The List of ships of World War II is an alphabetical list of major military ships of World War II. Only warships with a displacement of 1,000 tons or greater are listed. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Ships known by a hull or reference number, such as German u-boats, are not listed individually, although their existence is recorded.

This list does not include all ships used for military purposes, e.g.; oilers, troopships, landing craft, etc., partly for space reasons and partly since this is a list of fighting ships. In general, entries are restricted to ships that were commissioned before or during the war. Thus, some of the Alaska class battlecruisers and Colossus class aircraft carriers are excluded. As an exception, however, some uncompleted Axis ships are included, for interest's sake.

For ship classes, see the list of World War II ship classes.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Ship	Country	Class and type	Displacement (tons)	First commissioned	Fate
Abdiel	UK	Abdiel class minelayer	2,650	15 April 1941	sunk 10 Sep 1943
Abercrombie	UK	Roberts class monitor	8,536	5 May 1943	Scrapped 1954
Abukuma	Japan	Nagara class light cruiser	5,088	26 May 1925	sunk 26 Oct 1944
Acasta	UK	A class destroyer	1,350	11 Feb 1930	sunk 8 June 1940
Achates	UK	A class destroyer	1,350	27 Mar 1930	sunk 31 Dec 1942
Acheron	UK	A class destroyer	1,350	13 Oct 1931	sunk 17 Dec 1940
Achilles	UK/  New Zealand	Leander class light cruiser	7,270	6 Oct 1933	sold to India 1948
Active	UK	A class destroyer	1,350	9 Feb 1930	scrapped 1947
Activity	UK	Escort aircraft carrier	11,800	15 Oct 1942	Returned to merchant service April 1946, renamed Breconshire
Admiral Graf Spee	Germany	Deutschland class cruiser	12,103	6 Jan 1936	scuttled 17 Dec 1939
Adelaide	Australia	Birmingham class light cruiser	5,550	5 Aug 1922	scrapped 1949
Admiral Hipper	Germany	Admiral Hipper class cruiser	14,000	25 Apr 1939	Scuttled 2 May 1945
Admiral Scheer	Germany	Deutschland class cruiser	12,100	12 Nov 1934	sunk 9 April 1945
Adrias	Greece	Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer	1,050	5 Aug 1942	mined 22 Oct 1943, declared a constructive total loss, scrapped 1945
Aetos	Greece	Wild Beast class destroyer	1,030	19 Oct 1912	Decommissioned 1946
Afridi	UK	Tribal class class destroyer	2,020	3 May 1938	Sunk 3 May 1940
Agano	Japan	Agano class light cruiser	6650	31 Oct 1942	Sunk 15 Feb 1944
Ajax	UK	Leander class light cruiser	7,220	3 June 1935	Scrapped 1949
Akagi	Japan	Amagi class battlecruiser converted to aircraft carrier	36,500	27 Mar 1927	sunk 5 June 1942
Alabama	USA	South Dakota class battleship	35,000	16 Aug 1942	Decommissioned 9 Jan 1947, currently Museum ship since 1964
Alaska	USA	Alaska class cruiser/ battlecruiser	27,500	17 June 1944	Scrapped 1960
Albatross	UK	seaplane carrier and repair ship	6,350	29 Sep 1938 (ex Australia)	Torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954
Albatros	Germany	1923 Raubvogel class torpedo boat	1,290	5 May 1927	beached 10 Apr 1940
Alberico da Barbiano	Italy	Giussano class light cruiser	5,200	1931	Sunk 13 Dec 1941
Alberto di Giussano	Italy	Giussano class light cruiser	5,200	1 Jan 1931	sunk 13 Dec 1941
Alcantara	UK	Armed merchant cruiser	22,181	1927	scrapped 1958
Aldea	Chile	Serrano class destroyer	1,090	1929	Discarded 1957
Alden	USA	Clemson class destroyer	1,250	24 Nov 1919	Scrapped 30 Nov 1945
Algérie	France	Algérie class heavy cruiser	10,000	15 Sep 1934	scuttled 27 Nov 1942
Algérien	Free French	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	23 Jan 1944 (former USS Cronin)	scrapped Nov 1965
Almirante Brown	Argentina	Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser	6,800	11 July 1931	scrapped 1962
Almirante Condell	Chile	Almirante Lynch class destroyer	1,430	Jan 1914	decommissioned 1945
