List of World War II ships

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The List of ships of World War II is an alphabetical list of major military ships of World War II. Only ships with a displacement of 1000 tons or greater are listed. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons.

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

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A

Abdiel (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, lost 10 September 1943
Abercrombie (UK): 8000 ton Roberts class monitor
Acasta (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 8th June, 1940
Achates (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 31st December 1942
Acheron (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 17th December 1940
Achilles (UK/New Zealand): 7,220 ton Leander'' class light cruiser
Active (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, scrapped 1947
Activity (UK): 11,420 ton escort aircraft carrier
Admiral Graf Spee (Germany): 12,103 ton Deutschland class heavy cruiser, sunk December 17, 1939
Admiral Hipper (Germany): 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser
Admiral Scheer (Germany): 12,100 ton Deutschland class heavy cruiser, sunk April 9, 1945
Afridi (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 3 May 1940
Agano (Japan): 6650 ton Agano class light cruiser, sunk 15 February 1944
Ajax (UK): 7,220 ton Leander class light cruiser
Akagi (Japan): 36,500 ton aircraft carrier, sunk June 5, 1942
Alan A. Dale (USA): 4,700 ton merchant ship, former Danish Norvest, sunk 24 December 1944
Alaska (USA): 27,500 ton battlecruiser, lead ship of the Alaska class cruiser
Albatross (UK): 6,350 ton seaplane carrier and repair ship, torpedoed 1944 and not repaired, scrapped 1954
Albatros (Germany): 1290 ton 1923 Raubvogel class torpedo boat, beached on 10 April 1940
Alden (Chile): 1090 ton Serrano class destroyer
Alden (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
Algérie (France): 10,000 ton heavy cruiser, class of 1, scuttled 27 November 1942.
Almirante Brown (Argentina): 6800 ton Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser
Almirante Condell (Chile): 1430 ton destroyer
Almirante Latorre (Chile): 28,550 ton battleship, fomerley HMS Canada (UK)
Almirante Lynch (Chile): 1430 ton destroyer
Almirante Simpson (Chile): 2020 ton submarine
Altamaha (USA): 14,400 ton Bogue class escort carrier, commissioned 31 October 1942 and immediately transferred to the United Kingdom as HMS Battler.
Amagi (Japan): 17,150 ton Unryu class aircraft carrier, sunk July 27, 1945
Amazon (UK): 1,350 ton Tribal class destroyer prototype
Ambuscade (UK): 1,173 ton destroyer class prototype
Ameer (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Baffins (CVE-35)
Andrea Doria (Italy): 25,920 ton battleship, class of 2
Anson (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, scrapped 1957
Antelope (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, scrapped 1946
Anthony (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer
Antietam (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, commissioned 28 January 1945 through 8 May 1963.
Antioquia (Colombia): 1219 ton destroyer, former Douro (Portugal)
Anton Schmitt (Germany): 3,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 10 April 1940 in the First Battle of Narvik
Apollo (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, scrapped 1962
Aquila (Italy): 23,500 ton Aquila class aircraft carrier, never completed
Arbiter (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS St. Simon (CVE-51)
Archer (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier. Became Empire Lagan aircraft ferry.
Ardent (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 8th June, 1940
Argus (UK): 14,000 ton fleet aircraft carrier, scrapped 1946
Ariadne (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, scrapped 1965
Arizona (USA): 32,600 ton battleship, sunk December 7, 1941
Ark Royal (UK): 22,000 ton aircraft carrier, sunk November 14, 1941
Arkansas (USA): 26,100 ton Wyoming class battleship
Arrow (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, damaged beyond repair, 1944
Arteveld (Belgium): 1640 ton patrol boat, commissioned as Lorelei (Germany)
Arunta (Australia): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1968
Ashanti (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1949
Athabaskan (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer (1st of class with this name), sunk 29 April 1944
Athabaskan (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer (2nd of class with this name), scrapped 1966
Atheling (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Glacier (CVE-33)
Athenia (UK): 13,465 ton merchant ship and liner, sunk September 3, 1939
Atlantis (Germany): 7862 ton auxiliary cruiser, sunk November 21, 1941
Attacker (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, USS Barnes, commissioned 30 September 1942 through 5 January 1946 when returned.
Attilio Regolo (Italy): 3750 ton Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici)
Audacity (UK): 11,000 ton escort aircraft carrier, sunk 21st December 1941
Avenger (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier, sunk November 15, 1942
Ayanami'' (Japan) 2,090 ton Fubuki class destroyer, Sunk at Guadalcanal on November 15, 1942

