# List of ship decommissionings in 1945

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 |
| 15 January | Royal Navy | Charlestown | Town-class destroyer | in reserve at Grangemouth and scrapped |
| 13 March | Royal Navy | Castleton | Town-class destroyer | reserve at Grangemouth; scrapped in 1947 |
| 9 April | Royal Navy | Biter | Avenger-class escort carrier | transferred to the United States Navy, then to the French Navy as Dixmude |
| 23 April | United States Navy | Montgomery | Wickes-class destroyer | sold for scrap |
| 7 May | Kriegsmarine | Prinz Eugen | cruiser | surrendered to the United States at Copenhagen |
| 1 June | United States Navy | Gamble | Wickes-class destroyer | sunk for disposal |
| 20 July | United States Navy | Lea | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| July (unknown date) | Royal Navy | Lancaster | Town-class destroyer | reduced to reserve |
| August (unknown date) | Royal Navy | Clare | Town-class destroyer | reduced to reserve at Greenock, Scotland |
| 28 September | United States Navy | Aaron Ward | Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer | sold for scrap in 1946 |
| 9 October | Royal Navy | Invicta | Landing Ship, Infantry | returned to merchant service as SS Invicta |
| 9 October | United States Navy | Talbot | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| 10 October | United States Navy | Chew | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| 12 October | United States Navy | Waters | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| 19 October | United States Navy | Ramsay | Wickes-class destroyer | sold for scrap |
| 24 October | United States Navy | Sangamon | Sangamon-class escort carrier | scrapped |
| 26 October | United States Navy | Sapelo | Patoka-class oiler | sold for scrap |
| 2 November | United States Navy | Rathburne | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| 9 November | United States Navy | Schley | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| 9 November | United States Navy | Stringham | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| 14 November | United States Navy | Crane | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| 29 November | Royal Navy | Tracker | Attacker-class escort carrier | returned to the United States and sold as merchant Corrientes |
| 29 November | Royal Navy | Searcher | Attacker-class escort carrier | returned to the United States and sold as merchant Captain Theo |
| 4 December | United States Navy | Dent | Wickes-class destroyer | scrapped |
| 6 December | Royal Navy | Shah | Attacker-class escort carrier | returned to the United States and sold as merchant Salta |
| 8 December | United States Navy | Dorsey | Wickes-class destroyer | destroyed |
| 22 December | Kriegsmarine | Greif | seaplane tender | surrendered to the United States and transferred to the French Navy as Marcel Le Bihan |
| 29 December | Royal Navy | Hunter | Attacker-class escort carrier | returned to the United States and sold as merchant Almdijk |
| 29 December | Royal Navy | Stalker | Attacker-class escort carrier | returned to the United States and sold as merchant Riouw |
| unknown date | Royal Navy | Thane | Attacker-class escort carrier | returned to the United States and scrapped in 1946 |