List of ship decommissionings in 1976

The list of ship decommissionings in 1976 includes a chronological list of all ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

s decommissioned in 1976.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
15 April		*Hancock* USS Hancock (CV-19) USS Hancock was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress and first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...	Essex class Essex class aircraft carrier The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two were originally ordered; however as World War II wound down, six were... aircraft carrier	Scrapped
30 April		*Greif*		Sold to Greece	Renamed Kyklos
7 May	Finnlines Finnlines Finnlines Plc is a Finnish shipping company that operates freight throughout Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Baltic Sea. In the past, Finnlines has operated ships under the brands Finncarriers, Finnflow Systems, Finnjet Lines, and FG Shipping Oy Ab...	*Bore Star*	Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services... (used as a cruise ship Cruise ship A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way... )	End of charter; returned to Steamship Company Bore	Placed in Silja Line Silja Line Silja Line is a Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the Estonian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden. The former company Silja Oy – today Tallink Silja Oy – is a subsidiary of Tallink Grupp, handling marketing and sales for Tallink and Silja... traffic
18 November		*De Zeven Provinciën* HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802) The HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën was a De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser with eight 152 mm cannons in double turrets, 8 × 57 mm and 8 × 40 mm machine guns. The rear turret was replaced in 1962 with a RIM-2 Terrier SAM system. She was 185.7 m long, had a beam of 17.25 m and a...	De Zeven Provinciën class De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser The De Zeven Provinciën-class is a class of light cruisers. They were built by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij and Wilton-Fijenoord for the Royal Netherlands Navy... cruiser	Transferred to Peru	Renamed BAP Almirante Aquirre
27 June		*Geier*		Sold to Greece	Renamed Tyfon
25 July		*Kondor*		Sold to Greece	Renamed Lailaps
30 July		*Seeadler*		Sold to Greece	Renamed Esperos
24 August		*Habicht*		Sold to Greece	Renamed Kataurus
1 September	Steamship Company Bore	*Bore* S/S Bore MS Bore is a combination museum and hotel ship docked permanently in Turku, Finland. She was originally built in 1960 by Oskarshamn shipyard, Oskarshamn, Sweden as the car/passenger ferry SS Bore for Steamship Company Bore, Finland, then the last commercial steam ship built in Scandinavia and the...	Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...	Laid up; sold to Jakob Lines Jakob Lines Jakob Lines was a ferry operator based in Jakobstad , Finland. The company was established in 1969 by the city of Jakobstad. It operated routes between Jakobstad and Kokkola in Finland, and Skellefteå, Umeå, and Örnsköldsvik in Sweden.... in 1977	Renamed Borea
10 November	Steamship Company Bore	*Bore Star*	Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...	Chartered to Finnlines Finnlines Finnlines Plc is a Finnish shipping company that operates freight throughout Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Baltic Sea. In the past, Finnlines has operated ships under the brands Finncarriers, Finnflow Systems, Finnjet Lines, and FG Shipping Oy Ab...
26 November		*Kormoran*		Sold to Greece	Renamed Scorpius
27 December		*Sperber*		Sold to Greece	Cannibalized
Date uncertain		*Hampshire* HMS Hampshire (D06) HMS Hampshire was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was decommissioned in 1976 and cannibalised for spares to service her sister ships. Hampshire was sold for scrap in 1979.- See also :* List of ship launches in 1961...	County class destroyer County class destroyer The County class was a class of guided missile destroyers, the first such vessels built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Sea Slug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air-defence around the aircraft carrier task force in the nuclear-war...	Scrapped
Date uncertain		*Gryf*	Training and hospital ship Hospital ship A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital; most are operated by the military forces of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones....	Relegated to an accommodation ship.

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