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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 Template:Sclass2- in reserve at Grangemouth and scrapped [1]
13 March  Royal Navy Castleton Template:Sclass2- reserve at Grangemouth; scrapped in 1947 [2]
9 April  Royal Navy Biter Template:Sclass- transferred to the United States Navy, then to the French Navy as Dixmude [citation needed]
23 April  United States Navy Montgomery Template:Sclass- 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 Template:Sclass- sunk for disposal [citation needed]
20 July  United States Navy Lea Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
July (unknown date)  Royal Navy Lancaster Template:Sclass2- reduced to reserve [citation needed]
August (unknown date)  Royal Navy Clare Template:Sclass2- reduced to reserve at Greenock, Scotland [3]
28 September  United States Navy Aaron Ward Template:Sclass- 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 Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
10 October  United States Navy Chew Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
12 October  United States Navy Waters Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
19 October  United States Navy Ramsay Template:Sclass- sold for scrap [citation needed]
24 October  United States Navy Sangamon Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
26 October  United States Navy Sapelo Template:Sclass- oiler sold for scrap [citation needed]
2 November  United States Navy Rathburne Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
9 November  United States Navy Schley Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
9 November  United States Navy Stringham Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
14 November  United States Navy Crane Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
29 November  Royal Navy Tracker Template:Sclass- returned to the United States and sold as merchant Corrientes [citation needed]
29 November  Royal Navy Searcher Template:Sclass- returned to the United States and sold as merchant Captain Theo [citation needed]
4 December  United States Navy Dent Template:Sclass- scrapped [citation needed]
6 December  Royal Navy Shah Template:Sclass- returned to the United States and sold as merchant Salta [citation needed]
8 December  United States Navy Dorsey Template:Sclass- 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 Template:Sclass- returned to the United States and sold as merchant Almdijk [citation needed]
29 December  Royal Navy Stalker Template:Sclass- returned to the United States and sold as merchant Riouw [citation needed]
unknown date  Royal Navy Thane Template:Sclass- returned to the United States and scrapped in 1946 [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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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