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.

+ List of ships of World War II (T)ShipCountry or organizationClassTypeDisplacement (tons)First commissionedFateT13Type 37torpedo boat1,09831 May 1941sunk in the Skagerrak by RAF bombers, 10 April 1945T14Type 37torpedo boat1,09814 June 1941to France as Dompaire 1947; struck November 1951 and scrappedT15Type 37torpedo boat1,09826 June 1941Sunk in air raid at Kiel, 13 December 1943T16Type 37torpedo boat1,09824 July 1941Damaged beyond repair 13 April 1945; scrapped September 1946T17Type 37torpedo boat1,09818 August 1941To USSR as destroyer Poryvisty 1946; struck December 1959T18Type 37torpedo boat1,09822 November 1941Sunk by Soviet rocket attack off the Åland Islands, 17 September 1944T19Type 37torpedo boat1,09818 December 1941to USA 1945; sold to Denmark 1947; scrapped 1951T20Type 37torpedo boat1,0985 June 1942to France as Baccarat 1946; struck October 1951 and scrappedT21Type 37torpedo boat1,09811 July 1942to USA 1945; scuttled in Skagerrak, 1946Taihōaircraft carrier29,3007 March 1944Sunk 19 June 1944TaiyōTaiyōescort carrier18,1162 September 1941sunk 18 August 1944escort carrier7,80015 April 1944scrapped 29 June 1960heavy cruiser13,16031 May 1932sunk 31 July 1945Takatsu Maru rowspan="2" Type Blanding craft carrier5,656January 1944sunk 10 November 1944Tamatsu MaruType Alanding craft carrier11,910 style="text-align:right;Huntdestroyer1,05019 May 1943paid off 1947; sold for scrap 1961Kumalight cruiser5,10029 January 1921sunk 20 October 1944Flowercorvette925November 1943to Greece as Tombazis November 1943; scrapped 1952Huntdestroyer1,050August 1942paid off 1946; scrapped 1964Tannenbergminelayer1,0982 September 19399 July 1941Ärancoastal defence ship3,650April 1903paid off June 1947, scrapped 1952Magdeburglight cruiser3,1841925former German Strassburg; scuttled 23 September 1943Tarmoescort and icebreaker2,3004 January 190829 May 1969; museum ship from May 1992Tribaldestroyer2,02010 March 1939Scrapped 22 February 1948Maracaibolanding ship, tank4,193December 1941paid off 1945light cruiser4,35031 May 1919Sunk 13 March 1944Wickesdestroyer1,06026 June 1919Decommissioned 17 December 1945Fletcherdestroyer2,05028 August 1942Decommissioned 31 May 1946Tdestroyer1,71013 September 1943Scrapped 7 August 1965TegualdaHsubmarine4411917scrapped 1945Riverfrigate1,44528 February 1944Torpedoed 29 March 1945, constructive total lossTdestroyer1,71030 October 1943scrapped June 1965Tennesseebattleship33,1903 June 1920Decommissioned 14 February 1947, scrapped 1959light cruiser4,35020 November 1919Sunk 18 December 1942Tdestroyer1,7108 October 1943paid off 1960, scrapped 5 November 1965Tdestroyer1,71020 January 1944scrapped 17 May 1966TeruzukiAkizukidestroyer2,70011 June 1942sunk 12 December 1942Erebusmonitor8,0006 August 1916Sunk 24 February 1941Huntdestroyer1,0502 December 1941scrapped 1956Riverfrigate1,37030 January 1943to South Africa 10 June 1945, scrapped March 1955New Yorkbattleship27,00012 March 1914Decommissioned 21 April 1948; museum shipRulerescort carrier7,80019 November 1943paid off October 1945, scrapped 1946Flowercorvette92521 October 1941paid off 24 July 1945Riverfrigate1,44524 May 1944paid off 18 November 1945ThetisTordenskjoldcoastal defence ship3,85821 March 1898ex-, captured by Germany 9 April 1940, scrapped 1948escort carrier7,80012 April 1944scrapped December 1964Gleavesdestroyer1,63010 July 1943decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1972Thonburicoastal defence