List of ship commissionings in 2009 explained

The list of ship commissionings in 2009 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 2009.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
10 January					CVN-77
16 January					F333
16 January					P571
16 January					F103
16 January					72
16 January					73
24 January					LPD-20
4 March					H38
7 March					368
9 March					WPB-87372
11 March					U28
18 March					DDH-181
23 March					WPB-87371
30 March					SS-501
18 April					DDG-106
25 April					DDG-103
19 May					L24
21 May					G25	Formerly
27 May					43
27 May					LP02
2 July					WPB-87373
23 July				Type 45 destroyer	D32	First of class
11 August					112	For Russian FSB Coast Guard
22 August					W340	First in class
28 August					P263	Formerly CGS Vigraha (39)
3 September					R3602	For NOAA
8 September						For Canadian Coast Guard
10 September					T71
10 September					T72
18 September					WPB-87374
18 September					251	First in class
25 September					LP03
28 September					11	For China Coast Guard
10 October					DDG-108
24 October					LHD-8
5 November
6 November	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Pisces		Oscar Dyson-class fisheries research ship	R 226
7 November					LPD-21	Partially constructed using salvaged steel from the World Trade Center
23 November					V34	First in class
1 December				Type 214 submarine	SS-075
14 December					P70
19 December					252
28 December					K152