List of ship classes of World War II
The List of ship classes of World War II is an alphabetical list of all ship classes that served in World War II. Only actual classes are included as opposed to unique ships (which are still included if they were the only one of a class to be built, for example, HMS Hood was the first of the four planned Admiral-class battlecruisers, but the other three were cancelled.) [1][2][3][4]
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Ships of World War II |
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The list of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the World War II, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.
Ship classes of World War II
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Class | Type | Country | Launch Year(s) | Displacement (tons) | Number
(wartime/total built) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
250t | Torpedo boat/gunboat | ![]() |
1914 | 266 | 3 |
Type 1934 | Destroyer | ![]() |
1935 | 3,156 | 4 |
Type 1934A | Destroyer | 1935–1937 | 3,110 | 12 | |
Type 1936 | Destroyer | 1937–1938 | 3,415 | 6 | |
Type 1936A Mob | Destroyer | 1941–1942 | 3,415 | 7 | |
Type 1936A Narvik | Destroyer | 1939–1940 | 3,605 | 8 | |
Type 1936B | Destroyer | 1942–1944 | 3,415 | 3 | |
A | Destroyer | ![]() |
1929–1930 | 1,350 | 11 |
A | Submarine | ![]() |
1914 | 268 | 3 |
Abdiel (a.k.a. Manxman) | Minelayer | ![]() |
1940–1944 | 2,650 | 6 |
Acciaio | Submarine | ![]() |
1941 | 697 | 13 |
Acre | Destroyer | ![]() |
1943–1946 | 1,340 | 6 |
Admiral Hipper | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1937–1939 | 14,000 | 3 |
Admiralty (a.k.a. Scott) | Destroyer flotilla leader | ![]() |
1918–1919 | 1,610–1,810 | 6 / 8 |
Adua | Submarine | ![]() |
1936 | 697 | 17 |
Ægir | Submarine | ![]() |
1915 | 237 | 5 |
Aetos | Destroyer | ![]() |
1911 | 1,050 | 4 |
Agano | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1941–1944 | 6,650 | 4 |
Ahven | Minesweeper | ![]() |
1937 | 17 | 6 |
Aigle | Destroyer | ![]() |
1930–1931 | 2,441 | 6 |
Akagi Maru | Armed merchant cruiser | ![]() |
1941 | 7,389 | 3 |
Akatsuki | Destroyer | 1931–1932 | 1,680 | 4 | |
Akizuki | Destroyer | 1941–1944 | 2,700 | 12 | |
Alaska | Large cruiser | ![]() |
1943–1950 | 34,253 | 2 |
Algerien | Destroyer | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 1,300 | 6 |
Algerine | Minesweeper | ![]() |
1942–1944 | 864–1,047 | 109 |
Allen M. Sumner | Destroyer | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 2,200 | 70 |
Amiral Murgescu | Minelayer | ![]() |
1939–1944 | 1,068 | 2 |
Amphion (a.k.a. A or Acheron) | Submarine | ![]() |
1944–1945 | 1,620 | 2 / 18 |
Andrea Doria | Battleship | ![]() |
1913 | 29,345 (WW2 after modification) | 2 |
Andromeda | Attack cargo ship | ![]() |
1943–1945 | 6,761 | 34 |
Aoba | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1926 | 10,822 | 2 |
Aquila (a.k.a. Vifor) | Scout cruiser | ![]() |
1917–1918 | 1,594 | 2 |
Archimede | Submarine | ![]() |
1936 | 985 | 2 |
Arethusa | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1934–1936 | 5,250 | 4 |
Argo | Submarine | ![]() |
1936 | 810 | 2 |
Argonauta | Submarine | 1932 | 667 | 10 | |
Asama | Cruiser | ![]() |
