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List of ship classes of World War II

The List of ship classes of World War II is an alphabetical list of all ship classes that served in World War II. Only actual classes are included as opposed to unique ships (which are still included if they were the only one of a class to be built, for example, HMS Hood was the first of the four planned Admiral-class battlecruisers, but the other three were cancelled).[1][2][3][4]

The list of ships of World War II 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 World War II, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.

Ship classes of World War II edit

List of ship classes of World War II
Class Type Country Launch Year(s) Displacement (tons) Number built (wartime/total)
250t Torpedo boat/gunboat   Romanian Naval Forces 1914 266 3
Type 1934 Destroyer   Kriegsmarine 1935 3,156 4
Type 1934A Destroyer 1935–1937 3,110 12
Type 1936 Destroyer 1937–1938 3,415 6
Type 1936A Mob Destroyer 1941–1942 3,415 7
Type 1936A Narvik Destroyer 1939–1940 3,605 8
Type 1936B Destroyer 1942–1944 3,415 3
A Destroyer   Royal Navy 1929–1930 1,350 11
A Submarine   Royal Norwegian Navy 1914 268 3
Abdiel (a.k.a. Manxman) Minelayer   Royal Navy 1940–1944 2,650 6
Acciaio Submarine   Regia Marina 1941 697 13
Acre Destroyer   Brazilian Navy 1943–1946 1,340 6
Admiral Hipper Heavy cruiser   Kriegsmarine 1937–1939 14,000 3
Admiralty (a.k.a. Scott) Destroyer flotilla leader   Royal Navy 1918–1919 1,610–1,810 6 / 8
Adua Submarine   Regia Marina 1936 697 17
Ægir Submarine   Royal Danish Navy 1915 237 5
Aetos Destroyer   Hellenic Navy 1911 1,050 4
Agano Light cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1941–1944 6,650 4
Ahven Minesweeper   Finnish Navy 1937 17 6
Aigle Destroyer   French Navy 1930–1931 2,441 6
Akagi Maru Armed merchant cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1941 7,389 3
Akatsuki Destroyer 1931–1932 1,680 4
Akizuki Destroyer 1941–1944 2,700 12
Alaska Large cruiser   United States Navy 1943–1950 34,253 2
Algerien Destroyer   French Navy 1943–1944 1,300 6
Algerine Minesweeper   Royal Navy 1942–1944 864–1,047 109
Allen M. Sumner Destroyer   United States Navy 1943–1944 2,200 58
Amiral Murgescu[clarification needed] Minelayer   Romanian Naval Forces 1939–1944 1,068 2
Amphion (a.k.a. A or Acheron) Submarine   Royal Navy 1944–1945 1,620 2 / 18
Andrea Doria Battleship   Regia Marina 1913 29,345 (WW2 after modification) 2
Andromeda Attack cargo ship   United States Navy 1943–1945 6,761 30
Aoba Heavy cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1926 7100 2
Aquila (a.k.a. Vifor) Scout cruiser   Romanian Naval Forces 1917–1918 1,594 2
Archimede Submarine   Regia Marina 1936 985 2
Arethusa Light cruiser   Royal Navy 1934–1936 5,250 4
Argo Submarine   Regia Marina 1936 810 2
Argonauta Submarine 1932 667 10
Asama Cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1898 9,700 2
Asashio Destroyer 1936–1937 1,961 10
Atlanta Light cruiser   United States Navy 1941–1946 6,000 8
Avenger Escort carrier   Royal Navy 1940–1941 8,300 3
B Destroyer   Brazilian Navy 1930 1,360 9
B Destroyer   Royal Navy 1943 1,253 9
B Submarine   Royal Norwegian Navy 1923–1929 365 6
Bagley Destroyer   United States Navy 1936–1937 1,646 8
Bahia Scout cruiser   Brazilian Navy 1910 3,100 2
Balao Submarine   United States Navy 1943–1946 2,429 120
Balilla Submarine   Regia Marina 1928 1,484 4
Baltimore Heavy cruiser   United States Navy 1942–1951 14,472 14
