List of decommissioned ships by year
This is a list of decommissioned ships of navies around the world, ordered chronologically by the year in which they left service.
1919
March
31
- USS Iowa (United States): Decommissioned, became radio-controlled target ship
1920
May
7
- USS Alabama (United States Navy): Decommissioned for use as a target ship
10
- USS Kearsarge (United States Navy): Decommissioned for conversion to a crane ship, became Crane Ship 1 (AB-1), scrapped 1955
15
- USS Wisconsin (United States Navy): Decommissioned and sold for scrap 1924
29
- USS Kentucky (United States Navy): Decommissioned to reserve and sold for scrap 1924
1945
May
7
- Prinz Eugen (Germany): Surrendered to the United States at Copenhagen
1946
July
29
- Arkansas (USA): Decommissioned for use as a target ship
1947
August
1
- Wyoming (USA): Decommissioned for sale as scrap
1972
May
7
- Cubera (USA): For sale to Venezuela as ARV Tiburon (S-12)
1975
August
26
- Falke: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Kataigis
November
28
- Bussard: Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization
December
19
- Albatros: Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization
1976
April
30
- Greif: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Kyklos
June
27
- Geier: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Tyfon
July
25
- Kondor: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Lailaps
30
- Seeadler: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Esperos
August
24
- Habicht: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Kataurus
November
26
- Kormoran: Decommissioned for sale to Greece as Scorpius
December
27
- Sperber: Decommissioned for sale to Greece for cannibalization
1982
December
17
- Köln (Germany): Decommissioned, used as a hulk at Neustadt
1983
March
28
- Karlsruhe (Germany): Decommissioned, sold to the Turkish Navy, became Gelibolu
June
30
- Emden (Germany): Decommissioned, sold to the Turkish Navy, became Gemlik
1988
March
30
- Augsburg (Germany): Wrecked at Hamburg
December
1
- Lübeck (Germany): Decommissioned, sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization
1989
January
31
- USS Garcia (United States): Leased to Pakistan, became frigate Saif. Returned and scrapped in 1994
July
4
- Braunschweig (Germany): Sold to the Turkish Navy, became Gemlik
August
Exact date uncertain
- Dédalo (Spain): Officially stricken
- Tiburon (Venezuela): Scrapped
1998
March
30
- Fahrion (USA): Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate, officially stricken after transfer to Egypt as Sharm El-Sheik 15 March 1998.
2005
August
August 3
- Invincible (): Invincible class aircraft carrier, decommissioned into mothball status, available for recommissioning
November
Exact date uncertain
- Canberra (): Adelaide class frigate, decommissioned awaiting disposal