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

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