List of ship decommissionings in 1951

The list of ship decommissionings in 1951 includes a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 1951. In cases where no official decommissioning ceremony was held, the date of withdrawal from service may be used instead. For ships lost at sea, see list of shipwrecks in 1951 instead.

Date Operator Ship Class and type Fate and other notes
5 October  United States Navy USS Moore (DE‑147) Edsall-class destroyer escort Placed in reserve until recommission
7 November[1]  United States Navy USS KST- 973 LST‑542-class tank landing ship Transferred immediately to the French Navy; struck from U.S. register 20  November 1951.
29 October [2]  United States Navy USS Glendale (PF-36) Tacoma-class patrol frigate Transferred to the Royal Thai Navy

References

  1. ^ "USS LST - 973". NavSource.
  2. ^ Russell, Richard A. (1997). Project HULA: secret Soviet-American naval cooperation in the war against Japan. The U.S. Navy in the modern world series. Washington, D.C: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy. pp. 24–39. ISBN 978-0-945274-35-3.
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