List of ship decommissionings in 2001

The list of ship decommissionings in 2001 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2001.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Fate Other notes
17 January  Royal Navy Coventry Type 22 frigate Sold to Romania in 2003[1] Renamed Regele Ferdinand
10 May  United States Navy L. Mendel Rivers Sturgeon-class submarine Submarine recycling[2]
19 July  United States Navy Hewitt Spruance-class destroyer Sold for scrap[3]
15 October  United States Navy Caron Spruance-class destroyer Sunk during weapons testing in 2002[4]
16 October  Brazilian Navy Minas Gerais Colossus-class aircraft carrier Sold for scrap
19 October  Royal Australian Navy Brisbane Perth-class destroyer Sunk as a dive wreck in 2005[5][6]
26 November  Royal Navy Cromer Sandown-class minehunter Transferred to Britannia Naval College as Hindostan[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Danny (2022-06-14). "A look back at HMS Coventry 40 years on from the Falklands War". Coventry Live. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  2. ^ "Submarine Photo Index". NavSource. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  3. ^ "Destroyer Photo Index DD-966 USS HEWITT". NavSource. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  4. ^ "Destroyer Photo Index DD-970 USS CARON". NavSource. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  5. ^ Navy, corporateName=Royal Australian. "HMAS Brisbane (II)". seapower.navy.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  6. ^ Navy, corporateName=Royal Australian. "HMAS Brisbane (II) - Part 2". seapower.navy.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  7. ^ "Future of minehunting sails into Dartmouth". Royal Navy. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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