Bandiera Submarine   Regia Marina 1930 937 4
Bangkok Maru Armed merchant cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1937 5,351 2
Bangor Minesweeper   Royal Navy 1940–1944 600 128
Barnegat Seaplane tender   United States Navy 1941–1943 2,600 35
Bathurst Corvette   Royal Australian Navy 1940–1942 1,025 60
Battle Destroyer   Royal Navy 1943–1945 2,315–2,574 26
Benham Destroyer   United States Navy 1938–1939 1,637 10
Benson Destroyer 1939–1941 1,620 30
Beograd Destroyer   Royal Yugoslav Navy 1939 1,210 3
Bird Minesweeper   Royal Navy 1938–1940 607 45
Bismarck Battleship   Kriegsmarine 1940 50,300 2
Black Swan Sloop   Royal Navy 1939–1945 1,250 37
Bogue Escort carrier   United States Navy 1941–1944 16,890 11 (+34 to UK as Attacker and Ruler)
Bogue (a.k.a. Attacker) Escort carrier   Royal Navy 1941–1943 16,890 9
Bogue (a.k.a. Ruler) Escort carrier 1942–1944 16,890 25
Bourrasque Destroyer   French Navy 1924–1925 1,298 12
Bragadin Submarine   Regia Marina 1931 982 2
Bretagne Battleship   French Navy 1913 22,200 3
Brin Submarine   Regia Marina 1938–1939 1,016 5
Bristol Destroyer   United States Navy 1941–1943 1,839 64
Brooklyn Light cruiser 1936–1938 9,767 9
Buckley Destroyer escort 1943–1944 1,740 102 (+46 to UK as Captain)
Buckley (Charles Lawrence) High speed transport 1943–1944 1,740 6 (+37 converted from commissioned Buckleys)
C Submarine   Royal Danish Navy 369 3
C Destroyer   Royal Navy 1931–1932 1,397 5
C (1943) Destroyer 1943–1946 1,740 32
C (Caledon) Light cruiser 1916–1917 4,180 3 / 4
C (Carlisle) Light cruiser 1916–1918 4,200 5
C (Caroline) Light cruiser 1914–1915 4,180 1 / 6
C (Ceres) Light cruiser 1917–1918 4,290 5
Cachalot Submarine   United States Navy 1933 1,100 2
Calvi Submarine   Regia Marina 1935 1,550 3
Cannon Destroyer escort   United States Navy 1943–1944 1,525 72
Capitani Romani Light cruiser   Regia Marina 1940–1942 3,686 3
Captain Frigate   Royal Navy 1942–1943 1,500 78
Casablanca Escort carrier   United States Navy 1943–1945 7,800 50
Castle Corvette   Royal Navy 1943–1944 1,060 44
Chacal (a.k.a. Jaguar) Destroyer   French Navy 1924 2,126 6
Chang Ning Patrol boat   Republic of China Navy 400 10
Charger Escort carrier   United States Navy 1940–1941 8,000 1 (+3 to UK as Avenger)
Chiwawa Fleet oiler 1942 21,077 5
Chitose Light aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1936-1937 11,190 2
Chidori Torpedo boat   Imperial Japanese Navy 1933 535 4
Cimarron Fleet oiler   United States Navy 1939–1945 24,830 35
Clemson Destroyer 1918–1921 1,190 156
Cleveland Light cruiser 1941–1946 11,744 27
Colony Frigate   Royal Navy 1943–1945 1,400 21
Colorado Battleship   United States Navy 1920–1921 32,600 3
Colossus Light aircraft carrier   Royal Navy 1943–1944 13,200 10
Commencement Bay Escort carrier   United States Navy 1944–1945 10,900 11 / 19
Condottieri (Alberto di Giussano) Light cruiser   Regia Marina 1930 6,470 4
Condottieri (Cadorna) Light cruiser 1931–1932 5,239 2
Condottieri (Montecuccoli) Light cruiser 1934 7,404 2
Condottieri (Duca d'Aosta) Light cruiser 1934–1935 8,400 2
Condottieri (Duca degli Abruzzi) Light cruiser 1936 11,350 2
Conte di Cavour Battleship 1911 23,600 2
County (Kent) Heavy cruiser   Royal Navy 1926–1927 9,850–10,900 7
County (London) Heavy cruiser 1927–1928 9,850 4
County (Norfolk) Heavy cruiser 1928–1929 9,925–9,975 2
Courbet Battleship   French Navy 1911–1912 23,200 2
Crown Colony (Ceylon) Light cruiser   Royal Navy 1941–1942 8,712 3
