the warship headed for the western Pacific. She reached Ulithi on 13 June and for the next two months sailed between various islands in the area. She visited Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Saipan, Guam, and Eniwetok. On 12 August, she departed the last-named atoll in company with TF 49 bound for the Aleutian Islands. While she was at sea, the Japanese capitulation ended hostilities. Four days later, the ship steamed into Adak, Alaska. She remained there until the last day of the month when she got underway with TF 92, bound for Honshū, Japan. Wainwright arrived in Ominato Ko on 12 September and began a six-week tour of duty in support of the occupation forces. That duty ended on 30 October, and the warship headed back toward the United States. Post-War After stops at Midway Atoll and Pearl Harbor, Wainwright pulled into San Diego on 16 December. The destroyer remained at San Diego in an inactive status until the spring of 1946. At that time, she was designated a target ship for the atomic tests to be conducted at Bikini Atoll that summer. She survived both blasts at Bikini in July. On 29 August 1946, she was decommissioned. Wainwright remained at Bikini almost two years under intermittent inspection by scientists evaluating the effects of the Operation Crossroads tests. Finally, she was towed out to sea in July 1948 and sunk as a target on 5 July. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 13 July 1948. Awards American Defense Service Medal with "FLEET" clasp and "A" device European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with seven battle stars Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Medal with "ASIA" clasp References Sims-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United States Ships built in Portsmouth, Virginia 1939 ships Ships involved in Operation Crossroads Ships sunk as targets Maritime incidents in 1946 Maritime incidents in 1948