List of ship decommissionings in 1946

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1946 includes a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 1946. 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 1946 instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate and other notes	Ref
4 January	Royal Navy	Begum	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Raki	[ citation needed ]
5 January	Royal Navy	Attacker	Attacker-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Castel Forte	[ citation needed ]
10 January	United States Navy	Ramapo	Patoka-class oiler	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
15 January	United States Navy	Breese	Wickes-class destroyer	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
16 January	United States Navy	Salinas	Patoka-class oiler	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
17 January	Royal Navy	Ameer	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Robin Kirk	[ citation needed ]
18 January	United States Navy	Mount Vernon	Troop transport	Returned to previous owners	[ citation needed ]
26 January	Royal Navy	Khedive	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Rempang	[ citation needed ]
29 January	Royal Navy	Ruler	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and stricken in 1946	[ citation needed ]
4 February	Royal Navy	Empress	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and stricken in 1946	[ citation needed ]
12 February	Royal Navy	Battler	Attacker-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and stricken in 1946	[ citation needed ]
12 February	Royal Navy	Emperor	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and stricken in 1946	[ citation needed ]
12 February	Royal Navy	Pursuer	Attacker-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and stricken in 1946	[ citation needed ]
12 February	Royal Navy	Striker	Attacker-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and stricken in 1946	[ citation needed ]
26 February	Royal Navy	Ravager	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Robin Trent	[ citation needed ]
27 February	Royal Navy	Slinger	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Robin Mowbray	[ citation needed ]
28 February	United States Navy	Abarenda	Floating storage tanker	In reserve at Subic Bay under the War Shipping Administration, stricken in 1946 and sold for scrap in 1948	[1]
1 March	United States Navy	Sepulga	Patoka-class oiler	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
3 March	Royal Navy	Arbiter	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Coracero	[ citation needed ]
3 March	Royal Navy	Trouncer	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Greystoke Castle	[ citation needed ]
6 March	United States Navy	Tippecanoe	Patoka-class oiler	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
3 March	Royal Navy	Puncher	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Muncaster Castle	[ citation needed ]
26 March	United States Navy	Long Island	Long Island-class escort carrier	Sold as merchant Nelly	[ citation needed ]
28 March	United States Navy	Charger	Charger-class escort carrier	Sold as merchant Fairsea	[ citation needed ]
2 April	Royal Navy	Premier	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Rhodesia Star	[ citation needed ]
5 May	United States Navy	Wake Island	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
6 April	Royal Navy	Smiter	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Artillero	[ citation needed ]
12 April	Royal Navy	Trumpeter	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Alblasserdijk	[ citation needed ]
15 April	United States Navy	Nehenta Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
19 April	United States Navy	Kitkun Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
19 April	United States Navy	Makin Island	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
20 April	United States Navy	Badoeng Strait	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve until recommissioned in 1947	[ citation needed ]
26 April	United States Navy	Admiralty Islands	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
30 April	United States Navy	Tulagi	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
1 May	United States Navy	Takanis Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
3 May	United States Navy	Card	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1958	[ citation needed ]
9 May	United States Navy	Roi	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
9 May	United States Navy	Salamaua	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
12 May	Royal Navy	Chaser	Attacker-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Aagtekerk	[ citation needed ]
15 May	United States Navy	Kalinin Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
15 May	United States Navy	Solomons	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
20 May	United States Navy	Croatan	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1958	[ citation needed ]
20 May	United States Navy	Natoma Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1958 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
20 May	Royal Navy	Reaper	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant South Africa Star	[ citation needed ]
21 May	United States Navy	Abbot	Fletcher-class destroyer	Reserve with San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet until recommissioned in 1951	[2]
21 May	United States Navy	Gilbert Islands	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve until recommissioned in 1951	[ citation needed ]
22 May	United States Navy	Tripoli	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1952	[ citation needed ]
28 May	United States Navy	Block Island	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve until recommissioned in 1951	[ citation needed ]
28 May	United States Navy	Trinity	Patoka-class oiler	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
30 May	United States Navy	Daniel T. Griffin	Buckley-class destroyer escort	Sold to Chile as Virgilio Uribe	[ citation needed ]
8 June	United States Navy	Attu	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Attempted sale as merchant Gay but scrapped instead	[ citation needed ]
8 June	United States Navy	Edsall	Edsall-class destroyer escort	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
8 June	United States Navy	Wakefield	Troop transport	Reserve until sold for scrap in 1959	[ citation needed ]
10 June	United States Navy	Casablanca	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
14 June	United States Navy	Kadashan Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
19 June	United States Navy	Saginaw Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1958 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
28 June	United States Navy	Shipley Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
1 July	United States Navy	Patoka	Patoka-class oiler	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
1 July	United States Navy	Steamer Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
3 July	United States Navy	Kula Gulf	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve until recommissioned in 1951	[ citation needed ]
