What is the term used when a non-armed force vessel is retired?

Question

I felt it was "to decommission" but when I checked wikipedia, they said that term was used for "armed force" vessel.

Answer 1

"Armed forces" are the branches of the US military.  A vessel owned by any of those forces is an armed forces vessel and is decommissioned at it's retirement, whether it has guns, rockets, slingshots or not.

Answer 2

it is commonly applied to non military boats, such as decommissioning of a fishing fleet. also the term graveyard is applied

Answer 3

garbage scow

Answer 4

For commercial vessels...non military....I would say they are retired to civilian use or mothballed.