Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tare da ƙarshen tashin hankali da kuma mika wuya na Japan ba tare da wani sharadi ba
, "Lardner" ya raka nakasassu zuwa Saipan a ranar 17 ga Agusta, 1945, kuma daga Saipan ya tashi zuwa Okinawa don shiga cikin rukunin jiragen ruwa da ke shirin tafiya zuwa Japan don mika wuya ga Japan. "Lardner" ya isa Sagami Wan a ranar 27 ga watan Agusta kuma ya shiga Tokyo Bay a ranar 29 ga watan Agusta, yana rakiyar jirgin ruwa na Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. "Lardner" gaba ya shiga cikin kwashe daruruwan fursunonin yaƙi daga kudancin Honshū. "Lardner" ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyi da ƙungiyoyi masu yawa da ke gudanar da ayyuka daban-daban har zuwa ranar 15 ga Oktoba lokacin da ta bar Honshu tare da TG 50.5 zuwa gida. A kan tafiyar gida, ta taɓa Singapore, Ceylon, Cape Town, da Saldanha Bay, Afirka ta Kudu, kafin ta isa New York a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1945.