List of ship decommissionings in 1969

The list of ship decommissionings in 1969 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1969.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
7 January	Sweden, Rederi AB Svea	Svea	ferry	Sold to Swedish Lloyd as Hispania
15 January	Finland, Finnlines	Finnpartner	ferry	Sold to Rederi AB Svea for Trave Line traffic as Sveaborg
13 February	United States Navy	Randolph	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1973
30 June	United States Navy	Essex	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1973
6 October	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	Kula Gulf	Commencement Bay-class aircraft transport	Scrapped
16 October	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	Point Cruz	Commencement Bay class aircraft transport	Scrapped
1 December	United States Navy	Boxer	Essex-class amphibious assault ship	Scrapped
20 December	United States Navy	Annapolis	Intelligence gathering ship	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1976
Date uncertain	Argentine Navy	Independencia	Colossus-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped in 1971

See also

Ship events in 1969
Ship launches:	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Ship commissionings:	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Ship decommissionings:	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Shipwrecks:	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974

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