List of ship commissionings in 1968

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The list of ship commissionings in 1968 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1968.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant

January 24	Royal Australian Navy	Advance	Attack class patrol boat	P 83
February 9	Royal Australian Navy	Stalwart	destroyer tender
April 23	Royal Australian Navy	'Otway	Oberon class submarine
April 26	Royal Australian Navy	Acute	Attack class patrol boat	P 81
May 11	United States Navy	Schofield	Brooke class guided-missile frigate	FFG-3
May 15	Royal Australian Navy	Archer	Attack class patrol boat	P 86
June 21	Royal Australian Navy	Aware	Attack class patrol boat	P 91
June 28	United States Navy	Hammerhead	Sturgeon class submarine	SSN-663
July 12	Royal Australian Navy	Assail	Attack class patrol boat	P 89
July 13	United States Navy	O'Callahan	Garcia class destroyer escort	DE-1051
August 16	Royal Australian Navy	Barbette	Attack class patrol boat	P 97
August 17	Royal Australian Navy	Adroit	Attack class patrol boat	P 82
September 7	United States Navy	John F. Kennedy	Modified Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier	CV-67
October 19	United States Navy	Albert David	Garcia class destroyer escort
October 19	United States Navy	Koelsch	Garcia class destroyer escort	DE-1049
October 21	Royal Australian Navy	Ladava	Attack class patrol boat	P 92
October 26	Royal Australian Navy	Ardent	Attack class patrol boat	P 84
October 26	Royal Australian Navy	Barricade	Attack class patrol boat	P 98
November 5	Royal Australian Navy	Bombard	Attack class patrol boat	P 99
November 16	United States Navy	New Orleans	Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship	LPH-11
November 29	Royal Australian Navy	Madang	Attack class patrol boat	P 94
December 6	United States Navy	Gurnard	Sturgeon class submarine	SSN-662
December 14	Royal Australian Navy	Bandolier	Attack class patrol boat	P 95

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Ship launches:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship commissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship decommissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Shipwrecks:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969