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List of ship decommissionings in 1945

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Thelist of ship decommissionings in 1945 includes a chronological list ofships decommissioned in1945. 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 atGrangemouth and scrapped	^[1]
13 March	Royal Navy	*Castleton*	Town-class destroyer	reserve atGrangemouth; scrapped in 1947	^[2]
9 April	Royal Navy	*Biter*	Avenger-class escort carrier	transferred to theUnited States Navy, then to theFrench Navy asDixmude	^{[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 atCopenhagen	^{[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 atGreenock,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 asSS 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 merchantCorrientes	^{[citation needed]}
29 November	Royal Navy	*Searcher*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and sold as merchantCaptain 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 merchantSalta	^{[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 theFrench Navy asMarcel Le Bihan	^{[citation needed]}
29 December	Royal Navy	*Hunter*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and sold as merchantAlmdijk	^{[citation needed]}
29 December	Royal Navy	*Stalker*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and sold as merchantRiouw	^{[citation needed]}
unknown date	Royal Navy	*Thane*	Attacker-class escort carrier	returned to the United States and scrapped in 1946	^{[citation needed]}

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^Parsons, Luann (9 April 1981)."Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184)".Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved19 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. Retrieved13 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. Retrieved11 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. Retrieved2 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.

v t e Ship events in 1945
Ship launches	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Ship commissionings	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Ship decommissionings	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
Shipwrecks	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950

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