B

Bahia (Brazil): 3100 ton cruiser
Baltimore (USA): 13,600+ ton heavy cruiser
Barbara (Germany): 1200 ton sloop, ex-Zinnia (Belgium)
Barham (UK): 30,000+ ton battleship, sunk November 25, 1941
Barnes (USA): 11,400 ton Bogue class escort aircraft carrier, commissioned 30 September 1942 and immediately transferred to the United Kingdom as HMS Attacker.
Basilisk (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, sunk 1st June 1940
Bataan (Australia): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1958
Bataan (USA): 11,000 Independence class light carrier, commissioned 17 November 1943 through 9 April 1954.
Battler (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Altamaha, commissioned 31 October 1942 through 12 February 1946 when returned to the United States.
Beagle (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer
Béarn (France): 22,150 ton aircraft carrier, taken by Vichy France in 1940 and the United States in 1943
Bedouin (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 15 June 1942
Begum (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Bolinas (CVE-36)
Belleau Wood (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 31 March 1943 through 13 January 1947, later transferred to France as Bois Belleau.
Bennington (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, commissioned 6 August 1944 through 15 January 1970.
Bermuda (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1965
Bernd von Arnim (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940 in the Second Battle of Narvik
Birmingham (UK): 9770+ ton Southampton class light cruiser scrapped 1960
Bismarck (Germany): 41,700 ton battleship, sunk May 27, 1941
Biter (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier
Blanche (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, sunk 13th November 1939
Blanco Encalada (Chile): 3435 ton cruiser
Block Island (USA): 9800 ton Bogue class escort aircraft carrier. Commissioned 8 March 1943 and sunk 29 May 1944.
Blücher (Germany): 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, sunk 1940
Błyskawica (Poland): 1975 ton Grom class destroyer
Boadicea (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, sunk 13th June 1944
Bogue (USA): 9800 ton Bogue class escort carrier. Commissioned 26 September 1942.
Bon Homme Richard (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, commissioned 26 November 1941 through 2 July 1971.
Boreas (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, became Salamis (Greece), 1944
Boxer (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, commissioned 16 April 1945 through 1 December 1969.
Brazen (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, sunk 20th July 1940
Breese (USA): 1090 ton Wickes class destroyer minelayer
Bretagne (France): 22,200 ton battleship, class of 2, sunk July 3, 1940
Brilliant (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer
Brooklyn (USA): 9475+ ton Brooklyn class light cruiser
Bruno Heinemann (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Buenos Aires (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
Bulldog (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer
Bunker Hill (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, commissioned 24 May 1943 through 9 January 1947.
Burza (Poland): 1400 ton Wicher-class destroyer

C

Cabot (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 24 July 1943 through 21 January 1955, later trasferred to Spain as Dédalo.
Caldas (Colombia): 1219 ton destroyer, former Tejo (Portugal)
California (USA): 32,600 ton battleship, class of 2, sunk December 7, 1941 but raised
Campania (UK): 11,420 ton escort aircraft carrier
SS Cap Arcona (GE): 27 000 ton Liner
Capetown (UK): 4290 ton C class light cruiser
Capitan O'Brien (Chile): 2020 ton submarine
Capitan Thompson (Chile): 2020 ton submarine
Casablanca (USA): 7800 ton aircraft carrier, class of 50
Catamarca (Argentina): 1010 ton destroyer
Cayuga (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1964
Ceres class (UK): 4190 ton light cruiser class of 5
Cervantes (Argentina): 1522 ton destroyer
Ceylon (UK): 8800 ton cruiser, Fiji class, sold to Peru 1959
Chacabuco (Chile): 4500 ton cruiser
Chao Ho (China): 2750 ton training vessel
Charger (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier
Chaser (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Breton (CVE-10)
Chitose (Japan): 11,190 ton Chitose class aircraft carrier, sunk October 25, 1944
Chiyoda (Japan): 11,190 ton Chitose class aircraft carrier sunk October 25, 1944
Clemson (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
Cleveland (USA): 10,000 ton cruiser class of 38
Codrington (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer leader, sunk 27th July 1940
Colbert (France): 10,000 ton Suffren class heavy cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
Colhoun (USA): 1,060 ton Wickes class destroyer, converted to a fast transport, sunk 30 August 1942
Colossus (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
Commencement Bay (USA): 10,900 ton aircraft carrier, class of 11
Conte di Cavour (Italy): 26,140 ton Conte di Cavour class battleship, class of 2
Cossack (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 24 October 1941
Corrientes (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
Cossatot (USA): 21,800 ton fleet oiler
Courageous (UK): 22,500 ton Glorious class aircraft carrier, sunk September 17, 1939
Courbet (France): 23,200 ton battleship, class of 2
Cowpens (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 28 May 1943 through 13 January 1947.
Cuba (Cuba): 2055 ton gunboat

