The list of ship commissionings in 2008 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 2008.
| Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Pennant | Other notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February | Royal Australian Navy | Glenelg | Armidale class patrol boat | ACPB 96 | ||
| 27 March | Marina Militare | Cavour | Aircraft carrier | 550 | ||
| 4 April | Latvian Naval Forces | Talivaldis | Imanta class mine hunter | M 06 | former HNLMS Dordrecht | |
| 8 April | Belgian Navy | Louise-Marie | Karel Doorman-class frigate | F931 | former HNLMS Willem van der Zaan | |
| 3 May | United States Navy | North Carolina | Virginia-class submarine | SSN-777 | commissioned at Wilmington, North Carolina | |
| 6 June | United States Navy | Sterett | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | DDG-104 | ||
| 4 August | United States Coast Guard | Bertholf | Legend-class National Security Cutter | WMSL-750 | First in class | |
| 19 August | Royal Thai Navy | Pharuehatsabodi | 813 | |||
| 5 September | Republic of Korea Navy | Choi Young | Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer | DDH 981 | ||
| 22 September | German Navy | Magdeburg | Braunschweig-class corvette | F261 | ||
| 18 October | Indonesian Navy | Sultan Iskandar Muda | Sigma-class corvette | 367 | ||
| 15 October | Ecuadorian Navy | Comandante Rafael Morán Valverde | FM-02 | |||
| 22 October | Latvian Naval Forces | Visvaldis | Imanta-class mine hunter | M 07 | former HNLMS Delzijl | |
| 23 October | People's Liberation Army Navy | Daishandao | Daishandao-class Type 920 Hospital Ship | 866 | ||
| 25 October | United States Navy | New Hampshire | Virginia-class submarine | SSN-778 | ||
| 7 November | Chilean Navy | 4201 | 4201 | |||
| 8 November | United States Navy | Freedom | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | LCS-1 | ||
| 2 December | United States Navy | Crocodile | USCG Marine Protector-class patrol boat | WPB-87369 | ||
| 10 December | Chilean Navy | Almirante Condell | Duke-class Type 23 frigate | FF-06 | Formerly HMS Marlborough (F233) | |
| 10 December | Russian Navy | Vitse-Admiral Zakharin | 611 |
| Ship events in 2008 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Ship commissionings: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Shipwrecks: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |