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List of World War II ships

The List of ships of World War II is an alphabetical list of major military ships of World War II. Only warships with a displacement of 1,000 tons or greater are listed. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Ships known by a hull or reference number, such as German u-boats, are not listed individually, although their existence is recorded.

This list does not include all ships used for military purposes, e.g.; oilers, troopships, landing craft, etc., partly for space reasons and partly since this is a list of fighting ships. In general, entries are restricted to ships that were commissioned before or during the war. Thus, some of the Alaska class battlecruisers and Colossus class aircraft carriers are excluded. As an exception, however, some uncompleted Axis ships are included, for interest's sake.


For ship classes, see the list of World War II ship classes.


Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Abdiel UKAbdiel classminelayer 2,650 15 April1941sunk 10 Sep1943Abercrombie UKRoberts classmonitor 8,536 5 May1943Scrapped 1954 Abukuma JapanNagara classlight cruiser5,088 26 May1925sunk 26 Oct1944Acasta UKA class destroyer1,350 11 Feb1930sunk 8 June1940Achates UKA class destroyer1,350 27 Mar1930sunk 31 Dec1942Acheron UKA class destroyer1,350 13 Oct1931sunk 17 Dec1940Achilles UK/
 New ZealandLeanderclass light cruiser7,270 6 Oct1933sold to India 1948 Active UKA class destroyer1,350 9 Feb1930scrapped 1947 Activity UKEscort aircraft carrier11,800 15 Oct1942Returned to merchant service April 1946, renamed Breconshire Admiral Graf Spee GermanyDeutschland classcruiser 12,103 6 Jan1936scuttled 17 Dec1939Adelaide AustraliaBirmingham class light cruiser5,550 5 Aug1922scrapped 1949 Admiral Hipper GermanyAdmiral Hipper classcruiser 14,000 25 Apr1939Scuttled 2 May1945Admiral Scheer GermanyDeutschland classcruiser 12,100 12 Nov1934sunk 9 April1945Adrias GreeceHunt (Type III) classescort destroyer 1,050 5 Aug1942mined 22 Oct1943, declared a constructive total loss, scrapped 1945 Aetos GreeceWild Beast classdestroyer 1,030 19 Oct1912Decommissioned 1946 Afridi UKTribal classclass destroyer2,020 3 May1938Sunk 3 May1940Agano JapanAgano classlight cruiser6650 31 Oct1942Sunk 15 Feb1944Ajax UKLeander classlight cruiser 7,220 3 June1935Scrapped 1949 Akagi JapanAmagi classbattlecruiser converted to aircraft carrier 36,500 27 Mar1927sunk 5 June1942Alabama USASouth Dakota classbattleship35,000 16 Aug1942Decommissioned 9 Jan1947, currently Museum shipsince 1964 Alaska USAAlaska class cruiser/ battlecruiser27,500 17 June1944Scrapped 1960 Albatross UKseaplane carrier and repair ship 6,350 29 Sep1938(ex Australia) Torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954 Albatros  Germany1923 Raubvogelclass torpedo boat1,290 5 May1927beached 10 Apr1940Alberico da Barbiano ItalyGiussano classlight cruiser 5,200 1931 Sunk 13 Dec1941Alberto di Giussano ItalyGiussano classlight cruiser 5,200 1 Jan1931sunk 13 Dec1941Alcantara UKArmed merchant cruiser22,181 1927 scrapped 1958 Aldea ChileSerrano classdestroyer1,090 1929 Discarded 1957 Alden USAClemson classdestroyer1,250 24 Nov1919Scrapped 30 Nov1945Algérie Franceheavy cruiser10,000 15 Sep1934scuttled 27 Nov 1942Algérien Free FrenchCannon classdestroyer escort 1,240 23 Jan1944(former USS Cronin) scrapped Nov 1965 Almirante Brown ArgentinaVeinticinco de Mayo classcruiser6,800 11 July1931scrapped 1962 Almirante Condell ChileAlmirante Lynch classdestroyer 1,430 Jan 1914 decommissioned 1945 Almirante Latorre ChileIron Duke classbattleship28,550 1913, as HMS Canada(UK) Scrapped 1959 Almirante Lynch ChileAlmirante Lynch classdestroyer 1,430 1913 Decommissioned 1945 Almirante Simpson  ChileCapitan O'Brien classsubmarine 2,020 1929 Discarded 1957 Amagi JapanUnryū classaircraft carrier 17,150 10 Aug1944sunk 27 July1945Amazon UKdestroyer class prototype 1,350 5 May1927scrapped 25 Oct1948Ambuscade UKdestroyer class prototype 1,173 15 Mar1927scrapped 1946 Ameer UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 20 Jul1943(former USS Baffins) Returned to USN 17 Jan1946, sold into merchant service 17 Sep1946as Robin Kirk Andrea Doria ItalyAndrea Doria class battleship25,920 13 Mar19161956 Anson UKKing George Vclass battleship 35,000 22 June1942scrapped 1957 Antelope UKAclass destroyer1,350 20 Mar1930scrapped 1946 Anthony  UKAclass destroyer1,350 14 Feb1930Scrapped 1948 Antietam USATiconderoga classfleet carrier 27,100 28 Jan19458 May1963Antiquois  ColombiaGuadiana class destroyer 1,219 former Douro (Portugal) Anton Schmitt  GermanyType 1936destroyer 3,400 24 Sep1939sunk 10 Apr1940Aoba JapanAoba classheavy cruiser5,088 20 Sep1927sunk 28 Jul1945Apollo  UKAbdielclass minelayer2,650 9 Oct1943scrapped 1962 Aquila ItalyAquila class aircraft carrier23,500 not completed scrapped 1952 Arbiter UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 31 Dec1943(former USS St. Simon) Returned to USN 3 Mar1946, stricken 12 Apr1946, sold and renamed Coracero Archer UKAvengerclass escort carrier 8,200 17 Nov1941decommissioned 6 Nov1943, became Empire Lagan aircraft ferry 15 Mar1945, returned to USN 9 Jan1946Arcona Germanyfloating antiaircraft battery (former light cruiser) 2,657 18 May1901scrapped 1948/1949 Ardent UKA class destroyer1,350 14 Apr1930sunk 8 June1940Arendal  NorwayHunt class (Type II)escort destroyer 1,050 16 Nov1944(former HMS Badsworth) Scrapped 1965 Argus UKfleet aircraft carrier14,000 Sep, 1918 scrapped 1946 Ariadne UKAbdielclass minelayer2,650 12 Feb1944scrapped 1965 Arizona USAPennsylvania classbattleship 32,600 17 Oct1916sunk 7 Dec1941, war memorialArk Royal UKaircraft carrier 22,000 16 Dec1938sunk 14 Nov1941Arkansas USAWyomingclass battleship 26,100 17 Sep1912sunk 25 July1946in A-bomb test Arkhangelsk USSRRevenge classbattleship 29,150 30 May1944(former HMS Royal Sovereign) returned to Royal Navy 9 Feb1949, scrapped Sep 1949 Armando Diaz ItalyCadorna classlight cruiser 5,316 29 Apr1933Sunk 25 Feb1941Arrow UKAclass destroyer1,350 14 Apr1930irreparably damaged, 1944 Arteveld  Belgiumpatrol boat 1,640 commissioned as Lorelei (Germany) Arunta AustraliaTribalclass destroyer2,020 30 Mar1942scrapped 1968 Ashanti UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 21 Dec1938scrapped 1949 Ashigara JapanMyoko classheavy cruiser13,300 1928 sunk 8 Jun1945Astoria USANew Orleans classheavy cruiser9,950 28 Apr1934sunk 9 Aug1942Atago JapanTakao classheavy cruiser14,616 30 Mar1932sunk 23 Oct1944Athabaskan(1st of class with this name)  CanadaTribalclass destroyer2,020 3 Feb1943sunk 29 Apr1944Athabaskan(2nd of class with this name)  CanadaTribalclass destroyer2,020 20 Jan1948scrapped 1966 Atheling UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 1 Aug1943(former Bogue classUSS Glacier) returned to US 13 Dec1946Atlantis Germanyauxiliary cruiser7,862 19 Dec1939sunk 21 Nov1941Attacker UKAttackerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 30 Sep1942 (former USS Barnes) decommissioned 5 Jan1946Attilio Regolo  ItalyCapitani Romaniclass light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) 3,750 August 1942 ceded to France 1948 Audacity UKescort aircraft carrier11,000 20 Jun1941sunk 21 Dec1941Aurora USSRProtected cruiser6,731 29 Jul1903in 1957 became a museum-ship. Australia AustraliaCounty classheavy cruiser9,850 24 Apr1928scrapped 1955 Avenger UKAvengerclass escort carrier 8,200 2 Mar1942(former merchant ship Rio Hudson) sunk 15 Nov1942Ayanami JapanFubukiclass destroyer 2,090 30 Apr1930Sunk 15 Nov1942

