List of ship commissionings in 1959

The list of ship commissionings in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1959.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
10 January	United States Navy	Independence	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier	CVA-62
27 January	German Navy	Albatros	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S7
24 February	German Navy	Kondor	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S8
3 March	German Navy	Greif	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S9
21 March	German Navy	Bussard	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S25
14 April	German Navy	Falke	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S10
21 May	German Navy	Habicht	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S26
3 June	Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen ( Finland)	Viking	Ferry		Ex-Dinard with Southern Railway Co.
3 June	German Navy	Geier	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S11
1 July	German Navy	Sperber	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S27
8 July	Argentine Navy	Independencia	Colossus-class aircraft carrier	V-1
9 November	German Navy	Kormoran	Seeadler-class fast attack craft	S28
30 December	United States Navy	George Washington	George Washington-class ballistic missile submarine	SSBN-598	First ballistic missile submarine