1898 | 9,700 | 2 |
Asashio | Destroyer | 1936–1937 | 1,961 | 10 | |
Atlanta | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1941–1946 | 6,000 | 11 |
Avenger | Escort carrier | ![]() |
1940–1941 | 8,300 | 3 |
B | Destroyer | ![]() |
1930 | 1,360 | 9 |
B | Destroyer | ![]() |
1943 | 1,253 | 9 |
B | Submarine | ![]() |
1923–1929 | 365 | 6 |
Bagley | Destroyer | ![]() |
1936–1937 | 1,646 | 8 |
Bahia | Scout cruiser | ![]() |
1910 | 3,100 | 2 |
Balao | Submarine | ![]() |
1943–1946 | 2,429 | 120 |
Balilla | Submarine | ![]() |
1928 | 1,484 | 4 |
Baltimore | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1942–1951 | 14,472 | 19 |
Bandiera | Submarine | ![]() |
1930 | 937 | 4 |
Bangkok Maru | Armed merchant cruiser | ![]() |
1937 | 5,351 | 2 |
Bangor | Minesweeper | ![]() |
1940–1944 | 600 | 128 |
Barnegat | Seaplane tender | ![]() |
1941–1943 | 2,600 | 35 |
Bathurst | Corvette | ![]() |
1940–1942 | 1,025 | 60 |
Battle | Destroyer | ![]() |
1943–1945 | 2,315–2,574 | 26 |
Benham | Destroyer | ![]() |
1938–1939 | 1,637 | 10 |
Benson | Destroyer | 1939–1941 | 1,620 | 30 | |
Beograd | Destroyer | ![]() |
1939 | 1,210 | 3 |
Bird | Minesweeper | ![]() |
1938–1940 | 607 | 45 |
Bismarck | Battleship | ![]() |
1940 | 50,300 | 2 |
Black Swan | Sloop | ![]() |
1939–1945 | 1,250 | 37 |
Bogue | Escort carrier | ![]() |
1941–1944 | 16,890 | 11 (+34 to UK as Attacker and Ruler) |
Bogue (a.k.a. Attacker) | Escort carrier | ![]() |
1941–1943 | 16,890 | 9 |
Bogue (a.k.a. Ruler) | Escort carrier | 1942–1944 | 16,890 | 25 | |
Bourrasque | Destroyer | ![]() |
1924–1925 | 1,298 | 12 |
Bragadin | Submarine | ![]() |
1931 | 982 | 2 |
Bretagne | Battleship | ![]() |
1913 | 22,200 | 3 |
Brin | Submarine | ![]() |
1938–1939 | 1,016 | 5 |
Bristol | Destroyer | ![]() |
1941–1943 | 1,839 | 64 |
Brooklyn | Light cruiser | 1936–1938 | 9,767 | 9 | |
Buckley | Destroyer escort | 1943–1944 | 1,740 | 56 (+46 to UK as Captain) | |
C | Submarine | ![]() |
369 | 3 | |
C | Destroyer | ![]() |
1931–1932 | 1,397 | 5 |
C (1943) | Destroyer | 1943–1946 | 1,740 | 32 | |
C (Caledon) | Light cruiser | 1916–1917 | 4,180 | 3 / 4 | |
C (Carlisle) | Light cruiser | 1916–1918 | 4,200 | 5 | |
C (Caroline) | Light cruiser | 1914–1915 | 4,180 | 1 / 6 | |
C (Ceres) | Light cruiser | 1917–1918 | 4,290 | 5 | |
Cachalot | Submarine | ![]() |
1933 | 1,100 | 2 |
Calvi | Submarine | ![]() |
1935 | 1,550 | 3 |
Cannon | Destroyer escort | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 1,525 | 72 |
Capitani Romani | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1940–1942 | 3,686 | 3 |
Captain | Frigate | ![]() |
1942–1943 | 1,500 | 78 |
Casablanca | Escort carrier | ![]() |
1943–1945 | 7,800 | 50 |
Castle | Corvette | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 1,060 | 44 |
Chacal (a.k.a. Jaguar) | Destroyer | ![]() |
1924 | 2,126 | 6 |
Chang Ning | Patrol boat | ![]() |
400 | 10 | |
Charger | Escort carrier | ![]() |
1940–1941 | 8,000 | 1 (+3 to UK as Avenger) |
Chiwawa | Fleet oiler | 1942 | 21,077 | 5 | |
Chidori | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1933 | 535 | 4 |
Cimarron | Fleet oiler | ![]() |
1939–1945 | 24,830 | 35 |
Clemson | Destroyer | 1918–1921 | 1,190 | 156 | |