B

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Babitonga  BrazilCannon classdestroyer escort1,240 10 Mar, 1945 (former USS Alger) Decommissioned 1964 Baependi  BrazilCannon classdestroyer escort1,240 19 Dec, 1944 (former USS Cannon) Decommissioned 1973 Bahia  BrazilBahia class light cruiser3,100 1910 lost 4 July 1945 Baltimore USAheavy cruiser 13,600 15 April 1943 decommissioned 2 July 1954 Barbara[citation needed]  Germanysloop 1,200 ex-Zinnia (Belgium) Barham UKQueen Elizabeth classbattleship 31,000 19 Aug, 1915 sunk Nov 25, 1941Bari  Italylight cruiser 3,284 1925 (former German Pillau) sunk 28th June 1943 Barnes USABogue classescort aircraft carrier11,400 20 Feb, 1943 Decommissioned 29 Aug 1946, scrapped 1959 Bartolomeo Colleoni ItalyGiussano classlight cruiser 5,200 10 Feb 1932 Sunk 19 July 1940 Basilisk UKBclass destroyer1,350 4 Mar, 1931 sunk 1 June1940Bataan AustraliaTribalclass destroyer2,020 25 May, 1945 scrapped 1958 Bataan USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 17 Nov, 1943 decommissioned 9 Apr1954Bath NorwayTown classdestroyer 1,190 9 Jan, 1941 (former HMS Bath) Sunk on 19 Aug, 1941 Battler UKAttackerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 31 Oct, 1942 (former USS Altamaha) Returned to USN 12 Feb 1946, scrapped May 1946 Bauru  BrazilCannon classdestroyer escort1,240 15 Aug, 1944 (former USS Reybold) Decommissioned 17 Sep 1981, museum shipBeagle UKBclass destroyer1,350 9 Apr, 1931 scrapped Jan 1946 Béarn France
 Free Frenchaircraft carrier 22,150 May, 1927 stricken Nov 1966, scrapped Mar 1967 Beberibe  BrazilCannon classdestroyer escort1,240 1 Aug, 1944 (former USS Herzog) Decommissioned 1968 Bedouin UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 15 Mar, 1939 Sunk 15 June1942Begum UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 2 Aug, 1943 (former Bogue classUSS Bolinas) returned to USN 4 Jan 1946, stricken 19 June 1946, renamed Raki Belleau Wood USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 31 Mar, 1943 decommissioned 13 January1947, transferred to France as Bois Belleau Benevente  BrazilCannon classdestroyer escort1,240 19 Dec, 1944 (former USS Christopher) Decommissioned 1964 Bengal  IndiaBathurst class minesweeper 1,025 8 Aug, 1942 Decommissioned 1960 Bennington USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 6 Aug, 1944 decommissioned 15 Jan1970Bermuda UKFiji classcruiser 8,000 21 Aug, 1942 scrapped 1965 Bernd von Arnim  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 6 Dec 1938 scuttled 13 Apr 1940 Bertioga  BrazilCannon classdestroyer escort1,240 1 Aug, 1944 (former USS Pennewill) Decommissioned 1964 Bideford  UKShoreham classsloop 1,105 23 Feb, 1932 Sold 14 Sep 1947 Birmingham UKSouthampton classlight cruiser 9,770 18 Nov, 1937 scrapped 1960 Bismarck GermanyBismarck classbattleship 41,700 24 Aug 1940 sunk May 27, 1941Biter UKAvengerclass escort carrier 8,200 5 May, 1942 (former USN Rio Parana) Transferred to France as Dixmude 1945 Blanche UKBclass destroyer1,350 14 Feb, 1931 sunk 13 Nov1939Blanco Encalada  Chilecruiser 3,435 ca.1893 scrapped 1946 Block Island USABogue classescort aircraft carrier9,800 8 Mar, 1943 Sunk 29 May1944Blücher GermanyAdmiral Hipper classheavy cruiser14,000 20 Sep1939sunk 9 April1940Błyskawica PolandGrom classdestroyer 1,975 25 Nov, 1937 decommissioned 1 May 1976, preserved as museum ship Boadicea UKBclass destroyer1,350 7 Apr, 1931 sunk 13 June1944Bocaina  BrazilCannon classdestroyer escort1,240 20 Mar, 1945 (former USS Marts) Decommissioned 1975 Bogue USABogue classescort carrier 9,800 26 Sep, 1942 Decommissioned 30 Nov 1946, scrapped Dec 1960 Bolzano ItalyTrento classheavy cruiser 10,511 1933 sunk 1944 Bombay  IndiaBathurst class minesweeper 1,025 24 Apr, 1942 Decommissioned 1960 Bon Homme Richard USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 26 Nov, 1944 decommissioned 2 July1971Boreas UKBclass destroyer1,350 20 Feb, 1931 became Salamis (Greece), 1944, returned and scrapped 1951 Boxer USATiconderoga classfleet carrier 27,100 16 Apr, 1945 decommissioned 1 Dec1969Bracui  BrazilCannon classdestroyer escort1,240 15 Aug, 1944 (former USS McAnn) Decommissioned 11 Jul 1972 Brandenburg Germanyminelayer 3,894 1 May 1943 (captured French transport Kita) sunk 21 Sep 1943 Brazen UKBclass destroyer1,350 8 Apr, 1931 sunk 20 July1940Breese USAWickes classdestroyer minelayer 1,090 23 Oct, 1918 scrapped May 1946 Bretagne FranceBretagne classbattleship 22,200 Sep 1915 sunk July 3, 1940Brilliant UKBclass destroyer1,350 21 Feb, 1931 scrapped Aug 1947 Brooklyn USABrooklynclass light cruiser9,475 30 Sep, 1937 Decommissioned 3 Jan 1947, sold to Chile Bruno Heinemann  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 8 Jan 1938 sunk 25 Jan 1942 Buenos Aires ArgentinaBuenos Aires class destroyer 1,375 1938 1971 Bulldog UKBclass destroyer1,350 8 Apr 1931 scrapped Jan 1946 Bunker Hill USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 24 May, 1943 decommissioned 9 Jan1947Burza PolandWicher classdestroyer 1,400 10 July 1932 Scrapped 1977

C

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Cabot USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 24 Jul1943decommissioned 21 Jan1955, later Spanish DédaloCairo UKCclass light cruiser4,200 24 Sep1919lost 12 Aug1942Calcutta UKCclass light cruiser4,200 21 Aug1919lost 1 June1941Caldas Colombiadestroyer 1,219 former Tejo (Portugal) Caledon UKCclass light cruiser4,180 6 Mar1917scrapped 1948 California USATennessee classbattleship 32,600 10 Aug1921Decommissioned 14 Feb1947Calypso UKCclass light cruiser4,180 6 Mar1917scrapped Jan 1948 Campania UKescort aircraft carrier11,420 7 Mar1944Decommissioned 30 Dec1945, scrapped 1955 Canberra AustraliaCounty classheavy cruiser9,850 10 Jul1928scuttled 9 Aug1944Capetown UKCclass light cruiser4,200 10 Apr1922Scrapped June 1946 Capitan O'Brien  ChileCapitan O'Brien classsubmarine 2,020 1929 1957 Capitan Thompson  ChileCapitan O'Brien classsubmarine 2,020 1929 1958 Caradoc UKCclass light cruiser4,180 15 Jun1917scrapped 1946 Cardiff UKCclass light cruiser4,290 25 Jun1917scrapped 1946 Carinthia UKArmed Merchant Cruiser20,277 Aug, 1939 torpedoed 6 Jun1940, foundered the next day Carlisle UKCclass light cruiser4,200 11 Nov1918constructive total loss 9 Oct1942, scrapped 1948 Casablanca USACasablanca classescort aircraft carrier7,800 8 Jul1943Decommissioned 10 Jun1946Catamarca ArgentinaCatamarca class destroyer 1,010 ca.1912 Sold 1959 Cauvery  IndiaModified Black Swan classsloop 1,350 Ceres UKCclass light cruiser4,290 1 Jun1917scrapped 1946 Cervantes  ArgentinaCervantes class destroyer 1,522 Discarded 24 Jun1961Ceylon UKFiji class cruiser8,800 13 Jul1943sold to Peru 1959, renamed Colonel Bolognesi Chacabuco ChilePresidente Errazuriz class cruiser 4,500 Discarded 1952 Chao Ho  ChinaChao Ho class cruiser 2,750 23 Oct1911sunk 28 Sep1937Charger UKAvengerclass 8,200 2 Oct1941transferred to USN 4 Oct1941Chaser UKAttackerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 9 Apr1943(former USS Breton) Returned to USN 12 May1946, sold into merchant service 20 Dec1946as Aagtekerk Chervona Ukraina Soviet UnionSvetlanaclass light cruiser 7,600 3 Oct1913Sunk 12 Nov1941Chikuma JapanTone classheavy cruiser15,200 30 May1939sunk 25 Oct1944Chitose JapanChitose class aircraft carrier 11,190 25 Jul1938sunk 25 Oct1944Chiyoda JapanChitose class aircraft carrier 11,190 15 Dec1938sunk 25 Oct1944Chokai JapanTakao classheavy cruiser15,781 1932 sunk 25 Oct1944Clemson USAClemson classsea plane tender, destroyer & high speed transport 1,250 29 Dec1919Decommissioned 12 Oct1945Cleveland USACleveland classlight cruiser 10,000 15 Jun1942decommissioned 7 Feb1947Clive  India24 class sloop1,748 20 Apr1920Scrapped 1947 Codrington UKAclass destroyerleader 1,350 4 Jun1930sunk 27 Jul1940Colbert FranceSuffrenclass heavy cruiser 10,000 4 Mar1931scuttled 27 Nov 1942Colhoun USAWickesclass destroyer, converted to a fast transport 1,060 13 Jun1918sunk 30 Aug1942Colombo UKCclass light cruiser4,200 18 Jun1919scrapped 1948 Colossus UKColossusclass aircraft carrier 13,200 16 Dec1944transferred to France, renamed Arromanches 6 Aug1946Commencement Bay USACommencement Bay class escort aircraft carrier 11,373 27 Nov1944Decommissioned 30 Nov1946Conte di Cavour ItalyConte di Cavourclass battleship 26,140 1915 Decommissioned 18 May1928ORP Conradex. HMS Danae  UK, then  PolandD class cruiser4,850 4 Oct1944returned to Royal Navy 28 Sep1946, scrapped Mar 1948 Cornwallis  IndiaCornwallis class sloop 1,290 1921 (former HMS Lychnis) Scrapped 1946 Cossack UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 7 Jun1938sunk 24 Oct1941Coronel Germanyauxiliary cruiser 12,700 13 Aug1938ran aground 21 Nov1984Corrientes ArgentinaBuenos Aires class destroyer 1,375 Lost 3 Oct1941Courageous UKGloriousclass aircraft carrier 22,500 4 Nov1916sunk 17 Sep1939Courbet France
 Free FrenchCourbet classbattleship 23,200 Nov 1913 scuttled as a "Gooseberry" breakwater 6 June 1944 Cowpens USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 28 May1943decommissioned 13 Jan1947Coventry UKCclass light cruiser4,290 21 Feb1918lost 14 Sep1942Croix de Lorraine  Free FrenchRiver classfrigate 1,370 25 Sep1944(former HMS Strule) Decommissioned 1961 Cuba  Cubasloop 2,055 c.1911 stricken 1971 Curacoa UKCclass light cruiser4,290 18 Feb1918lost 2 Oct1942Curlew UKCclass light cruiser4,290 14 Dec1917lost 26 May1940