Crown Colony (Fiji) Light cruiser 1939–1941 8,530 8
Currituck Seaplane tender   United States Navy 1943–1944 14,000 4
Curtatone Torpedo boat   Regia Marina 1923–1924 967 4
Curtiss Seaplane tender   United States Navy 1940 13,000 2
D Submarine   Royal Danish Navy 369 2
D Destroyer   Royal Navy 1931–1932 1,397 9
Danae Light cruiser 1917–1919 4,850 8
Dardo Destroyer   Regia Marina 1930 2,116 19
Deutschland Pre-dreadnought   Kriegsmarine 1906 12,100 2
Deutschland Heavy cruiser 1931–1934 12,100 3
Dido Light cruiser   Royal Navy 1939–1941 5,600 11
Dido (Bellona) Light cruiser 1942 5,950 5
Dixie Destroyer tender   United States Navy 1939–1943 9,450 5
Dragen Destroyer   Royal Danish Navy 1929–1934 290 9
Draug Destroyer   Royal Norwegian Navy 1910–1913 (approx) 578 3
Drazki Torpedo boat   Bulgarian Navy 1907–1908 97 6
Duguay-Trouin Light cruiser   French Navy 1923–1924 7,250 3
Dunkerque Battleship 1935–1936 35,500 2
Duquesne Heavy cruiser 1925–1926 12,435 2
E Destroyer   Royal Navy 1934 1,428 18
Edsall Destroyer escort   United States Navy 1943–1944 1,253 85
Eidsvold Coastal battleship   Royal Norwegian Navy 1899 4,233 2
Elbing Torpedo boat   Kriegsmarine 1941–1944 1,295 15
Emerald Light cruiser   Royal Navy 1919–1920 7,580 2
Erebus Monitor 1916 7,200 2
Essex Aircraft carrier   United States Navy 1942–1945 31,300 24
Evarts Destroyer escort 1942–1944 1,360 65 (+32 to UK as Captain)
F Destroyer   Royal Navy 1934 1,428 18
Fargo Light cruiser   United States Navy 1945–1946 11,744 2
Farragut Destroyer 1934–1935 1,395 8
Fletcher Destroyer 1941–1944 2,325 175
Florida Battleship 1910–1911 21,825 2
Flower Corvette
1939–1944 940 225
Flower (Modified) Corvette 1939–1944 1,015 69
Foca Submarine   Regia Marina 1937 1,333 3
Folgore Destroyer 1931 1,830 4
Fubuki Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1927–1931 1,750 20
Furutaka Heavy cruiser 1925 7,100 2
Fusō Battleship 1914–1915 35,300 2
G Destroyer   Royal Navy 1935 1,340–1,350 9
Gabbiano Corvette   Regia Marina 1942 672 40
Gangut Battleship   Soviet Navy 1911 25,850 4
Gato Submarine   United States Navy 1941–1943 1,825 77
Gearing Destroyer 1945–1951 2,616 98
Generali Torpedo boat   Regia Marina 1921 832 6
Gerard Callenburgh Destroyer   Royal Netherlands Navy 1939–1940 1,604 4
Glauco Submarine   Regia Marina 1935 1,035 2
Gleaves Destroyer   United States Navy 1939–1941 1,630 66
Glorious Aircraft carrier   Royal Navy 1916 26,500 2
Gridley Destroyer   United States Navy 1936–1938 1,590 4
Grom Destroyer   Polish Navy 1936 2,144 2
Guépard Destroyer   French Navy 1928–1930 2,436 6
H Destroyer   Royal Navy 1936–1939 1,340–1,350 15
Ha-101 Transport submarine   Imperial Japanese Navy 1944–1945 501 10
Ha-201 Submarine   Imperial Japanese Navy 1945 440 10
Halcyon Minesweeper   Royal Navy 1938–1939 1,330 21
Hamul Destroyer tender   United States Navy 1940 8,560–18,900 2
Hatsuharu Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1932–1934 1,490 6
Havmanden Submarine   Royal Danish Navy 1938–1940 407 4
Hawkins Heavy cruiser   Royal Navy 1917–1921 9,860 5
Hiyō Aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1941 24,140 2
Hunt Destroyer escort   Royal Navy 1939–1943 1,000–1,170 86
Hōkoku Maru Ocean liner   Imperial Japanese Navy 1940–1942 17,000 3
I Destroyer   Royal Navy 1936–1941 1,390 11
I-201 Submarine   Imperial Japanese Navy 1945 1,290-1503 3
I-351-class submarine Submarine 1943-1945 3,512-4,390 1-2
I-400-class submarine Submarine aircraft carrier 1944 6,560 3
