List of decommissioned ships by year

List of decommissioned ships by year

This is a list of decommissioned ships of navies around the world, ordered chronologically by the year in which they left service.

1919

March

31

* USS "Iowa" (United States): Decommissioned, became radio-controlled target ship

1920

May

7

* USS "Alabama" (United States Navy): Decommissioned for use as a target ship

10

* USS "Kearsarge" (United States Navy): Decommissioned for conversion to a crane ship, became "Crane Ship 1" (AB-1), scrapped 1955

15

* USS "Wisconsin" (United States Navy): Decommissioned and sold for scrap 1924

29

* USS "Kentucky" (United States Navy): Decommissioned to reserve and sold for scrap 1924

1945

May

7

* "Prinz Eugen" (Germany): Surrendered to the United States at Copenhagen

1946

July


= 29 =

* "Arkansas" (USA): Decommissioned for use as a target ship

1947

August


= 1 =

* "Wyoming" (USA): Decommissioned for sale as scrap

1972

May

7

* "Cubera" (USA): For sale to Venezuela as ARV "Tiburon" (S-12)

1975

August

26

* "Falke": Decommissioned for sale to Greece as "Kataigis"

November

28

* "Bussard": Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization

December

19

* "Albatros": Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization

1976

April

30

* "Greif": Decommissioned for sale to Greece as "Kyklos"

June

27

* "Geier": Decommissioned for sale to Greece as "Tyfon"

July

25

* "Kondor": Decommissioned for sale to Greece as "Lailaps"

30

* "Seeadler": Decommissioned for sale to Greece as "Esperos"

August

24

* "Habicht": Decommissioned for sale to Greece as "Kataurus"

November

26

* "Kormoran": Decommissioned for sale to Greece as "Scorpius"

December

27

* "Sperber": Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization

1982

December

17

* "Köln" (Germany): Decommissioned, used as a hulk at Neustadt

1983

March

28

* "Karlsruhe" (Germany): Decommissioned, sold to the Turkish Navy, became "Gelibolu"

June

30

* "Emden" (Germany): Decommissioned, sold to the Turkish Navy, became "Gemlik"

1988

March

30

* "Augsburg" (Germany): Wrecked at Hamburg

December

1

* "Lübeck" (Germany): Decommissioned, sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization

1989

January


= 31 =

* USS "Garcia" (United States): Leased to Pakistan, became frigate "Saif". Returned and scrapped in 1994

July


= 4 =

* "Braunschweig" (Germany): Sold to the Turkish Navy, became "Gemlik"

August

Exact date uncertain

* "Dédalo" (Spain): Officially stricken
* "Tiburon" (Venezuela): Scrapped

1998

March

30

* "Fahrion" (USA): "Oliver Hazard Perry" class frigate, officially stricken after transfer to Egypt as "Sharm El-Sheik" 15 March 1998.

2005

August

August 3

* "Invincible" (navy|UK): "Invincible" class aircraft carrier, decommissioned into mothball status, available for recommissioning

November

Exact date uncertain

* "Canberra" (navy|AUS): "Adelaide" class frigate, decommissioned awaiting disposal


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