D

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Dahlgren USAClemson classdestroyer1,250 6 Jan, 1920 Decommissioned 14 Dec 1945 Danae UKDanae classlight cruiser4,850 18 Jun, 1918 Transferred to Polish Navy 4 Oct 1944, renamed ORP Conrad Dasher UKAvengerclass escort aircraft carrier8,200 2 July 1942 (former merchant Rio de Janeiro) sunk Mar 27, 1943Dauntless UKDanae classcruiser 4,850 10 Apr, 1918 scrapped 1946 Delhi UKDanae classcruiser 4,850 Jun, 1919 scrapped 1948 De Ruyter NetherlandsDe Ruyter classcruiser 7,822 3 Oct, 1936 sunk 28 Feb, 1942 Despatch UKDanae classcruiser 4,850 2 Jun, 1922 scrapped 1946 Deutschland GermanyDeutschland classheavy cruiser12,100 1 Apr 1933 renamed Lützow Devonshire UKCounty class cruiser9,750 18 Mar, 1929 scrapped Dec 1954 Diether von Roeder  GermanyType 1936destroyer 4,400 29 Aug 1938 sunk 13 April1940Diomede UKDanae classcruiser 4,850 24 Apr, 1922 scrapped 1946 Drache  Germanyminelayer 1,870 captured 17 Apr 1941 (former Yugoslav Zmaj) sunk 22 Sep 1944 Dragon UK
then  PolandDanae class cruiser4,850 Aug, 1918 damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944 Duguay-Trouin France
 Free FrenchDuguay-Trouin classlight cruiser7,250 2 Nov, 1926 decommissioned 9 March1952Duilio ItalyAndrea Doria class battleship25,920 1915 1956 Duke of York UKKing George Vclass battleship 35,000 28 Feb, 1940 scrapped 1957 Dundee UKShoreham classsloop 1,060 31 Mar, 1933 Torpedoed and sunk 15 September 1940 Dunedin UKDanae classcruiser 4,850 19 Nov, 1918 lost 24 November 1941 Dunkerque Francebattlecruiser 26,500 15 Apr, 1937 scuttled 27 Nov 1942Dunvegan Castle  UKArmed merchant cruiser 15,007 7 Sep, 1939 sunk 28 Aug, 1940 Dupleix FranceSuffrenclass heavy cruiser10,000 7 Jul, 1932 scuttled 27 Nov 1942Duquesne France
 Free FrenchDuquesne classheavy cruiser10,000 6 Dec, 1928 condemned 1955 Durban UKDanae-classcruiser 4,850 1 Nov, 1921 "Gooseberry" breakwaterblockship, 9 June1944

E

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Eagle UKaircraft carrier 22,600 26 Feb, 1924 sunk Aug 11, 1942Edinburgh UKTown classlight cruiser11,500 6 July, 1939 lost 2 May, 1942 Eidsvold Norwaycoastal defence ship4,233 1901 sunk April 9, 1940El Amir Farouq  Egyptpatrol vessel 1,441 Elli Greecelight cruiser 2,115 Nov, 1913 sunk 15th August 1940 Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta ItalyDuca d'Aosta classlight cruiser 8,450 13 July 1935 ceded to USSR 1949, renamed Kerch, scrapped in 1960s Emden Germanylight cruiser5,600 Oct 1925 scuttled May 3 1945 Emerald UKEmerald classlight cruiser7,580 14 Jan, 1926 scrapped July 1948 Émile Bertin France
 Free FrenchÉmile Bertin class light cruiser5,886 28 Jan, 1935 scrapped 1959 Emperor UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 6 Aug, 1943 (former USS Pybus) Returned to USN 12 February 1946, sold for scrap 26 Nov 1947 Empire MacAlpine UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand grain carrier 8,000 14 Apr, 1943 Empire MacAndrew UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand grain carrier 8,000 7 Jul, 1943 Empire MacCabe UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand oil tanker9,000 Nov, 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Escort Empire MacCallum UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand grain carrier 8,000 22 Dec, 1943 Empire MacColl UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand oil tanker9,000 Nov, 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Pilot Empire MacDermott UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand grain carrier 8,000 31 Mar, 1944 Empire MacKay UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand oil tanker9,000 5 Oct, 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Swordfish Empire MacKendrick UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand grain carrier 8,000 Dec 1943 Empire MacMahon UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand oil tanker9,000 Dec, 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed Naninia Empire MacRae UKEmpire class merchant aircraft carrierand grain carrier 8,000 20 Sep, 1943 Returned to merchant service 1947, renamed Alpha Zambesi Empress UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 9 Aug, 1943 (former USS Carnegie) Returned USN 4 February 1946, sold for scrap 21 June 1946 Enterprise UKEmerald classlight cruiser 7,580 7 Apr, 1926 scrapped April 1946 Enterprise USAYorktown classfleet carrier 25,100 12 May, 1938 scrapped 1947 Entre Rios ArgentinaBuenos Aries class destroyer 1,375 Erebus UKErebusclass monitor8,000 2 Sep, 1916 Scrapped July 1946 Erich Giese  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 4 March 1939 sunk 13 April1940Erich Koellner  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 28 March 1939 sunk 13 April1940Erich Steinbrinck  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 31 May 1938 ceded to USSR, 5 November 1945, renamed Pylikiy; scrapped 1958 Eritrea Italysloop 2,200 1937 ceded to France 1948, renamed Francis Garnier, expended as target 1966 Eskdale  NorwayHunt class destroyerescort destroyer 1,050 31 Jul, 1942 sunk 14 Apr, 1943 Eskimo UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 30 Dec, 1938 scrapped 1949 Essex USAEssex classaircraft carrier 27,100 31 Dec, 1942 decommissioned 30 June1969Eugenio di Savoia ItalyDuca d'Aosta classlight cruiser 8,750 16 Jan 1936 ceded to Greece 1949, renamed Elli, scrapped 1964 Exeter UKCounty classcruiser 8,390 23 Jul, 1931 sunk March 1, 1942

F

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Falke  GermanyRaubvogel classtorpedoboat 1,290 15 Aug1927sunk 15 Jun1944Fencer UKAttackerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 former USS Croatan Fiji UKCrown Colony-class cruiser8,000 5 May1940sunk 22 May1941Fiume  ItalyZaraclass heavy cruiser 11,500 1931 sunk 29 Mar1941Flores NetherlandsFloresclass sloop1,457 25 Mar1926scrapped Nov 1968 Foch FranceSuffrenclass heavy cruiser 10,000 15 Aug1931scuttled 27 Nov 1942Folkestone UKFolkestoneclass sloop 1,045 25 Jun1940scrapped 22 May1947Formidable UKIllustrious classaircraft carrier23,000 24 Nov1940scrapped 1953 Franklin USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 31 Jan1944Decommissioned 17 Feb1947Frederick C. Davis USAEdsall classdestroyer escort 1,200 14 Jul1943sunk 24 Apr1945Fridtjof Nansen NorwayCoast Guard ship 1,575 29 May1931ran aground and sank 8 Nov1940Friedrich Eckholdt  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 28 Jul1938sunk 31 Dec1942Friedrich Ihn  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 6 Apr1938scrapped 1952 Fu An  Chinagunship 1,900 Furutaka JapanFurutaka classheavy cruiser9.150 31 Mar1926sunk 20 Dec1942Furious UKGloriousclass aircraft carrier 22,400 14 Oct1917scrapped 1948 Fury UKF classdestroyer 1,405 10 Sep1934mined 21 Jun1944, not repaired Fusō JapanFusōclass battleship 34,700 18 Nov1915sunk 25 Oct1944Fyen  Denmarklight cruiser hulk 2,737

G

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Gadila NetherlandsRapana class merchant aircraft carrierand oil tanker8,000 Gambia UK
then  New ZealandFiji classlight cruiser 8,000 21 Feb, 1942 scrapped 1968 Gambier Bay USACasablanca classescort carrier7,800 28 Dec, 1943 Sunk 25 Oct, 1944 Gamble USAWickes classdestroyer minelayer 1,090 29 Nov, 1918 Damaged beyond repair Iwo Jima17 February 1945, scuttled Guam16 July 1945. Garland UK
then  PolandG classdestroyer1,335 3 Mar, 1936 sold to the Netherlands 14 November 1947 Gelderland NetherlandsHolland class cruiser (pantserdekschiep) 4,100 16 July1900captured by Germany 1940, renamed Niobe, sunk 16 July1944General Belgrano  ArgentinaGaribaldi class cruiser 6,100 c.1896 Stricken 8th May 1947 General Pueyrredon  ArgentinaGaribaldi class cruiser 6,100 Stricken 2nd August 1954 Georg Thiele  GermanyType 1934destroyer 3,150 27 Feb 1937 sunk 13 April1940George Leygues France
 Free FrenchLa Galissonnièreclass light cruiser7,600 15 Nov, 1937 scrapped 1959 Georgios Averof Greecearmored cruiser9,450 16 May, 1911 Decommissioned 1951, museum shipGiovanni dalle Bande Nere ItalyGiussano classlight cruiser 5,200 10 Feb 1932 Sunk 19 July 1940 Giulio Cesare ItalyConte di Cavourclass battleship 26,140 10 May, 1914 ceded to Soviet Union 1948, renamed Novorossiisk Giuseppe Garibaldi ItalyDuca degli Abruzzi classlight cruiser 9,195 1937 scrapped 1972 Giuseppe Miraglia  Italyseaplane tender 4,965 1927 decommissioned 15 July 1950 Glaisdale  NorwayHunt class destroyerescort destroyer 1,050 12 Jun, 1942 renamed HNoMS Narvik 1946, scrapped 1961 Gloire France
 Free FrenchLa Galissonnièreclass light cruiser7,600 15 Nov, 1937 scrapped 1958 Glorious UKGloriousclass aircraft carrier 22,500 20 Apr, 1916 sunk June 8, 1940Glory UKColossusclass aircraft carrier 13,200 2 Apr, 1945 scrapped Aug 1961 Gneisenau GermanyGneisenauclass battlecruiser32,000 21 May 1938 sunk as block shipMarch 1945 (Gotenhafen/Gdynia) Godavari  IndiaBlack Swan classsloop 1,250 Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Sind Goldsborough USAClemson classdestroyer1,250 26 Jan, 1920 Decommissioned 11 Oct 1945 Good Hope  South AfricaLochclass frigate1,435 1 Dec, 1944 scrapped June 1978 Goodall  UKCaptainclass frigate1,150 4 Oct 1943 sunk 29 April1945Gorizia ItalyZaraclass heavy cruiser 11,900 1931 sunk 1943 Graf Spee(short name for Admiral Graf Spee)  GermanyDeutschlandclass pocket battleshipor heavy cruiser12,100 6 Jan 1936 scuttled 17 Dec1939Graf Zeppelin Germanyaircraft carrier 23,200 launched 8 Dec, 1938, not completed Sunk as target in the Baltic,
16 Aug, 1947 [1]Greenhalgh|  BrazilMarcilio Dias class destroyer 1,500 29 Nov, 1943 decommissioned 1966 Greif  GermanyRaubvogel classtorpedoboat 1,290 15 Mar 1927 sunk 23 May 1944 Grom PolandGrom classdestroyer 1,975 11 May, 1937 sunk May 4, 1940Gryf PolandGryf class minelayer 2,085 27 Feb, 1938 sunk 3 Sep, 1939 Guam USAAlaska classbattlecruiser27,500 17 Sep, 1944 scrapped Aug 1961 Gurkha UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 21 Oct, 1938 sunk 9 April1940