D

Dahlgren (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
Dannebrog (Denmark): 1130 ton royal yacht
Dasher (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier, sunk March 27, 1943
Deutschland (Germany): 12,100 ton Deutschland class heavy cruiser, became Lützow
Deutschland class (Germany): 12,100 ton heavy cruiser class of 3
Devonshire (UK): 9750 ton County class cruiser
Diether von Roeder (Germany): 4,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940 in the Second Battle of Narvik
ORP Dragon (UK, then Poland): D-class cruiser, damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944
Duke of York (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, scrapped 1957
Dupleix (France): 10,000 ton Suffren class heavy cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
Duguay-Trouin class (France): 7250 ton Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser, decommissioned 9 March, 1952
Dunkerque (France): 26,500 ton battlecruiser, class of 2
HMS Durban (UK): D-class cruiser, used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, 9 June 1944

E

Eagle (UK): 22,600 ton aircraft carrier, sunk August 11, 1942
Edinburgh (UK): 11,500 ton Town class light cruiser
Eidsvold (Norway): 4230 ton coastal defence cruiser, sunk April 9, 1940
El Amir Farouq (Egypt): 1441 ton patrol vessel
Emerald (UK): 7580 ton Emerald class light cruiser, first in a class of two
Emile Bertin (France): 5886 ton light cruiser, class of 1
Emperor (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Pybus (CVE-34)
Empire MacAlpine (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
Empire MacAndrew (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
Empire MacCabe (UK): 9,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
Empire MacCallum (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
Empire MacColl (UK): 9,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
Empire MacDermott (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
Empire MacKay (UK): 9,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
Empire MacKendrick (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
Empire MacMahon (UK): 9,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
Empire MacRae (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
Empress (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Carnegie (CVE-38)
Enterprise (UK): 7580 ton Emerald class light cruiser
Enterprise (USA): 25,100 ton Yorktown class fleet carrier, commissioned 12 May 1938 through 17 February 1947 then sold for scrap.
Entre Rios (Argentina): 1375 ton Buenos Aries class destroyer
Erebus (UK): 8000 ton Erebus class monitor
Erich Giese (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940 in the Second Battle of Narvik
Erich Koellner (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940 in the Second Battle of Narvik
Erich Steinbrinck (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Eskimo (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1949
Essex (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class aircraft carrier. Commissioned 31 December 1943 through 30 June 1969.
Exeter (UK): 8390 ton County class cruiser, sunk March 1, 1942

F

Fencer (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Croatan (CVE-14)
Fiji (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Crown Colony-class cruiser, sunk 22nd May 1941
Flores (Holland): 1457 ton Flores'' class sloop
Foch (France): 10,000 ton Suffren class heavy cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
Formidable (UK): 23,000 ton Illustrious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1953
Franklin (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, commissioned 31 January 1944 through 17 February 1947
Frederick C. Davis (USA): 1,200 ton Edsall class destroyer escort, sunk 24 Apr, 1945 by U-546. 192 officers and men (126 dead and 66 survivors).
Friedrich Eckhold (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Friedrich Ihn (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Fu An (China): 1900 ton gunship
Furious (UK): 22,000 ton Glorious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1948
Fury (UK) : destroyer, mined 21 June 1944, not repaired.
Fuso (Japan): 34,700 ton Fuso class battleship, sunk 25 October 1944
Fyen (Denmark): 2737 ton light cruiser hulk

G

Gadila (Holland): 8,000 ton Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
Gambia (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1968.
Gamble (USA): 1090 ton Wickes class destroyer minelayer
General Belgrano (Argentina): 6100 ton coastal defense ship
General Pueyrredon (Argentina): 6100 ton coastal defense ship
Georg Thiele (Germany): 3,150 ton Type 1934 destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940 in the Second Battle of Narvik
George Leygues (France): 7600 ton La Galissonniere class light cruiser
Georgios Averoff (Greece): 9,450 ton armored cruiser
Giulio Cesare (Italy): 26,140 ton Conte di Cavour class battleship, given to Soviet Union in 1948, renamed Novorossiisk
Gloire (France): 7600 ton La Galissonniere class light cruiser
Glorious (UK): 22,500 ton Glorious class aircraft carrier, sunk June 8, 1940
Glory (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
Gneisenau (Germany): 32,000 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser
Goldsborough (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
Goodall (UK): 1,150 ton Captain class Frigate, Sunk 29 Apr, 1945 by U-286
Graf Spee (Germany): (Short name for the Admiral Graf Spee) 12,100 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship or heavy cruiser, sunk 17th December, 1939
Graf Zeppelin (Germany): (1938) (not completed) - Captured by the USSR August 1947 but not used as carrier, sank 1947
Greenhalgh (Brazil): 1500 ton destroyer
Greif (Germany): torpedoboat
Grom (Poland): 1975 ton Grom class destroyer (lead ship in class), sunk May 4, 1940
Guam (USA): 27,500 ton Alaska class battlecruiser
Gurkha (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 9 April 1940

