aboard Indianapolis, Captain Claytor's actions were widely credited by survivors with preventing an even greater loss of life. From 26 August 1945, when she sailed into Buckner Bay, Okinawa, the destroyer was assigned to occupation duty. She sailed with hospital ships to Wakayama, Japan, to evacuate released prisoners of war, then screened aircraft carriers providing air cover for landing of occupation troops. Through 12 November, she cruised on courier duty between Japanese ports, and after drydocking at Yokosuka, sailed for San Francisco, California, arriving there on 13 January 1946. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at San Diego on 2 July 1946. On 2 December 1967, Cecil J. Doyle was sunk as a target during live-fire practice. Notes References Quotes from article by journalist Don Phillips of the Washington Post in Tribute to W. Graham Claytor, Jr., published May 1994 Survivors Groups official website for the U.S.S. Indianapolis Doug Stanton, In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors () Richard F. Newcomb, "Abandon Ship!: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster" () External links USS Indianapolis — Still at sea http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2565.html John C. Butler-class destroyer escorts World War II frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States Ships built in Orange, Texas 1944 ships