Almirante Latorre	Chile	Iron Duke class battleship	28,550	1913, as HMS Canada (UK)	Scrapped 1959
Almirante Lynch	Chile	Almirante Lynch class destroyer	1,430	1913	Decommissioned 1945
Almirante Simpson	Chile	Capitan O'Brien class submarine	2,020	1929	Discarded 1957
Amagi	Japan	Unryū class aircraft carrier	17,150	10 Aug 1944	sunk 27 July 1945
Amazon	UK	destroyer class prototype	1,350	5 May 1927	scrapped 25 Oct 1948
Ambuscade	UK	destroyer class prototype	1,173	15 Mar 1927	scrapped 1946
Ameer	UK	Ruler class escort aircraft carrier	11,400	20 Jul 1943 (former USS Baffins)	Returned to USN 17 Jan 1946, sold into merchant service 17 Sep 1946 as Robin Kirk
Andrea Doria	Italy	Andrea Doria class battleship	25,920	13 Mar 1916	1956
Anson	UK	King George V class battleship	35,000	22 June 1942	scrapped 1957
Antelope	UK	A class destroyer	1,350	20 Mar 1930	scrapped 1946
Anthony	UK	A class destroyer	1,350	14 Feb 1930	Scrapped 1948
Antietam	USA	Ticonderoga class fleet carrier	27,100	28 Jan 1945	8 May 1963
Antiquois	Colombia	Guadiana class destroyer	1,219	former Douro (Portugal)
Anton Schmitt	Germany	Type 1936 destroyer	3,400	24 Sep 1939	sunk 10 Apr 1940
Aoba	Japan	Aoba class heavy cruiser	5,088	20 Sep 1927	sunk 28 Jul 1945
Apollo	UK	Abdiel class minelayer	2,650	9 Oct 1943	scrapped 1962
Aquila	Italy	Aquila class aircraft carrier	23,500	not completed	scrapped 1952
Arbiter	UK	Ruler class escort aircraft carrier	11,400	31 Dec 1943 (former USS St. Simon)	Returned to USN 3 Mar 1946, stricken 12 Apr 1946, sold and renamed Coracero
Archer	UK	Avenger class escort carrier	8,200	17 Nov 1941	decommissioned 6 Nov 1943, became Empire Lagan aircraft ferry 15 Mar 1945, returned to USN 9 Jan 1946
Arcona	Germany	floating antiaircraft battery (former light cruiser)	2,657	18 May 1901	scrapped 1948/1949
Ardent	UK	A class destroyer	1,350	14 Apr 1930	sunk 8 June 1940
Arendal	Norway	Hunt class (Type II) escort destroyer	1,050	16 Nov 1944 (former HMS Badsworth)	Scrapped 1965
Argus	UK	fleet aircraft carrier	14,000	Sep, 1918	scrapped 1946
Ariadne	UK	Abdiel class minelayer	2,650	12 Feb 1944	scrapped 1965
Arizona	USA	Pennsylvania class battleship	32,600	17 Oct 1916	sunk 7 Dec 1941, war memorial
Ark Royal	UK	aircraft carrier	22,000	16 Dec 1938	sunk 14 Nov 1941
Arkansas	USA	Wyoming class battleship	26,100	17 Sep 1912	sunk 25 July 1946 in A-bomb test
Arkhangelsk	USSR	Revenge class battleship	29,150	30 May 1944 (former HMS Royal Sovereign)	returned to Royal Navy 9 Feb 1949, scrapped Sep 1949
Armando Diaz	Italy	Cadorna class light cruiser	5,316	29 Apr 1933	Sunk 25 Feb 1941
Arrow	UK	A class destroyer	1,350	14 Apr 1930	irreparably damaged, 1944
Arteveld	Belgium	patrol boat	1,640	commissioned as Lorelei (Germany)
Arunta	Australia	Tribal class destroyer	2,020	30 Mar 1942	scrapped 1968
Ashanti	UK	Tribal class destroyer	2,020	21 Dec 1938	scrapped 1949
Ashigara	Japan	Myoko class heavy cruiser	13,300	1928	sunk 8 Jun 1945
Astoria	USA	New Orleans class heavy cruiser	9,950	28 Apr 1934	sunk 9 Aug 1942
Atago	Japan	Takao class heavy cruiser	14,616	30 Mar 1932	sunk 23 Oct 1944
Athabaskan (1st of class with this name)	Canada	Tribal class destroyer	2,020	3 Feb 1943	sunk 29 Apr 1944
Athabaskan (2nd of class with this name)	Canada	Tribal class destroyer	2,020	20 Jan 1948	scrapped 1966
Atheling	UK	Ruler class escort aircraft carrier	11,400	1 Aug 1943 (former Bogue class USS Glacier)	returned to US 13 Dec 1946
Atlantis	Germany	auxiliary cruiser	7,862	19 Dec 1939	sunk 21 Nov 1941
Attacker	UK	Attacker class escort aircraft carrier	11,400	30 Sep 1942 (former USS Barnes)	decommissioned 5 Jan 1946
Attilio Regolo	Italy	Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici)	3,750	August 1942	ceded to France 1948
Audacity	UK	escort aircraft carrier	11,000	20 Jun 1941	sunk 21 Dec 1941
Aurora	USSR	Protected cruiser	6,731	29 Jul 1903	in 1957 became a museum-ship.
