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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
Köln-class frigate
Wrecked at Hamburg
17 May
Stena Line
Stena Saga
Sweden
Ferry
Transferred to Lion Ferry
Rebuilt into Lion Queen
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
7 July
Royal Navy
Diomede
Leander-class frigate
Decommissioned
Sold to Pakistan, renamed PNS Shamsheer[1]
31 August
Royal Navy
Apollo
Leander-class frigate
Decommissioned
Sold to Pakistan, renamed PNS Zulfiqar
13 October
SF Line (Viking Line traffic)
Turella
Finland
Cruiseferry
Sold to Stena Line
Renamed Stena Nordica
1 December
German Navy
Lübeck
Köln-class frigate
Decommissioned
Sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization
December
Swansea-Cork Ferries
Celtic Pride
Poland
Ferry
End of charter, returned to Polferries
Renamed Rogalin
^Friedman, p. 338
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