The US Navy Ships and Submarines Being Decommissioned This Year - 24/7 Wall St.

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Published: April 12, 2024 12:30 pm

As 2024 is currently underway, the United States Navy is once again pressed with the question of reevaluating its fleet. Each year the U.S. Navy introduces and decommissions ships within its fleet in an attempt to maintain an effective fighting force. Typically, the ships selected for decommissioning are approaching the end of their service life. (This is the newest ship in the U.S. Navy.)

In fiscal 2025, the Navy plans to decommission 19 ships in an effort to maintain operational efficiency of the fleet. This process marks an important milestone in the life of a naval vessel and the transition to a new role outside of active service, whether it be for scrap, preservation or even repurposing.

Here 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at the ships planned for decommissioning in the coming year. To determine the ships the U.S. Navy plans to decommission in fiscal 2025, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed reports from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. We ordered these ships and submarines alphabetically. We also included supplemental information regarding the hull number, class, type and commissioning date of each vessel.

Out of all the ships on the chopping block for the coming year, there are a few main classes that are seeing notable reductions in their numbers. The Avenger-class, Spearhead-class, and Ticonderoga-class each have four ships that are being decommissioned. There are also three Los Angeles-class attack submarines that are being taken out of the service as well.

One interesting thing to note is that a couple of Independence-class littoral combat ships are being removed from active service despite having been commissioned less than a decade ago. However, the reduction of littoral combat ships within the U.S. Navy is more of a budgetary issue than these ships actually aging out. (These are the future ships and submarines of the U.S. Navy.)

Here is a look at the U.S. Navy ships being decommissioned in fiscal 2025:

USNS Choctaw County

Hull number: T-EPF-2
Class: Spearhead-class
Type: Expeditionary fast transport
Commission date: June 6, 2013

USS Devastator

Hull number: MCM-6
Class: Avenger-class
Type: Mine countermeasures ship
Commission date: October 6, 1990

USS Dextrous

Hull number: MCM-13
Class: Avenger-class
Type: Mine countermeasures ship
Commission date: July 9, 1994

USNS Fall River

Hull number: T-EPF-4
Class: Spearhead-class
Type: Expeditionary fast transport
Commission date: September 15, 2014

USS Germantown

Hull number: LSD-42
Class: Whidbey Island-class
Type: Dock landing ship
Commission date: February 8, 1986

USS Gladiator

Hull number: MCM-11
Class: Avenger-class
Type: Mine countermeasures ship
Commission date: September 18, 1993

USS Helena

Hull number: SSN-725
Class: Los Angeles-class
Type: Attack submarine
Commission date: July 11, 1987

USS Jackson

Hull number: LCS-6
Class: Independenc-class
Type: Littoral combat ship
Commission date: December 5, 2015

USNS John Glenn

Hull number: T-ESD-2
Class: Montford Point-class
Type: Expeditionary fast transport
Commission date: March 12, 2014

USS Lake Erie

Hull number: CG-70
Class: Ticonderoga-class
Type: Cruiser
Commission date: May 10, 1993

USNS Millinocket

Hull number: T-EPF-3
Class: Spearhead-class
Type: Expeditionary fast transport
Commission date: March 21, 2014

USS Montgomery

Hull number: LCS-8
Class: Independenc-class
Type: Littoral combat ship
Commission date: September 10, 2016

USS Normandy

Hull number: CG-60
Class: Ticonderoga-class
Type: Cruiser
Commission date: December 9, 1989

USS Pasadena

Hull number: SSN-752
Class: Los Angeles-class
Type: Attack submarine
Commission date: February 11, 1989

USS Philippine Sea

Hull number: CG-58
Class: Ticonderoga-class
Type: Cruiser
Commission date: March 18, 1989

USS Sentry

Hull number: MCM-3
Class: Avenger-class
Type: Mine countermeasures ship
Commission date: September 2, 1989

USS Shiloh

Hull number: CG-67
Class: Ticonderoga-class
Type: Cruiser
Commission date: July 18, 1992

USNS Spearhead

Hull number: T-EPF-1
Class: Spearhead-class
Type: Expeditionary fast transport
Commission date: December 6, 2012

USS Topeka

Hull number: SSN-754
Class: Los Angeles-class
Type: Attack submarine
Commission date: October 21, 1989

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