List of ship commissionings in 1918

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The list of ship commissionings in 1918 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1918. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Pennant	Class and type	Notes
March 25	United States Navy	A. G. Prentiss	ID-2313	Tugboat	civilian tug delivered to Navy service under charter
April 6	United States Navy	Fairfax	Destroyer No. 93	Wickes-class destroyer
April 16	United States Navy	Akela	SP-1793	Section patrol craft
April 16	United States Navy	Little	Destroyer No. 79	Wickes-class destroyer
April 18	United States Navy	Arroyo	SP-197	Section patrol craft
April 26	United States Navy	Kimberly	Destroyer No. 80	Wickes-class destroyer
May 15	United States Navy	Sigourney	Destroyer No. 81	Wickes-class destroyer
May 20	United States Navy	New Mexico	BB-40	New Mexico-class battleship
May 24	United States Navy	Stevens	Destroyer No. 86	Wickes-class destroyer
May 29	United States Navy	Avenger	SP-2646	Section patrol craft
June 1	United States Navy	Gregory	Destroyer No. 82	Wickes-class destroyer
June 1	United States Navy	Taylor	Destroyer No. 94	Wickes-class destroyer
June 8	United States Navy	Israel	Destroyer No. 98	Wickes-class destroyer
June 13	United States Navy	Colhoun	Destroyer No. 85	Wickes-class destroyer
June 24	United States Navy	Rathburne	Destroyer No. 113	Wickes-class destroyer
June 29	United States Navy	Luce	Destroyer No. 99	Wickes-class destroyer
July 1	United States Navy	Dyer	Destroyer No. 84	Wickes-class destroyer
July 2	United States Navy	Stringham	Destroyer No. 83	Wickes-class destroyer
July 4	United States Navy	Maury	Destroyer No. 100	Wickes-class destroyer
July 17	Imperial German Navy	Oswald	FS III	Converted merchant type seaplane carrier
July 20	United States Navy	Talbot	Destroyer No. 114	Wickes-class destroyer
July 21	United States Navy	Lansdale	Destroyer No. 101	Wickes-class destroyer
July 26	United States Navy	Montgomery	Destroyer No. 121	Wickes-class destroyer
July 31	United States Navy	Bell	Destroyer No. 95	Wickes-class destroyer
July 31	United States Navy	Wickes	Destroyer No. 75	Wickes-class destroyer
August 4	United States Navy	Mahan	Destroyer No. 102	Wickes-class destroyer
August 8	United States Navy	Waters	Destroyer No. 115	Wickes-class destroyer
August 14	United States Navy	Arabia	ID-3434	Section patrol craft
August 16	United States Navy	Stribling	Destroyer No. 96	Wickes-class destroyer
August 18	United States Navy	Lamberton	Destroyer No. 119	Wickes-class destroyer
August 21	United States Navy	Murray	Destroyer No. 97	Wickes-class destroyer
August 24	United States Navy	Philip	Destroyer No. 76	Wickes-class destroyer
September 7	United States Navy	McKee	Destroyer No. 87	Wickes-class destroyer
September 9	United States Navy	Dent	Destroyer No. 116	Wickes-class destroyer
September 16	United States Navy	Dorsey	Destroyer No. 117	Wickes-class destroyer
September 20	United States Navy	Schley	Destroyer No. 103	Wickes-class destroyer
September 30	United States Navy	Radford	Destroyer No. 120	Wickes-class destroyer
September 30	United States Navy	Woolsey	Destroyer No. 77	Wickes-class destroyer
October 1	Royal Netherlands Navy	M 3	M 3	M-class minesweeper
October 1	Royal Netherlands Navy	M 4	M 4	M-class minesweeper
October 2	United States Navy	Lea	Destroyer No. 118	Wickes-class destroyer
October 11	United States Navy	Evans	Destroyer No. 78	Wickes-class destroyer
October 19	United States Navy	Robinson	Destroyer No. 88	Wickes-class destroyer
October 23	United States Navy	Breese	Destroyer No. 122	Wickes-class destroyer
October 31	Royal Netherlands Navy	M 1	M 1	M-class minesweeper
November 11	United States Navy	Champlin	Destroyer No. 104	Wickes-class destroyer
November 14	United States Navy	Ringgold	Destroyer No. 89	Wickes-class destroyer
November 25	United States Navy	Mugford	Destroyer No. 105	Wickes-class destroyer
November 29	United States Navy	Gamble	Destroyer No. 123	Wickes-class destroyer
December 3	Royal Netherlands Navy	M 2	M 2	M-class minesweeper
December 12	United States Navy	Chew	Destroyer No. 106	Wickes-class destroyer
December 23	United States Navy	Ludlow	Destroyer No. 112	Wickes-class destroyer
unknown date	United States Navy	Ahdeek	SP-2589	Section patrol craft	Loaned to Culver Naval School 1919