List_of_ship_decommissionings_in_1977 Knowpia

The list of ship decommissionings in 1977 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1977.

Date	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
3 March	Rederi AB Svea	*Sveaborg*	Sweden	Ferry	Chartered to Aarhus-Oslo Linie	Renamed Peer Günt
April	Lloyd Triestino	*Galileo Galilei*	Italy	Ocean liner	Laid up; rebuilt into a cruise ship	Sold to Italian Line during reconstruction
13 May	Finnlines	*Bore Star*	Finland	Ferry (used as a cruise ship)	End of charter; returned to Steamship Company Bore	Placed in Silja Line traffic
1 September	Swedish Lloyd	*Patricia*	Sweden	Ferry	Laid up in Gothenburg; sold to Stena Line in September 1978	Renamed Stena Oceanica
2 September	Swedish Lloyd	*Saga*	Sweden	Ferry	Laid up in Gothenburg; sold to Minoan Lines in March 1978	Renamed Knossos
1 October	Effoa	*Aallotar*	Finland	Ferry	Chartered to Polferries
1 October	United States Navy	*Franklin D. Roosevelt*		Midway-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	^[1]
22 October	Svea Line (Finland)	Fennia	Finland	Ferry	Laid up; chartered to Sessan Linjen 1978
31 October	Argentine Navy	*Nueve de Julio*		Brooklyn-class	Scrapped in Japan in 1983
30 December	Jydsk Færgefart A/S	Kattergat	Denmark	Ferry	Sold to P&O Normandy Ferries, March 1978	Renamed nf Tiger

Citations edit

Friedman, Norman (2022) [1983]. U. S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History (Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-68247-762-5.