List of ship decommissionings in 1988
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The list of ship decommissionings in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1988.
| Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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| 6 February |  Royal Australian Navy
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Advance | Attack-class patrol boat | Museum ship | To Australian National Maritime Museum | |
| 30 March |  German Navy
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Augsburg | Köln-class frigate | Wrecked at Hamburg | ||
| 17 May | Stena Line | Stena Saga |  Sweden
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Ferry | Transferred to Lion Ferry | Rebuilt into Lion Queen |
| 31 May |  Royal Navy
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Diomede | Leander-class frigate | Decommissioned | Sold to Pakistan, renamed PNS Shamsheer | |
| 25 June |  United States Navy
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Tullibee | Unique submarine | Decommissioned | Entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 5 January 1995. On 1 April 1996, the hulk ceased to exist. | |
| 26 June | Royal Australian Navy
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Bayonet | Attack-class patrol boat | Decommissioned | Scuttled in Bass Strait | |
| 31 August | Royal Navy
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Apollo | Leander-class frigate | Decommissioned | Sold to Pakistan, renamed PNS Zulfiqar | |
| 13 October | SF Line (Viking Line traffic) | Turella |  Finland
|
Cruiseferry | Sold to Stena Line | Renamed Stena Nordica |
| 1 December | German Navy
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Lübeck | Köln-class frigate | Decommissioned | Sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization | |
| December | Swansea-Cork Ferries | Celtic Pride |  Poland
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Ferry | End of charter, returned to Polferries | Renamed Rogalin |