Cleveland | Light cruiser | 1941–1946 | 11,744 | 38 | |
Colony | Frigate | ![]() |
1943–1945 | 1,400 | 21 |
Colorado | Battleship | ![]() |
1920–1921 | 32,600 | 3 |
Colossus | Light aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 13,200 | 10 |
Commencement Bay | Escort carrier | ![]() |
1944–1945 | 10,900 | 11 / 19 |
Condottieri (Alberto da Giussano) | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1930 | 6,470 | 4 |
Condottieri (Cadorna) | Light cruiser | 1931–1932 | 5,239 | 2 | |
Condottieri (Montecuccoli) | Light cruiser | 1934 | 7,404 | 2 | |
Condottieri (Duca d'Aosta) | Light cruiser | 1934–1935 | 8,400 | 2 | |
Condottieri (Duca degli Abruzzi) | Light cruiser | 1936 | 11,350 | 2 | |
Conte di Cavour | Battleship | 1911 | 23,600 | 2 | |
County (Kent) | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1926–1927 | 9,850–10,900 | 7 |
County (London) | Heavy cruiser | 1927–1928 | 9,850 | 4 | |
County (Norfolk) | Heavy cruiser | 1928–1929 | 9,925–9,975 | 2 | |
Courbet | Battleship | ![]() |
1911–1912 | 23,200 | 2 |
Crown Colony (Ceylon) | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1941–1942 | 8,712 | 3 |
Crown Colony (Fiji) | Light cruiser | 1939–1941 | 8,530 | 8 | |
Currituck | Seaplane tender | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 14,000 | 4 |
Curtatone | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1923–1924 | 967 | 4 |
Curtiss | Seaplane tender | ![]() |
1940 | 13,000 | 2 |
D | Submarine | ![]() |
369 | 2 | |
D | Destroyer | ![]() |
1931–1932 | 1,397 | 9 |
Danae | Light cruiser | 1917–1919 | 4,850 | 8 | |
Dardo | Destroyer | ![]() |
1930 | 2,116 | 19 |
Deutschland | Pre-dreadnought | ![]() |
1906 | 12,100 | 2 |
Deutschland | Heavy cruiser | 1931–1934 | 12,100 | 3 | |
Dido | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1939–1941 | 5,600 | 11 |
Dido (Bellona) | Light cruiser | 1942 | 5,950 | 5 | |
Dixie | Destroyer tender | ![]() |
1939–1943 | 9,450 | 5 |
Dragen | Destroyer | ![]() |
1929–1934 | 290 | 9 |
Draug | Destroyer | ![]() |
1910–1913 (approx) | 578 | 3 |
Drazki | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1907–1908 | 97 | 6 |
Duguay-Trouin | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1923–1924 | 7,250 | 3 |
Dunkerque | Battleship | 1935–1936 | 35,500 | 2 | |
E | Destroyer | ![]() |
1934 | 1,428 | 18 |
Edsall | Destroyer escort | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 1,253 | 85 |
Eidsvold | Coastal battleship | ![]() |
1899 | 4,233 | 2 |
Elbing | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1941–1944 | 1,295 | 15 |
Emerald | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1919–1920 | 7,580 | 2 |
Erebus | Monitor | 1916 | 7,200 | 2 | |
Essex | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1942–1945 | 31,300 | 24 |
Evarts | Destroyer escort | 1942–1944 | 1,360 | 65 (+32 to UK as Captain) | |
F | Destroyer | ![]() |
1934 | 1,428 | 18 |
Fargo | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1945–1946 | 11,744 | 2 |
Farragut | Destroyer | 1934–1935 | 1,395 | 8 | |
Fletcher | Destroyer | 1941–1944 | 2,325 | 175 | |
Florida | Battleship | 1910–1911 | 21,825 | 2 | |
Flower | Corvette | 1939–1944 | 940 | 225 | |
Flower (Modified) | Corvette | 1939–1944 | 1,015 | 69 | |
