List of ship decommissionings in 1988

The list of ship decommissionings in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1988.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
6 February	Royal Australian Navy	*Advance*		Attack-class patrol boat	Museum ship	To Australian National Maritime Museum
30 March	German Navy	*Augsburg*			Wrecked at Hamburg
17 May	Stena Line	Stena Saga	Sweden	Ferry	Transferred to Lion Ferry	Rebuilt into Lion Queen
31 May	Royal Navy	*Diomede*		Leander-class frigate	Decommissioned	Sold to Pakistan
25 June	United States Navy	*Tullibee*		Unique submarine	Decommissioned	Entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 5 January 1995. On 1 April 1996, the hulk ceased to exist.
26 June	Royal Australian Navy	*Bayonet*		Attack-class patrol boat	Decommissioned	Scuttled in Bass Strait
31 August	Royal Navy	*Apollo*		Leander-class frigate	Decommissioned	Sold to Pakistan
13 October	SF Line (Viking Line traffic)	Turella	Finland	Cruiseferry	Sold to Stena Line	Renamed Stena Nordica
1 December	German Navy	*Lübeck*			Decommissioned	Sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization
December	Swansea-Cork Ferries	Celtic Pride	Poland	Ferry	End of charter, returned to Polferries	Renamed Rogalin

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