List of ship decommissionings in 1963

The list of ship decommissionings in 1963 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1963.

Date	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
8 May	United States Navy	Antietam		Essex-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped	Reserve until stricken in 1963[1]
31 August	Rederi AB Gotland	Drotten	Sweden	Passenger ship	Laid up	Sold to Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen in January 1964
Unknown date	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Penguin II	United States	Cargo liner	Sold 18 August 1964	Extant 1976