Foca | Submarine | ![]() |
1937 | 1,333 | 3 |
Folgore | Destroyer | 1931 | 1,830 | 4 | |
Fubuki | Destroyer | ![]() |
1927–1931 | 1,750 | 20 |
Furutaka | Heavy cruiser | 1925 | 7,100 | 2 | |
Fusō | Battleship | 1914–1915 | 35,300 | 2 | |
G | Destroyer | ![]() |
1935 | 1,340–1,350 | 9 |
Gabbiano | Corvette | ![]() |
1942 | 672 | 40 |
Gangut | Battleship | ![]() |
1911 | 25,850 | 4 |
Gato | Submarine | ![]() |
1941–1943 | 1,825 | 73 |
Gearing | Destroyer | 1945–1951 | 2,616 | 98 | |
Generali | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1921 | 832 | 6 |
Gerard Callenburgh | Destroyer | ![]() |
1939–1940 | 1,604 | 4 |
Glauco | Submarine | ![]() |
1935 | 1,035 | 2 |
Gleaves | Destroyer | ![]() |
1939–1941 | 1,630 | 18 |
Glorious | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1916 | 26,500 | 2 |
Gridley | Destroyer | ![]() |
1936–1938 | 1,590 | 4 |
Grom | Destroyer | ![]() |
1936 | 2,144 | 2 |
Guépard | Destroyer | ![]() |
1928–1930 | 2,436 | 6 |
H | Destroyer | ![]() |
1936–1939 | 1,340–1,350 | 15 |
Halcyon | Minesweeper | 1938–1939 | 1,330 | 21 | |
Hamul | Destroyer tender | ![]() |
1940 | 8,560–18,900 | 2 |
Hatsuharu | Destroyer | ![]() |
1932–1934 | 1,490 | 6 |
Havmanden | Submarine | ![]() |
1938–1940 | 407 | 4 |
Hawkins | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1917–1921 | 9,860 | 5 |
Hiyō | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1941 | 24,140 | 2 |
Hunt | Destroyer escort | ![]() |
1939–1943 | 1,000–1,170 | 86 |
Hōkoku Maru | Ocean liner | ![]() |
1940–1942 | 17,000 | 3 |
I | Destroyer | ![]() |
1936–1941 | 1,390 | 11 |
I-400 | Submarine aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1944 | 6,560 | 3 |
Illustrious | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1939–1940 | 23,000 | 6 |
Implacable | Aircraft carrier | 1939 | 23,000 | 2 | |
Independence | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1942–1943 | 11,000 | 9 |
Iowa | Battleship | 1942–1950 | 53,000 | 4 | |
Ise | Battleship | ![]() |
1916–1917 | 31,762 | 2 |
Isles | Naval trawler | ![]() |
1940–1944 | 554 | 145 |
Isles (Dance) | Naval trawler | 1940 | 554 | 20 | |
Isles (Shakespearian) | Naval trawler | 1940 | 554 | 12 | |
Isles (Tree) | Naval trawler | 1939–1940 | 545 | 20 | |
Izumo | Armoured cruiser | ![]() |
1898 | 9,750 | 2 |
J | Destroyer | ![]() |
1938–1939 | 1,690 | 9 |
Java | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1920–1921 | 6,670 | 2 |
John C. Butler | Destroyer escort | ![]() |
1943–1946 | 1,350 | 83 |
K | Destroyer | ![]() |
1938–1939 | 1,690 | 8 |
Kagerō | Destroyer | ![]() |
1938–1941 | 2,033 | 18 |
Kamikawa Maru | Seaplane tender | 1936–1940 | 6,863 | 4 | |
Kamikaze | Destroyer | 1922–1925 | 1,400 | 9 | |
Kashii Maru | Seaplane tender | 1934–1941 | 8,600 | 3 | |
Katori | Light cruiser | 1939–1940 | 6,280 | 3 | |
Kennebec | Fleet oiler | ![]() |
1941–1942 | 21,077–21,750 | 11 |
Kenneth Whiting | Seaplane tender | 1943–1944 | 12,600 | 4 | |
King George V | Battleship | ![]() |
1939–1940 | 42,923 | 5 |
Kirov | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1938–1940 | 7,890 | 2 |
Kirov (Project 26-bis) | Heavy cruiser | 1938–1944 | 8,177 | 2 | |
Kirov (Project 26-bis2) | Heavy cruiser | 1938–1944 | 8,400 | 2 | |
