List of ship decommissionings in 1976

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1976 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1976.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
April 15	United States Navy	Hancock		Essex class aircraft carrier	Scrapped
April 30	German Federal Navy	Greif			Sold to Greece	Renamed Kyklos
7 May	Finnlines	Bore Star	Finland	Ferry (used as a cruise ship)	End of charter; returned to Steamship Company Bore	Placed in Silja Line traffic
June 27	German Federal Navy	Geier			Sold to Greece	Renamed Tyfon
July 25	German Federal Navy	Kondor			Sold to Greece	Renamed Lailaps
July 30	German Federal Navy	Seeadler			Sold to Greece	Renamed Esperos
August 24	German Federal Navy	Habicht			Sold to Greece	Renamed Kataurus
1 September	Steamship Company Bore	Bore	Finland	Ferry	Laid up; sold to Jakob Lines in 1977	Renamed Borea
10 November	Steamship Company Bore	Bore Star	Finland	Ferry	Chartered to Finnlines
November 26	German Federal Navy	Kormoran			Sold to Greece	Renamed Scorpius
December 27	German Federal Navy	Sperber			Sold to Greece	Cannibalized
Date uncertain	Royal Navy	Hampshire		County class destroyer	Scrapped

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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