List of ship commissionings in 1951

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The list of ship commissionings in 1951 includes a chronological compilation of ships commissioned in 1951. 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
3 January	United States Navy	*Rendova*	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
15 January	United States Navy	*Bon Homme Richard*	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
17 January	United States Navy	*Antietam*	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
1 February	United States Navy	*Essex*	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
3 February	United States Navy	*Tarawa*	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
26 February	United States Navy	*Abbot*	Fletcher-class destroyer	Recommissioned from reserve in San Diego	^[1]
28 April	United States Navy	*Block Island*	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
3 May	Royal Netherlands Navy	*De Zeeuw*	Van Amstel-class frigate	Ex-USS Eisner	^{[citation needed]}
3 May	Royal Netherlands Navy	*Van Zijll*	Van Amstel-class frigate	Ex-USS Stern	^{[citation needed]}
19 May	Military Sea Transportation Service	*Corregidor*	Casablanca-class aircraft transport	Placed in service from United States Navy reserve	^{[citation needed]}
21 May	United States Navy	*Gilbert Islands*	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
20 June	United States Navy	*Salerno Bay*	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
3 July	United States Navy	*Kula Gulf*	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
10 July	Polish Navy	*Zetempowiec*	Hospital ship	Conversion from merchant cargo ship Opole	^{[citation needed]}
26 July	United States Navy	*Point Cruz*	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
28 September	United States Navy	*Wasp*	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}
31 October	Military Sea Transportation Service	*Windham Bay*	Casablanca-class aircraft transport	Placed in service from United States Navy reserve	^{[citation needed]}
30 November	United States Navy	*Bennington*	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Recommissioned from reserve	^{[citation needed]}

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^ Mann, Raymond A. (2 November 1981). "Abbot II (DD-629)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 September 2019. recommissioned on 26 February 1951, the destroyer spent the next three months at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard undergoing alterations and modernization

v t e Ship events in 1951
Ship launches	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
Ship commissionings	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
Ship decommissionings	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
Shipwrecks	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956

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