Kondouriotis | Destroyer | ![]() |
1931–1932 | 1,389 | 4 |
Kongō | Battleship | ![]() |
1912–1913 | 31,720 | 4 |
Kongō Maru | Armed merchant cruiser | 1934 | 8,613 | 2 | |
Königsberg | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1927–1928 | 6,650 | 3 |
Kuha | Minesweeper | ![]() |
1941–1946 | 18 | 6 |
Kuma | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1919–1920 | 5,019 | 5 |
Kyzikos | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1914–1915 | 270 | 3 |
L | Destroyer | ![]() |
1939–1941 | 1,920 | 8 |
L | Submarine | 1916–1919 | 1,091–1,168 | 27 | |
L'Adroit | Destroyer | ![]() |
1926–1929 | 1,356 | 14 |
La Galissonnière | Light cruiser | 1933–1936 | 7,600 | 6 | |
La Masa | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1917 | 840 | 8 |
Le Fantasque | Destroyer (or light cruiser) | ![]() |
1933–1934 | 2,570 | 6 |
Le Hardi | Destroyer | 1938–1947 | 1,772 | 11 | |
Leander | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1931–1934 | 7,270 | 5 |
Leander (Amphion) | Light cruiser | 1931–1934 | 6,830 | 3 | |
Leipzig | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1929–1934 | 6,515–6,980 | 2 |
Leone | Destroyer | ![]() |
1924 | 2,003 | 3 |
Lexington | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1925 | 37,000 | 2 |
Littorio | Battleship | ![]() |
1937–1940 | 45,236 | 3 |
Liuzzi | Submarine | 1939–1940 | 1,166 | 2 | |
Long Island | Escort carrier | ![]() |
1939 | 13,500 | 1 (+1 to UK as HMS Archer) |
M | Destroyer | ![]() |
1941–1942 | 1,920 | 8 |
MAC | Merchant aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1942–1945 | 7,950–9,133 | 10 |
MAC (Rapana) | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1942–1945 | 8,010 | 9 | |
Mackerel | Submarine | ![]() |
1940–1941 | 825 | 2 |
Maestrale | Destroyer | ![]() |
1934 | 2,025 | 4 |
Mahan | Destroyer | ![]() |
1935–1936 | 1,488 | 18 |
Mameli | Submarine | ![]() |
1929 | 880 | 4 |
Marcello | Submarine | 1939 | 1,060 | 11 | |
Marcilio Dias (also M) | Destroyer | ![]() |
1940–1941 | 1,500 | 3 |
Marconi | Submarine | ![]() |
1940 | 1,195 | 6 |
Matsu | Destroyer escort | ![]() |
1944 | 1,262 | 18 |
Micca | Submarine | ![]() |
1935 | 1,570 | 1 |
Minekaze | Destroyer | ![]() |
1919–1922 | 1,345 | 13 |
Minotaur | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1943–1945 | 8,800 | 6 |
Mirabello | Destroyer | ![]() |
1915–1916 | 1,811 | 2 |
Mississippi | Battleship | ![]() |
1905 | 13,000 | 2 |
Mogador | Destroyer (or light cruiser) | ![]() |
1936–1937 | 2,884 | 2 |
Mogami | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1934–1936 | 8,500 | 4 |
Momi | Destroyer | 1918–1923 | 770 | 21 | |
Momo | Destroyer | 1917–1918 | 835 | 4 | |
Mutsuki | Destroyer | 1925–1927 | 1,315 | 12 | |
Myōkō | Heavy cruiser | 1927–1928 | 10,000 | 4 | |
N | Destroyer | ![]() |
1940–1941 | 1,690 | 8 |
Nagara | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1920–1921 | 5,088 | 6 |
Nagato | Battleship | 1919–1920 | 39,130 | 2 | |
Najaden | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1943 | 782 | 2 |
Narwhal | Submarine | ![]() |
1928–1930 | 3,900 | 2 |
Navigatori | Destroyer | ![]() |
1929–1931 | 2,380 | 12 |
Nelson | Battleship | ![]() |
1925 | 41,250 | 2 |
