The list of ship commissionings in 1943 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1943. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead. __NOTOC__ DateOperatorShipClass and typeNotesRef 9 January Lend-Lease acquisition, former 13 January sloop 14 January 31 January Lend-Lease acquisition 17 February 20 February 22 February 25 February 27 February Lend-Lease acquisition, former 1 March sloop 8 March 31 March 1 April sloop 7 April Lend-Lease acquisition 9 April Lend-Lease acquisition, former 9 April 10 April 12 April 15 April 23 April at Boston Navy Yard under command of Commander Chester E. Carroll 25 April Lend-Lease acquisition 28 April 28 April Lend-Lease acquisition, former 5 May MTB 345 torpedo boat transferred from the Royal Navy 12 May sloop modified 13 May 23 May 24 May 28 May 31 May 8 June modified 9 June 11 June Lend-Lease acquisition, former 17 June 28 June 3 July 8 July 19 July Lend-Lease acquisition, former 22 July 24 July 1 August Lend-Lease acquisition, former 4 August Lend-Lease acquisition, former 6 August Lend-Lease acquisition, former 7 August 11 August Lend-Lease acquisition, former 12 August Lend-Lease acquisition, former 12 August Lend-Lease acquisition, former 16 August 17 August 25 August Lend-Lease acquisition, former 27 August 30 August sloop modified 31 August 31 August 2 September Schnelles Geleitboot 4 sloop 7 September Lend-Lease acquisition, former 13 September 25 September 27 September Lend-Lease acquisition, former 29 September 5 October 14 October 22 October Lend-Lease acquisition, former 23 October 31 October 2 November sloop modified 3 November Lend-Lease acquisition, former 7 November 8 November Lend-Lease acquisition, former 15 November 19 November Lend-Lease acquisition, former 20 November Lend-Lease acquisition, former 21 November Former 25 November 27 November 29 November 4 December 7 December Lend-Lease acquisition, former 9 December 15 December 15 December 16 December 21 December 22 December Lend-Lease acquisition, former 28 December 31 December Lend-Lease acquisition, former
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