LIST OF SHIP DECOMMISSIONINGS IN 2004

The list of ship decommissionings in 2004 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2004.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
17 August	Royal Navy	*Sir Percivale*	Round Table-class landing ship logistics	Scrapped
25 August	United States Navy	*Thorn*	Spruance-class destroyer	Awaiting disposal in fleet exercises
30 August	United States Navy	*Valley Forge*	Ticonderoga-class cruiser	Sunk as a target
10 September	United States Navy	*Portsmouth*	Los Angeles-class submarine	Nuclear submarine recycling
24 September	United States Navy	*O'Brien*	Spruance-class destroyer	Sunk as a target
30 September	United States Navy	*Ticonderoga*	Ticonderoga-class cruiser	Inactive	Ship's Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 October	United States Navy	*Fletcher*	Spruance-class destroyer	Awaiting disposal
1 October	United States Navy	*Sacramento*	Sacramento-class fast combat support ship	Undergoing scrapping
14 October	United States Navy	*Parche*	Sturgeon-class submarine	Nuclear submarine recycling
19 October	Royal Navy	*Sandown*	Sandown-class minehunter	Sold to Estonia
25 October	Royal Navy	*Glasgow*	Type 42 destroyer	Scrapped
5 November	Royal Navy	*Newcastle*	Type 42 destroyer	Scrapped
15 November	Royal Navy	*Inverness*	Sandown-class minehunter	Sold to Estonia
3 December	United States Navy	*Yorktown*	Ticonderoga-class cruiser	Awaiting disposal

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