Nevada | Battleship | ![]() |
1914 | 29,000 | 2 |
New Mexico | Battleship | 1917 | 33,000 | 3 | |
New Orleans (ex-Astoria) | Heavy cruiser | 1933–1936 | 10,136 | 7 | |
New York | Battleship | 1912 | 27,000 | 2 | |
North Carolina | Battleship | 1940 | 47,400 | 2 | |
Northampton | Heavy cruiser | 1929–1930 | 9,006 | 6 | |
O | Destroyer | ![]() |
1939–1942 | 1,610 | 8 |
Odin | Submarine | 1926–1929 | 1,922–2,060 | 12 | |
Odin | Destroyer | ![]() |
1939 | 632 | 3 |
Omaha | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1920–1924 | 7,050 | 10 |
Oruç Reis | Submarine | ![]() |
1940 | 856 | 4 |
Orzeł | Submarine | ![]() |
1938 | 1,100 | 2 |
Ōtori | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1935–1937 | 840 | 8 |
P | Destroyer | ![]() |
1939–1942 | 1,610 | 8 |
Palestro | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1921 | 1,033 | 4 |
Parthian | Submarine | ![]() |
1929 | 2,070 | 6 |
Pegaso | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1938 | 840 | 4 |
Pennsylvania | Battleship | ![]() |
1915 | 33,000 | 2 |
Pensacola | Heavy cruiser | 1929 | 9,100 | 2 | |
Perla | Submarine | ![]() |
1936 | 697 | 10 |
Pichincha | Coast guard vessel | ![]() |
120 | 3 | |
Pilo | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1915 | 770 | 7 |
Pisani | Submarine | 1930 | 880 | 4 | |
Poeti | Destroyer | 1937 | 2,320 | 4 | |
Porpoise | Submarine | ![]() |
1935–1937 | 1,310 | 10 |
Porter | Destroyer | 1936–1937 | 1,834 | 8 | |
Portland | Heavy cruiser | 1931–1932 | 10,258 | 2 | |
Proussa | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1915–1916 | 266 | 2 |
Q | Destroyer | ![]() |
1941–1942 | 1,705 | 8 |
Queen Elizabeth | Battleship | 1913–1915 | 33,790 (as built) | 5 | |
R | Destroyer | 1941–1942 | 1,705 | 8 | |
R | Submarine | ![]() |
1918–1919 | 570 | 27 |
R (Admiralty) | Destroyer | ![]() |
1916–1917 | 940–1,052 | 1 / 62 |
Rainbow | Submarine | 1930 | 2,000 | 6 | |
Regele Ferdinand | Destroyer | ![]() |
1928–1929 | 1,400 | 2 |
Renown | Battlecruiser | ![]() |
1916 | 32,000 | 2 |
Revenge | Battleship | 1914–1916 | 28,000 | 5 | |
Richelieu | Battleship | ![]() |
1939–1940 | 47,548 | 2 |
River (RAN Group I) | Frigate | ![]() |
1943–1945 | 1,420 | 8 |
River (RAN Group II) | Frigate | 1944–1945 | 1,537 | 4 | |
River (RCN Group) | Frigate | ![]() |
1941–1944 | 1,445 | 70 |
River (RN Group I) | Frigate | ![]() |
1941–1944 | 1,370 | 23 |
River (RN Group II) | Frigate | 1941–1944 | 1,400 | 44 | |
Rudderow | Destroyer escort | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 1,430 | 22 |
S | Submarine | ![]() |
1931–1945 | 950 | 63 |
S | Submarine | ![]() |
1918–1925 | 900 | 48 |
S | Destroyer | ![]() |
1942–1943 | 1,710 | 8 |
S (Admiralty) | Destroyer | 1917–1918 | 1,092 | 11 / 55 | |
S (Thornycroft) | Destroyer | 1917–1918 | 1,092 | 5 | |
S (Yarrow) | Destroyer | 1917–1918 | 1,092 | 7 | |
Salmon | Submarine | ![]() |
1937–1938 | 1,430 | 6 |
Sangamon | Escort carrier | 1939 | 11,400 | 4 | |
Sargo | Submarine | 1938–1939 | 1,450 | 10 | |
Sauro | Destroyer | ![]() |
1926–1927 | 1,137 | 4 |
Scharnhorst | Battleship | ![]() |
1936 | 38,700 | 2 |
Sella | Destroyer | ![]() |
1927 | 1,480 | 2 |
Sendai | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1923–1925 | 5,113 | 3 |
