List of ship decommissionings in 1976
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The list of ship decommissionings in 1976 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1976.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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31 January | Hancock | Essex-class aircraft carrier | Scrapped | [1] | ||
30 April | Greif | Seeadler-class fast attack craft | Sold to Greece | Renamed Kyklos | ||
7 May | Finnlines | Bore Star | Ferry (used as a cruise ship) | End of charter; returned to Steamship Company Bore | Placed in Silja Line traffic | |
27 June | Geier | Seeadler-class fast attack craft | Sold to Greece | Renamed Tyfon | ||
25 July | Kondor | Seeadler-class fast attack craft | Sold to Greece | Renamed Lailaps | ||
30 July | Seeadler | Seeadler-class fast attack craft | Sold to Greece | Renamed Esperos | ||
24 August | Habicht | Seeadler-class fast attack craft | Sold to Greece | Renamed Kataurus | ||
1 September | Steamship Company Bore | Bore | Ferry | Laid up; sold to Jakob Lines in 1977 | Renamed Borea | |
10 November | Steamship Company Bore | Bore Star | Ferry | Chartered to Finnlines | ||
18 November | De Zeven Provinciën | De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser | Transferred to Peru | Renamed BAP Aguirre | ||
26 November | Kormoran | Seeadler-class fast attack craft | Sold to Greece | Renamed Scorpius | ||
27 December | Sperber | Seeadler-class fast attack craft | Sold to Greece | Cannibalized | ||
Date uncertain | Hampshire | County-class destroyer | Scrapped | |||
Date uncertain | Gryf | Training and hospital ship | Relegated to an accommodation ship. |
Citations
[edit]- ^ Friedman, p. 472
Bibliography
[edit]- Friedman, Norman (2022) [1983]. U. S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History (Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-68247-762-5.