List of ship decommissionings in 2001

The list of ship decommissionings in 2001 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2001.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Fate Other notes
17 January  Royal Navy Coventry Type 22 frigate Sold to Romania in 2003 Renamed Regele Ferdinand
10 May  United States Navy L. Mendel Rivers Sturgeon-class submarine Submarine recycling
19 July  United States Navy Hewitt Spruance-class destroyer Sold for scrap
15 October  United States Navy Caron Spruance-class destroyer Sunk during weapons testing in 2002
16 October  Brazilian Navy Minas Gerais Colossus-class aircraft carrier Sold for scrap
19 October  Royal Australian Navy Brisbane Perth-class destroyer Sunk as a dive wreck in 2005
26 November  Royal Navy Cromer Sandown-class minehunter Transferred to Britannia Naval College as Hindostan


See also

Ship events in 2001
Ship launches: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Ship commissionings: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Ship decommissionings: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Shipwrecks: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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