List of ship commissionings in 1930 explained

The list of ship commissionings in 1930 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1930. 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	Ref
1 January
9 February
11 February
20 February
27 March
14 April
14 April
30 April
1 May
2 May
5 May	United States Bureau of Fisheries		cargo liner	commissioning date unknown; in commission by 5 May 1930
15 May
24 May				recommissioned from reserve at San Diego	^[1]
4 June
1 July
4 August
4 August
4 August
4 August
10 September
30 September
5 November	United States Coast Guard			transferred from the United States Navy, served in anti-smuggling operations	^[2]
14 November
unknown date			Gunboat		^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aaron Ward I (Destroyer No. 132) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 13 June 2019 . 1 September 2016 . decommissioned on 17 June 1922 and berthed with the Reserve Fleet at San Diego. The destroyer remained inactive for almost eight years and then was recommissioned at San Diego on 24 May 1930..
2. Web site: Abel P. Upshur (Destroyer No. 193) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 11 September 2019 . 23 February 2016 . 5 November 1930, when the ship was transferred to the Treasury Department ... The ship served the Coast Guard helping to prevent the smuggling of liquor into the United States..
3. Web site: Gunboat Minquan . May 11, 2015 .