The list of ship decommissionings in 1949 includes a chronological list of all ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

s decommissioned in 1949.

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! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Operator
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Ship
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Class and type
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Fate
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 15 January
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| Antietam

USS Antietam (CV-36)

USS Antietam was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the American Civil War Battle of Antietam . Antietam was commissioned in January 1945, too late to actively serve in World...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two were originally ordered; however as World War II wound down, six were...

 aircraft carrier
| Reserve
| Recommissioned in 1951
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 21 January
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| Princeton

USS Princeton (CV-37)

USS Princeton was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two were originally ordered; however as World War II wound down, six were...

 aircraft carrier
| Reserve
| Recommissioned in 1950
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| January
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| Siboney

USS Siboney (CVE-112)

USS Siboney was a of the United States Navy. She was the second ship named for Siboney, Cuba, the Cuban Village near which troops of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought during the Spanish-American War....

| Commencement Bay class

Commencement Bay class escort carrier

The Commencement Bay-class escort aircraft carriers were based on the Maritime Commission T3 type tanker hull, which gave them a displacement of approximately 23,000 tons and a length of 557 feet...

 escort carrier
| Reserve
| Recommissioned in 1950
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 30 June
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| Tarawa

USS Tarawa (CV-40)

USS Tarawa was one of 24 s built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the bloody 1943 Battle of Tarawa. Tarawa was commissioned in December 1945, too late to serve in World War II. After serving a...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two were originally ordered; however as World War II wound down, six were...

 aircraft carrier
| Reserve
| Recommissioned in 1951
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| Date uncertain
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| Jivoochyi

USS Fairfax (DD-93)

USS Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond , as a Town class destroyer.-USS Fairfax:...

| Wickes class destroyer

Wickes class destroyer

The Wickes-class destroyers were a group of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917-1919. Along with the 6 preceding Caldwell class and 155 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they formed the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" class. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World...

| Scrapped
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