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.

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+ List of ships of World War II (E) Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fateaircraft carrier22,60026 February 1924sunk 11 August 1942Gleavesdestroyer1,6301 September 1942decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1970Riverfrigate1,4453 June 1944paid off 17 January 1946EastwayCasa GrandeDock landing ship7,93014 November 1943Transferred to Greece, 1953Gleavesdestroyer1,6304 December 1940Transferred to Greece, 22 January 1951, scrapped 1972Edestroyer1,40522 October 1934to Greece as Navarion 5 April 1944, scrapped April 1956Special Service Ship4,702sunk 29 June 1940Townlight cruiser11,5006 July 1939lost 2 May 1942Gleavesdestroyer1,63031 January 1941decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966Flowercorvette92521 October 1941paid off 16 June 1945Gleavesdestroyer1,63018 September 1942decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973Hawkinsheavy cruiser9,7502 July 1925wrecked 18 May 1940Huntdestroyer escort1,05021 January 1943paid off 1946Flowercorvette92529 August 1941scrapped June 1969Huntdestroyer escort1,00028 August 1940paid off 1945, scrapped 1956Eidsvoldcoastal defence ship4,2331 March 1901sunk 9 April 1940El Amir Farouqpatrol vessel1,4411936sunk 22 October 1948Mount McKinleyamphibious command ship7,35025 August 1944Decommissioned 8 November 1972, scrapped 1976Benhamdestroyer1,50017 February 1939scrapped 1947ElliChao Hoprotected cruiser2,115November 1913sunk 15 August 1940Gleavesdestroyer1,63028 November 1941to Japan 1954, scrapped 1970Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'AostaDuca d'Aostalight cruiser8,45013 July 1935ceded to USSR 1949, renamed Kerch, scrapped in 1960sEmdenlight cruiser5,600October 1925scuttled 3 May 1945Emeraldlight cruiser7,58014 January 1926scrapped July 1948Émile Bertinlight cruiser5,88628 January 1935scrapped 1959Gleavesdestroyer1,6305 December 1941sunk 6 April 1945 Rulerescort carrier11,4006 August 1943paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946Empire ActivityEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier14,25029 September 194220 October 1945Empire AudacityEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier11,00020 June 1941Sunk 21 December 1941Empire MacAlpineEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier8,00014 April 1943transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed DerrynameEmpire MacAndrewEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier8,0007 July 1943transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed DerryheenEmpire MacCabeEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier9,000November 1943Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British EscortEmpire MacCallumEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier8,00022 December 1943transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Alpha ZambesiEmpire MacCollEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier9,000November 1943Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British PilotEmpire MacDermottEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier8,00031 March 1944transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed La CumbreEmpire MacKayEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier9,0005 October 1943Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British SwordfishEmpire MacKendrickEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier8,000December 1943transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed GranpondEmpire MacMahonEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier9,000December 1943Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed NaniniaEmpire MacRaeEmpiremerchant aircraft carrier8,00020 September 1943Returned to merchant service 1947, renamed Alpha ZambesiRulerescort carrier7,8009 August 1943paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946Gleavesdestroyer1,63025 February 1943decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1970Buckleydestroyer escort1,40010 December 1943sold and broken up, 26 November 1946Emeraldlight cruiser7,5807 April 1926scrapped April 1946Yorktownaircraft carrier25,10012 May 1938decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959Entre RiosBuenos Airesdestroyer1,375Epping ForestAshlandDock landing ship7,93010 November 1943Transferred to Argentina, 1970Erebus monitor8,0002 September 1916Scrapped July 1946Flowercorvette9259 August 1940sunk 9 February 1943Gleavesdestroyer1,63013 March 1941decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1970Huntdestroyer escort1,05028 February 1941scrapped 1946Eritrea sloop2,2001937ceded to France 1948, renamed Francis Garnier, expended as target 1966Huntdestroyer escort1,05031 July 1942sunk 14 April 1943Tribaldestroyer2,02030 December 1938scrapped 1949Essexaircraft carrier30,80031 December 1942decommissioned 30 June 1969, scrapped 1975Riverfrigate1,44511 July 1943to Canada 29 January 1944, paid off 30 May 1945Eugenio di SavoiaDuca d'Aostalight cruiser8,75016 January 1936ceded to Greece 1950, renamed Elli, scrapped 1973Admiralendestroyer1,33712 April 1928Destroyed, 1 March 1942Yorkheavy cruiser8,39023 July 1931sunk 1 March 1942 (I)Huntdestroyer escort1,00018 October 1940sunk by E-boat S-30, 25 February 1941 (II)Huntdestroyer escort1,05018 October 1941November 1945 United States Coast and Geodetic Surveysurvey ship1,800Spring 1940decommissioned 1968NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: ExplorerAnnual Report of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1942, p. 71, at noaa.gov NOAA Central Library: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual ReportsAnnual Report of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1943, p. 7, at noaa.gov NOAA Central Library: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual ReportsAnnual Report of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1945, p. 10, at noaa.gov NOAA Central Library: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual ReportsEdestroyer1,40529 May 1934Transferred to RCN June 1943 as , paid off 1955Flowercorvette92526 November 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 17 June 1945

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