List of ship decommissionings in 1945

The list of ship decommissionings in 1945 includes a chronological list of all ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

HMS Biter (D97)

HMS Biter was a Royal Navy escort carrier during the Second World War. She was laid down as a merchant ship at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company yard at Chester, Pennsylvania. Launched on 28 December 1939, she was converted to an escort carrier and commissioned in the Royal Navy on 6 May...

| Avenger class

Avenger class escort carrier

There were three Avenger class escort carriers in service with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. All three were originally American merchant ships in the process of being built at the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania...

USS Montgomery (DD-121)

USS Montgomery was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later reclassified DM-17. She was the fifth ship named for Admiral Richard Montgomery....

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

The Wickes-class destroyers were a group of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917-1919. Along with the 6 preceding Caldwell class and 155 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they formed the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" class. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World...

German cruiser Prinz Eugen

Prinz Eugen was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, the third member of the class of five vessels. She served with the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was laid down in April 1936 and launched August 1938; Prinz Eugen entered service after the outbreak of war, in August 1940...

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| Surrendered to the United States at Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

USS Gamble (DD-123)

USS Gamble was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later converted to a minelayer in World War II. She was named for two brothers, Lieutenant Peter Gamble and Lieutenant Colonel John M...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Lea (DD-118)

USS Lea was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. She was named in honor of Edward Lea, a US Navy officer killed during the Civil War....

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Philip (DD-76)

The first USS Philip was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Lancaster. She was named for John Woodward Philip.-As USS Philip:...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

Landing Ship, Infantry

Landing Ship, Infantry was a British term for a type of ship used to transport infantry in amphibious warfare during the Second World War...

USS Talbot (DD-114)

USS Talbot was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated, APD-7 in the World War II...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Chew (DD-106)

USS Chew was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. She was named in honor of Samuel Chew....

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Waters (DD-115)

USS Waters was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II, later designated APD-8...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Ramsay (DD-124)

USS Ramsay was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, reclassified as DM-16 during World War II and again reclassified as AG-98...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Sangamon (CVE-26)

USS Sangamon was an escort carrier converted from an oiler, the second ship to carry her name. She was one of 12 Cimarron class oilers built on a joint Navy-Maritime Commission design later duplicated by the T3-S2-A1 type...

| Sangamon class

Sangamon class escort carrier

The Sangamon class were a group of four escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy that served during World War II.-Overview:These ships were originally MARAD type T3-S2-A1 oilers, launched in 1939 for civilian use. They were acquired and commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1940-41...

USS Sapelo (AO-11)

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USS Rathburne (DD-113)

USS Rathburne was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was the first ship named for John Peck Rathbun....

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Schley (DD-103)

USS Schley was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated, APD-14 in the World War II...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Stringham (DD-83)

USS Stringham was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. Later she served in World War II as APD-6. She was the second ship named for Silas Horton Stringham....

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

USS Crane (DD-109)

USS Crane was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for naval officer William M. Crane.Crane was launched 4 July 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Mrs. M. McGuire; and commissioned 18 April 1919,...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

HMS Tracker (D24)

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| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

Attacker class escort carriers were a type of aircraft carrier in service with the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. There were eight ships in the class, all constructed in the United States and supplied under the terms of Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy.The ships served in two different...

HMS Searcher (D40)

HMS Searcher was an Ruler-class escort carrier escort carrier of the Royal Navy. Built in Seattle in the United States she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease. Launched in 1942 she served until 29 November 1945. She was sold into merchant service and renamed Captain Theo...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

USS Dent (DD-116)

USS Dent was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I and later served as APD-9 in World War II. She was named for Captain John H. Dent....

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

HMS Shah (D21)

The USS Jamaica , was an escort aircraft carrier of World War II that served in the British Royal Navy as HMS Shah . Returned to the USA at War's end, she was converted into a merchant vessel and she was sold into civilian service in 1946 as Salta...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

USS Dorsey (DD-117)

USS Dorsey was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was named for John Dorsey.Dorsey was launched 9 April 1918 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. A. Means, distant relative of Midshipman Dorsey; and commissioned 16...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

HMS Hunter (D80)

USS Block Island was an Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II....

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

HMS Stalker (D91)

The USS Hamlin was one of a large group of escort aircraft carriers built on Maritime Commission C-3 hulls and transferred to the United Kingdom under lend-lease during World War II. Launched by Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Francisco, California, 5 March 1942, as AVG-15, aircraft escort...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

Attacker class escort carrier

escort carrier
| Returned to the United States
| Scrapped in 1946

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