<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:  <response>: Kuzviisa pasi kweJapan, Lardner akaperekedza vakaremara kuSaipan musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu 1945, uye kubva kuSaipan akaenda kuOkinawa kunobatana neboka rengarava dzehondo dzakagadzirira kuenda kuJapan nokuda kwekuzvipira kweJapan. Lardner akasvika Sagami Wan musi wa 27 Nyamavhuvhu uye akapinda muTokyo Bay musi wa 29 Nyamavhuvhu, achiperekedza Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitzs flagship. Lardner akatevera kubatana mukubvisa mazana anoverengeka evasungwa vehondo kubva kumaodzanyemba kweHonshu. Lardner akavhiyiwa nemapoka akawanda ebasa uye mapoka anoita mabasa akasiyana-siyana kusvikira musi waOctober 15 paakabuda Honshu neTG 50.5 kumusha. Parwendo rwokudzokera kumusha, yakasvika kuSingapore, Ceylon, Cape Town, uye Saldanha Bay, South Africa, isati yasvika kuNew York musi wa7 December 1945. 