List of ship decommissionings in 1993

The list of ship decommissionings in 1993 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1993.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Fate Other notes
28 February  Royal Navy Sirius Leander-class frigate Sunk as target in 1998 [1]
31 March  Royal Navy Argonaut Leander-class frigate Sold as scrap
31 March  Hellenic Navy Katsonis Tench-class submarine
June  Royal Navy Andromeda Leander-class frigate Sold to India in 1995
25 June  Russian Navy Groznyy Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser Scrapped
30 June  Russian Navy Admiral Fokin Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser Scrapped
30 June  Russian Navy Admiral Isakov Project 1134A Berkut A cruiser Scrapped
30 June  Russian Navy Admiral Oktyabrsky Project 1134A Berkut A cruiser Scrapped
30 June  Russian Navy Kiev Kiev-class aircraft carrier Sold to a Chinese company in 1996
30 June  Russian Navy Vasily Chapaev Project 1134A Berkut A cruiser Scrapped
10 July  United States Navy Ranger Forrestal-class aircraft carrier Scrapped
31 July  United States Navy Iwo Jima Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship Scrapped
23 August  Royal Navy Kellington Ton-class minesweeper Handed over to the Sea Cadets
10 September  United States Navy Forrestal Forrestal-class aircraft carrier Scrapped
15 September  Hellenic Navy Kanaris Themistoklis-class destroyer Scrapped
27 September  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Teruzuki Akizuki-class destroyer
30 September  Royal Navy Amazon Amazon-class frigate Recommissioned by Pakistan as PNS Babur
3 December  Royal Canadian Navy Mackenzie Mackenzie-class destroyer Scuttled as an artificial reef 1995
3 December  Royal Canadian Navy Yukon Mackenzie-class destroyer Scuttled as an artificial reef 2000
7 December  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Akizuki Akizuki-class destroyer
December  Royal Navy Scylla Leander-class frigate Sunk as artificial reef in 2004
Date uncertain  Pakistan Navy Babur County-class destroyer Scrapped

Citations

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  1. ^ Friedman, p. 338

Bibliography

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  • Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.