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]}

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^ 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,
^ 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