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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April 9 | Royal Navy | Biter | Avenger class escort carrier | Transferred | Date of transfer to USN, later to France as Dixmude |
April 23 | United States Navy | Montgomery | Wickes class destroyer | Sold for scrap | |
May 7 | Kriegsmarine | Prinz Eugen | Surrendered to the United States at Copenhagen | ||
June 1 | United States Navy | Gamble | Wickes class destroyer | Sunk for disposal | |
July 20 | United States Navy | Lea | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
July | Royal Navy | Lancaster | Wickes class destroyer | Reduced to reserve | |
October 9 | United States Navy | Talbot | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
October 10 | United States Navy | Chew | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
October 12 | United States Navy | Waters | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
October 19 | United States Navy | Ramsay | Wickes class destroyer | Sold for scrap | |
October 24 | United States Navy | Sangamon | Sangamon class escort carrier | Scrapped | |
October 26 | United States Navy | Sapelo | Sold for scrap | ||
November 2 | United States Navy | Rathburne | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
November 9 | United States Navy | Schley | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
November 9 | United States Navy | Stringham | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
November 14 | United States Navy | Crane | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
November 29 | Royal Navy | Tracker | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Corrientes |
November 29 | Royal Navy | Searcher | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Captain Theo |
December 4 | United States Navy | Dent | Wickes class destroyer | Scrapped | |
December 6 | Royal Navy | Shah | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Salta |
December 8 | United States Navy | Dorsey | Wickes class destroyer | Destroyed | |
December 22 | Luftwaffe | Greif | Tug type light seaplane tender | Surrendered to the United States | Became French Marcel Le Bihan |
December 29 | Royal Navy | Hunter | Attacker class escort carrier | Returned to the United States | Sold as merchant Almdijk |
December 29 | 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 |
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Ship launches: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
Ship commissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
Shipwrecks: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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