Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqraddan - Markii uu dhamaaday dagaalkii iyo Japan oo si shuruud la'aan ah isu dhiibtay
, "Lardner" waxay u raacday curyaamiinta Saipan 17kii Ogosto 1945, waxayna ka soo shiraacday Saipan kuna sii gudubtay Okinawa si ay ugu biirto koox ka mid ah maraakiibta dagaalka ee isu diyaarinaya inay u dhoofaan Japan si ay ugu soo dhiibaan Japan. "Lardner" waxay timid Sagami Wan 27kii Ogosto waxayna gashay Tokyo Bay 29kii Ogosto, iyadoo raacaysa Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. "Lardner" ayaa markii dambe ku biiray daadgureynta boqolaal maxaabiis dagaal ah oo ka yimid koonfurta Honshū. "Lardner" waxay la shaqaysay dhowr kooxo shaqo iyo cutubyo fulinaya shaqooyin shaqooyin kala duwan illaa 15 Oktoobar markii ay ka tagtay Honshu iyadoo TG 50.5 ku soo laabatay guriga. Safarkii dib ugu laabashada, waxay taabatay Singapore, Ceylon, Cape Town, iyo Saldanha Bay, Koonfur Afrika, ka hor inta aysan imaan New York 7dii Diseembar 1945.