ship2,26531 January 1938wrecked 17 January 1941, refitted, struck 19 June 1959auxiliary cruiser9,20015 March 1940accidentally burnt 30 November 1942Flower modifiedcorvette1,01513 November 194415 July 1945Gleavesdestroyer1,6301 April 1943decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974Flowercorvette92523 October 1941Essexaircraft carrier30,8008 May 1944decommissioned 1 September 1973, scrapped 1975TigerRaubtiertorpedo boat1,32015 January 1929wrecked in collision with the Z3 Max Schultz 25 August 1939Gleavesdestroyer1,6304 June 1942decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972Flowercorvette92510 February 1942paid off 15 July 1945Bismarckbattleship42,90025 February 1941sunk 12 November 1944Ndestroyer1,76027 May 1942Transferred to Indonesia 1 March 1951, renamed Gadja Mada. Scrapped 1961Night fighter direction vessel12,70013 August 1938post-war troop transport, sold into merchant service November 1956; ran aground off Mexico 21 November 1984armored cruiser9,70018 May 1899Sunk 9 August 1945ToneToneheavy cruiser15,20030 November 1938Sunk 14 July 1945Clevelandlight cruiser11,80023 December 1944converted to missile cruiser 1960, scrapped 1975Riverfrigate1,4456 May 1944paid off 14 April 1956Riverfrigate1,3701944to Free French 1944 as SurpriseTortugaCasa GrandeDock landing ship7,9308 June 1945scrapped 1988TourvilleDuquesneheavy cruiser10,0001 December 1928condemned 1962Rulerescort carrier14,40031 January 1943paid off 2 November 1946, scrapped 1964Battledestroyer2,32523 July 1945paid off 1963, scrapped 1970Flowercorvette92530 April 1941paid off 17 July 1945armed merchant cruiser16,9235 October 1939sunk 10 August 1940Lochfrigate1,43521 May 1945Decommissioned 14 August 1964, and sunk as artificial reefBassetminesweeper5291941–19441941–1944TrentoTrentoheavy cruiser10,5111929sunk 14 June 1942Flower modifiedcorvette1,0151 December 1943sunk 22 February 1945 by Omahalight cruiser7,05019 April 1924scrapped 1946TriesteTrentoheavy cruiser10,5111928sunk 1943Flowercorvette92531 October 1940paid off 27 June 1945Fijilight cruiser8,00014 October 1941sunk 15 May 1942escort carrier7,80031 October 1943scrapped 1960Benhamdestroyer1,5001 November 1939scuttled after A-bomb test 1948Tromplight cruiser/flotilla leader3,45518 August 1938decommissioned 1955Tdestroyer1,7108 March 1943paid off 27 March 1969, scrapped 1970Rulerescort carrier7,80031 January 1944paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1973Rulerescort carrier7,8004 August 1943paid off 19 June 1946, scrapped 1971Mahandestroyer1,45023 July 1936sunk 4 August 1942TucumanMendozadestroyer1,5703 May 1929Discarded 30 April 1962Atlantalight cruiser6,0003 February 1945scrapped 1971escort carrier7,80021 December 1943decommissioned 30 April 1946Flowercorvette92518 November 1940sold 1947 as whaling ship; laid up 1962; scrapped 1965Tdestroyer1,7102 April 1943Scrapped 25 October 1965Gleavesdestroyer1,63015 April 1943exploded 3 January 1944New Orleansheavy cruiser9,95017 August 1934Decommissioned 13 February 1946, scrapped 1959Tdestroyer1,71011 March 1943Scrapped 26 May 1966TsingtauSupply escort and Schnellboot tender2,49024 September 1934February 1950Tung ChiFu Angunship1,9001895Sunk 11 August 1937TunisienCannondestroyer escort1,24011 February 1944Decommissioned May 1964corvette1,01017 April 1944former ; sunk 12 December 1944Huntdestroyer1,0502 December 1940sunk 12 December 1943Tdestroyer1,7108 April 1943scrapped 9 March 1965

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