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	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
January 7	United States Navy	Kinkaid		Spruance class destroyer	Sunk as a target in 2004
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
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