List of ship decommissionings in 1996

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1996 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1996.

Date	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
31 July	Soviet Navy	Bditelnyy		Project 1135 large anti-submarine ship	Scrapped
9 August	United States Navy	America		Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier	Scuttled 2005

Bibliography

• 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.