H

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Haguro JapanMyoko classheavy cruiser13,300 25 Apr1929sunk 16 May1945Hai Chao  Chinasloop 1,250 Hai Chen  Chinagunship 2,680 Hai Chi  Chinagunship 4,300 Hai Chou  Chinagunship 2,680 Hai Yung  Chinagunship 2,680 Haida CanadaTribalclass destroyer2,020 30 Aug1943preserved at Hamilton, Ontario Canada Hancock USATiconderoga classfleet carrier 27,100 15 Apr1944Decommissioned 30 Jan1976Hansa Germanyauxiliary cruiser 9,138 2 Feb1944scrapped 1971 Hans Lody  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 13 Sep1938scrapped 1946 - 1949 Hans Lüdemann  GermanyType 1936destroyer 3,400 8 Oct1938sunk 13 Apr1940Harald Haarfagre,
later Thetis  Norway,
then  Germanycoastal defence ship3,858 21 Mar1898captured by Germany 9 Apr1940, renamed Thetis, scrapped 1948 Haruna JapanKongō classbattleship 31,660 sunk 28 Jul1945Harvester UKHavant classdestroyer 1,340 23 May1940(laid down as Brazilian Jurua) sunk 11 Mar1943Havant UKHavant classdestroyer 1,340 19 Dec1939(laid down as Brazilian Javary) scuttled 1 Jun1940Havelock UKHavant classdestroyer 1,340 10 Feb1940(laid down as Brazilian Jutahy) scrapped Oct 1946 Hayatake  Japanaircraft carrier Hekla  Denmarklight cruiser hulk 1,322 Hermann Künne  GermanyType 1936destroyer 3,400 12 Jan1939sunk 13 Apr1940Hermann Schoemann  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 9 Sep1937sunk 2 May1942Hermes UKaircraft carrier 10,850 7 Jul1923sunk Apr 9, 1942Hesperus UKHavant classdestroyer 1,340 22 Jan1940(laid down as Brazilian Juruena) scrapped November 1946 Highlander UKHavant classdestroyer 1,340 18 Mar1940(laid down as Brazilian Jaguaribe) scrapped May 1946 Hindustan  IndiaFolkestone classsloop 1,045 10 Oct1930Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Karsaz Hiryū JapanSōryū class aircraft carrier 17,300 5 Jul1939sunk 5 Jun1942Hiei JapanKongō classbattleship 36,600 1914 sunk 14 Nov1942Hiyō JapanHiyō classaircraft carrier 24,140 31 Jul1942sunk 20 Jun1944Hobart Australiamodified Leander class light cruiser6,980 28 Sep1938scrapped 1962 Hood UKAdmiral-classbattlecruiser 42,100 5 Mar1920sunk 24 May1941Hornet USAYorktown classfleet carrier 25,600 25 Oct1941sunk 27 Oct1942Hornet CV-12 USAHornet classfleet carrier 27,100 29 Nov1943decommissioned 26 Jun1970Hōshō Japanaircraft carrier 7,470 27 Dec1922scrapped 1947 Hova Free FrenchCannon classdestroyer escort 1,240 18 Mar1944(former USS Hova) Decommissioned May 1964 Howe UKKing George Vclass battleship 35,000 28 Sep1942scrapped 1958 Huascar Chileironclad1,870 Humaita  BrazilHumaita class submarine 1,440 20 Jul1929Decommissioned 25 Nov1950Hunter UKAttackerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 9 Jan1943(former USS Block Island) Returned to USN 29 Dec1945, sold into merchant service 17 Jan1947as Almdijk Huron CanadaTribalclass destroyer2,020 19 Jul1943scrapped 1965 Hurricane UKHavant classdestroyer 1,340 21 Jun1940(laid down as Brazilian Japura) sunk 24 Dec1943Hvidbjørnen  Denmarkpatrol boat 1,050 Hyatt  ChileSerrano classdestroyer1,090 Discarded 1963 Hydra Greecemodified Freccia classdestroyer 1,350 1933 sunk 22 Apr1941Hyūga JapanIse classbattleship 38,872 1918 sunk 28 Jul1945

I

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Ierax GreeceWild Beast classdestroyer 1,030 19 Oct1912Decommissioned 1946 Illustrious UKIllustrious classaircraft carrier23,000 25 May1940scrapped 1956 Ilmarinen Finlandcoastal defence ship3,900 17 April1934sunk 13 Sep1941Implacable UKImplacable classaircraft carrier23,825 28 Aug1944scrapped 1955 Iltis  Germany1924 Raubtier classtorpedo boat1,320 1 Oct1928sunk 13 May1942Indefatigable UKImplacable classaircraft carrier23,825 3 May1944scrapped 1956 Independence USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 commissioned 14 Jan1943decommissioned 28 Aug1946Independencia  ArgentinaIndependencia class coastal defence battleship 2,336 Stricken 1951 Indiana USASouth Dakota classbattleship35,000 30 April1942decommissioned 11 Sep1947Indianapolis USAPortland classheavy cruiser9,800 15 Nov1932sunk 30 Jul1945Ingolf  Denmarkpatrol boat 1,180 became Sleipner(Germany) Indomitable UKmodified Illustrious classaircraft carrier23,000 10 Oct1941scrapped 1955 Intrepid USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 16 Aug194315 Mar1974Iowa USAIowa classbattleship45,000 22 Feb1943California Governor's Disaster Center, San Francisco Harbor, 15 Oct2001Iroquois CanadaTribalclass destroyer2,020 30 Nov1942scrapped 1966 Ise JapanIse classbattleship36,000 1917 sunk 28 Jul1945Iwate JapanIzumo classarmored cruiser9,750 18 Mar1901sunk 26 Jul1945Izumo JapanAsama classarmored cruiser9,750 25 Sep1900sunk 24 Jul1945Isuzu JapanNagara classlight cruiser5,088 15 Aug1923Sunk 7 Apr1945

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Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Jacob van Heemskerk NetherlandsTromp class cruiser4,000 16 Sep1939decommissioned 1969 Jaguar  Germany1924 Raubtier classtorpedo boat1,320 1 Jun 1929 sunk 15 Jun 1944 Jamaica UKFiji classcruiser 8,000 29 Jun, 1942 scrapped 1960 Jean de Vienne FranceLa Galissonnièreclass light cruiser7,600 10 Feb, 1937 scuttled 27 Nov 1942Jeanne D'Arc  FranceJeanne d'Arc class light cruiser6,496 14 Aug, 1931 scrapped 1965 Jervis Bay UKArmed Merchant Cruiser14,164 Oct, 1940 sunk 5 Nov, 1940 Jintsu JapanSendai classlight cruiser7,100 31 Jul, 1925 sunk 13 Jul, 1943 Jivoochyi USSRTown class destroyer1,060 former HMS Richmond scrapped 1949 Johan Maurits van Nassau  NetherlandsJohan Maurits van Nassau class sloop 1,795 5 Apr, 1933 sunk 14 May, 1940 Juan De Garray  ArgentinaChurucca class destroyer 1,522 Discarded 25th March 1960 Jujuy ArgentinaCatamarca class destroyer 1,010 Sold 10th January 1957 Jumna  IndiaBlack Swan classsloop 1,250 13 May, 1941 Juneau USAAtlanta classlight cruiser 6,000 14 February 1942 Sunk 13 November 1942 Junyō JapanHiyō classaircraft carrier 26,949 5 May 1942 scrapped 1947

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Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Kaga Japanaircraft carrier 38,200 1 Nov1929sunk 4 Jun1942Kaganovich  USSRMaxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis)class heavy cruiser8,200 6 Dec1944Kako JapanFurutaka class heavy cruiser7,950 31 Jul1926sunk 10 Aug1942Kaiyo Japanaircraft carrier 13,600 23 Nov1943(former troop transport) 10 Aug1945Kalinin USSRMaxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis)class heavy cruiser8,200 31 Dec1942Kanaris  GreeceHunt (Type III) classescort destroyer 1,050 10 Aug1942Returned to Royal Navy1959, scrapped 1960 Karl Galster  GermanyType 1936destroyer 3,415 21 Mar1939scrapped 1956 Karlsruhe GermanyK classlight cruiser6,650 6 Nov1929sunk 9 Apr1940Kashii JapanKatori class light cruiser6,180 15 Jul1941sunk 12 Jan1945Kashima JapanKatori class light cruiser6,180 31 May1940struck 5 Oct1945; scrapped 1947 Katori JapanKatori class light cruiser6,180 20 Apr1940sunk 18 Feb1944Katsuragi Japanaircraft carrier 15 Oct1944Scrapped 1947 Keith  UKBclass destroyerleader 1,350 20 Mar1931sunk 1 Jun1940Kent UKCounty classheavy cruiser9,750 25 Jun1928scrapped Jan 1948 Kenya UKFiji classlight cruiser 8,000 27 Sep1940scrapped 1962 Khedive UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 25 Aug1943(former USS Cordova) Returned to USN 26 Jan1946, stricken 19 Jul1946, sold and renamed Rempang Kilkis  GreeceKilkis class coastal defence ship 13,000 17 Jul1914sunk 24 Apr1941King George V UKKing George Vclass battleship 35,000 11 Dec1940decommissioned 1949 and scrapped Kinu JapanNagara classlight cruiser5,088 10 Nov1922sun by USN aircraft, Sibuyan Sea26 Oct1944Kinugasa JapanAoba class heavy cruiser9,000 30 Sep1927sunk 13 Nov1942Kirishima JapanKongō classbattleship 36,600 19 Apr1915sunk 15 Nov1942Kirov USSRKirov (Project 26)class heavy cruiser7,880 23 Sep1938Kiso JapanKuma classlight cruiser 5,100 29 Jan192120 Mar1944; Sunk by USN aircraft west of CaviteKistna  IndiaModified Black Swan classsloop 1,350 Scrapped 1980 Kitakami JapanKuma classlight cruiser 5,100 15 Apr192130 Nov1945; Scrapped Knapp USAFletcher class destroyer2,500 16 September1943Decommissioned: 4 March1957Köln GermanyK classlight cruiser6,650 January 1930 sunk 3 Mar1945Komet Germanyauxiliary cruiser7,500 2 Jun1940(former freighter Ems) sunk 14 Oct1942Kondor  Germany1923 (Raubvogel) classtorpedo boat1,290 15 Jul1927decommissioned 28 Jun1944Kongō JapanKongō classbattleship 36,600 16 Aug1913sunk 21 Nov1944Königsberg GermanyK classlight cruiser6,650 17 Apr192910 Apr1940Kormoran Germanyauxiliary cruiser19,900 9 Oct1940(former freighter Steiermark) 19 Nov1941Kortenaer NetherlandsAdmiralenclass destroyer 1,680 3 Sep1928sunk 27 Feb1942Kountouriotis Greecemodified Freccia classdestroyer 1,389 1933 decommissioned 1946 Krakowiak PolandHunt class destroyer1,050 28 May1941(laid down as HMS Silverton) returned to RN September 1946, scrapped March 1959. Krasnoye Znamya USSRKrasnoye Znamya class gunboat1,735 1897 Sunk on 18 Nov1942, raised, decommissioned in 1960 Krasny Kavkaz USSRKraznyi Kavkaz class cruiser 7,560 25 Jan1932Sunk as a target 1956 Krasnyi Krym USSRKrasnyi Krym class cruiser 6,800 1 Jul1928Sunk as target in 1959 Kriti GreeceHunt (Type II) classescort destroyer 1,050 Dec, 1943 {former HMS Hursley) Returned to the Royal Navy12 Nov1959Kujawiak PolandHunt class destroyer1,050 17 Jun1941sunk 16 Jun1942, off MaltaKuma JapanKuma classlight cruiser 5,870 31 Aug192010 Mar1944; Sunk by HMS Tally-Howest of PenangKumano JapanMogami class heavy cruiser13,440 31 Oct1931sunk 15 Nov1944

