List of ship decommissionings in 1959

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1959.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
January 15	United States Navy	Cape Esperance	Casablanca class escort carrier	Scrapped
February	Royal Navy	Warrior	Colossus class aircraft carrier	Sold to Argentina	Renamed ARA Independencia
May 15	United States Navy	Leyte	Essex class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1969
Date uncertain	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	Windham Bay	Casablanca class aircraft transport	Scrapped

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Ship launches:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Ship commissionings:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Ship decommissionings:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Shipwrecks:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959

Ship launches:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship commissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship decommissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Shipwrecks:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969