List of ship decommissionings in 1972

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1972 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1972.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
January 27	Swedish Lloyd	Hispania	Sweden	ferry		Renamed Saga after sale of the previous Saga to Stena Line
February 7	Swedish Lloyd	Saga	Sweden	ferry	Sold to Stena Line	Renamed Stena Atlantica
May 7	United States Navy	Cubera			Sold to Venezuela	Renamed ARV Tiburon (S-12)
July 1	United States Navy	Wasp		Essex class aircraft carrier	Scrapped
July 26	Rederi Ab Ålandsfärjan	Ålandsfärjan	Finland	ferry	Scrapped
July 28	United States Navy	Dealey			Transferred to Uruguay	Renamed ROU 18 De Julio (DE-3)

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Ship launches:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Ship commissionings:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Ship decommissionings:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Shipwrecks:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979