List of ship commissionings in 1944 explained

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	Class and type	Notes
January 3
January 11
January 17		Ex- acquired through Lend-Lease
January 18
January 26
January 31
January 31		Ex- acquired through Lend-Lease
February 3
February 5		Ex- crewed by the Royal Canadian Navy
February 11
February 18
February 18		Ex- acquired through Lend-Lease
February 26
February 26
March 1
March 9
March 15
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 8
April 15
April 15
April 16
April 18	floating storage tanker	Ex-Acme, commissioned in New Caledonia under command of Lt. Commander Benjamin F. Langland, USCGR^[1]
April 21
April 27
May 3
May 8
May 9
May 14
May 20
May 26
June 1
June 3
June 7
June 11
June 13
June 18
June 24
June 30
July 6
July 8
July 15
July 16		Ex- and
August 6
September 15
September 15
September 18
October 9
October 28		Under command of Commander William H. Sanders Jr.^[2]
November 26
November 27
December 20	Great Lakes icebreaker
December 30

Notes and References

Web site: Cressman . Robert J. . Abarenda II (IX-131) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 24 July 2019 . 29 August 2016 . 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..
Web site: Aaron Ward III (DM-34) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 2 July 2019 . 10 June 2015 . 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..