List of ship decommissionings in 2003 explained

The list of ship decommissionings in 2003 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2003.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
1 January					Transferred to Latvia	Renamed
1 January					Transferred to Latvia	Renamed
7 January					Sunk as a target in 2004
28 February					Sunk as a target in 2005
28 February					Awaiting transfer	Planned transfer to Portugal in 2006
15 March					Awaiting transfer	Planned transfer to Portugal in 2006
18 March					Reserve	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with planned disposal as target
27 March					SDTS ship	NSWC Port Hueneme
4 April					Transferred to Turkey	Renamed
2 May	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Whiting		Pierce-class survey ship	Transferred to Mexican Navy 2005	Renamed ARM Río Tuxpan (BI-12)
20 June					Reserve	Bremerton, Washington
7 August					Storage	Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington
25 August					Sunk as a target in 2004
2 October					Sunk as a target in 2005
22 October					Sunk as a target in 2006
6 November					Sunk as a target in 2005
23 November					Sold to Estonia
2 December					Sunk as a target in 2005
12 December					Scrapped