Australia	Australia	County class heavy cruiser	9,850	24 Apr 1928	scrapped 1955
Avenger	UK	Avenger class escort carrier	8,200	2 Mar 1942 (former merchant ship Rio Hudson)	sunk 15 Nov 1942
Ayanami	Japan	Fubuki class destroyer	2,090	30 Apr 1930	Sunk 15 Nov 1942

B

Ship	Country	Class and type	Displacement (tons)	First commissioned	Fate
Babitonga	Brazil	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	10 Mar, 1945 (former USS Alger)	Decommissioned 1964
Baependi	Brazil	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	19 Dec, 1944 (former USS Cannon)	Decommissioned 1973
Bahia	Brazil	Bahia class light cruiser	3,100	1910	lost 4 July 1945
Baltimore	USA	heavy cruiser	13,600	15 April 1943	decommissioned 2 July 1954
Barbaracitation needed	Germany	sloop	1,200	ex-Zinnia (Belgium)
Barham	UK	Queen Elizabeth class battleship	31,000	19 Aug, 1915	sunk Nov 25, 1941
Bari	Italy	light cruiser	3,284	1925 (former German Pillau)	sunk 28th June 1943
Barnes	USA	Bogue class escort aircraft carrier	11,400	20 Feb, 1943	Decommissioned 29 Aug 1946, scrapped 1959
Bartolomeo Colleoni	Italy	Giussano class light cruiser	5,200	10 Feb 1932	Sunk 19 July 1940
Basilisk	UK	B class destroyer	1,350	4 Mar, 1931	sunk 1 June 1940
Bataan	Australia	Tribal class destroyer	2,020	25 May, 1945	scrapped 1958
Bataan	USA	Independence class light carrier	11,000	17 Nov, 1943	decommissioned 9 Apr 1954
Bath	Norway	Town class destroyer	1,190	9 Jan, 1941 (former HMS Bath)	Sunk on 19 Aug, 1941
Battler	UK	Attacker class escort aircraft carrier	11,400	31 Oct, 1942 (former USS Altamaha)	Returned to USN 12 Feb 1946, scrapped May 1946
Bauru	Brazil	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	15 Aug, 1944 (former USS Reybold)	Decommissioned 17 Sep 1981, museum ship
Beagle	UK	B class destroyer	1,350	9 Apr, 1931	scrapped Jan 1946
Béarn	France  Free French	aircraft carrier	22,150	May, 1927	stricken Nov 1966, scrapped Mar 1967
Beberibe	Brazil	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	1 Aug, 1944 (former USS Herzog)	Decommissioned 1968
Bedouin	UK	Tribal class destroyer	2,020	15 Mar, 1939	Sunk 15 June 1942
Begum	UK	Ruler class escort aircraft carrier	11,400	2 Aug, 1943 (former Bogue class USS Bolinas)	returned to USN 4 Jan 1946, stricken 19 June 1946, renamed Raki
Belfast	UK	Town class cruiser	11,553	5 August 1939	Museum ship since 21 October 1971 moored in London next to Tower Bridge
Belleau Wood	USA	Independence class light carrier	11,000	31 Mar, 1943	decommissioned 13 January 1947, transferred to France as Bois Belleau
Benevente	Brazil	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	19 Dec, 1944 (former USS Christopher)	Decommissioned 1964
Bengal	India	Bathurst class minesweeper	1,025	8 Aug, 1942	Decommissioned 1960
Bennington	USA	Essex class fleet carrier	27,100	6 Aug, 1944	decommissioned 15 Jan 1970
Bermuda	UK	Fiji class cruiser	8,000	21 Aug, 1942	scrapped 1965
Bernd von Arnim	Germany	Type 1934A destroyer	3,100	6 Dec 1938	scuttled 13 Apr 1940
Bertioga	Brazil	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	1 Aug, 1944 (former USS Pennewill)	Decommissioned 1964
Bideford	UK	Shoreham class sloop	1,105	23 Feb, 1932	Sold 14 Sep 1947
Birmingham	UK	Southampton class light cruiser	9,770	18 Nov, 1937	scrapped 1960