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Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate La Argentina Argentinatraining light cruiser6,500 discarded 1974 L'Aventure  Free FrenchRiver classfrigate 1,370 21 Jan, 1944 (former HMS Braid) Decommissioned 1964 La Combattante  Free FrenchHunt classEscort destroyer 1,050 30 Dec, 1942 (former HMS Haldon) sunk 23 Feb, 1945 La Découverte  Free FrenchRiver classfrigate 1,370 Feb, 1944 (former HMS Windrush) Decommissioned 1959 L'Escarmouche  Free FrenchRiver classfrigate 1,370 3 Mar, 1944 (former HMS Frome) Decommissioned 1960 La Galissonnière FranceLa Galissonnièreclass light cruiser7,600 1 Jan, 1936 scuttled 27 Nov 1942La Rioja  Argentinadestroyer 1,570 La Surprise  Free FrenchRiver classfrigate 1,370 1944 (former HMS Torridge) Transferred to Morocco 1964, renamed Al Maouna Lake Champlain USATiconderoga classfleet carrier 27,100 3 Jun 1945 2 May1966Lamberton USAWickes classhigh speed minesweeper 1,090 22 Aug, 1918 scrapped 9 May 1947 Lamotte-Piquet FranceDuguay-Trouinclass light cruiser7,249 5 Mar, 1927 sunk 12 January 1945 Langley CV-1 USAlight aircraft carrier and seaplane tender 11,500 7 Apr, 1913 sunk 27 February1942Langley CVL-27 USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 31 Aug, 1943 decommissioned 11 February1947, later La Fayette (France), scrapped 1964 Latona UKAbdielclass minelayer2,650 4 May, 1941 lost 25 October1941Lawford UKCaptain classfrigate 1,140 3 Nov, 1943 sunk 8 June1944Lawrence  India24 class sloop1,748 27 Dec, 1919 Scrapped 1947 Leander New ZealandLeander class light cruiser6,985 23 Jul, 1931 (former Leander (UK)) returned to UK 8 May 1944, scrapped 1950 Leberecht Maass GermanyType 1934destroyer 2,230 14 Jan 1937 sunk 22 February1940Leipzig GermanyLeipzig classlight cruiser6,515 08 Oct 1931 scuttled July 11 1946 Lemnos  GreeceKilkis class coastal defence ship 13,000 30 Jul, 1914 sunk 24 Apr, 1941 Leon GreeceWild Beast classdestroyer 1,030 19 Oct, 1912 sunk 15 May, 1941 Leopard  Germany1924 Raubtier classtorpedo boat1,320 1 Jun 1928 sunk on 30 Apr 1940 Léopard  Free FrenchChacal classdestroyer 2,126 31 Aug, 1940 sunk 27 May, 1943 Lexington CV-2 USALexington classfleet carrier 33,000 14 Dec, 1927 sunk 8 May1942Lexington CV-16 USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 17 Feb, 1943 decommissioned 8 Nov1991Libertad Argentinacoastal defense ship 2,336 Lincoln NorwayTown classdestroyer 1,190 Feb 1942 (former HMS Lincoln) July, 1942 (transferred to Canada) Littorio ItalyVittorio Venetoclass battleship 43,835 6 May, 1940 renamed Italia, scrapped 1948 Loch Insh UKLochclass frigate1,435 20 October, 1944 transferred to the Royal Malaysian Navyin 1964 and renamed KD Hang Tuah, scrapped in 1977 London UKCounty classheavy cruiser9,850 31 Jan 1929 scrapped 1950 Long Island USALong Island classescort aircraft carrier13,500 2 Jun, 1941 decommissioned 26 Mar1946Lorelei  Germanypatrol boat 1,640 ex-Artevelde (Belgium became K4, scrapped 1954 Lorraine France
 Free FrenchBretagne classbattleship 22,200 27 Jul, 1916 Decommissioned 17 Feb 1953 Lothringen  Germanyminelayer 1,975 Dec 1941 sold to merchant service post-war Luigi Di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi ItalyDuca degli Abruzzi classlight cruiser 9,952 1 Dec 1937 scrapped 1972 Luchs  GermanyRaubtier classtorpedo boat1,320 15 Apr 1929 sunk 26 July1940Luigi Cadorna ItalyCadorna classlight cruiser 5,316 11 Aug 1933 scrapped 1951 Lützow Germanyenlarged Admiral Hipper classheavy cruiser14,680 not completed sold to USSR 1940 became Petropavlovsk, then Tallinn Lützow GermanyDeutschland classheavy cruiser or "pocket battleship" 12,100 former Deutschland scuttled May 4, 1945

M

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Macoma NetherlandsRapana class merchant aircraft carrierand oil tanker8,000 1 Apr1944Madras  IndiaBathurst class minesweeper 1,025 12 May1942Decommissioned 1960 Mahroussa Egyptyacht 3,417 Malaya UKQueen Elizabethclass battleship 31,000 1 Feb1916decommissioned 1944, scrapped 1948 Mansfield NorwayTown classdestroyer 1,190 Dec, 1940 (former HMS Mansfield) 20 Mar1942, returned to RN Manxman  UKAbdielclass minelayer2,650 20 Jun1941scrapped 1971 Maori UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 2 Jan1939sunk 12 Feb1942Marcilio Dias  BrazilMarcilio Dias classdestroyer 1,500 29 Nov1943Decommissioned 22 Aug1972Mariz e Barros  BrazilMarcilio Dias classdestroyer 1,500 29 Nov1943Decommissioned 22 Aug1972Marocain  Free FrenchCannon classdestroyer escort 1,240 29 Feb1944(former USS Marocain) Decommissioned May 1964 Marseillaise FranceLa Galissonniereclass light cruiser7,600 10 Oct1937scuttled 27 Nov1942Marshal Ney UKMarshal Neyclass monitor6,700 scrapped in 1957 Marshal Soult UKMarshal Neyclass monitor6,700 scrapped July 1946 Maryland USAColoradoclass battleship 32,600 21 Jul1921Scrapped 1959 Massachusetts USASouth Dakotaclass battleship 37,970 12 May1942Decommissioned 27 Mar1947, museum shipMashona UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 28 Mar1939sunk 28 May1941Matabele UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 25 Jan1939sunk 17 January1941Mauritius UKFiji classcruiser 8,000 1 Jan1941scrapped 1965 Max Schultz  GermanyType 1934destroyer, 3,150 8 Apr1937sunk 22 Feb1940Maxim Gorky USSRMaxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis)class heavy cruiser8,200 25 Oct1940 Maya JapanTakao classheavy cruiser 13,350 30 Jun1932Sunk 23 Oct1944McKean  USAWickes classhigh speed transport 1,060 25 Feb1919sunk 17 November1943Medway UKSubmarine tender 14,650 Jul, 1929 sunk 30 Jun1942Mendoza  ArgentinaMendoza class destroyer 1,570 Discarded 30 Apr1962Miaoulis  GreeceHunt (Type III) classescort destroyer 1,050 25 Nov1942Returned to Royal Navy 1959, scrapped 1960 Michel Germanyauxiliary cruiser10,900 7 Sep1941(former Polish freighter Bielsko) sunk 17 Oct1943Mikuma JapanMogami classheavy cruiser 13,440 29 Aug1935Sunk 6 Jun1942Milwaukee/Murmansk USA,  USSROmahaclass light cruiser 7,050 20 Jun1923; as Murmansk 20 Apr1944scrapped 10 Dec1949Minas Gerais  BrazilMinas Gerais classbattleship 19,200 6 Jan1910Decommissioned 20 Sep1953Minegumo JapanAsashio classdestroyer 1,961 Minneapolis USANew Orleans classheavy cruiser9,950 19 May1934Decommissioned 10 Feb1947Misiones  ArgentinaBuenos Aries class destroyer 1,375 Discarded 3 May1971Missouri USAIowaclass battleship 45,000 11 Jun1944decommissioned 1992 Mogami JapanMogami classheavy cruiser 12,400 1935 Sunk 25 Oct1944Mohawk UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 7 Sep1938sunk 16 Apr1941Molotov  USSRMaxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis)class heavy cruiser8,200 25 Oct1940decommissioned Feb 1956 Monowai New Zealandarmed merchant cruiser4,925 30 Aug1940(former passenger liner) Decommissioned 18 Jun1943, then landing ship Montcalm France
 Free FrenchLa Galissonniereclass light cruiser7,600 15 Nov1937Decommissioned 1 May1957Montclare UKSubmarine tender21,550 2 Jun1942(former AMC Montclare) scrapped Oct 1954 Monterey USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 17 Jun1943decommissioned 16 Jan1956Montrose UKAdmiralty leader class 1,530 14 Sep1918scrapped Jan 1946 Moreno ArgentinaRivadavia classbattleship 27,720 scrapped Feb 1956 Möwe  GermanyRaubvogel classtorpedoboat 1,213 1 Oct1926sunk 15 June]] 1944 Murasame JapanShiratsuyu classdestroyer 1,685 Musashi JapanYamato classbattleship 68,200 sunk 25 Oct1944Mutsu JapanNagato classbattleship 42,850 sunk 8 June1943Muzio Attendolo ItalyMontecuccoli classlight cruiser 3,184 1935 lost 1942 Myōkō JapanMyōkōor Nachi class heavy cruiser13,380 1929

