Cika wannan jumla: Da ƙarshen tashin hankali da
Japan ta mika wuya, "Lardner" ya jagoranci gurgu zuwa Saipan a ranar 17 ga Agusta, 1945, kuma daga Saipan ya tashi zuwa Okinawa don shiga cikin rukuni na 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.