The List of ships of the Second World War 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 Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement.

Click on headers to sort column alphabetically. + List of ships of World War II (D) Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned FateClemsondestroyer1,2006 January 1920scrapped 1946Flowercorvette92521 March 1941Farragutdestroyer1,36517 June 1935scrapped 1947Edsalldestroyer escort1,25017 February 1944decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972Clemsondestroyer1,20029 October 1920scrapped 1945Fletcherdestroyer2,05024 October 1942decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1976Buckleydestroyer escort1,40029 June 1944decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973Edsalldestroyer escort1,25024 January 1944decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974Rudderowdestroyer escort1,45028 April 1944scrapped 1966Buckleydestroyer escort1,4009 June 1943to Chile 1966Buckleydestroyer escort1,40015 November 1943sunk as target 1970Attackerescort carrier8,2002 July 1942sunk 27 March 1943Fletcherdestroyer2,05020 March 1943decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1975Danae cruiser4,85010 April 1918scrapped 1946Flowercorvette92517 May 1941paid off 20 June 1945Fletcherdestroyer2,05018 September 1943to Spain 1957, scrapped 1987Somersdestroyer1,8509 November 1938scrapped 1947Gleavesdestroyer1,63011 September 1942decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973Flowercorvette9256 October 1941paid off 19 June 1945Rudderowdestroyer escort1,45010 June 1944Clevelandlight cruiser11,8007 January 1945scrapped 1962Clemsondestroyer1,200August 1922scrapped 1945Buckleydestroyer escort1,1403 May 1943to Republic of China as Tai Ping 28 August 1945; sunk in action 1954Ddestroyer1,3754 April 1933Transferred to RCN 12 April 1943 as , paid off 26 October 1945Evartsdestroyer escort1,14029 July 1943scrapped 1947 (I)Fletcherdestroyer2,05021 June 1942sunk 1 February 1943 (II)Allen M. Sumnerdestroyer2,20031 March 1944to South Korea 1973, scrapped 1993Danaecruiser4,850June 1919scrapped 1948Rudderowdestroyer escort1,45031 December 1943sunk as target 1970Flowercorvette92515 November 1940Evartsdestroyer escort1,14023 July 1943scrapped 1947John C. Butlerdestroyer escort1,35020 March 1944decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973Gearingdestroyer2,2502 March 1945scrapped 1974Wickesdestroyer1,1509 September 1918scrapped 1946Cleveland light cruiser11,80015 October 1942scrapped 1960De Ruytercruiser7,8223 October 1936sunk 28 February 1942Huntdestroyer escort1,05024 April 1942scrapped 1947Danaecruiser4,8502 June 1922scrapped 1946Omahalight cruiser7,05031 July 1923scrapped 1946Deutschlandheavy cruiser12,1001 April 1933renamed LützowCountycruiser9,75018 March 1929scrapped December 1954Farragutdestroyer1,36514 October 1934scrapped 1946Ddestroyer1,37521 December 1932Transferred to RCN 6 September 1940 as , sunk in 22 October 1940Flowercorvette9256 January 1941Flowercorvette92517 March 1941Wickesdestroyer1,1503 September 1919sunk 4 April 1945Danaecruiser4,85024 April 1922scrapped 1946Evartsdestroyer escort1,14016 July 1943scrapped 1947Flower modifiedcorvette1,0157 March 1943to US as Beacon 7 March 1943, to UK 31 May 1943Evartsdestroyer escort1,14017 May 1943scrapped 1946Evartsdestroyer escort1,1406 February 1943scrapped 1946Evartsdestroyer escort1,1401 December 1943scrapped 1946Evartsdestroyer escort1,14010 June 1943scrapped 1947Buckleydestroyer escort1,40026 June 1943damaged August 1943 and converted to power barge, scrapped 1946DonnerCasa GrandeDock landing ship7,93031 July 1945Scrapped March 2005 Gleavesdestroyer1,6304 August 1942decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973Wickesdestroyer1,15016 September 1918grounded in typhoon, 9 October 1945Fletcherdestroyer2,0507 August 1943to Argentina 1961, scrapped 1977Admiraltydestroyer flotilla leader1,6102 September 1918scrapped 20 March 1945John C. Butlerdestroyer escort1,35011 July 1944decommissioned 1960, sunk as target 1966Allen M. Sumnerdestroyer2,20026 December 1944to Chile 1974, sunk as target 1998Evartsdestroyer escort1,25029 July 1943decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974Mahandestroyer1,45015 January 1937destroyed 7 December 1941 but "rebuilt," scrapped 1948Gleavesdestroyer1,63027 January 1943decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1972John C. Butlerdestroyer escort1,35013 July 1944decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973Dracheminelayer1,87017 April 1941captured from Yugoslav, Zmaj, sunk 22 September 1944Danaecruiser4,850August 1918damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944DravaEnnsriver monitor53615 April 1920sunk 12 April 1941DrazkiDrazkitorpedo boat971907Surviving parts were incorporated in a museum ship at the Naval Museum in Varna under the same name, using the hull of StrogiMahandestroyer1,4501 September 1936scrapped 1947Allen M. Sumnerdestroyer2,20014 November 1944sunk 28 May 1945Dristighetenseaplane carrier3,4455 September 1901paid off 13 June 1947Sverigecoastal defence ship7,12512 March 1921paid off 22 March 1957, scrapped 1959Gato submarine1,525 surfaced1 November 1941decommissioned 1967; museum at Mobile, AlabamaFlowercorvette92513 September 1941paid off 11 July 1945DubrovnikDubrovnikdestroyer1,210August 1939Scuttled by crew on 17 April 1941Evartsdestroyer escort1,1405 August 1943scrapped 1947John C. Butlerdestroyer escort1,35021 July 1944decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973Duguay-TrouinDuguay-Trouinlight cruiser7,2502 November 1926decommissioned 9 March 1952DuilioAndrea Doriabattleship25,92019151956King George Vbattleship35,00028 February 1940scrapped 1957Cleveland light cruiser11,80018 September 1944scrapped 1960Huntdestroyer escort1,000September 1941scuttled on 13 November 1943 (I)Gleavesdestroyer1,63016 April 1942sunk 12 October 1942 (II)Gearingdestroyer2,25025 February 1945decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1980Flowercorvette9251 April 1942paid off 17 July 1945Shorehamsloop1,06031 March 1933Torpedoed and sunk 15 September 1940Danaecruiser4,85019 November 1918lost 24 November 1941DunkerqueDunkerquebattleship26,50015 April 1937scuttled 27 November 1942Mahandestroyer1,45012 June 1937scrapped 1948Flowercorvette9259 September 1941paid off 3 July 1945Armed merchant cruiser15,0077 September 1939sunk 28 August 1940DupleixSuffrenheavy cruiser10,0007 July 1932scuttled 27 November 1942Wickesdestroyer1,15030 April 1919scrapped 1947DuquesneDuquesneheavy cruiser10,0006 December 1928condemned 1955Danaecruiser4,8501 November 1921"Gooseberry" breakwater blockship, 9 June 1944Edsalldestroyer escort1,25017 February 1944decommissioned 1964, scrapped 1974Buckleydestroyer escort1,40016 November 1943decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967Gearingdestroyer2,25021 May 1945scrapped 1981Fletcherdestroyer2,05030 December 1942to West Germany 1960, scrapped 1982

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