Serrano | Destroyer | ![]() |
1928 | 1,090 | 6 |
Shiratsuyu | Destroyer | ![]() |
1935–1937 | 1,685 | 10 |
Sims | Destroyer | ![]() |
1938–1939 | 1,764 | 12 |
Sirena | Submarine | ![]() |
1934 | 678 | 12 |
Sirtori | Torpedo boat | 1917 | 845 | 4 | |
Sleipner | Destroyer | ![]() |
1936–1938 | 597 | 3 |
Søbjørnen | Minesweeper | ![]() |
270 | 6 | |
Soldati | Destroyer | ![]() |
1937–1942 | 1,620 | 19 |
Somers | Destroyer | ![]() |
1937–1938 | 2,047 | 5 |
South Dakota | Battleship | 1941–1942 | 44,519 | 4 | |
Spica | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1936–1938 | 640 | 30 |
Squalo | Submarine | 1930 | 933 | 4 | |
St. Louis | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1939 | 10,000 | 2 |
Suffren | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1927–1930 | 9,940 | 4 |
T | Destroyer | ![]() |
1942–1943 | 1,710 | 8 |
T2 | Auxiliary oil tanker | ![]() |
1939–1945 | 21,100–22,445 | 533 |
Tachibana | Destroyer | ![]() |
1919–1922 | 1,289 | 14 |
Tacoma | Frigate | ![]() |
1943–1945 | 1,400 | 96 |
Taiyō | Escort carrier | ![]() |
1939–1940 | 20,000 | 3 |
Takao | Heavy cruiser | 1930–1931 | 9,850 | 4 | |
Tambor | Submarine | ![]() |
1939–1941 | 1,475 | 12 |
Tench | Submarine | 1944–1951 | 1,826 | 31 | |
Tennessee | Battleship | 1919 | 33,000 | 2 | |
Thornycroft | Destroyer flotilla leader | ![]() |
1918–1919 | 1,480 | 3 / 5 |
Tone | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1937–1938 | 11,215 | 2 |
Tordenskjold | Coastal defence ship]] | ![]() |
1897–1898 | 3,852 | 2 |
Town | Destroyer | ![]() |
1917–1919 | 1,020–1,190 | 50 |
Town (Southampton) | Light cruiser | 1936 | 9,100 | 5 | |
Town (Gloucester) | Light cruiser | 1937 | 9,400 | 3 | |
Town (Edinburgh) | Light cruiser | 1938 | 10,400 | 2 | |
Trad | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1935–1937 | 262 | 9 |
Treasury | High endurance cutter | ![]() |
1936–1937 | 2,700 | 7 |
Trento | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1926–1932 | 10,511–10,890 | 3 |
Tribal | Destroyer | ![]() |
1937–1946 | 1,854–1,927 | 27 |
Tromp | Light cruiser | ![]() |
1937–1939 | 3,450 | 2 |
Trygg | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1919–1921 | 220 | 3 |
Turbine | Destroyer | ![]() |
1927–1928 | 1,090 | 8 |
Type 23 | Torpedo boat | ![]() |
1926 | 923 | 6 |
Type 24 | Torpedo boat | 1926–1927 | 923 | 6 | |
Type 35 | Torpedo boat | 1937–1939 | 844 | 12 | |
Type 37 | Torpedo boat | 1938–1940 | 853 | 9 | |
Type 40 | Torpedo boat | 1942–1943 | 2,566 | 12 (3 launched but not completed) | |
Type 41 | Torpedo boat | 1943–1944 | 2,155 | 12 (8 launched but not completed) | |
Type C1 ship | Auxiliary cargo ship | ![]() |
1942–1945 | 6,240–8,015 | 408 |
Type C2 ship | Auxiliary cargo ship | 1944–1945 | 13,910 | 173 | |
Type C3 ship | Auxiliary cargo ship | 1940–1947 | 12,000 | 465 | |
Type C4 ship | Auxiliary cargo ship | 1940–1947 | 11,757–12,420 | 75 | |
Type I | Submarine | ![]() |
1936 | 892 | 2 |
Type II | Submarine | 1939–1940 | 300 | 50 | |
Type VII | Submarine | 1935–1944 | 626–1,084 | 743 | |
Type IX | Submarine | 1937–1944 | 1,032–1,616 | 193 | |
U | Destroyer | ![]() |
1942–1943 | 1,777–1,808 | 8 |
