List of ship decommissionings in 1988

The list of ship decommissionings in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1988.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
February 6	Royal Australian Navy	Advance		Attack class patrol boat	Museum ship	To Australian National Maritime Museum
March 30	German Federal Navy	Augsburg			Wrecked at Hamburg
May 17	Stena Line	Stena Saga	Sweden	Ferry	Transferred to Lion Ferry	Rebuilt into Lion Queen
May 31	Royal Navy	*Diomede*		Leander class frigate	Decommissioned	Sold to Pakistan
June 25	United States Navy	Tullibee		Tullibee class submarine	Decommissioned	Entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 5 January 1995. On 1 April 1996, the hulk ceased to exist.
June 26	Royal Australian Navy	Bayonet		Attack class patrol boat	Decommissioned	Scuttled in Bass Strait
August 31	Royal Navy	*Apollo*		Leander class frigate	Decommissioned	Sold to Pakistan
October 13	SF Line (Viking Line traffic)	Turella	Finland	Cruiseferry	Sold to Stena Line	Renamed Stena Nordica
December 1	German Federal Navy	Lübeck			Decommissioned	Sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization
December	Swansea-Cork Ferries	Celtic Pride	Poland	Ferry	End of charter, returned to Polferries	Renamed Rogalin

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