List of ship decommissionings in 1998

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1998 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1998.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
March 31	United States Navy	Fahrion		Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate	Transferred to Egypt in 1998	Renamed Sharm El-Sheik
August 25	United States	Guam		Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship	Storage	James River
September 18	United States Navy	Lewis B. Puller		Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate	Transferred to Egypt in 1998	Renamed Toushka
September 30	United States Navy	Independence		Forrestal class aircraft carrier	Reserve

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Ship launches:	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Ship commissionings:	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Ship decommissionings:	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Shipwrecks:	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999