H

Hai Chao (China): 1250 ton sloop
Hai Chen (China): 2680 ton gunship
Hai Chi (China): 4300 ton gunship
Hai Chou (China): 2680 ton gunship
Hai Yung (China): 2680 ton gunship
Haida (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, preserved ship
Hancock (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, commissioned 15 April 1944 through 30 January 1976
Hans Lody (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Hans Lüdemann (Germany): 3,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940 in the Second Battle of Narvik
Haruna (Japan): 31,660 ton Kongo class battleship, sunk 28 July 1945
Hawaii (USA): 27,500 ton Alaska class battle cruiser, not completed
Hayatake (Japan): aircraft carrier
Hekla (Denmark): 1,322 ton light cruiser hulk
Helle (Greece): 2,115 ton light cruiser, sunk by an Italian submarine
Henry Bacon (USA): Liberty ship, sunk 23 February 1945
Hermann Künne (Germany): 3,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940 in the Second Battle of Narvik
Hermann Schoemann (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Hermes (UK): 10,850 ton aircraft carrier, sunk April 9, 1942
Hipper class (Germany): short name for the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers
Hiryu (Japan): 17,300 ton Soryu class aircraft carrier, sunk June 5, 1942
Hiei (Japan): 36,600 ton Kongo class battleship, sunk 13-14 November 1942
Hiyo (Japan): 24,140 ton Hiyo class aircraft carrier, sunk June 20, 1944
Hobart (Australia): 6980 ton modified Leander class light cruiser
Hood (UK): 42,100 ton battlecruiser, sunk May 24, 1941
Hornet (USA): 25,600 ton Yorktown class fleet carrier, commissioned 20 October 1941 and sunk 27 October 1942.
Hornet CV-12 (USA): 27,100 ton Hornet class fleet carrier, commissioned 29 November 1943 through 26 June 1970.
Hosho (Japan): 7,470 ton aircraft carrier, scrapped 1947
Howe (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, scrapped 1958
Huascar (Chile): 1870 ton ironclad
Humaito (Brazil): 1884 ton submarine
Hunter (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS USS Block Island CVE-8
Huron (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1965
Hvidbjørnen (Denmark): 1050 ton patrol boat
Hyatt (Chile): 1090 ton Serrano class destroyer
Hydra (Greece): 1,389 ton modified Freccia class destroyer
Hyuga (Japan): 38,872 ton Ise class battleship, sunk 28 July 1945

I

Illustrious (UK): 23,000 ton Illustrious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1956
Ilmarinen (Finland): 3900 ton coastal defense vessel and icebreaker
Implacable (UK): 23,825 ton Implacable class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1955
Indefatigable (UK): 23,825 ton Implacable class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1956
Independence (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 14 January 1943 through 28 August 1946.
Independencia (Argentina): 2336 ton coastal defense ship
Indianapolis (USA): 9800 ton Portland class heavy cruiser, sunk 30 July 1945.
Ingolf (Denmark): 1180 ton patrol boat, became Sleipner (Germany)
Indomitable (UK): 23,000 ton modified Illustrious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1955
Intrepid (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, commissioned 16 August 1943 through 15 March 1974.
Iowa (USA): 45,000 ton Iowa class battleship
Iroquois (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1966
Ise (Japan): 36,000 ton Ise class battleship, sunk 28 July 1945

J

Jaguaribe (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
Jamaica (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1960.
Japura (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
Javary (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
Jean de Vienne (France): 7600 ton La Galissonniere class light cruiser, scuttled 27 Nov 1942
Jeanne D'Arc (France): 6496 ton heavy cruiser, class of 1
Jivoochyi (USSR): 1060 ton Town class destroyer, former HMS Richmond
Juan de Garray (Argentina): 1522 ton destroyer
Jujuy (Argentina): 1010 ton destroyer
Junyo (Japan): 26,949 ton Hiyo class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1947
Jurua (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
Juruena (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
Jutahy (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned

K

Kaga (Japan): 38,200 ton aircraft carrier, sunk June 4, 1942
Kaganovich (USSR): 8200 ton Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser
Kaiyo (Japan): 13,600 ton aircraft carrier, sunk August 10, 1945
Kalinin (USSR): 8200 ton Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser
Karl Galster (Germany): 3,415 ton Type 1936 destroyer
Karlsruhe (Germany): 6650 ton K class light cruiser, class of 3
Katsuragi (Japan)
Keith (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer leader, sunk 1st June 1940
Kent (UK): 9750+ ton County-class heavy cruiser, class of 7
Kenya (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1962.
Khedive (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Cordova (CVE-39)
King George V class (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, decommissioned 1949 and scrapped
Kirishima (Japan): 36,600 ton Kongo class battleship, sunk 15 November 1942
Kirov (USSR): 7880 ton Kirov (Project 26) class heavy cruiser
Köln (Germany): 6650 ton K class light cruiser, class of 3
Kondor (Germany): 1290 ton 1923 (Raubvogel) class torpedo boat, decommissioned 28 June 1944
Kondouriotis (Greece): 1,389 ton modified Freccia class destroyer
Kongo (Japan): 36,600 ton Kongo class battleship, sunk 21 November 1944
Kormoran (Germany): 8,736 ton Auxiliary Cruiser, sunk November 19 1941
Königsberg (Germany): 6650 ton K class light cruiser, class of 3
Kuma (Japan): 5870 ton light cruiser class of 5

