List of ship decommissionings in 2002

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The list of ship decommissionings in 2002 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2002.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
February 28	United States Navy	David R. Ray		Spruance class destroyer	Striken and awaiting disposal
March 18	Royal Navy	Fearless		Fearless class landing platform dock	Awaiting disposal
March 18	Royal Navy	Intrepid		Fearless class landing platform dock	Awaiting disposal
April 2	United States Navy	Kamehameha		Benjamin Franklin class submarine	Submarine recycling
April 11	United States Navy	Samuel Eliot Morison		Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate	Transferred to Turkey	Became TCG Gokova
June 20	United States Navy	Inchon		Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship	Sunk	Used as a target in 2004
June 28	United States Navy	Wadsworth		Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate	Transferred to Poland	Became ORP Gen. T. Kosciuszko
October 4	United States Navy	Peterson		Spruance class destroyer	Sunk as a target in 2004
December 20	United States Navy	Nicholson		Spruance class destroyer	Sunk as a target in 2004

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Ship launches:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ship commissionings:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ship decommissionings:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Shipwrecks:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009