Illustrious Aircraft carrier   Royal Navy 1939–1940 23,000 6
Implacable Aircraft carrier 1939 23,000 2
Independence Aircraft carrier   United States Navy 1942–1943 11,000 9
Iowa Battleship 1942–1950 53,000 4
Ise Battleship   Imperial Japanese Navy 1916–1917 31,762 2
Isles Naval trawler   Royal Navy 1940–1944 554 145
Isles (Dance) Naval trawler 1940 554 20
Isles (Shakespearian) Naval trawler 1940 554 12
Isles (Tree) Naval trawler 1939–1940 545 20
Izumo Armoured cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1898 9,750 2
J Destroyer   Royal Navy 1938–1939 1,690 9
Java Light cruiser   Royal Netherlands Navy 1920–1921 6,670 2
John C. Butler Destroyer escort   United States Navy 1943–1946 1,350 83
K Destroyer   Royal Navy 1938–1939 1,690 8
Kagerō Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1938–1941 2,033 19
Kamikawa Maru Seaplane tender 1936–1940 6,863 4
Kamikaze Destroyer 1922–1925 1,400 9
Kashii Maru Seaplane tender 1934–1941 8,600 3
Katori Light cruiser 1939–1940 6,280 3
Kennebec Fleet oiler   United States Navy 1941–1942 21,077–21,750 11
Kenneth Whiting Seaplane tender 1943–1944 12,600 4
King George V Battleship   Royal Navy 1939–1940 42,923 5
Kirov Heavy cruiser   Soviet Navy 1938–1940 7,890 2
Kirov (Project 26-bis) Heavy cruiser 1938–1944 8,177 2
Kirov (Project 26-bis2) Heavy cruiser 1938–1944 8,400 2
Kountouriotis Destroyer   Hellenic Navy 1931–1932 1,389 4
Kongō Battleship   Imperial Japanese Navy 1912–1913 31,720 4
Kongō Maru Armed merchant cruiser 1934 8,613 2
Königsberg Light cruiser   Kriegsmarine 1927–1928 6,650 3
Kuha Minesweeper   Finnish Navy 1941–1946 18 6
Kuma Light cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1919–1920 5,019 5
Kyzikos Torpedo boat   Hellenic Navy 1914–1915 270 3
L Destroyer   Royal Navy 1939–1941 1,920 8
L Submarine 1916–1919 1,091–1,168 27
L'Adroit Destroyer   French Navy 1926–1929 1,356 14
La Galissonnière Light cruiser 1933–1936 7,600 6
La Masa Torpedo boat   Regia Marina 1917 840 8
Le Fantasque Destroyer (or light cruiser)   French Navy 1933–1934 2,570 6
Le Hardi Destroyer 1938–1947 1,772 11
Leander Light cruiser   Royal Navy 1931–1934 7,270 5
Leander (Amphion) Light cruiser 1931–1934 6,830 3
Leipzig Light cruiser   Kriegsmarine 1929–1934 6,515–6,980 2
Leone Destroyer   Regia Marina 1924 2,003 3
Lexington Aircraft carrier   United States Navy 1925 37,000 2
Littorio Battleship   Regia Marina 1937–1940 45,236 3
Liuzzi Submarine 1939–1940 1,166 2
Long Island Escort carrier   United States Navy 1939 13,500 1 (+1 to UK as HMS Archer)
M Destroyer   Royal Navy 1941–1942 1,920 8
MAC Merchant aircraft carrier   Royal Navy (para-military) 1942–1945 7,950–9,133 10
MAC (Rapana) Merchant aircraft carrier 1942–1945 8,010 9
Mackerel Submarine   United States Navy 1940–1941 825 2
Maestrale Destroyer   Regia Marina 1934 2,025 4
Mahan Destroyer   United States Navy 1935–1936 1,488 18
Mameli Submarine   Regia Marina 1929 880 4
Marcello Submarine 1939 1,060 11
Marcilio Dias (also M) Destroyer   Brazilian Navy 1940–1941 1,500 3
Marconi Submarine   Regia Marina 1940 1,195 6
Matsu Destroyer escort   Imperial Japanese Navy 1944 1,262 18
Micca Submarine   Regia Marina 1935 1,570 1
Minekaze Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1919–1922 1,345 13
Minotaur Light cruiser   Royal Navy 1943–1945 8,800 6
Mirabello Destroyer   Regia Marina 1915–1916 1,811 2
Mississippi Battleship   Hellenic Navy 1905 13,000 2
Mogador Destroyer (or light cruiser)   French Navy 1936–1937 2,884 2
