List of ship decommissionings in 1945
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The list of ship decommissionings in 1945 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1945.
Operator | Ship | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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9 April | Royal Navy | Biter | Avenger class escort carrier | Transferred | Date of transfer to USN, later to France as Dixmude |
23 April | United States Navy | Montgomery | Wickes class destroyer | Sold for scrap | |
7 May | Kriegsmarine | Prinz Eugen | Surrendered to the United States at Copenhagen | ||
1 June | United States Navy | Gamble | Wickes class destroyer | Sunk for disposal | |
20 July | United States Navy | Lea | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
July | Royal Navy | Lancaster | Wickes class destroyer | Reduced to reserve | |
9 October | Royal Navy | Invicta | Landing Ship, Infantry | Transferred | Returned to merchant service as SS Invicta |
9 October | United States Navy | Talbot | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
10 October | United States Navy | Chew | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
12 October | United States Navy | Waters | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
19 October | United States Navy | Ramsay | Wickes class destroyer | Sold for scrap | |
24 October | United States Navy | Sangamon | Sangamon class escort carrier | Scrapped | |
26 October | United States Navy | Sapelo | Sold for scrap | ||
2 November | United States Navy | Rathburne | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
9 November | United States Navy | Schley | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
9 November | United States Navy | Stringham | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
14 November | United States Navy | Crane | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
29 November | Royal Navy | Tracker | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Corrientes |
29 November | Royal Navy | Searcher | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Captain Theo |
4 December | United States Navy | Dent | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
6 December | Royal Navy | Shah | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Salta |
8 December | United States Navy | Dorsey | Wickes class destroyer | Destroyed | |
22 December | Template:Luftwaffe | Greif | Tug type light seaplane tender | Surrendered to the United States | Became French Marcel Le Bihan |
29 December | Royal Navy | Hunter | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Almdijk |
29 December | Royal Navy | Stalker | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Riouw |
Date unknown | Royal Navy | Thane | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Scrapped in 1946 |