Ship Decommissioning
To decommission a ship is to terminate its career in service in the armed forces of a nation. A somber occasion, it has little of the elaborate ceremony of ship commissioning, but carries significant tradition.
In modern use the term paid off is used by some navies, a reference to the crews being given their pay when their service on the ship was complete.
Read more about Ship Decommissioning: Ship Decommissioning in The United States Navy, Ship Decommissioning in The Indian Navy
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