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 (X)ShipCountry or organizationClassTypeDisplacement (tons)First commissionedFateX2Archimedesubmarine1,230 19 March 1934Former Italian Galileo Galilei, captured by RN on 18 June 1940; paid off January 1946X3Xsubmarine301942paid off 1945X4Xsubmarine301942paid off 1945X5Xsubmarine301943sunk 22 September 1943X6Xsubmarine301943scuttled 22 September 1943 X7Xsubmarine301943scuttled 22 September 1943X8Xsubmarine301943scuttled 17 September 1943X9Xsubmarine301943foundered under tow 16 September 1943X10Xsubmarine301943scuttled 3 October 1943X20Xsubmarine301944paid off X21Xsubmarine301944 X22Xsubmarine301944sank in training 7 February 1944X23Xsubmarine301944paid off 1945X24Xsubmarine301944paid off 1945X25Xsubmarine301944paid off 1945Xanthusrepair ship5,8019 May 1945built as repair ship, armed and served in various capacities; decommissioned 1946XE1XEsubmarine331944paid off 1945XE2XEsubmarine331944paid off 1945XE3XEsubmarine331944paid off 1945XE4XEsubmarine331944paid off 1945XE5XEsubmarine331944paid off 1945XE6XEsubmarine331944paid off 1945XE7XEsubmarine331944paid off 1952XE8XEsubmarine331944sunk as target 1952, recovered 1973; museum shipXE9XEsubmarine331944paid off 1952XE10XEsubmarine33cancelled incomplete 1945XE11XEsubmarine331944lost 6 March 1945XE12XEsubmarine331944paid off 1952Artemisattack cargo ship4,08728 July 1945armed combat transport, decommissioned 1962XT1XTtraining submarine301944paid off 1945XT2XTtraining submarine301944paid off 1945XT3XTtraining submarine301944paid off 1945XT4XTtraining submarine301944paid off 1945XT5XTtraining submarine301944paid off 1945XT6XTtraining submarine301944paid off 1945
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