L

La Argentina (Argentina): 6500 ton training cruiser
La Galissonniere (France): 7600 ton La Galissonniere class light cruiser, scuttled 27 Nov 1942
La Rioja (Argentina): 1570 ton destroyer
Lake Champlain (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, commissioned 3 June 1945 through 2 May 1966.
Lamberton (USA): 1090 ton Wickes class destroyer modified for minesweeping and target towing
Lamotte-Piquet (France): 7,249 ton Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser
Langley CV-1 (USA): 11,500 ton light aircraft carrier and seaplane tender, sunk 27 February 1942.
Langley CVL-27 (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 31 August 1943 through 11 February 1947, later transferred to France as La Fayette.
Latona (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, lost 25 October 1941
Lawford (UK): frigate, sunk 8th June 1944
Leander class (UK): 6980+ ton cruiser class of 8
Leander (New Zealand): 6985 ton Leander class light cruiser, former Leander (UK)
Leberecht Maass (Germany): 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer, sunk 22 February 1940
Leopard (Germany): torpedoboat
Lexington CV-2 (USA): 33,000 ton Lexington class fleet carrier, commissioned from 14 December 1927 through 8 May 1942 when sunk.
Lexington CV-16 (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, commissioned from 17 February 1943 through 8 November 1991.
Libertad (Argentina): 2336 ton coastal defense ship
Littorio (Italy): 41,000+ ton Vittorio Veneto class battleship, renamed Italia, scrapped 1948
London class (UK): 9830+ ton heavy cruiser class of 2
Long Island (USA): 13,500 ton Long Island class escort aircraft carrier, commissioned 2 June 1941 through 26 March 1946.
Lorelei (Germany): 1640 ton patrol boat, ex-Artevelde (Belgium), became K4, scrapped 1954
Lorraine (France): 22,200 ton battleship
Luchs (Germany): 1320 ton Raubtier class torpedo boat, sunk 26 July 1940
Lützow (Germany): 14,680 ton enlarged Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, not completed, became Petropavlovsk, then Tallinn (USSR)
Lützow (Germany): 12,100 ton pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, former Deutschland, scuttled May 4, 1945

M

Macoma (Holland): 8,000 ton Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
Mahroussa (Egypt): 3417 ton yacht
Malaya (UK): 31,000 ton Queen Elizabeth class battleship, decommissioned 1944 and scrapped
Manxman (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, scrapped 1971
Maori (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 12 February 1942
Marcilio Dias (Brazil): 1500 ton destroyer
Mariz e Barros (Brazil): 1500 ton destroyer
Marseillaise (France): 7600 ton La Galissonniere class light cruiser, scuttled 27 Nov 1942
Marshall Soult (UK): 6,700 ton Marshall Ney class monitor
Maryland (USA): 31,500+ ton Colorado class battleship
Mashona (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 28 May 1941
Matabele (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 17th January 1941.
Mauritius (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1965.
Max Schultz (Germany): 3,150 ton Type 1934 destroyer, sunk 22 February 1940
Maxim Gorkiy (USSR): 8200 ton Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser
McKean (USA): 1060 ton Wickes class destroyer, sunk 17 November 1943
Meigs (USA): 12,568 ton transport, sunk 19 February 1942
Mendoza (Argentina): 1570 ton destroyer
Micmac (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1964
Minas Gerais (Brazil): 19,200 ton battleship
Minegumo (Japan): 1961 ton Asashio Class destroyer
Misiones (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
Missouri (USA): 45,000 ton Iowa class battleship, decommissioned 1992
Mogami (Japan): 12,400 ton heavy cruiser class of 4
Mohawk (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 16 April 1941
Molotov (USSR): 8200 ton Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser
Montcalm (France): 7600 ton La Galissonniere class light cruiser
Monterey (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 17 June 1943 through 16 January 1956.
Montrose (UK): 1530 ton Scott class destroyer leader
Moreno (Argentina): 27,720 ton battleship
Möwe (Germany): torpedoboat
Murasame (Japan): 1685 ton Shiratsuyu Class destroyer
Musashi (Japan): 68,200 Yamato class battleship, sunk 25 October 1944
Mutsu (Japan): 42,850 ton Nagato class battleship, sunk 8 June 1943
Myoko (Japan): 13,380 ton Myoko or Nachi class heavy cruiser