Mogami Heavy cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1934–1936 8,500 4
Momi Destroyer 1918–1923 770 21
Momo Destroyer 1917–1918 835 4
Mutsuki Destroyer 1925–1927 1,315 12
Myōkō Heavy cruiser 1927–1928 10,000 4
N Destroyer   Royal Navy 1940–1941 1,690 8
Nagara Light cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1920–1921 5,088 6
Nagato Battleship 1919–1920 39,130 2
Najaden Torpedo boat   Royal Danish Navy 1943 782 2
Narwhal Submarine   United States Navy 1928–1930 3,900 2
Navigatori Destroyer   Regia Marina 1929–1931 2,380 12
Nelson Battleship   Royal Navy 1925 41,250 2
Nevada Battleship   United States Navy 1914 29,000 2
New Mexico Battleship 1917 33,000 3
New Orleans (ex-Astoria) Heavy cruiser 1933–1936 10,136 7
New York Battleship 1912 27,000 2
North Carolina Battleship 1940 47,400 2
Northampton Heavy cruiser 1929–1930 9,006 6
O Destroyer   Royal Navy 1939–1942 1,610 8
Odin Submarine 1926–1929 1,922–2,060 12
Odin Destroyer   Royal Norwegian Navy 1939 632 3
Omaha Light cruiser   United States Navy 1920–1924 7,050 10
Oruç Reis Submarine   Royal Navy 1940 856 4
Orzeł Submarine   Polish Navy 1938 1,100 2
Ōtori Torpedo boat   Imperial Japanese Navy 1935–1937 840 8
P Destroyer   Royal Navy 1939–1942 1,610 8
Palestro Torpedo boat   Regia Marina 1921 1,033 4
Parthian Submarine   Royal Navy 1929 2,070 6
Pegaso Torpedo boat   Regia Marina 1938 840 4
Pennsylvania Battleship   United States Navy 1915 33,000 2
Pensacola Heavy cruiser 1929 9,100 2
Perla Submarine   Regia Marina 1936 697 10
Pichincha Coast guard vessel   Colombian National Navy 120 3
Pilo Torpedo boat   Regia Marina 1915 770 7
Pisani Submarine 1930 880 4
Poeti Destroyer 1937 2,320 4
Porpoise Submarine   United States Navy 1935–1937 1,310 10
Porter Destroyer 1936–1937 1,834 8
Portland Heavy cruiser 1931–1932 10,258 2
Proussa Torpedo boat   Hellenic Navy 1915–1916 266 2
Q Destroyer   Royal Navy 1941–1942 1,705 8
Queen Elizabeth Battleship 1913–1915 33,790 (as built) 5
R Destroyer 1941–1942 1,705 8
R Submarine   United States Navy 1918–1919 570 27
R (Admiralty) Destroyer   Royal Navy 1916–1917 940–1,052 1 / 62
Rainbow Submarine 1930 2,000 6
Regele Ferdinand Destroyer   Romanian Naval Forces 1928–1929 1,400 2
Renown Battlecruiser   Royal Navy 1916 32,000 2
Revenge Battleship 1914–1916 28,000 5
Richelieu Battleship   French Navy 1939–1940 47,548 2
River (RAN Group I) Frigate   Royal Australian Navy 1943–1945 1,420 8
River (RAN Group II) Frigate 1944–1945 1,537 4
River (RCN Group) Frigate   Royal Canadian Navy 1941–1944 1,445 70
River (RN Group I) Frigate   Royal Navy 1941–1944 1,370 23
River (RN Group II) Frigate 1941–1944 1,400 44
Ro-100 Submarine   Imperial Japanese Navy 1941–1943 782 18
Robert H. Smith Destroyer minelayer   United States Navy 1944 2,200 12
Rudderow Destroyer escort   United States Navy 1943-1944 1,430 22 (-1 conversion)
Rudderow (Crosley) High speed transport   United States Navy 1943-1944 1,400 50 (+1 conversion)
S Submarine   Royal Navy 1931–1945 950 63
S Submarine   United States Navy 1918–1925 900 48
S Destroyer   Royal Navy 1942–1943 1,710 8
S (Admiralty) Destroyer 1917–1918 1,092 11 / 55
S (Thornycroft) Destroyer 1917–1918 1,092 5
S (Yarrow) Destroyer 1917–1918 1,092 7
Salmon Submarine   United States Navy 1937–1938 1,430 6
Sangamon Escort carrier 1939 11,400 4
Sargo Submarine 1938–1939 1,450 10
Sauro Destroyer   Regia Marina 1926–1927 1,137 4
Scharnhorst Battleship   Kriegsmarine 1936 38,700 2
Sella Destroyer   Regia Marina 1927 1,480 2
