List of ship decommissionings in 2005

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The list of ship decommissionings in 2005 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2005.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
February 17	United States Navy	Detroit		Sacramento class Fast Combat Support Ship	Scrapped in 2006
March 15	United States Navy	Seattle		Sacramento class Fast Combat Support Ship	Scrapped in 2006
March 23	United States Navy	Spruance		Spruance class destroyer	Sunk as target
March 31	Royal Navy	Norfolk		Type 23 frigate	Sold to Chile
June 29	United States Navy	Vincennes		Ticonderoga class cruiser	Mothballed	Possible future target ship
July 8	Royal Navy	Marlborough		Type 23 frigate	Sold to Chile
July 14	Royal Navy	Cardiff		Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer	Awaiting disposal
August 3	Royal Navy	Invincible		Invincible class aircraft carrier	Mothball status
August 8	Royal Navy	Leeds Castle		Castle class patrol vessel	Awaiting disposal
August 19	United States Navy	O'Bannon		Spruance class destroyer	Transferred to reserve	Stored at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 15	United States Navy	Cushing		Spruance class destroyer
September 27	Royal Navy	Brecon		Hunt class mine counter measures vessel	Awaiting disposal
September 27	Royal Navy	Cottesmore		Hunt class mine counter measures vessel	Awaiting disposal
September 27	Royal Navy	Dulverton		Hunt class mine counter measures vessel	Awaiting disposal
October 13	United States Navy	Duluth		Austin class amphibious transport dock
October 14	United States Navy	Camden		Sacramento class Fast Combat Support Ship	Undergoing Scrapping
October 28	United States Navy	Belleau Wood		Tarawa class amphibious assault ship	Sunk as a target ship in 2006
November 12	Royal Australian Navy	Canberra		Adelaide class frigate	Awaiting conversion to dive wreck
December 14	United States Navy	Thomas S. Gates		Ticonderoga class cruiser

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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