List_of_ship_decommissionings_in_1969 Knowpia

The list of ship decommissionings in 1969 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1969.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
7 January	Sweden, Rederi AB Svea	*Svea*	Ferry	Sold to Swedish Lloyd as Hispania
15 January	Finland, Finnlines	*Finnpartner*	Ferry	Sold to Rederi AB Svea for Trave Line traffic as Sveaborg
13 February	United States Navy	*Randolph*	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1973
30 June	United States Navy	*Essex*	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1973^[1]
6 October	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	*Kula Gulf*	Commencement Bay-class aircraft transport	Scrapped
16 October	United States Military Sea Transportation Service	*Point Cruz*	Commencement Bay-class aircraft transport	Scrapped
1 December	United States Navy	*Boxer*	Essex-class amphibious assault ship	Scrapped
20 December	United States Navy	*Annapolis*	Intelligence gathering ship	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1976
Unknown date	Argentine Navy	*Independencia*	Colossus-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped in 1971
Unknown date	United States Fish and Wildlife Service	*John R. Manning*	Fisheries research vessel	Sold	Pennant number FWS 1002; sank as R. B. Hendrickson 13 May 1979