List of ship commissionings in 1956

The list of ship commissionings in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1956.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
20 July	United States Navy	Thetis Bay	Casablanca class helicopter assault carrier	CVHA-1	Recommissioned from reserve
20 July	Coast Ferries Ltd.	Mill Bay	RORO ferry		purchased by BC Ferries in 1969
2 October	Royal Netherlands Navy	Lynx	Roofdier class frigate	F823
8 October	United States Navy	Saratoga	Forrestal class aircraft carrier	CVA-60
15 December	Royal Canadian Navy	Assiniboine	St. Laurent class Destroyer Escort	DDE 234	Redesignated DDH 234 June 28, 1963 following helicopter modernization
15 December	Royal Canadian Navy	Ottawa	St. Laurent class Destroyer Escort	DDE 229	Redesignated DDH 229 October 21, 1964 following helicopter modernization
15 December	Royal Canadian Navy	Saguenay	St. Laurent class Destroyer Escort	DDE 206	Redesignated DDH 206 May 14, 1965 following helicopter modernization

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