List of ship decommissionings in 1955

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1955 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1955.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
January 15	United States Navy	Gilbert Islands	Commencement Bay class escort carrier	Reserve	Recommissioned as USS Annapolis
January 21	United States Navy	Cabot	Independence class anti-submarine carrier	Reserve	Transferred to Spain in 1967 and renamed Dedalo
February 18	United States Navy	Bairoko	Commencement Bay class escort carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1960
June 30	United States Navy	Rendova	Commencement Bay class escort carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1971
August 4	United States Navy	Mindoro	Commencement Bay class escort carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1959
August 12	Royal Australian Navy	Vengeance		Returned to the United Kingdom
December 15	United States Navy	Kula Gulf	Commencement Bay class escort carrier	Reserve	Activated by the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1965

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Ship launches:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Ship commissionings:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Ship decommissionings:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Shipwrecks:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959