N

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Nabob UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 7 Sep 1943 (former USS Edisto) Decommissioned 30 Sep 1944, scrapped Dec 1977 Nachi JapanMyōkōor Nachi class heavy cruiser13,380 sunk on 5 Nov1944Nagara JapanNagara classlight cruiser5,088 lost 7 Aug 1944 Nagato JapanNagato classbattleship 42,850 sunk 29 July1946Nairana UKescort aircraft carrier11,420 12 Dec, 1943 sold into mercantile service as Port Victor 28 May 1948 Naka JapanSendai classlight cruiser7,100 1925 sunk 17 Feb, 1944 Narbada  IndiaBlack Swan classsloop 1,250 Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Jhelum Natal  South AfricaLochclass frigate1,435 9 Mar, 1945 Decommissioned 1 Sep 1965 Natori JapanNagara classlight cruiser5,088 lost 18 Aug 1944 Navarinon  GreeceEclass destroyer1,405 5 Apr, 1944, (former Echo) Returned to Royal Navy and scrapped Apr 1956 Nelson UKNelsonclass battleship 34,000 10 Sep, 1927 decommissioned Feb 1948, scrapped Mar 1949 Neptune UKLeander class light cruiser7,000 23 Feb, 1934 lost 19 Dec 1941 Nevada USANevada class battleship29,000 11 Mar, 1916 decommissioned 29 July 1946; sunk as a target 31 July 1948 New Jersey USAIowa class battleship57,271 23 May, 1943 decommissioned 8 Feb1991, museum shipNew Mexico USANew Mexico classbattleship 33,000 20 May, 1918 Scrapped Nov 1947 New Orleans USANew Orleans classheavy cruiser 9,950 12 Apr 1933 Decommissioned 10 Feb 1947 New York USANew Yorkclass battleship 27,000 15 Apr, 1914 decommissioned 29 Aug1946, sunk as target 8 July1948Newark UKTown classdestroyer 1,060 26 Nov, 1940 (former USS Ringgold) scrapped Feb 1947 Newfoundland UKFiji classlight cruiser 8,800 21 Jan, 1943 sold to Peru 1959, renamed Almirante Grau Newmarket UKTown classdestroyer 1,060 26 Nov, 1940 (former USS Robinson) scrapped Sep 1945 Newport NorwayTown classdestroyer 1,190 Mar, 1942 (former HMS Newport) Jun, 1942 , returned to RN Niedersachsen Germanyminelayer 1,794 20 Dec 1943 (former French transport Guyane, captured by Italy as Acqui 4 Dec 1942) sunk 15 Feb 1944 Niels Juel DenmarkNiels Juel class coastal defence ship 3,800 captured, renamed Nordland (Germany) sunk 3 May 1945 Nigeria UKFiji classcruiser 8,000 23 Sep, 1940 sold to India 29 August 1957, renamed Mysore Ning Hai  Chinalight cruiser 2,200 became Ioshima (Japan) Niobe Germanyanti-aircraft cruiser4,100 former Dutch Gelderland sunk KotkaJuly 16, 1944 Norge NorwayEidsvold class coastal defence ship4,230 7 February 1901 sunk April 9, 1940North Carolina USANorth Carolina classbattleship 35,000 9 Apr, 1941 decommissioned 27 June 1947, museum shipNorthampton USANorthampton classheavy cruiser 9,050 17 May, 1930 lost 1 Dec, 1942 Noshiro JapanAgano classlight cruiser6,650 Sunk 26th October 1944 Nubian UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 6 Dec, 1938 scrapped 1949 Nürnberg Germanylight cruiser6,980 2 Nov 1935 transferred to Soviet Union as Admiral Makarov, scrapped 1960

O

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate O'Higgins Chilecruiser 7,796 Ocean UKColossusclass aircraft carrier 13,200 8 Aug1945scrapped May 1962 Ōi JapanKuma classlight cruiser5,100 10 Oct1921sunk by USS Flasher (SS-249)19 Jul1944Oklahoma USANevadaclass battleship 29,000 2 May1916decommissioned 1 Sep1944Olav Tryggvason, later Brummer  Norway,
then  Germanyminelayer1,924 21 Jun1934, in German service from 9 Apr1940Captured by the Germans 9 Apr1940, renamed Brummer, sunk May 1945 Oldenburg Germanyminelayer 1,141 captured 13 Sep1943(former Italian water tanker Garigiliano, first renamed Dwarsläufer) returned to merchant service 1945 Omaha  USAOmaha classlight cruiser 7,050 24 Feb1923Scrapped Feb 1946 Orella  ChileSerrano classdestroyer1,090 Orion UKLeander classlight cruiser 7,000 18 Jan1934scrapped 1949 Orion Germanyauxiliary cruiser15,700 9 Dec1939(former freighter Kurmark) sunk 4 May1945Orkan PolandM classdestroyer 1,920 18 Nov1942(former HMS Myrmidonsunk 8 Oct1943Orzeł PolandOrzeł class submarine1,100 2 Feb1939sunk June 11, 1940Ouragan France
 Free French,
 Poland&
 UKBorrasque class destroyer1,319 19 Jan1927Polish Navy 17 July 1940; transferred to Free French30 April1941then to Royal Navyin 1943; scrapped 7 Apr1949. Ōyodo JapanOyodo classlight cruiser11,433 28 Feb1943sunk 25 Jul1945

P

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Panther  GreeceWild Beast classdestroyer 1,030 19 Oct, 1912 Decommissioned 1946 Parana  ArgentinaRosario class gunboat 1,055 Sold 28th Aug 1958 Patria Cubagunboat 1,200 Patroclus UKArmed merchant cruiser11,314 12 September 1939 sunk 4 November, 1940 Patroller UKRulerclass transport carrier 11,400 22 Oct 1943 (former USS Keneenaw) Returned to USN 13 Dec 1946, scrapped Feb 1974 Paul Jakobi  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 29 June 1937 ceded to UK, then to France Feb 1946 and renamed Desaix, scrapped 1958 Peder Skram DenmarkHerluf Trolle class coastal defence ship 3,735 c.1908 became Adler(Germany)[citation needed], sold for scrap 1 May 1949 Pennsylvania USAPennsylvaniaclass battleship 33,000 12 Jun, 1916 Decommissioned 29 Aug 1946, sunk as target 10 Feb 1948 Perseus UKColossusclass aircraft maintenance ship 13,200 16 Dec, 1944 transferred to France 6 Aug 1946, renamed Arromanches Perth Australiamodified Leander class light cruiser6,980 29 Jun, 1939 (former HMS Amphion) sunk 1 Mar 1942 Ping Hai  Chinalight cruiser 2,200 became Yasoshima (Japan) Pindos  GreeceHunt (Type III) classescort destroyer 1,050 27 Jun, 1942 Returned to Royal Navy 1959, scrapped 1960 Pinguin GermanyAuxiliary cruiser17,600 6 Feb 1940 sunk 8 May 1941 Pioneer UKColossusclass aircraft maintenance ship 13,200 8 Feb, 1945 scrapped Sep 1954 Piorun PolandN class destroyer1,690 4 Nov, 1940 (former Nerissa) returned to the Royal Navy 26 Oct 1946, renamed Noble Pluton Franceminelayerlight cruiser4,773 10 Apr, 1931 lost 13 Sep 1939 Pola  ItalyZaraclass heavy cruiser 11,730 1932 sunk 28 Mar 1941 Pompeo Magno  ItalyCapitani Romaniclass light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) 3,750 Premier UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 3 Nov, 1943 (former USS Estero) Returned to USN 2 Apr 1946, sold into mercantile service 1947, renamed Rhodesia Star Pretoria Castle UKArmed merchant cruiser23,450 28 Nov,1939 26 Jan, 1946 Primauguet FranceDuguay-Trouinclass light cruiser7,249 1 Apr, 1927 scuttled 8 Nov 1942 Prince David CanadaArmed Merchant Cruiser5,736 28 Dec, 1940 Broken up 1951 Prince of Wales UKKing George Vclass battleship 35,000 31 Mar, 1941 sunk Dec 10, 1941Princeton USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 25 Feb, 1943 sunk 24 Oct1944Prinz Eugen Germanyenlarged Admiral Hipper classheavy cruiser14,680 01 Aug 1940 ceded to US Dec 1945, sunk after A-bomb test Psara Greecemodified Freccia classdestroyer 1,350 1933 sunk Apr 20, 1941Puncher UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 5 Feb, 1944 (former USS Willapa) Returned to USN 16 Jan 1946, stricken 12 March 1946, sold into mercantile service renamed Muncaster Castle Punjab  IndiaBathurst class minesweeper 1,025 20 Mar, 1942 Decommissioned 1949 Pursuer UKAttackerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 14 Jun, 1943 (former USS St George) Returned to USN 12 Feb 1946, sold for scrap May 1946. Punjabi UKTribal class destroyer2,020 29 Mar, 1939 sunk 1 May1942

Q

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Queen UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 7 Dec 1943 (former USS St. Andrews) Returned to USN 31 Oct 1946, sold into merchant service as Roebiah 29 July 1947 Queen Elizabeth UKQueen Elizabethclass battleship 31,000 22 Dec, 1914 decommissioned 1948 and scrapped Quincy USANew Orleans classheavy cruiser9,375 9 Jun1936sunk 9 Aug1942Quincy USABaltimore classheavy cruiser13,600 Dec, 1943 decommissioned 1954 and scrapped in 1974

