List of ships of World War II (K)

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 (K) Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fateescort carrier7,80018 January 1944decommissioned 14 June 1946, scrapped 1959Kagaaircraft carrier38,2001 November 1929sunk 4 June 1942KaganovichMaxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis)heavy cruiser8,2006 December 1944KakoFurutakaheavy cruiser7,95031 July 1926sunk 10 August 1942Kaiyōescort carrier13,60023 November 1943former troop transport; scrapped 1 September 1946escort carrier7,80027 November 1943decommissioned 15 May 1946, scrapped 1947KalininMaxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis)heavy cruiser8,20031 December 1942Bensondestroyer1,62017 October 1942decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969Flowercorvette92517 March 1941paid off 27 June 1945Flowercorvette9254 October 1941paid off 22 July 1945Huntdestroyer1,05010 August 1942paid off 1959, scrapped 1960Kdestroyer1,69010 October 1939sunk 20 December 1941Bassetminesweeper5291941–19441941–1944KarlsruheK light cruiser6,6506 November 1929sunk 9 April 1940escort carrier7,8004 December 1943decommissioned 6 July 1946, scrapped 1960KashiiKatorilight cruiser6,18015 July 1941sunk 12 January 1945KashimaKatorilight cruiser6,18031 May 1940struck 5 October 1945; scrapped 1947Kdestroyer1,69026 October 1939sunk 23 May 1941KatoriKatorilight cruiser6,18020 April 1940sunk 18 February 1944KatsuragiUnryūaircraft carrier17,15015 October 1944Scrapped 1947Gleavesdestroyer1,63013 September 1940decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972Bdestroyer1,35020 March 1931sunk 1 June 1940Kdestroyer1,69023 August 1939sunk 23 May 1941Kdestroyer1,69027 November 1939scrapped 1949Wdestroyer1,71025 October 1943paid off January 1946Bensondestroyer1,62012 September 1942decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1966Flowercorvette92529 June 1941paid off 9 July 1945County heavy cruiser9,75025 June 1928scrapped January 1948Fijilight cruiser8,00027 September 1940scrapped 1962Kdestroyer1,6906 November 1939sunk 23 June 1940Rulerescort carrier11,40025 August 1943paid off 19 July 1946, scrapped 1975destroyer2,50023 April 1943decommissioned 1964, museum ship at Baton Rouge, LAKilkisMississippibattleship13,0001 February 1908former USS Mississippi (BB-23); sunk 23 April 1941Kdestroyer1,69021 February 1940scrapped 1949Kibitsu MaruM Type Alanding craft carrierDecember 1943King George Vbattleship35,00011 December 1940decommissioned and scrapped 1949Flowercorvette92530 December 1940Kdestroyer1,69014 September 1939constructive total loss 11 April 1942KinuNagara light cruiser5,08810 November 1922sunk 26 October 1944KinugasaAobaheavy cruiser9,00030 September 1927sunk 13 November 1942Kdestroyer1,69022 December 1939sunk 11 May 1942KirishimaKongōbattlecruiser36,60019 April 1915sunk 15 November 1942Riverfrigate1,44521 August 1944paid off 14 December 1945KirovKirov (Project 26)heavy cruiser7,88023 September 1938scrapped 1974KisoKuma light cruiser5,10029 January 192120 March 1944; sunk by USN aircraft west of CaviteBlack Swansloop1,35026 August 1943Scrapped 1980KitakamiKuma light cruiser5,10015 April 192130 November 1945; scrappedFlowercorvette92528 June 1942paid off 11 July 1945escort carrier7,80015 December 1943decommissioned 19 April 1946, scrapped 1947destroyer2,50016 September 1943Decommissioned: 4 March 1957, scrapped 1972Gleavesdestroyer1,63023 June 1942decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1967Riverfrigate1,4456 June 1944paid off 21 December 1945KölnK light cruiser6,650January 1930sunk 3 March 1945Kometauxiliary cruiser7,5002 June 1940sunk 14 October 1942KondorRaubvogeltorpedo boat1,29015 July 1927decommissioned 28 June 1944KongōKongōbattlecruiser36,60016 August 1913sunk 21 November 1944KönigsbergK light cruiser6,65017 April 1929sunk 10 April 1940, at Bergen, NorwayKormoranauxiliary cruiser19,9009 October 1940 scuttled, 19 November 1941Admiralendestroyer1,6803 September 1928sunk 27 February 1942Kountouriotisdestroyer1,3891933decommissioned 1946KrakowiakHuntdestroyer1,05028 May 1941returned to RN September 1946, scrapped March 1959.Krasnoye ZnamyaKrasnoye Znamyagunboat1,7351897Sunk on 18 November 1942, raised, decommissioned in 1960Krasny KavkazKraznyi Kavkazcruiser7,56025 January 1932Sunk as a target 1956Krasnyi KrymKrasnyi Krymcruiser6,8001 July 1928Sunk as target in 1959KujawiakHuntdestroyer1,05017 June 1941sunk 16 June 1942escort carrier10,90012 May 1945scrapped 1971KumaKuma light cruiser5,55031 August 192010 March 1944, sunk by west of PenangKumanoMogami heavy cruiser13,44031 October 1931sunk 15 November 1944Kumano MaruM Type Clanding craft carrier8,12831 March 1945scrapped 4 November 1947escort carrier7,8007 June 1944decommissioned 16 August 1946, scrapped 1961

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