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List of ship decommissionings in 1920

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1920 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1920.

Operator Ship Class and type Fate Other notes
7 May  United States Navy Alabama Illinois-class battleship Target ship [1]
10 May  United States Navy Kearsarge Kearsarge-class battleship Conversion to a crane ship, became Crane Ship 1 (AB-1) Scrapped in 1955
15 May  United States Navy Wisconsin Illinois-class battleship Sold for scrap in 1924
29 May  United States Navy Kentucky Kearsarge-class battleship Sold for scrap 1924
30 September  Royal Australian Navy Encounter Second class protected cruiser Converted to an accommodation ship
October  Imperial German Navy Roon Armored cruiser Scrapped

Citations

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  1. ^ Silverstone, p. 9

Bibliography

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  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The New Navy 1883–1922. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-97871-2.