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Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Raimondo Montecuccoli ItalyMontecuccoli classlight cruiser 3,184 1935 decommissioned 1964 Rajah UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier, 11,400 17 Jan, 1944 (former USS Prince) Returned to USN 13 Dec 1946, sold into mercantile service 7 Jul 1947, renamed Drente Rajputana UKArmed merchant cruiser16,568 Dec, 1939 sunk 13 Apr,1941 Ramb I ItalyArmed merchant cruiser3,667 10 Jun, 1940 sunk 27 Feb,1941 Ramb II ItalyArmed merchant cruiser3,667 10 Jun, 1940 Taken over by the Japanese and re-named "Calitea II" - sunk on 12 Jan, 1945 by US Ramb III ItalyArmed merchant cruiser3,667 10 Jun, 1940 Taken over by the Germans 9 September 1943, then in post-war service with the Yugoslav NavyRamillies UKRevenge classbattleship 29,150 1 Sep, 1917 Decommissioned 31 Aug 1945 Ramsay USAWickes classdestroyer minelayer 1,090 15 Feb, 1919 Decommissioned 19 Oct 1945 Randolph USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 29 Jun, 1944 decommissioned 13 Feb1969Ranee UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier, 11,400 2 Jun, 1943 (former USS Niantic) Returned USN 21 Nov 1946, sold into mercantile 1948, renamed Friesland Ranger USAaircraft carrier 14,500 4 June1934decommissioned 18 Oct1946Ravager UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 25 Apr, 1943 (former USN) Returned to USN 26 Feb 1946, sold into merchant service as Robin Trent Rawalpindi UKArmed merchant cruiser16,697 1 Oct, 1939 Sunk 23 Nov, 1939 Razumny  USSRGnevny classdestroyer 1695 1941 foundered 1960s Reaper UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 21 Feb, 1944 (former USS Winjah) Returned to USN 20 May 1946, sold into merchant service as South Africa Star Redmill  UKCaptainclass frigate1,300 30 Nov, 1943 (former USN) declared total loss 27 Apr1945, returned to USN 20 Jan 1947 and scrapped Renown UKRenownclass battlecruiser 32,000 20 Sep, 1916 scrapped 1948 Repulse UKRenownclass battlecruiser 32,000 18 Aug, 1916 sunk Dec 10, 1941Resolution UKRevengeclass battleship 29,150 7 Dec, 1916 scrapped 1949 Revenge UKRevengeclass battleship 29,150 1 Feb, 1916 scrapped 1948 Richard Beitzen  GermanyType 1934destroyer 3,150 13 May 1937 ceded to UK, scrapped 1947 Richelieu France
 Free FrenchRichelieu classbattleship 35,000 15 Jul, 1940 scrapped 1968 Richmond USATown class destroyer1,060 26 Nov, 1940 (former USS Fairfax) transferred to USSR 16 July 1944 as Jivoochyi Rio Grande do Sul UKBahia class light cruiser3,100 1910 scrapped 1948 Riquelme  ChileSerrano classdestroyer1,090 Discarded 1963 Rivadavia ArgentinaRivadavia classbattleship 27,720 scrapped Feb 1956 Roberts UKRobertsclass monitor8,000 27 Oct, 1941 scrapped June 1965 Rodney UKNelsonclass battleship 34,000 10 Nov, 1927 scrapped 1948 Roma ItalyVittorio Venetoclass battleship 41,000 14 June 1942 sunk 9 Sep1943Rosario ArgentinaRosario class gunboat 1,055 Sold 4th Dec 1959 Royal Oak UKRevenge classbattleship 29,150 1 May, 1916 sunk Oct 14, 1939Royal Sovereign UKRevengeclass battleship 29,150 1 Feb, 1916 transferred to USSR as Arkhangelsk 1944 Ruler UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 22 Dec, 1943 (former USS St. Joseph) returned to USN 29 Jan 1946, scrapped 31 May 1946. Ryuho Japanaircraft carrier 13,360 Scrapped in 1946 Ryūjō Japanaircraft carrier 10,600 sunk Aug 24, 1942

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Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Sakawa JapanAgano classlight cruiser6,650 30 Nov1944ceded to US, sinks after weapons test 2 Jul1946Sakura JapanMatsu classdestroyer1,262 25 Nov1944sunk by mine 11 Jul1945Salamis GreeceBclass destroyer1,350 5 Apr1944, (former BoreasReturned to Royal Navy Sep 1951, scrapped Nov 1951 San Francisco USANew Orleans classheavy cruiser9,950 10 Feb1934Decommissioned 10 Feb1946San Giorgio  ItalySan Giorgio class heavy cruiser 10,167 1 Jul1910decommissioned 22 Jan1941San Jacinto USAIndependence classlight carrier 11,000 15 Nov1943decommissioned 1 Mar1947San Juan  ArgentinaBuenos Aries class destroyer 1,375 Discarded 1973 San Luis ArgentinaBuenos Aries class destroyer 1,375 Discarded 3 May1971Santa Cruz  ArgentinaBuenos Aries class destroyer 1,375 Discarded 1973 São Paulo BrazilMinas Gerais classbattleship 19,200 12 Jul1910Sold 1951 Saratoga USALexington classfleet carrier 33,000 16 Nov1927sunk as a target 1946 Satterlee USABristol classdestroyer1,630 1 Jul1943Decommissioned 16 Mar1946Saumarez UKS class destroyer1,710 1 Jul1943scrapped 1950 Scharnhorst GermanyGneisenau classbattlecruiser 32,000 7 Jan1939sunk 26 Dec1943Schlesien GermanyDeutschland classpre-dreadnought battleship 14,218 5 May1908blown up 4 May1945Schleswig-Holstein GermanyDeutschland classpre-dreadnought battleship 14,218 6 Jul1908scrapped after 1946 Scipione Africano  ItalyCapitani Romaniclass light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) 3,750 Scylla UKDido classanti-aircraft cruiser 12 Jun1942declared constructive total loss 23 June 1944, scrapped May 1950. Searcher UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 3 Apr1943(former USS St. Joseph) Returned to USN 29 Jan1946, sold 31 May1946and scrapped Seeadler  Germany1923 (Raubvogel) class torpedoboat 1,290 1 May1927sunk 13 May1942Semmes USAClemson classdestroyer1,250 21 Feb1920scrapped 25 Nov1946Sendai JapanSendai class light cruiser 5,195 29 Apr1924sunk 2 Nov1943Sénégalais  Free FrenchCannon classdestroyer escort 1,240 2 Jan1944(former USS Corbestier) Renamed Yser 1962, decommissioned May 1964 Sep PolandOrzeł class submarine1,100 16 Apr1939Decommissioned 15 Sep1969Serrano  ChileSerrano classdestroyer1,090 Discarded 1967 Seydlitz Germanyenlarged Admiral Hipper classheavy cruiser14,680 not completed became Weser (Germany) Sęp PolandOrzeł classsubmarine 1,100 16 Apr1939decommissioned 15 Sep1969Shah UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 27 Sep1943(former USS Jamaica) Returned to USN 6 Dec1945, sold into mercantile service 20 Jun1947, renamed Salta Shangri-La USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 15 Sep1944decommissioned 30 Jul1971Shinano Japanaircraft carrier 64,800 19 Nov1944sunk 29 Nov1944Shinyo Japanaircraft carrier 17,500 sunk 17 Nov1944Shōhō Japanaircraft carrier 11,260 sunk 8 May1942Shōkaku Japanaircraft carrier 25,675 sunk 19 June1944Sikh UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 12 Oct1938sunk 17 Jan1941Skagerak  GermanyMinelayer, converted former Norwegian merchant ship Skagerrak I 1,281 1940 Sunk 20 January 1944 by Bristol Beaufighters of No. 489 Squadron RNZAFSkeena CanadaAclass destroyer1,350 10 Jun1931sunk 25 Oct1944Ślązak PolandHunt class destroyer1,050 9 May1942(former HMS Bedale) returned to Royal Navy, 28 Sep1946. Slinger UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 11 Aug1943(former USS Chatham) returned to USN 27 Feb1946, sold into merchant service as Robin Mowbray Smiter UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 20 Jan1944(former USS Vermillion) Returned to USN 6 Apr1946, sold into merchant service as Artillero 6 Apr1946Soemba NetherlandsFlores classsloop1,457 12 Apr1926scrapped June/July 1985 Sollum Egyptsloop 1,290 Somali UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 12 Dec1938sunk 24 Sep1942Somali  Free FrenchCannon classdestroyer escort 1,240 9 Apr1944(former USS Somali) Disarmed 1956, used as an experimental vessel Sōryū JapanSōryū class aircraft carrier 15,900 sunk 5 Jun1942South Dakota USASouth Dakota classclass battleship 35,000 20 Mar1942decommissioned 31 Jan1947, scrapped 1962 Southampton UKSouthampton classlight cruiser9,100 6 Mar1937bombed and scuttled 11 Jan1941Speaker UKRuler classescort aircraft carrier11,400 20 Nov1943(former USS Delgada) Returned to USN 17 Jul1946, sold into merchant service as Lancero 1948 Spetsai Greecemodified Freccia classdestroyer 1,350 1933 decommissioned 1946 St Albans NorwayTown classdestroyer 1,190 Apr, 1942 (former HMS St Albans) returned to RN 1943 Stalker UKAttackerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 21 Dec1942(former USS Hamelin) Returned to USN 29 Dec1945, sold into merchant service as Riouw Stier GermanyAuxiliary cruiser11,000 25 Nov1939(former freighter Cairo) sunk 27 Sep1942Stord NorwayS class destroyer2,400 29 Sep1943scrapped 1959 Strasbourg FranceDunkerque class26,500 Feb 1939 scuttled 27 Nov 1942Striker UKAttackerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 29 Apr1943(former USS Prince William) Returned to USN 12 Feb1946, scrapped June 1946 Suffren France
 Free FrenchSuffren classheavy cruiser9,940 1 Jan1930scrapped 1974 Sutlej  IndiaBlack Swan classsloop 1,250 23 Apr1941Suzuya JapanMogamiclass heavy cruiser15,900 Oct 1937 sunk 25 Oct1944Svenner NorwayS class destroyer2,400 1 Jun1943Sunk on D-Day, 6 Jun1944Swale  South AfricaLochclass frigate1,370 26 July1945(former HMS Swale) Returned to Royal Navy Jan 1946, scrapped Feb 1955 Sydney Australiamodified Leander class light cruiser6,980 24 Sep1935lost 19 Nov1941

