List of ship decommissionings in 2005

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
17 February  United States Navy Detroit Sacramento-class fast combat support ship Scrapped in 2006
15 March  United States Navy Seattle Sacramento-class fast combat support ship Scrapped in 2006
23 March  United States Navy Spruance Spruance-class destroyer Sunk as target
31 March  Royal Navy Norfolk Type 23 frigate Sold to Chile
31 March  Royal Canadian Navy Huron Iroquois-class destroyer Sunk as target
29 June  United States Navy Vincennes Ticonderoga-class cruiser Mothballed Possible future target ship
8 July  Royal Navy Marlborough Type 23 frigate Sold to Chile
14 July  Royal Navy Cardiff Type 42 destroyer (Batch 1) Awaiting disposal
3 August  Royal Navy Invincible Invincible-class aircraft carrier Mothball status
3 August  Royal Norwegian Navy Bergen Oslo-class frigate In use as office facility
8 August  Royal Navy Leeds Castle Castle-class patrol vessel Awaiting disposal
19 August  United States Navy O'Bannon Spruance-class destroyer Transferred to reserve Stored at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
15 September  United States Navy Cushing Spruance-class destroyer
27 September  Royal Navy Brecon Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Awaiting disposal
27 September  Royal Navy Cottesmore Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Awaiting disposal
27 September  Royal Navy Dulverton Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Awaiting disposal
13 October  United States Navy Duluth Austin-class amphibious transport dock
14 October  United States Navy Camden Sacramento-class fast combat support ship Undergoing scrapping
28 October  United States Navy Belleau Wood Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship Sunk as a target ship in 2006
12 November  Royal Australian Navy Canberra Adelaide-class frigate Awaiting conversion to dive wreck
13 November  Royal New Zealand Navy Wellington Leander-class frigate Sunk as dive wreck, was decommissioned 1999 formerly HMS Bacchante
14 December  United States Navy Thomas S. Gates Ticonderoga-class cruiser


See also

Ship events in 2005
Ship launches: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Ship commissionings: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Ship decommissionings: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Shipwrecks: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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