Sendai Light cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1923–1925 5,113 3
Serrano Destroyer   Chilean Navy 1928 1,090 6
Shiratsuyu Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1935–1937 1,685 10
Shōkaku Aircraft carrier 1938-1941 32,100 2
Sims Destroyer   United States Navy 1938–1939 1,764 12
Sirena Submarine   Regia Marina 1934 678 12
Sirtori Torpedo boat 1917 845 4
Sleipner Destroyer   Royal Norwegian Navy 1936–1938 597 3
Søbjørnen Minesweeper   Royal Danish Navy 270 6
Soldati Destroyer   Regia Marina 1937–1942 1,620 19
Somers Destroyer   United States Navy 1937–1938 2,047 5
South Dakota Battleship 1941–1942 44,519 4
Spica Torpedo boat   Regia Marina 1936–1938 640 30
Squalo Submarine 1930 933 4
St. Louis Light cruiser   United States Navy 1939 10,000 2
Suffren Heavy cruiser   French Navy 1927–1930 9,940 4
T Destroyer   Royal Navy 1942–1943 1,710 8
T2 Auxiliary oil tanker   United States Navy 1939–1945 21,100–22,445 533
Tachibana Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1919–1922 1,289 14
Tacoma Frigate   United States Navy 1943–1945 1,400 96
Taiyō Escort carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1939–1940 20,000 3
Takao Heavy cruiser 1930–1931 9,850 4
Tambor Submarine   United States Navy 1939–1941 1,475 12
Tench Submarine 1944–1951 1,826 31
Tennessee Battleship 1919 33,000 2
Thornycroft Destroyer flotilla leader   Royal Navy 1918–1919 1,480 3 / 5
Tone Heavy cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1937–1938 11,215 2
Tordenskjold Coastal defence ship   Royal Norwegian Navy 1897–1898 3,852 2
Town Destroyer   Royal Navy 1917–1919 1,020–1,190 50
Town (Southampton) Light cruiser 1936 9,100 5
Town (Gloucester) Light cruiser 1937 9,400 3
Town (Edinburgh) Light cruiser 1938 10,400 2
Trad Torpedo boat   Royal Thai Navy 1935–1937 262 9
Treasury High endurance cutter   United States Coast Guard 1936–1937 2,700 7
Trento Heavy cruiser   Regia Marina 1926–1932 10,511–10,890 3
Tribal Destroyer   Royal Navy 1937–1946 1,854–1,927 27
Tromp Light cruiser   Royal Netherlands Navy 1937–1939 3,450 2
Trygg Torpedo boat   Royal Norwegian Navy 1919–1921 220 3
Turbine Destroyer   Regia Marina 1927–1928 1,090 8
Type 23 Torpedo boat   Kriegsmarine 1926 923 6
Type 24 Torpedo boat 1926–1927 923 6
Type 35 Torpedo boat 1937–1939 844 12
Type 37 Torpedo boat 1938–1940 888 9
Type 39 Torpedo boat 1940–1944 1,754 15
Type 40 Torpedo boat 1944 2,566 7 (4 launched, but not completed)
Type 41 Torpedo boat 1944 2,155 14 (3 launched, but not completed)
Type C1 ship Auxiliary cargo ship   United States Navy 1942–1945 6,240–8,015 408
Type C2 ship Auxiliary cargo ship 1944–1945 13,910 173
Type C3 ship Auxiliary cargo ship 1940–1947 12,000 465
Type C4 ship Auxiliary cargo ship 1940–1947 11,757–12,420 75
Type I Submarine   Kriegsmarine 1936 892 2
Type II Submarine 1939–1940 300 50
Type VII Submarine 1935–1944 626–1,084 743
Type IX Submarine 1937–1944 1,032–1,616 193
Type X Submarine 1941–1943 1,763–2,177 8
Type XIV Submarine 1940–1943 1,688–1,932 10
Type XVII Submarine 1942–1945 277–415 7
Type XXI Submarine 1944–1945 1,621–1,819 118
Type XXIII Submarine 1944–1945 234–258 61
U Destroyer   Royal Navy 1942–1943 1,777–1,808 8
Unryū Aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1943–1944 22,534 3
V Destroyer   Royal Navy 1942–1943 1,777–1,808 8
V (Admiralty) Destroyer 1917–1918 1,100 17 / 23
V (Admiralty leader) Destroyer flotilla leader 1917 1,207 3 / 5
V (Thornycroft) Destroyer 1917–1918 1,120 2
