List of ship commissionings in 1930

The list of ship commissionings in 1930 is a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1930. 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	Ref
1 January	French Navy	Suffren	Suffren-class cruiser		[citation needed]
9 February	Royal Navy	Active	A-class destroyer		[citation needed]
11 February	Royal Navy	Acasta	A-class destroyer		[citation needed]
20 February	Royal Netherlands Navy	Witte de With	Admiralen-class destroyer		[citation needed]
27 March	Royal Navy	Achates	A-class destroyer		[citation needed]
14 April	Royal Navy	Ardent	A-class destroyer		[citation needed]
14 April	Royal Navy	Arrow	A-class destroyer		[citation needed]
30 April	Royal Navy	Norfolk	County-class cruiser		[citation needed]
1 May	Royal Navy	York	York-class cruiser		[citation needed]
2 May	Royal Netherlands Navy	Nautilus	Nautilus-class minelayer		[citation needed]
5 May	United States Bureau of Fisheries	Penguin	cargo liner	commissioning date unknown; in commission by 5 May 1930	[citation needed]
15 May	United States Navy	Narwhal	Narwhal-class submarine		[citation needed]
24 May	United States Navy	Aaron Ward	Wickes-class destroyer	recommissioned from reserve at San Diego	[1]
4 June	Royal Navy	Codrington	A-class destroyer		[citation needed]
1 July	United States Navy	Nautilus	Narwhal-class submarine		[citation needed]
4 August	Royal Netherlands Navy	A	A-class minesweeper		[citation needed]
4 August	Royal Netherlands Navy	B	A-class minesweeper		[citation needed]
4 August	Royal Netherlands Navy	C	A-class minesweeper		[citation needed]
4 August	Royal Netherlands Navy	D	A-class minesweeper		[citation needed]
10 September	Royal Navy	Nelson	Nelson-class battleship		[citation needed]
30 September	Royal Navy	Dorsetshire	County-class cruiser		[citation needed]
5 November	United States Coast Guard	Abel P. Upshur	Clemson-class destroyer	transferred from the United States Navy, served in anti-smuggling operations	[2]
14 November	Royal Netherlands Navy	Banckert	Admiralen-class destroyer		[citation needed]
unknown date	Republic of China Navy	Minquan	Gunboat		[3]