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 (L) Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned FateLsubmarine1,10631 October 1924paid off May 1946Lsubmarine1,10611 October 1926sunk as target 1 November 1946Ltraining submarine1,106scrapped 1944training light cruiser6,500April 1939discarded 1974Flowercorvette92522 June 1940sunk 22 June 1940La GalissonnièreLa Galissonnièrelight cruiser7,6001 January 1936scuttled 27 November 1942Riverfrigate1,4456 December 1945paid off 16 July 1965Flowercorvette92528 April 1942paid off 28 June 1945Flowercorvette92529 July 1940La RiojaMendozadestroyer1,57023 July 192930 April 1962Flower modifiedcorvette1,01526 October 194410 July 1945 (I)Bensondestroyer1,62031 March 1942sunk 13 November 1942 (II)Sumnerdestroyer2,2008 February 1944decommissioned 1975, memorial at Charleston, SCLdestroyer1,92026 August 1941sunk 30 March 1944 by Battledestroyer2,3252 November 1945Listed as active, prior to the end of the war, in the paid off 1960, scrapped 1967Bassetminesweeper5291941–19441941–1944Ticonderogaaircraft carrier27,1003 June 1945decommissioned 2 May 1966, scrapped 1972Wickesminesweeper destroyer1,09022 August 1918scrapped 9 May 1947Special Service Ship5,119paid off March 1941Huntdestroyer1,00016 August 1941scrapped 1975Lamotte-PiquetDuguay-Trouinlight cruiser7,2495 March 1927sunk 12 January 1945Mahandestroyer1,45021 October 1936sunk in A-bomb test, 1946Riverfrigate1,4456 July 1944paid off 19 March 1965Ldestroyer1,92013 May 1941constructive loss and scrapped April 1942Benhamdestroyer1,50030 March 1939scrapped 1947Seaplane carrier11,5007 April 1913sunk 27 February 1942Independencelight aircraft carrier11,00031 August 1943decommissioned 11 February 1947, scrapped 1964Bensondestroyer1,62017 September 1940sunk 20 April 1944Gleavesdestroyer1,63029 April 1942to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1973Gleavesdestroyer1,63013 May 1942to Turkey 1949, sunk as target 1982Flowercorvette9254 June 1940to USA as Fury 17 March 1942, to UK on 22 August 1945Riverfrigate1,44529 June 1944paid off 17 December 1945Abdielminelayer2,6504 May 1941lost 25 October 1941Bensondestroyer1,62024 October 1942decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1975Huntdestroyer1,050August 1942paid off 1946, scrapped 1960Riverfrigate1,44530 August 1944paid off 24 May 1963Flowercorvette92516 May 1941Captainfrigate1,1403 November 1943sunk 8 June 1944sloop1,24527 December 19191947Towndestroyer1,32723 October 1940to Canada October 1942, to USSR 16 July 1944Leanderlight cruiser6,98523 July 1931former HMS Leander, to NZ April 1937, returned to UK May 1944, scrapped 1950Huntdestroyer1,050scrapped April 1958Towndestroyer1,12512 January 1918paid off April 1945Ldestroyer1,92019 December 1940sunk 26 March 1942LeipzigLeipzig light cruiser6,5158 October 1931scuttled 11 July 1946LeningradLeningraddestroyer2,150December 1936scrapped in 1960 Aetosdestroyer1,03019 October 1912sunk 15 May 1941LeopardRaubtier torpedo boat1,3201 June 1928sunk on 30 April 1940LéopardChacaldestroyer2,12631 August 1940sunk 27 May 1943Flowercorvette92525 June 1941paid off 23 July 1945 (I)Flowercorvette92516 May 1941sunk 19 September 1941 by (II)Riverfrigate1,44521 July 1944paid off 21 February 1946Towndestroyer1,12523 October 1940scuttled 25 May 1946 (I)Lexingtonaircraft carrier33,00014 December 1927sunk 8 May 1942 (II)Essexaircraft carrier27,10017 February 1943decommissioned 8 November 1991; museum shipLibertadriverine battleship2,33626 November 1892paid off 1947Huntdestroyer1,00028 February 1941Scrapped 1948Ldestroyer1,92028 May 1941sunk 12 March 1943Huntdestroyer1,05024 October 1942sunk 23 October 1943Flower modifiedcorvette1,01519 June 1943paid off 15 January 1948Towndestroyer1,19020 October 1940to Norway February 1942, Canada July 1942-December 1943, Soviet Union August 1944, scrapped 1952LindenwaldAshlandDock landing ship7,9305 January 1944Stricken 31 October 1969Flower modifiedcorvette1,01515 November 194318 July 1945Flowercorvette925cancelled 23 January 1941escort carrier7,8007 August 1943lost in action 24 November 1943LittorioLittoriobattleship43,8356 May 1940renamed Italia, scrapped 1948Ldestroyer1,92020 July 1941sunk 11 May 1942Gleavesdestroyer1,6307 October 1940Sold 3 March 1961 for scrappingFlowercorvette92516 July 1941April 1947Lochfrigate1,43531 July 1944paid off July 1945, transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1945, scrapped in 1965Lochfrigate1,43510 August 1944paid off June 1945, transferred to the Royal Navy in 1945, scrapped in 1965Lochfrigate1,43520 October 1944scrapped in 1977 Lochfrigate1,43517 July 1944paid off June 1945, scrapped in 1966County heavy cruiser9,85031 January 1929scrapped 1950Flower modifiedcorvette1,0155 January 194417 June 1945Long Islandescort carrier13,5002 June 1941decommissioned 26 March 1946Riverfrigate1,44518 May 1944paid off 31 December 1946Special Service Ship1,030paid off March 1941Ldestroyer1,92030 January 1942paid off 19 October 1945, scrapped February 1948Flowercorvette92525 November 1941Sold, 7 October 1946Loreleipatrol boat1,64025 April 1943former Artevelde (Belgium), later K4, scrapped 1954LorraineBretagnesuper dreadnought22,20027 July 1916Decommissioned 17 February 1953 Baltimoreheavy cruiser17,20022 July 1945scrapped 1974Lothringenminelayer1,975December 1941sold to merchant service post-warFlowercorvette92523 May 1942 (I)Flowercorvette9252 October 1941sunk on 6 February 1943 by Luftwaffe aircraft (II)Flower modifiedcorvette1,01513 December 194325 June 1945Northampton heavy cruiser9,20015 January 1931scrapped 1959Ldestroyer1,92031 October 1942constructive loss 12 October 1944, scrapped 1948LuchsRaubtiertorpedo boat1,32015 April 1929sunk 26 July 1940Bassetminesweeper5291941–19441941–1944Gleavesdestroyer1,6305 March 1941to Greece 1951, scrapped 1972Luigi CadornaCondottieri light cruiser5,31611 August 1933scrapped 1951Luigi Di Savoia Duca Degli AbruzziCondottieri light cruiser9,9521 December 1937scrapped 1972Flowercorvette9254 December 1941paid off 23 July 1945escort carrier7,80014 May 1944decommissioned 24 October 1946, scrapped 1960Lützowenlarged Admiral Hipper heavy cruiser14,680not completedsold to USSR 1940 became Petropavlovsk, then Tallinn

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