List of decommissioned ships by year

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

Contents 1 1919 1.1 March 1.1.1 31 2 1920 2.1 May 2.1.1 7 2.1.2 10 2.1.3 15 2.1.4 29 3 1945 3.1 May 3.1.1 7 4 1946 4.1 July 4.1.1 29 5 1947 5.1 August 5.1.1 1 6 1972 6.1 May 6.1.1 7 7 1975 7.1 August 7.1.1 26 7.2 November 7.2.1 28 7.3 December 7.3.1 19 8 1976 8.1 April 8.1.1 30 8.2 June 8.2.1 27 8.3 July 8.3.1 25 8.3.2 30 8.4 August 8.4.1 24 8.5 November 8.5.1 26 8.6 December 8.6.1 27 9 1982 9.1 December 9.1.1 17 10 1983 10.1 March 10.1.1 28 10.2 June 10.2.1 30 11 1988 11.1 March 11.1.1 30 11.2 December 11.2.1 1 12 1989 12.1 July 12.1.1 4 12.2 August 12.2.1 Exact date uncertain 13 1998 13.1 March 13.1.1 30 14 2005 14.1 August 14.1.1 August 3 14.2 November 14.2.1 Exact date uncertain

[edit] 1919

[edit] March

[edit] 31

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

[edit] 1920

[edit] May

[edit] 7

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

[edit] 10

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

[edit] 15

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

[edit] 29

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

[edit] 1945

[edit] May

[edit] 7

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

[edit] 1946

[edit] July

[edit] 29

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

[edit] 1947

[edit] August

[edit] 1

• Wyoming (USA): Decommissioned for sale as scrap

[edit] 1972

[edit] May

[edit] 7

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

[edit] 1975

[edit] August

[edit] 26

• Falke: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Kataigis

[edit] November

[edit] 28

• Bussard: Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization

[edit] December

[edit] 19

• Albatros: Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization

[edit] 1976

[edit] April

[edit] 30

• Greif: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Kyklos

[edit] June

[edit] 27

• Geier: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Tyfon

[edit] July

[edit] 25

• Kondor: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Lailaps

[edit] 30

• Seeadler: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Esperos

[edit] August

[edit] 24

• Habicht: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Kataurus

[edit] November

[edit] 26

• Kormoran: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Scorpius

[edit] December

[edit] 27

• Sperber: Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization

[edit] 1982

[edit] December

[edit] 17

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

[edit] 1983

[edit] March

[edit] 28

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

[edit] June

[edit] 30

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

[edit] 1988

[edit] March

[edit] 30

• Augsburg (Germany): Wrecked at Hamburg

[edit] December

[edit] 1

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

[edit] 1989

[edit] July

[edit] 4

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

[edit] August

[edit] Exact date uncertain

• Dédalo (Spain): Officially stricken
• Tiburon (Venezuela): Scrapped

[edit] 1998

[edit] March

[edit] 30

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

[edit] 2005

[edit] August

[edit] August 3

• Invincible ( Royal Navy): Invincible class aircraft carrier, decommissioned into mothball status, available for recommissioning

[edit] November

[edit] Exact date uncertain

• Canberra ( Royal Australian Navy): Adelaide class frigate, decommissioned awaiting disposal