List_of_ship_decommissionings_in

The list of ship decommissionings in 1945 includes a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 1945. In cases where no official decommissioning ceremony was held, the date of withdrawal from service may be used instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate and other notes	Ref
15 January	Royal Navy	*Charlestown*	Town-class destroyer	in reserve at Grangemouth and scrapped	^[1]
13 March	Royal Navy	*Castleton*	Town-class destroyer	reserve at Grangemouth; scrapped in 1947	^[2]
9 April	Royal Navy	*Biter*	Avenger-class escort carrier	transferred to the United States Navy, then to the French Navy as Dixmude	^{[citation needed]}
23 April	United States Navy	*Montgomery*	Wickes-class destroyer	sold for scrap	^{[citation needed]}
7 May	Kriegsmarine	*Prinz Eugen*	cruiser	surrendered to the United States at Copenhagen	^{[citation needed]}
1 June	United States Navy	*Gamble*	Wickes-class destroyer	sunk for disposal	^{[citation needed]}
20 July	United States Navy	*Lea*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
July (unknown date)	Royal Navy	*Lancaster*	Town-class destroyer	reduced to reserve	^{[citation needed]}
August (unknown date)	Royal Navy	*Clare*	Town-class destroyer	reduced to reserve at Greenock, Scotland	^[3]
28 September	United States Navy	*Aaron Ward*	Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer	sold for scrap in 1946	^[4]
9 October	Royal Navy	*Invicta*	Landing Ship, Infantry	returned to merchant service as SS Invicta	^{[citation needed]}
9 October	United States Navy	*Talbot*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
10 October	United States Navy	*Chew*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
12 October	United States Navy	*Waters*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
19 October	United States Navy	*Ramsay*	Wickes-class destroyer	sold for scrap	^{[citation needed]}
24 October	United States Navy	*Sangamon*	Sangamon-class escort carrier	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
26 October	United States Navy	*Sapelo*	Patoka-class oiler	sold for scrap	^{[citation needed]}
2 November	United States Navy	*Rathburne*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
9 November	United States Navy	*Schley*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
9 November	United States Navy	*Stringham*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
14 November	United States Navy	*Crane*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
29 November	Royal Navy	*Tracker*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and sold as merchant Corrientes	^{[citation needed]}
29 November	Royal Navy	*Searcher*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and sold as merchant Captain Theo	^{[citation needed]}
4 December	United States Navy	*Dent*	Wickes-class destroyer	scrapped	^{[citation needed]}
6 December	Royal Navy	*Shah*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and sold as merchant Salta	^{[citation needed]}
8 December	United States Navy	*Dorsey*	Wickes-class destroyer	destroyed	^{[citation needed]}
22 December	Kriegsmarine	*Greif*	seaplane tender	surrendered to the United States and transferred to the French Navy as Marcel Le Bihan	^{[citation needed]}
29 December	Royal Navy	*Hunter*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and sold as merchant Almdijk	^{[citation needed]}
29 December	Royal Navy	*Stalker*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and sold as merchant Riouw	^{[citation needed]}
unknown date	Royal Navy	*Thane*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and scrapped in 1946	^{[citation needed]}

References edit

^ Parsons, Luann (9 April 1981). "Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 19 August 2019. Charlestown was decommissioned on 15 January 1945 and was eventually scrapped.
^ "Aaron Ward I (Destroyer No. 132)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2019. Placed in reserve at Grangemouth, in the Firth of Forth, on 13 March 1945, Castleton, ex-Aaron Ward, was ultimately scrapped at Bo'ness, Scotland, on 3 April 1947.
^ "Abel P. Upshur (Destroyer No. 193)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2019. In August 1945, Clare was reduced to reserve at Greenock, Scotland.
^ "Aaron Ward III (DM-34)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019. Aaron Ward arrived in New York in mid-August. On 28 September 1945, she was decommissioned, and her name was struck from the Navy list. In July 1946, she was sold for scrapping.

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