N

Nabob (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Edisto (CVE-41)
Nachi (Japan): 13,380 ton Myoko or Nachi class heavy cruiser, sunk on 5th November 1944
Nagara (Japan): 5170 ton light cruiser class of 6
Nagato (Japan): 42,850 ton Nagato class battleship, sunk 29 July 1946
Nairana (UK): 11,420 ton escort aircraft carrier
Nelson (UK): 34,000 ton Nelson class battleship, decommissioned February 1948 and scrapped March 1949
Neptune (UK): 7,000 ton Leander class light cruiser
Nevada (USA): 29,000 ton battleship, class of 2, sunk December 7, 1941 but raised
New Mexico (USA): 33,000 ton battleship class of 3
New York (USA): 27,000 ton New York class battleship, decommissioned 29 August 1946, sunk as target ship 8 July 1948
Newark (UK): 1060 ton Town class destroyer, former USS Ringgold
Newfoundland (UK): 8800 ton cruiser, Fiji class, sold to Peru 1959
Newmarket (UK): 1060 ton Town class destroyer, former USS Robinson
Niels Juel (Denmark): 3800 ton light cruiser, became Nordland (Germany)
Nigeria (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, sold to India 1957.
Ning Hai (China): 2200 ton light cruiser, became Ioshima (Japan)
Norge (Norway): 4230 ton coastal defence cruiser, sunk April 9, 1940
North Carolina (USA): 35,000 ton battleship class of 2
Northampton (USA): 9050+ ton cruiser class of 6
Noshiro (Japan): 6650 ton Agano class light cruiser
Nubian (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1949

O

O'Higgins (Chile): 7,796 ton cruiser
Ocean (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
Oklahoma (USA): 29,000 ton Nevada class battleship, sunk December 7, 1941
Omaha class (USA): 7050 ton light cruiser class of 10
Orella (Chile): 1090 ton Serrano class destroyer
Orion (UK): 7,000 ton Leander class light cruiser
Orkan (Poland): 1,920 ton M class destroyer, former HMS Myrmidon (UK), sunk October 8, 1943

P

Parana (Argentina): 1055 ton Rosario class river monitor
Patria (Cuba): 1200 ton gunboat
Patroller (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Keneenaw (CVE-44)
Paul Jakobi (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Peder Skram (Denmark): 3500 ton coastal defense ship, became Adler (Germany)
Pennsylvania (USA): 33,000 ton Pennsylvania class battleship
Perseus (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft maintenance ship
Perth (Australia): 6980 ton modified Leander class light cruiser
Philippines (USA): 27,500 ton Alaska class battle cruiser, cancelled before being laid down
Ping Hai (China): 2200 ton light cruiser, became Yasoshima (Japan)
Pioneer (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft maintenance ship
Piorun (Poland): 1690 ton N class destroyer, former Nerissa (UK), became Noble (UK)
Poltava (USSR): 25,000+ ton battleship class of 9
Powerful (UK): 16,000 ton aircraft carrier, not completed during the war, sold to Canada, renamed HMCS Bonaventure
Premier (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Estero (CVE-42)
Presidente Sarmiento (Argentina): 2850 ton yacht
Primauguet (France): 7,249 ton Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser
Prince of Wales (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, sunk December 10, 1941
Princeton (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 25 February 1943 and sunk 24 October 1944.
Princeton (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, commissioned 18 November 1945 through 30 January 1970.
Prinz Eugen (Germany): 14,680 ton enlarged Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser
Psara (Greece): 1,389 ton modified Freccia class destroyer
Puerto Rico (USA): 27,500 ton Alaska class battlecruiser, cancelled before being laid down
Puncher (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Willapa (CVE-53)
Pursuer (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS St George CVE-17
Punjabi (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 1 May 1942

Q

Queen (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS St. Andrews (CVE-49)
Queen Elizabeth (UK): 31,000 ton Queen Elizabeth class battleship, decommissioned 1948 and scrapped