T

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate T13 - T21  Germany1937 class torpedo boat1,098 1941/42 Taihō Japanaircraft carrier 29,300 Sunk 19 Jun1944Taiyō Japanaircraft carrier 17,830 Sunk 18 Aug1944Takao JapanTakao class heavy cruiser 13,160 31 May1932Sunk 31 Jul1945Tama Japancruiser 29 Jan1921Sunk 20 Oct1944Tannenberg Germanyminelayer 1,098 2 Sep 1939 9 July 1941 Taranto  Italylight cruiser 3,184 1925 (former German Strassburg) scuttled 23 Sep[1943]] Tarmo  Finlandescort and icebreaker2,300 Tartar UKTribal classdestroyer 2,020 10 Mar1939Scrapped 22 Feb1948Tatsuta JapanTenryu classlight cruiser4,350 31 May1919Sunk 13 Mar1944Tattnall USAWickes classdestroyer 1,060 26 Jun, 1919 Decommissioned 17 December 1945 Taylor USAFletcher classdestroyer 2,050 28 Aug1942Decommissioned 31 May1946Tenryu JapanTenryu classlight cruiser4,350 20 Nov1919Sunk 18 Dec1942Terror UKErebusclass monitor8,000 6 Aug1916Sunk 24 Feb1941Teviot  South AfricaLochclass frigate1,370 10 Jun1945(former HMS Teviot) Returned to Royal Navy Jan 1946, scrapped Mar 1955 Texas USANew York classbattleship 27,000 12 Mar1914Decommissioned 21 Apr1948, memorial museum shipThane UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 19 Nov1943(former USS Sunset) Returned to USN 15 Dec1945, scrapped 1946 Themistocles  GreeceHunt (Type II) classescort destroyer 1,050 Mar, 1943 {former HMS Bramham) returned to Royal Navy 12 Nov1959, scrapped 1960 Theodor Riedel  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 2 July1937Ceded to UK, then to France Feb 1946, renamed Kleber, scrapped 1958 Thor GermanyAuxiliary cruiser9,200 15 Mar1940accidentally burnt 30 Nov1942Ticonderoga USATiconderoga classfleet carrier 27,100 8 May1944decommissioned 1 Sep1973Tiger  Germany1924 Raubtier classtorpedo boat1,320 15 Jan1929sunk 25 Aug1939Tirpitz GermanyBismarck classbattleship 42,900 25 Feb1941sunk 12 Nov1944Togo GermanyNight fighter direction vessel 12,700 13 Aug1938ran aground 21 Nov1984Tokiwa JapanAsama classarmored cruiser9,700 18 May1899Sunk 9 Aug1945Tone JapanTone classheavy cruiser15,200 30 Nov1938Sunk 14 Jul1945Tonkinois  Free FrenchRiver classfrigate 1,370 15 Oct1944(former HMS Moyola) Decommissioned 1961 Tordenskjold, later Nymphe  Norway,
then  GermanyCoastal defence ship3,858 21 Mar1898captured by the Germans 9 Apr1940, renamed Nymphe, returned to Norway post war, scrapped 1948 Tourville France
 Free FrenchDuquesne classheavy cruiser10,000 1 Dec1928condemned 1962 Tracker UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 31 Jan1943Returned to USN 29 Nov1945, sold into merchant service as Corrientes Transylvania  UKArmed merchant cruiser 16,923 5 Oct1939Torpedoed and sunk by U-56,
10 Aug, 1940 Transvaal  South AfricaLochclass frigate1,435 21 May1945Decommissioned 14 Aug1964, and sunk as artificial reef Trento ItalyTrentoclass heavy cruiser 10,511 1929 sunk 14 Jun1942Trieste ItalyTrento classheavy cruiser 10,511 1928 sunk 1943 Trinidad UKFiji classcruiser 8,000 14 Oct1941sunk 15 May1942Tromp NetherlandsTromp classcruiser 4,000 18 Aug1938decommissioned 1955 Trouncer UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 31 Jan1944(former USS Perdido) Returned to USN 3 Mar1946, sold into merchant service as Greystoke Castle Trumpeter UKRulerclass escort aircraft carrier11,400 4 Aug1943(former USS Bastian) Returned to USN 6 Apr1946, sold into merchant service as Alblasserdijk Tucuman ArgentinaMendoza class destroyer 1,570 Discarded 30th April 1962 Tuscaloosa USANew Orleans classheavy cruiser9,950 17 Aug1934Decommissioned 13 Feb1946Tsingtau  GermanySupply escort and Schnellboottender 2,490 24 Sep1934Feb 1950 Tung Chi  Chinagunship 1,900 Sunk 11 Aug1937Tunisien  Free FrenchCannon classdestroyer escort 1,240 11 Feb1944(former USS Crosley) Decommissioned May 1964 Tunsberg Castle NorwayCastle classcorvette 1,010 17 Apr1944(former HMS Shrewsbury Castle) Sunk 12 Dec1944

U

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate U-37 - U-44  GermanyType IXu-boats1,032 U-65, U-66,
U-103 - U-111, U-122 - U-124  GermanyType IXBu-boats1,051 U-66 - U-68,
U-125 - U-131, U-153 - U-166, U-171 - U-176, U-501 - U-524  GermanyType IXCu-boats1,051 U-167 - U-170, U-183 - U-194, U-525 - U-550, U-801 - U-806, U-841 - U-846, U-853 - U-858, U-865 - U-870, U-877 - U-881, U-889, U-1221 - U-1235  GermanyType IXC/40u-boats1,120 U-177 - U-182, U-195 - U-200, U-847 - U-852, U-859 - U-864, U-871 - U-876  GermanyType IXDu-boats1,616 U-459 - U-464, U-487 - U-490  GermanyType XIVu-boats("milch-kuh") 1,668 U-459 - U-464, U-487 - U-490  GermanyType XXIu-boats("Elektroboote") 1,668 Uganda UKFiji classlight cruiser 8,800 21 Oct, 1944 transferred to RCNas HMCS Uganda 21 Oct 1944, renamed Quebec 14 Jan 1952, scrapped 1961 Underhill USABuckley classdestroyer escort1,673 15 Nov, 1943 sunk July 24, 1945Unicorn UKmaintenance aircraft carrier 16,510 12 March 1943 scrapped 1960 Unryū JapanUnryū classaircraft carrie 17,150 6 Aug 1944 sunk Dec 19, 1944Unyo Japanescort aircraft carrier 17,830 31 August 1942 (ex merchant Yawata Maru} Sunk 15 Sept 1944 Utah USAFlorida class battleship21,825 31 Aug, 1911 sunk Dec 7, 1941

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Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Valiant UKQueen Elizabethclass battleship 31,000 13 Jan, 1916 scrapped 1950 Van Galen  NetherlandsAdmiralenclass destroyer 1,680 20 Feb, 1929 Sunk 10 May1940Van Ghent NetherlandsAdmiralenclass destroyer 1,680 31 May, 1928 Ran aground and was scuttled 15 February1942Vasilefs Georgios Greecemodified G classdestroyer 1,350 15 Feb, 1939 captured, became ZG3 Hermes (Germany) 21 March1942, scuttled 7 May1943Vasilissa Olga Greecemodified UK G classdestroyer 1,350 Feb, 1939 sunk 26 Sep1943Veinticinco de Mayo ArgentinaVeinticinco de Mayo classcruiser6,800 18 July 1931 scrapped 1962 Venerable UKColossusclass aircraft carrier 13,200 17 Jan 1945 sold to Netherlands 1 April 1948, renamed Karel Doorman Vengeance UKColossusclass aircraft carrier 13,200 15 Jan 1945 loaned to Australia 13 Nov 1952, sold to Brazil 12 Dec 1956, renamed Minas Gerais Venus UKVclass destroyer1,710 28 Aug, 1943 scrapped 1972 Verulam UKVclass destroyer1,710 10 Dec, 1943 scrapped 1972 Victorious UKIllustrious classaircraft carrier23,000 29 May 1941 scrapped 1969 Videla ChileSerrano classdestroyer 1,090 Discarded 1960 Vincennes USANew Orleans classheavy cruiser9,400 24 Feb1937sunk 9 Aug1942Virago UKVclass destroyer1,710 5 Nov, 1943 scrapped 1965 Vittorio Veneto ItalyVittorio Venetoclass battleship 41,000 28 Apr, 1940 scrapped 1948 Voroshilov USSRKirov (Project 26)class heavy cruiser7,880 20 Jun, 1940 scrapped 1960s Väinämöinen Finlandcoastal defence ship3,900 29 April1932to Soviet Union29 May1947, renamed Vyborg, scrapped ca. 1968

W

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Warramunga AustraliaTribalclass destroyer2,020 23 Nov, 1942 scrapped 1963 Warspite UKQueen Elizabethclass battleship 31,000 March 8, 1915scrapped 1950 Washington USANorth Carolina classbattleship35,000 15 May1941Decommissioned 27 June1947Wasp CV-7 USAaircraft carrier 14,700 25 Apr, 1940 sunk 15 September1942Wasp CV-18 USAEssex classfleet carrier 27,100 24 Nov, 1943 decommissioned 1 July1972Welshman  UKAbdielclass minelayer2,650 25 Aug, 1941 lost 1 Feb1943West Virginia USAColorado classbattleship 31,500 1 Dec, 1923 Decommissioned 9 Jan 1947 Whaddon UKHuntclass destroyer 1,000 28 Feb, 1941 broken up April 1959 Wicher PolandWicher classdestroyer 1,400 13 Jul, 1930 sunk 3rd Sep 1939 Widder GermanyAuxiliary cruiser16,800 30 Nov 1939 became repair ship Neumark 1941 Wilhelm Heidkamp  GermanyType 1936destroyer 3,400 10 June 1939 sunk 10 April1940Wisconsin USAIowaclass battleship 45,000 16 Apr, 1944 decommissioned Sep 30, 1991 Wolf  Germany1924 Raubtier classtorpedo boat1,320 15 Nov 1928 sunk 8 Jan1941Wolfgang Zenker  GermanyType 1934Adestroyer 3,100 2 Jul 1938 scuttled 13 April1940Wrestler  UKAdmiralty W classdestroyer 1,188 15 May, 1918 mined June 6, 1944, scrapped July 1944 Wiley USAFletcher class2,050 22 Feb, 1945 decommissioned Aug 9, 1946

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Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Yahagi JapanAgano classlight cruiser6,650 29 Dec1943sunk 7 Apr1945Yakov Sverdlov USSRNovik class destroyer 1,260 1913 (as Novik, renamed Yakov Sverdlov 1923) sunk 28 Aug1941Yakumo Japanarmored cruiser9,646 20 Jun1900scrapped 1 Apr1947Yamashiro JapanFusō classbattleship 39,154 31 Mar1917sunk 25 Oct1944Yamato JapanYamato classbattleship 64,170 Dec 1941 sunk 7 Apr1945Yat Sen  Chinagunboat 1,650 became Atada (Japan) Ying Swei  ChinaChao Ho class cruiser 2,460 ca.1911 Sunk 25 Oct1937Yorktown (CV-5) USAYorktown classaircraft carrier 19,900 30 Sep1937sunk 7 Jun1942Yorktown (CV-10 USAEssex classaircraft carrier 27,500 15 Apr1943decommissioned 27 Jun1970, museum ship Yubari Japanlight cruiser2,890 1923 sunk 27 Apr1944Yukikaze JapanKagero classdestroyer 2,490 ca.1940 to China 1947, renamed Tan Yang Yura JapanNagara classlight cruiser5,088 1922 lost 25 Oct1942

Z

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Z23 - Z30  GermanyType 1936A Narvikdestroyer 3,605 1940/41 Z31 - Z34, Z37 - Z39  GermanyType 1936A (Mob)destroyer 3,691 1942/43 Z35, Z36, Z43  GermanyType 1936Bdestroyer 3,540 1943/44 Zara ItalyZaraclass heavy cruiser 11,500 20 Oct 1931 sunk 29 March 1941 Zuihō JapanZuihō class aircraft carrier 11,260 Jan 1941 sunk Oct 25, 1944Zulu UKTribalclass destroyer2,020 7 Sep, 1938 sunk 14 Sep1942

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