sentences:  By March–April 1945, the 1st Escort Group, still including "Bentley" was operating out of Portsmouth against German submarines in the Channel.Following the end of the war, ships supplied to the Royal Navy under Lend Lease were soon returned to the United States, with "Bentley" being returned to United States Navy control on 5 November 1945.The ship was stricken from the US Naval Vessel Register on 15 December 1945 and sold for scrap to John J. Witte of Staten Island on 17 July 1947.