0 If something, such as a machine or a military ship, is in commission it is working and ready for use.
A ship in commission carries on board everything that is necessary for a fight.
I saw some that had returned after being four years in commission, which were perfectly sound.
The dining-saloon held two long tables, only one of which was in commission, the starboard.
The result is that most of these are now in an effective state and need only to be manned and put in commission to go at once into service.
The ship was then in commission, and she was to sail on the tide the next day.
