List of ship decommissionings in 1970

The list of ship decommissionings in 1970 is a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 1970.

Date Operator Ship Flag Class and type Fate Other notes
9 January  Spanish Navy Galicia Almirante Cervera-class light cruiser Scrapped 1970 Per ABC.[1] Also reported decommissioned on 1 July 1964.[2]
15 January  United States Navy Valley Forge Essex-class amphibious assault ship Scrapped [3]
30 January  United States Navy Princeton Essex-class aircraft carrier Scrapped
6 July Siljarederiet Fennia  Finland Ferry Sold to Svea Line (Finland) Continued in Silja Line traffic
6 August  United States Navy Bennington Essex-class aircraft carrier Scrapped Reserve until stricken in 1989
26 June  United States Navy Hornet Essex-class aircraft carrier Museum ship Naval Air Station Alameda
27 June  United States Navy Yorktown Essex-class aircraft carrier Museum ship Patriots Point, South Carolina
3 July  Royal Canadian Navy Bonaventure Majestic-class aircraft carrier Scrapped in 1971

Citations

  1. ^ Hemeroteca ABC: El crucero Galicia será desguazado
  2. ^ "Principe Alfonso (1927)". todoavante.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
  3. ^ Valley Forge (CV-45)

Bibliography

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