List of ship decommissionings in 1951

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1951 includes a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 1951. In cases where no official decommissioning ceremony was held, the date of withdrawal from service may be used instead. For ships lost at sea, see list of shipwrecks in 1951 instead.

References

↑ "USS LST - 973". NavSource.
↑ Russell, Richard A. (1997). Project HULA: secret Soviet-American naval cooperation in the war against Japan. The U.S. Navy in the modern world series. Washington, D.C: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy. pp. 24–39. ISBN 978-0-945274-35-3.

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[1] "USS LST - 973". NavSource.

[2] Russell, Richard A. (1997). Project HULA: secret Soviet-American naval cooperation in the war against Japan. The U.S. Navy in the modern world series. Washington, D.C: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy. pp. 24–39. ISBN 978-0-945274-35-3.

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Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate and other notes
5 October	United States Navy	USS Moore (DE‑147)	Edsall-class destroyer escort	Placed in reserve until recommission
7 November^[1]	United States Navy	USS KST- 973	LST‑542-class tank landing ship	Transferred immediately to the French Navy; struck from U.S. register 20  November 1951.
29 October ^[2]	United States Navy	USS Glendale (PF-36)	Tacoma-class patrol frigate	Transferred to the Royal Thai Navy