R

Rajah (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Prince (CVE-45)
Ramillies (UK): 29,150 ton Revenge class battleship
Ramsay (USA): 1,090 ton Wickes class destroyer minelayer
Randolph (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, commissioned 9 October 1944 through 13 February 1969.
Ranee (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Niantic (CVE-46)
Ranger (USA): 14,500 ton aircraft carrier, commissioned 4 June 1934 through 18 October 1946, sold for scrap.
Ravager (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class
Reaper (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Winjah (CVE-54)
Redmill (UK): 1,300 ton Captain class Frigate, Damaged and declared total loss 27 Apr, 1945 after an attack by U-1105
Renown (UK): 32,000 ton Renown class battlecruiser, scrapped 1948.
Reprisal (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, laid down 1 July 1944 but cancelled 12 August 1945.
Repulse (UK): 32,000 ton Renown class battlecruiser, sunk December 10, 1941
Resolution (UK): 29,150 ton Revenge class battleship, scrapped 1949
Revenge (UK): 29,150 ton Revenge class battleship, scrapped 1948
Riachuelo (Brazil): 30,500 ton battleship, not built
Richard Beitzen (Germany): 3,150 ton Type 1934 destroyer
Richelieu (France): 35,000 ton battleship, scrapped 1968
Richmond (UK): 1060 ton Town class destroyer, former USS Fairfax, transferred to Russia as Jivoochyi
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): 27,500 ton battleship, not commissioned
Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil): 3100 ton cruiser
Riquelme (Chile): 1090 ton Serrano class destroyer
Rivadavia (Argentina): 27,720 ton battleship
Roberts (UK): 8000 ton Roberts class monitor
Rodney (UK) - 34,000 ton Nelson class battleship, scrapped 1948
Roma (Italy): 41,000+ ton Vittorio Veneto class battleship, sunk 9th September 1943
Rosario (Argentina): 1055 ton river monitor
Royal Oak (UK): 29,150 ton Revenge class battleship, sunk October 14, 1939
Royal Sovereign (UK): 29,150 ton Revenge class battleship, transferred to Soviet Navy as Arkhangelsk in 1944
Ruler (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS St. Joseph (CVE-50)
Ryuho (Japan): 13,360 ton aircraft carrier
Ryujo (Japan): 10,600 ton aircraft carrier, sunk August 24, 1942

S

Sakawa (Japan): 6650 ton Agano class light cruiser
Salamis (Greece): 1350 ton B class destroyer, formerly Boreas, (UK) until 1944
Samoa (USA): 27,500 ton Alaska class battle cruiser, cancelled before being laid down
San Jacinto (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 15 November 1943 through 1 March 1947.
San Juan (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
San Luis (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
Santa Cruz (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
Sao Paulo (Brazil): 19,200 ton battleship
Saratoga (USA): 33,000 ton Lexington class fleet carrier, commissioned 16 November 1927 through 25 July 1946 when sunk as a target.
Satterlee (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer, became Belmont (UK)
Saumarez (UK): 1710 ton S class destroyer, scrapped 1950
Scharnhorst (Germany): 32,000 ton battleship, sunk December 26, 1943
Scylla: (UK): 23rd anti-aircraft cruiser, mined 23 June 1944, out of action until after the war
Searcher (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class
Seeadler (Germany): torpedoboat
Semmes (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
Sendai class (Japan): 5195 ton light cruiser class of 3
Serrano (Chile): 1090 ton Serrano class destroyer
Serrano class (Chile): 1090 ton destroyer class of six ships
Seydlitz (Germany): 14,680 ton enlarged Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, not completed, became Weser (Germany)
Shah (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Jamaica (CVE-43)
Shangri-La (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, commissioned 15 September 1944 through 30 July 1971.
Shinano (Japan): 64,800 ton aircraft carrier, sunk November 29, 1944
Shinyo (Japan): 17,500 ton aircraft carrier, sunk November 17, 1944
Shoho (Japan): 11,260 ton aircraft carrier, sunk May 8, 1942
Shokaku (Japan): 25,675 ton aircraft carrier, sunk 19 June 1944
Sikh (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 17 January 1941
Skeena (Canada): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 25th October 1944
Slinger (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Chatham (CVE-32)
Smiter (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Vermillion (CVE-52)
Soemba (Holland): 1457 ton Flores'' class sloop
Sollum (Egypt): 1290 ton sloop
Somali (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 24 September 1942
Soryu (Japan): 15,900 ton Soryu class aircraft carrier, sunk June 5, 1942
South Dakota (USA): 35,000 ton South Dakota class class battleship, decommissioned 31 January 1947 and scrapped
Southampton (UK): 9100+ ton Southampton class heavy cruiser
Speaker (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Delgada (CVE-40)
Spetsai (Greece): 1,389 ton modified Freccia class destroyer
Stalker (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Hamelin (CVE-15)
Striker (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Prince William (CVE-19)
Suffren (France): 9940 ton Suffren class heavy cruiser
Sydney (Australia): 6980 ton modified Leander class light cruiser

