List of ship decommissionings in 1976

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
31 January	United States Navy	*Hancock*		Essex-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	^[1]
30 April	German Navy	*Greif*		Seeadler-class fast attack craft	Sold to Greece	Renamed Kyklos
7 May	Finnlines	*Bore Star*	Finland	Ferry (used as a cruise ship)	End of charter; returned to Steamship Company Bore	Placed in Silja Line traffic
27 June	German Navy	*Geier*		Seeadler-class fast attack craft	Sold to Greece	Renamed Tyfon
25 July	German Navy	*Kondor*		Seeadler-class fast attack craft	Sold to Greece	Renamed Lailaps
30 July	German Navy	*Seeadler*		Seeadler-class fast attack craft	Sold to Greece	Renamed Esperos
24 August	German Navy	*Habicht*		Seeadler-class fast attack craft	Sold to Greece	Renamed Kataurus
1 September	Steamship Company Bore	*Bore*	Finland	Ferry	Laid up; sold to Jakob Lines in 1977	Renamed Borea
10 November	Steamship Company Bore	*Bore Star*	Finland	Ferry	Chartered to Finnlines
18 November	Royal Netherlands Navy	*De Zeven Provinciën*		De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser	Transferred to Peru	Renamed BAP Aguirre
26 November	German Navy	*Kormoran*		Seeadler-class fast attack craft	Sold to Greece	Renamed Scorpius
27 December	German Navy	*Sperber*		Seeadler-class fast attack craft	Sold to Greece	Cannibalized
Date uncertain	Royal Navy	*Hampshire*		County-class destroyer	Scrapped
Date uncertain	Polish Navy	*Gryf*		Training and hospital ship	Relegated to an accommodation ship.

Citations 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.