<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo:  <response>: Ukuzinikela kweJapane ngaphandle kwemibandela, Lardner wahamba nabakhubazekile waya eSaipan ngo-17 Agasti 1945, futhi esuka eSaipan waya e-Okinawa ukujoyina iqembu lemikhumbi yempi elungiselela ukuhamba ngomkhumbi liye eJapane ukuzinikela kweJapane. I-Lardner yafika eSagami Wan ngo-27 Agasti futhi yangena eTokyo Bay ngo-29 Agasti, ihamba ne-Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. Ngokulandelayo u-Lardner wahlanganyela ekususeni iziboshwa zempi ezingamakhulu amaningana eningizimu yeHonshu. I-Lardner yasebenza namaqembu amaningi okusebenza kanye namayunithi enza imisebenzi ehlukahlukene yomsebenzi kuze kube ngu-Okthoba 15 lapho isuka eHonshu ne-TG 50.5 iya ekhaya. Ekubuyeleni ekhaya, wathinta eSingapore, eCeylon, eKapa, naseSaldanha Bay, eNingizimu Afrika, ngaphambi kokufika eNew York ngoDisemba 7, 1945. 