T

Taiho (Japan): 29,300 ton aircraft carrier, sunk June 19, 1944
Taiyo (Japan): 17,830 ton aircraft carrier, sunk August 18, 1944
Takao (Japan): 13,160 ton heavy cruiser class of 4
Tarmo (Finland): 2300 ton escort and icebreaker
Tartar (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer
Tattnall (USA): 1,060 ton Wickes class destroyer
Taylor (USA): 1,060 ton Wickes class destroyer, decommissioned and served as a damage control hulk
Terror (UK): 8,000 ton Erebus class monitor, sunk 24th February 1941
Texas (USA): 27,000 ton New York class battleship, decommissioned 21 April 1948, memorial
Thane (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Sunset (CVE-48)
Theodor Riedel (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Theseus (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
Ticonderoga (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier. Commissioned 8 May 1944 through 1 September 1973.
Tirpitz (Germany): 42,900 ton battleship, sunk November 12, 1944
Tracker (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class
Trento (Italy): 10,500+ ton Trento class heavy cruiser, sunk 14 June, 1942
Trinidad (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, sunk 15th May 1942.
Triumph (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
Trouncer (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Perdido (CVE-47)
Trumpeter (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Bastian (CVE-37)
Tucuman (Argentina): 1570 ton destroyer
Tung Chi (China): 1900 ton gunship

U

Uganda (UK): 8800 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1961.
Unicorn (UK): 16,510 ton maintenance aircraft carrier, scrapped 1960
Unryu (Japan): 17,150 ton aircraft carrier, class of 3, sunk December 19, 1944
Unyo (Japan): 17,830 ton aircraft carrier, sunk August 18, 1944

V

Väinämöinen (Finland): 3900 ton coastal defense vessel
Valiant (UK): 31,000 ton Queen Elizabeth class battleship, scrapped 1950
Vasilefs Georgios (Greece): 1,350 ton modified UK G class destroyer, became ZG3 Hermes (Germany) 21 March 1942, scuttled 7 May 1943
Vasilissa Olga (Greece): 1,350 ton modified UK G class destroyer, sunk 26 September 1943
Veinticinco de Mayo (Argentina): 6800 ton Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser
Venerable (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
Vengeance (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
Venus (UK): 1710 ton V class destroyer, scrapped 1972
Verulam (UK): 1710 ton V class destroyer, scrapped 1972
Victorious (UK): 23,000 ton Illustrious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1969
Videla (Chile): 1090 ton destroyer
Vindex (UK): 11,420 ton escort aircraft carrier
Virago (UK): 1710 ton V class destroyer, scrapped 1965
Vittorio Veneto class (Italy): 41,000+ ton Vittorio Veneto class battleship, scrapped 1948
Voroshilov (USSR): 7880 ton Kirov (Project 26) class heavy cruiser

W

Warramunga (Australia): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1963
Warrior (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier, transferred to Canada
Warspite (UK): 31,000 ton Queen Elizabeth class battleship, decommissioned February 1, 1945 and scrapped 1950
Wasp CV-7 (USA): 14,700 ton aircraft carrier, commissioned 25 May 1940 through 15 September 1942 when sunk
Wasp CV-18 (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, commissioned 24 November 1943 through 1 July 1972.
Welshman (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, lost 1 February 1943
West Virginia (USA): 31,500 ton battleship, sunk December 7, 1941 but raised
Whaddon (UK): Hunt class destroyer, broken up Faslane April 1959
Wicher (Poland): 1400 ton Wicher-class destroyer (lead ship in class), sunk September, 1939
Wilhelm Heidkamp (Germany): 3,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 10 April 1940 in the First Battle of Narvik
Wisconsin (USA): 45000 ton Iowa class battleship, decommissioned Sept 30, 1991
Wolf (Germany): 1320 ton 1924 Raubtier class torpedo boat, sunk 8 January 1941
Wolfgang Zenker (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer, scuttled 13 April 1940 in the Second Battle of Narvik
Wrestler (UK): destroyer, badly damaged by a mine June 6 1944 and not repaired
USS Wiley DD 597(Fletcher class)' (USA): Fletcher'' class , commissioned February 22 1945 through August 9 1946.

Y

Yahagi (Japan): 6650 ton Agano class light cruiser, sunk April 7, 1945
Yamashiro (Japan): 39,154 ton Fuso class battleship, sunk 25 October 1944
Yamato (Japan): 64,170 ton Yamato class battleship, sunk April 7, 1945
Yat Sen (China): 1650 ton gunboat, became Atada (Japan)
Ying Swei (China): 2460 ton training ship
Yorktown (CV-5) (USA): 19,900 ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier, commissioned 30 September 1937 through 7 June 1942 when sunk.
Yorktown (CV-10 (USA): 27,500 ton Essex class aircraft carrier, commissioned 15 April 1943 through 27 June 1970, became a museum ship.
Yura (Japan): 5,570 ton Nagara Class Light Cruiser

Z

Zara (Italy): 11,500+ ton Zara class heavy cruiser, sunk March, 1941
Zinnia (Belgium): 1200 ton sloop, became Barbara (Germany)
Zuiho (Japan): 11,260 ton aircraft carrier, sunk October 25, 1944
Zulu (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 14 September 1942

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