List of ship commissionings in 1942

The list of ship commissionings in 1942 includes a chronological list of some of the ships commissioned in 1942.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
20 February	United States Navy	Croatan	Bogue-class escort carrier	CVE-14
2 March	Royal Navy	Avenger	Avenger-class escort carrier	D14	Former merchant Rio Hudson
2 March	Royal Navy	Biter	Avenger-class escort carrier	D97	Former merchant Rio Parana
3 March	United States Navy	Charger	Charger-class escort carrier	AVG-30	Former merchant Rio de la Plata
1 May	Luftwaffe	Bussard	Bussard-class seaplane tender		Completion date
3 June	Royal Navy	Invicta	Landing Ship, Infantry		Built as SS Invicta for Southern Railway and requistioned on completion.
15 June	United States Navy	Copahee	Bogue-class escort carrier	CVE-12
22 June	Royal Navy	Anson	King George V-class battleship	79
1 July	Royal Navy	Dasher	Avenger-class escort carrier	D37	Former merchant Rio de Janeiro
9 August	Kriegsmarine	Schnelles Geleitboot 1	Sans Souci-class sloop	SG 1
20 August	United States Navy	Nassau	Bogue-class escort carrier	CVE-16
21 August	United States Navy	Chenango	Sangamon-class escort carrier	ACV-28
25 August	United States Navy	Sangamon	Sangamon-class escort carrier	ACV-26	Recommissioning after conversion
29 August	Royal Navy	Howe	King George V-class battleship	32
31 August	United States Navy	Direct	Adroit-class minesweeper	AM-90
7 September	Kriegsmarine	Schnelles Geleitboot 2	Sans Souci-class sloop	SG 2
15 September	United States Navy	Altamaha	Bogue-class escort carrier	CVE-18
19 September	United States Navy	Chenango	Sangamon-class escort carrier	ACV-28
24 September	United States	Suwannee	Sangamon-class escort carrier	ACV-27	Recommissioning after conversion
26 September	United States Navy	Bogue	Bogue-class escort carrier	CVE-9	Former merchant Steel Advocate
30 September	Royal Navy	Attacker	Attacker-class escort carrier	D02	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Barnes
31 October	Royal Navy	Battler	Attacker-class escort carrier	D18	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Altamaha
2 November	Kriegsmarine	Schnelles Geleitboot 3	Sans Souci-class sloop	SG 3
8 November	United States Navy	Card	Bogue-class escort carrier	CVE-11
22 November	Luftwaffe	Falke	Bussard-class seaplane tender		Completion date
21 December	Royal Navy	Stalker	Attacker-class escort carrier	D91	Lend-Lease acquisition, former USS Hamlin
10 December	United States Navy	Core	Bogue-class escort carrier	CVE-13
31 December	United States Navy	Essex	Essex-class aircraft carrier	CV-9
December	Luftwaffe	Boelcke	Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender		Completion date

See also

• List of World War II ships