Australia.svg  Royal Australian Navy Glenelg Armidale-class patrol boatACPB 96
27 MarchNaval Ensign of Italy.svg  Italian Navy Cavour Aircraft carrier550
4 AprilNaval Ensign of Latvia.svg  Latvian Naval Forces Tālivaldis Imanta-class minehunterM-06former HNLMS Dordrecht
8 AprilNaval Ensign of Belgium.svg  Belgian Navy Louise-Marie Karel Doorman-class frigateF931former HNLMS Willem van der Zaan
3 MayFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy North Carolina Virginia-class submarineSSN-777commissioned at Wilmington, North Carolina
6 JuneFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy Sterett Arleigh Burke-class destroyerDDG-104
4 AugustEnsign of the United States Coast Guard.svg  United States Navy Bertholf Legend-class cutterWMSL-750First in class
19 AugustFlag of the Royal Thai Navy.svg  Royal Thai Navy Pharuehatsabodi 813
5 SeptemberFlag of South Korea.svg  Republic of Korea Navy Choe Yeong Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin-class destroyerDDH-981
22 SeptemberNaval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy Magdeburg Braunschweig-class corvetteF261
18 OctoberFlag of the Indonesian Navy.svg  Indonesian Navy Sultan Iskandar Muda Sigma-class corvette367
15 OctoberFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuadorian Navy Comandante Rafael Morán Valverde FM-02
22 OctoberNaval Ensign of Latvia.svg  Latvian Naval Forces Visvaldis Imanta-class minehunterM-07former HNLMS Delfzijl
25 OctoberFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy New Hampshire Virginia-class submarineSSN-778
7 NovemberFlag of Chile.svg  Chilean Navy 4201 4201
8 NovemberFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy Freedom Freedom-class littoral combat shipLCS-1First in class
2 DecemberFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy Crocodile Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boatWPB-87369
10 DecemberFlag of Chile.svg  Chilean Navy Almirante Condell Type 23 frigateFF-06Formerly HMS Marlborough (F233)
10 DecemberNaval Ensign of Russia.svg  Russian Navy Vitse-Admiral Zakharin 611
22 DecemberNaval ensign of China.svg  People's Liberation Army Navy Daishan Dao Anwei-class Hospital ship 866Also known as the "Peace Ark"

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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