List of ship decommissionings in 1945 explained

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				in reserve at Grangemouth and scrapped	^[1]
13 March				reserve at Grangemouth; scrapped in 1947	^[2]
9 April				transferred to the United States Navy, then to the French Navy as Dixmude
23 April				sold for scrap
7 May			cruiser	surrendered to the United States at Copenhagen
1 June				sunk for disposal
20 July				scrapped
July (unknown date)				reduced to reserve
August (unknown date)				reduced to reserve at Greenock, Scotland	^[3]
28 September				sold for scrap in 1946	^[4]
9 October			Landing Ship, Infantry	returned to merchant service as
9 October				scrapped
10 October				scrapped
12 October				scrapped
19 October				sold for scrap
24 October				scrapped
26 October			oiler	sold for scrap
2 November				scrapped
9 November				scrapped
9 November				scrapped
14 November				scrapped
29 November				returned to the United States and sold as merchant Corrientes
29 November				returned to the United States and sold as merchant Captain Theo
4 December				scrapped
6 December				returned to the United States and sold as merchant Salta
8 December				destroyed
22 December			seaplane tender	surrendered to the United States and transferred to the French Navy as Marcel Le Bihan
29 December				returned to the United States and sold as merchant Almdijk
29 December				returned to the United States and sold as merchant Riouw
unknown date				returned to the United States and scrapped in 1946

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parsons . Luann . Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 19 August 2019 . 9 April 1981. "Charlestown was decommissioned on 15 January 1945 and was eventually scrapped.".
2. Web site: Aaron Ward I (Destroyer No. 132) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 13 June 2019 . 1 September 2016 . 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. Web site: Abel P. Upshur (Destroyer No. 193) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 11 September 2019 . 23 February 2016 . In August 1945, Clare was reduced to reserve at Greenock, Scotland..
4. Web site: Aaron Ward III (DM-34) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 2 July 2019 . 10 June 2015 . 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..