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 (Batch 1) destroyer	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 counter measures vessel	Awaiting disposal
27 September	Royal Navy	Cottesmore		Hunt class mine counter measures vessel	Awaiting disposal
27 September	Royal Navy	Dulverton		Hunt class mine counter measures 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

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