List of ship decommissionings in 1970

The list of ship decommissionings in 1970 is a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 1970.

Date	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
9 January	Spanish Navy	Galicia		Almirante Cervera-class light cruiser	Scrapped 1970	Per ABC.^[1] Also reported decommissioned on 1 July 1964.^[2]
15 January	United States Navy	*Valley Forge*		Essex-class amphibious assault ship	Scrapped	^[3]
30 January	United States Navy	*Princeton*		Essex-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped
6 July	Siljarederiet	*Fennia*	Finland	Ferry	Sold to Svea Line (Finland)	Continued in Silja Line traffic
6 August	United States Navy	*Bennington*		Essex-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1989
26 June	United States Navy	*Hornet*		Essex-class aircraft carrier	Museum ship	Naval Air Station Alameda
27 June	United States Navy	*Yorktown*		Essex-class aircraft carrier	Museum ship	Patriots Point, South Carolina
3 July	Royal Canadian Navy	*Bonaventure*		Majestic-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped in 1971

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