Bismarck	Germany	Bismarck class battleship	41,700	24 Aug 1940	sunk May 27, 1941
Biter	UK	Avenger class escort carrier	8,200	5 May, 1942 (former USN Rio Parana)	Transferred to France as Dixmude 1945
Blanche	UK	B class destroyer	1,350	14 Feb, 1931	sunk 13 Nov 1939
Blanco Encalada	Chile	cruiser	3,435	ca.1893	scrapped 1946
Block Island	USA	Bogue class escort aircraft carrier	9,800	8 Mar, 1943	Sunk 29 May 1944
Blücher	Germany	Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser	14,000	20 Sep 1939	sunk 9 April 1940
Błyskawica	Poland	Grom class destroyer	1,975	25 Nov, 1937	decommissioned 1 May 1976, preserved as museum ship
Boadicea	UK	B class destroyer	1,350	7 Apr, 1931	sunk 13 June 1944
Bocaina	Brazil	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	20 Mar, 1945 (former USS Marts)	Decommissioned 1975
Bogue	USA	Bogue class escort carrier	9,800	26 Sep, 1942	Decommissioned 30 Nov 1946, scrapped Dec 1960
Bolzano	Italy	Trento class heavy cruiser	10,511	1933	sunk 1944
Bombay	India	Bathurst class minesweeper	1,025	24 Apr, 1942	Decommissioned 1960
Bon Homme Richard	USA	Essex class fleet carrier	27,100	26 Nov, 1944	decommissioned 2 July 1971
Boreas	UK	B class destroyer	1,350	20 Feb, 1931	became Salamis (Greece), 1944, returned and scrapped 1951
Boxer	USA	Ticonderoga class fleet carrier	27,100	16 Apr, 1945	decommissioned 1 Dec 1969
Bracui	Brazil	Cannon class destroyer escort	1,240	15 Aug, 1944 (former USS McAnn)	Decommissioned 11 Jul 1972
Brandenburg	Germany	minelayer	3,894	1 May 1943 (captured French transport Kita)	sunk 21 Sep 1943
Brazen	UK	B class destroyer	1,350	8 Apr, 1931	sunk 20 July 1940
Breese	USA	Wickes class destroyer minelayer	1,090	23 Oct, 1918	scrapped May 1946
Bretagne	France	Bretagne class battleship	22,200	Sep 1915	sunk July 3, 1940
Brilliant	UK	B class destroyer	1,350	21 Feb, 1931	scrapped Aug 1947
Brooklyn	USA	Brooklyn class light cruiser	9,475	30 Sep, 1937	Decommissioned 3 Jan 1947, sold to Chile
Bruno Heinemann	Germany	Type 1934A destroyer	3,100	8 Jan 1938	sunk 25 Jan 1942
Buenos Aires	Argentina	Buenos Aires class destroyer	1,375	1938	1971
Bulldog	UK	B class destroyer	1,350	8 Apr 1931	scrapped Jan 1946
Bunker Hill	USA	Essex class fleet carrier	27,100	24 May, 1943	decommissioned 9 Jan 1947
Burza	Poland	Wicher class destroyer	1,400	10 July 1932	Scrapped 1977

C

Ship	Country	Class and type	Displacement (tons)	First commissioned	Fate
Cabot	USA	Independence class light carrier	11,000	24 Jul 1943	decommissioned 21 Jan 1955, later Spanish Dédalo
Cairo	UK	C class light cruiser	4,200	24 Sep 1919	lost 12 Aug 1942
Calcutta	UK	C class light cruiser	4,200	21 Aug 1919	lost 1 June 1941
Caldas	Colombia	destroyer	1,219	former Tejo (Portugal)
Caledon	UK	C class light cruiser	4,180	6 Mar 1917	scrapped 1948
California	USA	Tennessee class battleship	32,600	10 Aug 1921	Decommissioned 14 Feb 1947
Calypso	UK	C class light cruiser	4,180	6 Mar 1917	scrapped Jan 1948
Campania	UK	escort aircraft carrier	11,420	7 Mar 1944	Decommissioned 30 Dec 1945, scrapped 1955
Canberra	Australia	County class heavy cruiser	9,850	10 Jul 1928	scuttled 9 Aug 1944
Capetown	UK	C class light cruiser	4,200	10 Apr 1922	Scrapped June 1946
Capitan O'Brien	Chile	Capitan O'Brien class submarine	2,020	1929	1957
Capitan Thompson	Chile	Capitan O'Brien class submarine	2,020	1929	1958
Caradoc	UK