List of ship decommissionings in 2005

The list of ship decommissionings in 2005 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2005.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
March 23	United States Navy	Spruance	Spruance class destroyer	Transferred to reserve
March 31	Royal Navy	Norfolk	Type 23 frigate	Sold to Chile
June 29	United States Navy	Vincennes	Ticonderoga class cruiser	Mothballed	Possible future target ship
July 8	Royal Navy	Marlborough	Type 23 frigate	Sold to Chile
July 14	Royal Navy	Cardiff	Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer	Awaiting disposal
August 3	Royal Navy	Invincible	Invincible class aircraft carrier	Mothball status
August 8	Royal Navy	Leeds Castle	Castle class patrol vessel	Awaiting disposal
August 19	United States Navy	O'Bannon	Spruance class destroyer	Transferred to reserve	Stored at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 15	United States Navy	Cushing	Spruance class destroyer
September 27	Royal Navy	Brecon	Hunt class mine counter measures vessel	Awaiting disposal
September 27	Royal Navy	Cottesmore	Hunt class mine counter measures vessel	Awaiting disposal
September 27	Royal Navy	Dulverton	Hunt class mine counter measures vessel	Awaiting disposal
October 13	United States Navy	Duluth	Austin class amphibious transport dock
October 28	United States Navy	Belleau Wood	Tarawa class amphibious assault ship	Sunk as a target ship in 2006
November 12	Royal Australian Navy	Canberra	Adelaide class frigate	Awaiting conversion to dive wreck
December 14	United States Navy	Thomas S. Gates	Ticonderoga class cruiser

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