List of ship decommissionings in 1965

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1965 includes a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 1965. 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 1965 instead.

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↑ Mann, Raymond A. (2 November 1981). "Abbot II (DD-629)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 September 2019. She was decommissioned on 26 March 1965 at Philadelphia and, for the next decade, was berthed with the Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate and other notes	Ref
26 March	United States Navy	*Abbot*	Fletcher-class destroyer	Reserve with Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet until stricken in 1974 and sold for scrap in 1975	^[1]
unknown date	Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen	*Drotten*	Passenger ship	Laid up in Mariehamn and used as a café ship until scrapped in 1979	^{[ citation needed ]}

Ship events in 1965
Ship launches:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Ship commissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Ship decommissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Shipwrecks:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970

List of ship decommissionings in 1965

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