List of ship commissionings in 1898

The list of ship commissionings in 1898 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1898. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Notes
January 13	Royal Navy	HMS Caesar	Majestic-class battleship
April 2	United States Navy	USS Rodgers	Torpedo boat
April 12	United States Navy	USS Nahant	Passaic-class monitor	Recommissioned for Spanish–American War service
April 15	Royal Navy	HMS Illustrious	Majestic-class battleship
April 26	United States Navy	USS Catskill	Passaic-class monitor	Recommissioned for Spanish–American War service
April (unknown date)	Royal Navy	HMS Hannibal	Majestic-class battleship
May 13	United States Navy	USS Sangamon	Passaic-class monitor	Recommissioned for Spanish–American War service
May 16	United States Navy	USS Passaic	Passaic-class monitor	Recommissioned for Spanish–American War service
May 20	United States Navy	USS Abarenda	Collier	Former merchant ship by the same name purchased from J. Graham; commissioned at New York Navy Yard.[1]
June	French Navy	Masséna	Pre-dreadnought battleship
June	French Navy	Bouvet	Pre-dreadnought battleship
July	Imperial German Navy	Hertha	Victoria Louise-class protected cruiser
October 7	Imperial German Navy	SMS Kaiser Friedrich III	Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship