Assigned Special Duty
In February 1945, after the last of her six convoy trips, Newell reported to Norfolk, Virginia, for special duty in the Operational Training Command, Atlantic Fleet. She tested sonobuoys, determined the minimum speed possible for DEs while dropping various types of depth charges, and trained newly commissioned officers.
In April, Newell steamed to Florida, where she acted as escort and plane guard for a carrier training pilots. During this period, the ship recovered six downed pilots from the water. This assignment lasted until she sailed for New York on 3 June.
Newell sailed to Panama on 18 June, where she helped train submarines and remained on this duty through the summer and the Japanese surrender. On 20 October orders arrived sending the destroyer escort to Charleston, South Carolina., where she decommissioned 20 November 1945 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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