List of ship commissionings in 1956

The list of ship commissionings in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1956.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
20 July	United States Navy	*Thetis Bay*	Casablanca-class assault helicopter aircraft carrier	CVHA-1	Recommissioned from reserve
20 July	Coast Ferries Ltd.	*Mill Bay*	RORO ferry		purchased by BC Ferries in 1969
2 October	Royal Netherlands Navy	*Lynx*	Roofdier-class frigate	F823
8 October	United States Navy	*Saratoga*	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier	CVA-60
15 December	Royal Canadian Navy	*Assiniboine*	St. Laurent-class destroyer escort	DDE 234	Redesignated DDH 234 June 28, 1963 following helicopter modernization
15 December	Royal Canadian Navy	*Ottawa*	St. Laurent-class destroyer escort	DDE 229	Redesignated DDH 229 October 21, 1964 following helicopter modernization
15 December	Royal Canadian Navy	*Saguenay*	St. Laurent-class destroyer escort	DDE 206	Redesignated DDH 206 May 14, 1965 following helicopter modernization

See also[]

Ship events in 1956
Ship launches:	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961
Ship commissionings:	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961
Ship decommissionings:	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961
Shipwrecks:	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961

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