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The list of ship decommissionings in 2008 includes a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 2008. In cases where no official decommissioning ceremony was held, the date of withdrawal from service may be used instead.
Date | Operator | Ship | Class and type | Fate and other notes |
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February 18 | Royal Navy | Sir Bedivere | Round Table-class landing ship logistics | Sold to Brazil as Almirante Saboia |
April 23 | Royal Danish Navy | Agdlek | Agdlek-class cutter cutter | Sold at auction for 2,725,000 Danish kroner [1] |
June 15 | United States Navy | Osprey | Osprey-class coastal minehunter | |
June 15 | United States Navy | Robin | Osprey-class coastal minehunter | |
August 28 | United States Navy | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | Los Angeles-class submarine | |
November 19 | Italian Navy | Carabiniere | Alpino-class frigate |
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Ship events in 2008 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Ship commissionings: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Ship decommissionings: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Shipwrecks: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |