List of ship decommissionings in 2003

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The list of ship decommissionings in 2003 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2003.

Operator Ship Class and type Fate Other notes January 7  United States Navy Kinkaid Spruance class destroyer Sunk as a target in 2004 January 17  Turkey, Diler Lines Captain Zaman II ferry Sold to Blue Line Renamed Ancona February 28  United States Navy Fife Spruance class destroyer Sunk as a target in 2005 February 28  United States Navy Sides Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate Awaiting transfer Planned transfer to Portugal in 2006 March 15  United States Navy George Philip Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate Awaiting transfer Planned transfer to Portugal in 2006 March 18  United States Navy Arthur W. Radford Spruance class destroyer Reserve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with planned disposal as target March 27  United States Navy Paul F. Foster Spruance class destroyer SDTS ship NSWC Port Hueneme April 4  United States Navy Estocin Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate Transferred to Turkey Renamed TCG Goksu April 19  Turkey, Sancak Line Sancak I ferry Destroy by fire; sold for scrap June 20  United States Navy Oldendorf Spruance class destroyer Reserve Bremerton, Washington August 7  United States Navy Constellation Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier Storage Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington August 25  United States Navy Hayler Spruance class destroyer Sunk as a target in 2004 October 2  United States Navy Briscoe Spruance class destroyer Sunk as a target in 2005 October 22  United States Navy Stump Spruance class destroyer Sunk as a target in 2006 November 6  United States Navy Deyo Spruance class destroyer Sunk as a target in 2005 November 23  Royal Navy Bridport Sandown class mine counter-measures vessel Awaiting disposal December 2  United States Navy Elliot Spruance class destroyer Sunk as a target in 2005 December 12  Chilean Navy Blanco Encalada County class destroyer Scrapped

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Ship launches:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ship commissionings:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ship decommissionings:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Shipwrecks:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009