List of ships of World War II (M)

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 (M) Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned FateFarragutdestroyer1,36515 March 1935scrapped 1947Bensondestroyer1,62021 November 1942decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974Rapanamerchant aircraft carrier8,0001 April 1944transferred to merchant service post-warGleavesdestroyer1,63026 January 1942to Japan 1954, to Taiwan 1970, scrapped 1980Gleavesdestroyer1,63031 October 1942sunk 10 July 1943Bensondestroyer1,6206 August 1940decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969Bathurstcorvette1,02512 May 1942Decommissioned 1960Bassetminesweeper5291941–19441941–1944Riverfrigate1,4457 May 1944paid off 20 December 1944Mahandestroyer1,45018 September 1936sunk 7 December 1944Mdestroyer1,92028 July 1942sunk 25 February 1944El Mahrousayacht3,4171865escort carrier7,80027 April 1944decommissioned 9 August 1946, scrapped 1961escort carrier7,8009 May 1944decommissioned 19 April 1946, scrapped 1947Queen Elizabethbattleship31,0001 February 1916decommissioned 1944, scrapped 1948Flowercorvette9252 July 194011 January 1944escort carrier7,80010 July 1943decommissioned 31 July 1946, scrapped 1959Ärancoastal defence ship3,650paid off 1950Towndestroyer1,19023 October 1940paid off 22 June 1944Abdielminelayer2,65020 June 1941scrapped 1971Tribaldestroyer2,0202 January 1939sunk 12 February 1942Pegasusfighter catapult ship1932Omahalight cruiser7,0508 September 1924scrapped 1946Marcílio DiasMarcílio Diasdestroyer1,50029 November 1943Decommissioned 22 August 1972escort carrier7,80026 January 1944decommissioned 12 December 1946, scrapped 1960Flowercorvette92520 November 1940Flowercorvette92528 February 19419 December 1942Mariz e BarrosMarcilio Diasdestroyer1,50029 November 1943Decommissioned 22 August 1972Flowercorvette925cancelled 23 January 1941Mdestroyer1,9202 December 1941scrapped 1970Cannondestroyer escort1,24029 February 1944to Free French 29 February 1944, decommissioned May 1964MarseillaiseLa Galissonnierelight cruiser7,60010 October 1937scuttled 27 November 1942Marshal Neymonitor6,700scrapped in 1957Marshal Neymonitor6,700scrapped July 1946MarsuinulMarsuinulsubmarine860 submergedJuly 1943captured by the Soviet Union August 1944, scrapped after the warMdestroyer1,920sunk 10 November 1942Coloradobattleship32,60021 July 1921decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959Tribaldestroyer2,02028 March 1939sunk 28 May 1941Evartsdestroyer escort1,14020 March 1944Scrapped 1947South Dakotabattleship37,97012 May 1942Decommissioned 27 March 1947, museum shipTribaldestroyer2,02025 January 1939sunk 17 January 1941Riverfrigate1,44522 October 1943paid off 11 February 1946escort carrier7,80022 May 1944decommissioned 11 October 1946, scrapped 1960Flowercorvette9259 May 1941paid off 16 June 1945Mdestroyer1,92012 February 1942Decommissioned Apr 1946. Sold, Turkish Navy Aug 1957. Scrapped 1971Special Service Ship5,0721919paid off March 1941Fijilight cruiser8,0001 January 1941scrapped 1965Gridleydestroyer1,5905 August 1938scrapped 1946Maxim GorkyMaxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis)heavy cruiser8,20025 October 1940Decommissioned Feb. 1956MayaTakaoheavy cruiser13,35030 June 1932Sunk 23 October 1944Mayasan MaruType Alanding craft carrier11,910 December 1942sunk 17 November 1944Flowercorvette92528 November 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 31 May 1945Bensondestroyer1,62018 September 1940decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972Bensondestroyer1,50013 September 1939scuttled after A-bomb test 1948Gridleydestroyer1,59022 June 1938scrapped 1947Gleavesdestroyer1,63027 May 1942to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1973Gleavesdestroyer1,63015 March 1943decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973Porterdestroyer1,85023 December 1936scrapped 1949Bensondestroyer1,62019 December 1942decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974Bensondestroyer1,62022 June 1942decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973submarine tender14,650July 1929sunk 30 June 1942Huntdestroyer escort1,05010 October 1942paid off and scrapped 1956Fletcherdestroyer2,05024 November 1943Decommissioned 13 January 1954, scrapped 1975Omahalight cruiser7,05017 December 1925scrapped 1947Huntdestroyer escort1,00012 October 1940paid off 20 May 1946, scrapped 