List of ship decommissionings in 1969

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1969 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1969.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
January 7	Sweden, Rederi AB Svea	Svea	ferry	Sold to Swedish Lloyd as Hispania
January 15	Finland, Finnlines	Finnpartner	ferry	Sold to Rederi AB Svea for Trave Line traffic as Sveaborg
February 13	United States Navy	Randolph	Essex class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1973
June 30	United States Navy	Essex	Essex class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1973
October 6	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	Kula Gulf	Commencement Bay class aircraft transport	Scrapped
October 16	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	Point Cruz	Commencement Bay class aircraft transport	Scrapped
December 1	United States Navy	Boxer	Essex class amphibious assault ship	Scrapped
December 20	United States Navy	Annapolis	Intelligence gathering ship	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1976
Date uncertain	Argentine Navy	Independencia	Colossus class light aircraft carrier	Scrapped in 1971

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Ship launches:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship commissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Ship decommissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Shipwrecks:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969

Ship launches:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Ship commissionings:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Ship decommissionings:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Shipwrecks:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979