Unryū | Fleet carrier | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 22,534 | 3 |
V | Destroyer | ![]() |
1942–1943 | 1,777–1,808 | 8 |
V (Admiralty) | Destroyer | 1917–1918 | 1,100 | 17 / 23 | |
V (Admiralty leader) | Destroyer flotilla leader | 1917 | 1,207 | 3 / 5 | |
V (Thornycroft) | Destroyer | 1917–1918 | 1,120 | 2 | |
V7 | River gunboat | ![]() |
1943 | 2 | |
Väinämöinen | Coastal defence ship | ![]() |
1931–1932 | 3,900 | 2 |
Van Galen | Destroyer | ![]() |
1927–1928 | 1,316 | 4 |
Van Ghent | Destroyer | 1926–1927 | 1,316 | 4 | |
Vasilefs Georgios | Destroyer | ![]() |
1938 | 1,350 | 2 |
Vauquelin | Destroyer | ![]() |
1931–1932 | 2,441 | 6 |
Vedenia | Motor torpedo boat | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 30 | 6 |
Veinticinco de Mayo | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1928–1929 | 6,800 | 2 |
W | Destroyer | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 1,710 | 8 |
W (Admiralty) | Destroyer | 1917–1918 | 1,100–1,140 | 32 / 33 | |
W (Thornycroft) | Destroyer | 1917–1918 | 1,120–1,140 | 4 | |
Wakatake | Destroyer | ![]() |
1922–1923 | 900 | 6 |
Wicher | Destroyer | ![]() |
1928–1929 | 1,540 | 2 |
Wickes | Destroyer | ![]() |
1917–1919 | 1,090 | 33 |
Wyoming | Battleship | 1911 | 27,000 | 2 | |
X | Submarine | ![]() |
1943–1945 | 30 | 14 |
XE | Submarine | 1943–1945 | 33 | 12 | |
XT | Training submarine | 1943–1945 | 30 | 6 | |
Yamato | Battleship | ![]() |
1940 | 73,000 | 2 |
York | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1928–1929 | 8,300 | 2 |
Yorktown | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1936–1940 | 23,000 | 3 |
Yūgumo | Destroyer | ![]() |
1941–1944 | 2,077 | 20 |
Z | Destroyer | ![]() |
1943–1944 | 1,710 | 8 |
Wilk | Submarine | ![]() |
1929–1955 | 1,250 | 3 |
Zara | Heavy cruiser | ![]() |
1930–1931 | 11,680 | 4 |
Single-ship "classes"
Class | Type | Country | Launch Year | Displacement (tons) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Akagi | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1925 | 36,500 |
Argonaut | Submarine | ![]() |
1927 | 4,161 |
Ark Royal | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1937 | 22,000 |
Aquila | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
N/A | 23,500 |
Dristigheten | Seaplane carrier | ![]() |
1927 | 3,445 |
Fieramosca | Submarine | ![]() |
1931 | 1,556 |
Graf Zeppelin | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
N/A | 33,550 |
Hiryū | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1937 | 17,300 |
Hood | Battlecruiser | ![]() |
1918 | 45,470 |
Kaga | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1921 | 38,200 |
Ranger | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1933 | 17,577 |
Wichita | Heavy cruiser | 1935 | 10,589 | |
Settembrini | Submarine | ![]() |
1932 | 953 |
Shimakaze | Destroyer | ![]() |
1942 | 2,570 |
Sōryū | Aircraft carrier | 1935 | 16,200 | |
Surcouf | Cruiser submarine | ![]() |
1929 | 3,250-4,304 |
Wasp | Aircraft carrier | ![]() |
1939 | 19,000 |
See also
References
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- Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War – The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
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