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The list of ship commissionings in 1939 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1939. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.
On 30 September 1939, Aaron Ward came out of reserve for the final time. Recommissioned on that day, in response to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's establishment of the Neutrality Patrol following the outbreak of war in Europe at the beginning of the month
4 December 1939, when she was again placed in commission and assigned to the Atlantic Squadron. The ship operated along the east coast on neutrality enforcement patrols