5 July	United States Navy	Copahee	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
6 July	United States Navy	Kasaan Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
6 July	United States Navy	Tulagi	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Scrapped	[ citation needed ]
10 July	United States Navy	White Plains	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1958 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
15 July	United States Navy	Guadalcanal	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1958 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
17 July	Royal Navy	Speaker	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Lancero	[ citation needed ]
20 July	United States Navy	Corregidor	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until transferred to the Military Sea Transport Service	[ citation needed ]
20 July	United States Navy	Hoggatt Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
29 July	United States Navy	Arkansas	Wyoming-class battleship	Target ship	[ citation needed ]
31 July	United States Navy	Manila Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1958 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
31 July	United States Navy	Petrof Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1958 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
5 August	United States Navy	Coral Sea	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
7 August	United States Navy	Thetis Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until recommissioned in 1956	[ citation needed ]
9 August	United States Navy	Makassar Strait	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1958 and used as a target ship	[ citation needed ]
9 August	United States Navy	Vella Gulf	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1970 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
14 August	United States Navy	Chenango	Sangamon-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
14 August	United States Navy	Fanshaw Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
16 August	United States Navy	Kwajalein	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1960 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
20 August	United States Navy	Breton	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1959	[ citation needed ]
22 August	United States Navy	Cape Esperance	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service	[ citation needed ]
23 August	Royal Norwegian Navy	Honningsvåg	Naval trawler	Sold as a fishing trawler in 1947, scrapped in 1973	[ citation needed ]
28 August	United States Navy	Independence	Independence-class aircraft carrier	Radiation research hulk until sunk as a target	[ citation needed ]
29 August	United States Navy	Barnes	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
29 August	United States Navy	Prince William	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
13 September	United States Navy	Munda	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1958 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
17 September	United States Navy	Rapidan	Patoka-class oiler	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
27 September	United States Navy	Altamaha	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
4 October	United States Navy	Core	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1958	[ citation needed ]
9 October	United States Navy	Nassau	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
11 October	United States Navy	Matanikau	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1960 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
18 October	United States Navy	Puget Sound	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1960 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
21 October	United States Navy	Santee	Sangamon-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
24 October	United States Navy	Lunga Point	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1960 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
29 October	United States Navy	Ranger	Aircraft carrier	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
31 October	Royal Navy	Queen	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Roebiah	[ citation needed ]
31 October	United States Navy	West Point	Troop transport	Returned to previous owners	[ citation needed ]
3 November	United States Navy	Bougainville	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1960 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
5 November	United States Navy	Cape Gloucester	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1971 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
8 November	United States Navy	Bennington	Essex-class aircraft carrier	Reserve until recommissioned in 1951	[ citation needed ]
9 November	United States Navy	Bogue	Bogue-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
21 November	Royal Navy	Ranee	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Friesland	[ citation needed ]
27 November	United States Navy	Commencement Bay	Commencement Bay-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1971 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
30 November	United States Navy	Sitkoh Bay	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service	[ citation needed ]
11 December	Royal Navy	Fencer	Attacker-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Sydney	[ citation needed ]
12 December	United States Navy	Savo Island	Casablanca-class escort carrier	Reserve until stricken in 1959 and scrapped	[ citation needed ]
13 December	Royal Navy	Atheling	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Roma	[ citation needed ]
13 December	United States Navy	Lamberton	Wickes-class destroyer	Sold for scrap	[ citation needed ]
13 December	Royal Navy	Patroller	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Almkerk	[ citation needed ]
13 December	Royal Navy	Rajah	Ruler-class escort carrier	Returned to the United States and sold as merchant Drente	[ citation needed ]
unknown date	German Navy	Bussard	Bussard-class seaplane tender	Surrendered to the United States	[ citation needed ]
unknown date	German Navy	Falke	Bussard-class seaplane tender	Surrendered to the Soviet Union	[ citation needed ]
unknown date	German Navy	Gunther Pluschow	Bussard-class seaplane tender	Surrendered to the Soviet Union and renamed Kodor	[ citation needed ]

References

1. Cressman, Robert J. (29 August 2016). "Abarenda II (IX-131)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 August 2019. until 28 February 1946 at which time (Abarenda) was decommissioned in the Philippines...stricken from the Navy Register on 20 March 1946...Sold on 29 January 1948 to the Asia Development Corp., Shanghai, China, for scrapping,
2. Mann, Raymond A. (2 November 1981). "Abbot II (DD-629)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 September 2019. she reported to the Commander, San Diego Group. Pacific Reserve Fleet, for inactivation. Abbot was placed out of commission on 21 May 1946 and was berthed at San Diego