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
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

[edit] See also

• List of World War II ships

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