1972MendozaMendozadestroyer1,570Discarded 30 April 1962Riverfrigate1,44531 December 1943to Canada 7 February 1944, paid off 23 April 1945Gleavesdestroyer1,6301 March 1941sunk 15 October 1942Gleavesdestroyer1,63017 June 1942decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1969Mdestroyer1,92012 August 1942Huntdestroyer escort1,05010 December 1940scrapped 1978Clevelandlight cruiser11,80028 December 1943scrapped 1962Huntdestroyer escort1,05025 November 1942paid off 1959, scrapped 1960Michelauxiliary cruiser10,9007 September 1941sunk 17 October 1943Tribaldestroyer1,92718 September 1945built and launched during war, paid off 31 March 1964Huntdestroyer escort1,05010 January 1943scrapped February 1958Flowercorvette92517 November 1941paid off 15 July 1945Flower modifiedcorvette1,01522 December 19429 October 1945Flowercorvette9257 May 1941MikumaMogamiheavy cruiser13,44029 August 1935Sunk 6 June 1942Mdestroyer1,9356 August 1942Omahalight cruiser7,05020 June 1923; to USSR as Murmansk 20 April 1944scrapped 10 December 1949Flower modifiedcorvette1,0158 February 194418 July 1945Flowercorvette92511 May 19419 June 1942Minas GeraesMinas Geraesdreadnought19,2006 January 1910Decommissioned 20 September 1953MinegumoAsashiodestroyer1,961New Orleansheavy cruiser9,95019 May 1934Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959Rapanamerchant aircraft carrier16,000January 1944returned to merchant service post-war; renamed MarisaMisionesBuenos Airesdestroyer1,375Discarded 3 May 1971Maracaibolanding ship, tank4,19311 August 1941paid off March 1945escort carrier7,80026 May 1943decommissioned 21 February 1947, scrapped 1959New Mexicobattleship32,00025 January 1917decommissioned 1956 (for scrap)Iowabattleship45,00011 June 1944decommissioned 1992; museum shipClevelandlight cruiser11,80024 March 1943scrapped 1960Porterdestroyer1,85028 August 1936scrapped 1947MogamiMogamiheavy cruiser12,4001935Sunk 25 October 1944Tribaldestroyer2,0207 September 1938sunk 16 April 1941MolotovMaxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis)heavy cruiser8,20025 October 1940decommissioned February 1956Farragutdestroyer1,36518 April 1935foundered in typhoon 18 December 1944Flowercorvette92524 April 1942paid off 12 December 1945Flowercorvette92531 July 1941Riverfrigate1,44511 May 1944to Canada 3 August 1944, paid off 11 June 1945armed merchant cruiser4,92530 August 1940Decommissioned 18 June 1943, then landing shipGleavesdestroyer1,63014 March 1941Sunk13 November 1942Flowercorvette92529 September 1941sunk 18 November 1942 by MontcalmLa Galissonnierelight cruiser7,60015 November 1937Decommissioned 1 May 1957submarine tender21,5502 June 1942 (former AMC Montclare)scrapped October 1954Independencelight aircraft carrier11,00017 June 1943decommissioned 16 January 1956, scrapped 1971Towndestroyer1,24723 October 1940to Canada 1942, paid off 22 June 1944Clevelandlight cruiser11,8009 September 1942scrapped 1960Riverfrigate1,44512 November 1943paid off 15 October 1945Admiraltyflotilla leader1,53014 September 1918scrapped January 1946Flowercorvette92519 June 1941paid off 8 July 1945MoravaKörösriver monitor44815 April 1920scuttled 11 April 1941Flowercorvette9256 September 1941paid off 29 June 1945MorenoRivadaviadreadnought27,72026 February 1915scrapped February 1956Simsdestroyer1,5705 March 1940scrapped 1947Fletcherdestroyer2,050 tons18 December 1943Sunk by kamikazes, 4 May 1945MöweRaubvogeltorpedo boat1,2131 October 1926sunk 15 June 1944Riverfrigate1,37015 October 1944to France 15 October 1944, Decommissioned 1961Bagleydestroyer1,50016 August 1937scuttled after A-bomb test 1948Bassetminesweeper5291941–19441941–1944escort carrier7,8008 July 1944decommissioned 26 April 1946, scrapped 1960MurasameShiratsuyudestroyer1,6857 January 1937sunk 4 March 1943Bensondestroyer1,62025 July 1942decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972MusashiYamatobattleship68,2005 August 1942sunk 25 October 1944Mdestroyer1,93518 September 1942scrapped 1955Simsdestroyer1,57015 September 1939scuttled after A-bomb test 1948MutsuNagatodreadnought42,85024 October 1921sunk 8 June 1943Muzio AttendoloMontecuccolilight cruiser3,1841935lost 1942Vdestroyer1,83023 June 1944MyōkōMyōkōheavy cruiser13,3801929scuttled by Royal Navy 8 June 1946Flowercorvette92530 May 1941Mdestroyer1,9201941to Poland as Orkan 18 November 1942, sunk 8 October 1943

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