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
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	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

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

List of ship decommissionings in 1945

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