List of ship decommissionings in 1955

The list of ship decommissionings in 1955 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1955.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
15 January	United States Navy	Gilbert Islands	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve	Recommissioned as USS Annapolis
21 January	United States Navy	Cabot	Independence-class anti-submarine carrier	Reserve	Transferred to Spain in 1967 and renamed Dedalo
18 February	United States Navy	Bairoko	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1960
30 June	United States Navy	Rendova	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1971
4 August	United States Navy	Mindoro	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1959
12 August	Royal Australian Navy	Vengeance		Returned to the United Kingdom
15 December	United States Navy	Kula Gulf	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve	Activated by the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1965[1]