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The list of ship commissionings in 1944 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1944. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.
Date
Operator
Ship
Class and type
Notes
January 3
United States Navy
USS Nehenta Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
January 11
United States Navy
USS Hoggatt Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
January 17
Royal Navy
HMS Rajah
Attacker-class escort carrier
Ex-USS Prince acquired through Lend-Lease
January 18
United States Navy
USS Kadashan Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
January 26
United States Navy
USS Marcus Island
Casablanca-class escort carrier
January 31
United States Navy
USS Franklin
Essex-class aircraft carrier
January 31
Royal Navy
HMS Trouncer
Attacker-class escort carrier
Ex-USS Perdido acquired through Lend-Lease
February 3
United States Navy
USS Savo Island
Casablanca-class escort carrier
February 5
Royal Navy
HMS Puncher
Bogue-class escort carrier
Ex-USS Willapa crewed by the Royal Canadian Navy
February 11
United States Navy
USS Ommaney Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
February 18
United States Navy
USS Petrof Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
February 18
Royal Navy
HMS Reaper
Attacker-class escort carrier
Ex-USS Winjah acquired through Lend-Lease
February 26
United States Navy
USS Rudyerd Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
February 26
United States Coast Guard
USCGC Staten Island
Wind-class icebreaker
March 1
United States Navy
USS Saginaw Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
March 9
United States Navy
USS Sargent Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
March 15
United States Navy
USS Shamrock Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
March 21
United States Navy
USS Shipley Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
March 28
United States Navy
USS Sitkoh Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
April 4
United States Navy
USS Steamer Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
April 8
United States Navy
USS Cape Esperance
Casablanca-class escort carrier
April 15
United States Navy
USS Hancock
Essex-class aircraft carrier
April 15
United States Navy
USS Takanis Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
April 16
United States Navy
USS Wisconsin
Iowa-class battleship
April 18
United States Navy
USS Abarenda
floating storage tanker
Ex-Acme, commissioned in New Caledonia under command of Lt. Commander Benjamin F. Langland, USCGR[1]
April 21
United States Navy
USS Thetis Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
April 27
United States Navy
USS Makassar Strait
Casablanca-class escort carrier
May 3
United States Navy
USS Windham Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier
May 8
United States Navy
USS Ticonderoga
Essex-class aircraft carrier
May 9
United States Navy
USS Makin Island
Casablanca-class escort carrier
May 14
United States Navy
USS Lunga Point
Casablanca-class escort carrier
May 20
United States Navy
USS Bismarck Sea
Casablanca-class escort carrier
May 26
United States Navy
USS Salamaua
Casablanca-class escort carrier
June 1
United States Navy
USS Hollandia
Casablanca-class escort carrier
June 3
United States Coast Guard
USCGC Eastwind
Wind-class icebreaker
June 7
United States Navy
USS Kwajalein
Casablanca-class escort carrier
June 11
United States Navy
USS Missouri
Iowa-class battleship
June 13
United States Navy
USS Admiralty Islands
Casablanca-class escort carrier
June 18
United States Navy
USS Bougainville
Casablanca-class escort carrier
June 24
United States Navy
USS Matanikau
Casablanca-class escort carrier
June 30
United States Navy
USS Attu
Casablanca-class escort carrier
July 6
United States Navy
USS Roi
Casablanca-class escort carrier
July 8
United States Navy
USS Munda
Casablanca-class escort carrier
July 15
United States Navy
USCGC Southwind
Wind-class icebreaker
July 16
Soviet Navy
Jivoochyi
Wickes-class destroyer
Ex-HMS Richmond and USS Fairfax
August 6
United States Navy
USS Bennington
Essex-class aircraft carrier
September 15
United States Navy
USS Shangri-La
Essex-class aircraft carrier
September 15
Royal Navy
HMS Vivid
British V-class submarine
September 18
United States Coast Guard
USCGC Westwind
Wind-class icebreaker
October 9
United States Navy
USS Randolph
Essex-class aircraft carrier
October 28
United States Navy
USS Aaron Ward
Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer
Under command of Commander William H. Sanders Jr.[2]
November 26
United States Navy
USS Bon Homme Richard
Essex-class aircraft carrier
November 27
United States Navy
USS Commencement Bay
Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
December 20
United States Coast Guard
USCGC Mackinaw
Great Lakes icebreaker
December 30
United States Navy
USS Block Island
Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
^Cressman, Robert J. (29 August 2016). "Abarenda II (IX-131)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 24 July 2019. renamed Abarenda on 3 November 1943 and simultaneously classified IX-131; purchased by the Navy on 26 February 1944 at Noumea, New Caledonia; and commissioned on 18 April 1944, Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin F. Langland, USCGR, in command.
^"Aaron Ward III (DM-34)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019. The third Aaron Ward (DM-34)-a destroyer minelayer converted from an Allen M. Simmer-class, destroyer hull ... placed in commission on 28 October 1944, Comdr. William H. Sanders, Jr., in command.
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