V7 River gunboat   Romanian Naval Forces 1943 2
Väinämöinen Coastal defence ship   Finnish Navy 1931–1932 3,900 2
Van Galen Destroyer   Royal Netherlands Navy 1927–1928 1,316 4
Van Ghent Destroyer 1926–1927 1,316 4
Vasilefs Georgios Destroyer   Hellenic Navy 1938 1,350 2
Vauquelin Destroyer   French Navy 1931–1932 2,441 6
Vedenia Motor torpedo boat   Romanian Naval Forces 1943–1944 30 6
Veinticinco de Mayo Heavy cruiser   Argentine Navy 1928–1929 6,800 2
W Destroyer   Royal Navy 1943–1944 1,710 8
W (Admiralty) Destroyer 1917–1918 1,100–1,140 32 / 33
W (Thornycroft) Destroyer 1917–1918 1,120–1,140 4
Wakatake Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1922–1923 900 6
Wicher Destroyer   Polish Navy 1928–1929 1,540 2
Wickes Destroyer   United States Navy 1917–1919 1,090 33
Wyoming Battleship 1911 27,000 2
X Submarine   Royal Navy 1943–1945 30 14
XE Submarine 1943–1945 33 12
XT Training submarine 1943–1945 30 6
Yamato Battleship   Imperial Japanese Navy 1940 73,000 2
YMS-1-class minesweeper Minesweeper   United States Navy 1942 270 481
York Heavy cruiser   Royal Navy 1928–1929 8,300 2
Yorktown Aircraft carrier   United States Navy 1936–1940 23,000 3
Yūgumo Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1941–1944 2,077 19
Z Destroyer   Royal Navy 1943–1944 1,710 8
Wilk Submarine   Polish Navy 1929–1955 1,250 3
Zara Heavy cruiser   Regia Marina 1930–1931 11,680 4
Zuihō Light aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1936-1942 11,443 2

Single-ship "classes" edit

List of single-ship classes of World War II
Class Type Country Launch Year Displacement (tons)
Akagi Aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1925 36,500
Algérie Heavy cruiser   French Navy 1932 10,000
Argonaut Submarine   United States Navy 1927 4,161
Ark Royal Aircraft carrier   Royal Navy 1937 22,000
Aquila Aircraft carrier   Regia Marina N/A 23,500
Béarn Aircraft carrier   French Navy 1920 22,146
Dristigheten Seaplane carrier   Swedish Navy 1927 3,445
Ettore Fieramosca Submarine   Regia Marina 1930 1,556
Graf Zeppelin Aircraft carrier   Kriegsmarine N/A 33,550
Hiryū Aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1937 17,300
Hood Battlecruiser   Royal Navy 1918 45,470
Hōshō Aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1921 7,470
Kaga Aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1921 38,200
Nisshin Seaplane tender   Imperial Japanese Navy 1939 11,317
Ōyodo Light cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1942 8,164
Ranger Aircraft carrier   United States Navy 1933 17,577
Ryūhō Light aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1942 16,700
Ryūjō Light aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1931 8,000
Settembrini Submarine   Regia Marina 1932 953
Shimakaze Destroyer   Imperial Japanese Navy 1942 2,570
Shinano Aircraft carrier 1944 65,800
Sōryū Aircraft carrier 1935 16,200
Surcouf Cruiser submarine   French Navy 1929 3,250-4,304
Taihō Aircraft carrier   Imperial Japanese Navy 1943 30,250
Wasp Aircraft carrier   United States Navy 1939 19,000
Wichita Heavy cruiser   United States Navy 1935 10,589
Yūbari Light cruiser   Imperial Japanese Navy 1923 2,890

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References edit

  1. ^ "Hulls Listed by Name". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.
  2. ^ "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  3. ^ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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