LIST OF SHIP COMMISSIONINGS IN 1959

The list of ship commissionings in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1959.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
10 January	United States Navy	*Independence*	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier	CVA-62
27 January	German Navy	*Albatros*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S7
24 February	German Navy	*Kondor*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S8
3 March	German Navy	*Greif*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S9
21 March	German Navy	*Bussard*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S25
14 April	German Navy	*Falke*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S10
21 May	German Navy	*Habicht*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S26
3 June	Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen ( Finland)	*Viking*	Ferry		Ex-Dinard with Southern Railway Co.
3 June	German Navy	*Geier*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S11
1 July	German Navy	*Sperber*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S27
8 July	Argentine Navy	*Independencia*	Colossus-class aircraft carrier	V-1
9 November	German Navy	*Kormoran*	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S28
30 December	United States Navy	*George Washington*	George Washington-class ballistic missile submarine	SSBN-598	First ballistic missile submarine

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