List of ship decommissionings in 1945


The list of ship decommissionings in 1945 is 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. For ships lost at sea, see list of shipwrecks in 1945 instead.
DateOperatorShipClass and typeFate and other notesRef
15 January'in reserve at Grangemouth and scrapped
13 March'reserve at Grangemouth; scrapped in 1947
9 April'transferred to the United States Navy, then to the French Navy as Dixmude
23 April'sold for scrap
7 May'cruisersurrendered to the United States at Copenhagen
1 June'sunk for disposal
20 July'scrapped
July 'reduced to reserve
August 'reduced to reserve at Greenock, Scotland
28 September'sold for scrap in 1946
9 October'Landing Ship, Infantryreturned to merchant service as
9 October'scrapped
10 October'scrapped
12 October'scrapped
19 October'sold for scrap
24 October'scrapped
26 October' oilersold 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
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