The List of ships of World War II is an alphabetical list of all fighting ship classes of World War II. For individual ships, see the List of World War II ships. Classes consisting of only a single ship are not listed, except in cases where more ships were laid down or planned.
The use of "=" indicates where the same ships are known by different class names. Displacement is standard displacement.
Information is merely summary; please refer to linked articles for details.
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Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
1934 |
Germany |
destroyer |
1935 |
3156 |
4 |
1934A |
Germany |
destroyer |
1935-37 |
3110 |
12 |
1936 |
Germany |
destroyer |
1937-38 |
3415 |
6 |
1936A "Narvik" |
Germany |
destroyer |
1939-40 |
3,605 |
8 |
1936A (Mob) |
Germany |
destroyer |
1941-42 |
3,415 |
7 |
1936B |
Germany |
destroyer |
1942-44 |
3,415 |
5,
3 completed |
1936C |
Germany |
destroyer |
none |
|
6, none completed |
1500 tonnes = Bourrasque |
France |
destroyer |
1924-25 |
1,298 |
12 |
1500 tonnes = L'Adroit |
France |
destroyer |
1926-29 |
1,356 |
14 |
2100 tonnes
= Chacal = Jaguar |
France |
destroyer |
1924 |
2,126 |
6 |
2400 tonnes = Guépard |
France |
destroyer |
1928-30 |
2,436 |
6 |
2400 tonnes = Aigle |
France |
destroyer |
1930-31 |
2,441 |
6 |
2400 tonnes = Vauquelin |
France |
destroyer |
1931-32 |
2,441 |
6 |
2610 tonnes =
Le Fantasque |
France |
destroyer (or light cruiser) |
1933-34 |
2,569 |
6 |
2930 tonnes = Mogador |
France |
destroyer (or light cruiser) |
1936-37 |
2,884 |
2 completed |
600 tonnes = La Pomone |
France |
destroyer |
1935-37 |
669 |
12 |
A
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
A |
UK |
destroyer |
1929-30 |
1,350 |
11 |
A |
Norway |
submarine |
approx. 1914 |
268 |
3 |
Admiral |
UK |
battlecruiser |
1918 |
48,000 |
4 planned,
1 completed |
Abdiel = Manxman |
UK |
minelayer |
1940-44 |
2,650 |
6 |
Acre |
Brazil |
destroyer |
1943-46 |
1,340 |
6 |
Admiral Hipper |
Germany |
heavy cruiser |
1937-39 |
14,000 |
5,
3 completed |
Ægir = B |
Denmark |
submarine |
1915 |
237 |
5 |
Aetos |
Greece |
destroyer |
1911 |
1,050 |
4 |
Agano |
Japan |
light cruiser |
1941-44 |
6,650 |
4 |
Ahven |
Finland |
minesweeper |
approx. 1937 |
17 |
6 |
Aigle = 2400 tonnes |
France |
destroyer |
1930-31 |
2,441 |
6 |
Akagi Maru |
Japan |
armed merchant cruiser |
1941 |
7,389 |
3 |
Akatsuki |
Japan |
destroyer |
1931-32 |
1,680 |
4 |
Akitsushima |
Japan |
seaplane tender |
19 April 1942 |
4,900 |
1 |
Akizuki |
Japan |
destroyer |
1941-44 |
2,700 |
12 completed |
Alaska |
US |
large cruiser |
1943-50 |
29,779 |
2 completed |
Algerien |
France |
destroyer |
1943-44 |
1,300 |
6 |
Algerine |
UK |
minesweeper |
1942-44 |
850 |
109 |
Allen M. Sumner |
US |
destroyer |
1943-44 |
2,200 |
58 |
Amphion or "A" |
UK |
submarine |
1944–1945 |
1,620 (submerged) |
2 commissioned of 16 by end of war |
Andrea Doria |
Italy |
battleship |
1913 |
23,800 |
2 |
Andromeda |
US |
attack cargo ship |
1943-45 |
6,761 tons |
34 |
Aoba |
Japan |
heavy cruiser |
1926 |
10,822 |
2 |
Arethusa |
UK |
light cruiser |
1934-36 |
5,250 |
4 |
Asashio |
Japan |
destroyer |
1936-37 |
1,961 |
10 |
Astoria = New Orleans |
US |
heavy cruiser |
1933-36 |
9,375 |
7 |
Asama |
Japan |
cruiser |
1898 |
9,700 |
2 |
Atlanta |
US |
light cruiser |
1941-46 |
6,000 |
11 |
Attacker = US Bogue |
UK |
escort aircraft carrier |
|
16,000 |
11 |
B
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
B |
Brazil |
destroyer |
1930 |
1,360 |
9 |
B |
UK |
destroyer |
1943 |
1,253 |
8 |
B |
Norway |
submarine |
1923-29 |
365 |
6 |
Bahia |
Brazil |
scout cruiser |
1910 |
3,100 |
2 |
Bagley |
US |
destroyer |
1936-37 |
1,646 |
8 |
Balao |
US |
submarine |
|
1,826 |
132 |
Baltimore |
US |
heavy cruiser |
1942-51 |
14,472 |
19 |
Bangkok Maru |
Japan |
armed merchant cruiser |
1937 |
5,351 |
2 |
Bangor |
UK |
minesweeper |
1940-44 |
600 |
128 |
Bathurst |
Australia
India |
corvette |
|
1,025 |
60 |
Battle |
UK |
destroyer |
1943-45 |
2,315-2,574 |
24 (42 planned) |
Benham |
US |
destroyer |
1938-39 |
1,637 |
10 |
Benson = Gleaves |
US |
destroyer |
1939-41 |
1,839 |
24 |
Bird |
UK |
minesweeper |
c1938-40 |
607 |
45 |
Bismarck |
Germany |
battleship |
1939 |
51,700 |
2 |
Black Swan (including modified Black Swans) |
UK
India |
sloop |
1939-45 |
1,250 |
37 |
Bogue = Attacker = Ruler |
US |
escort aircraft carrier |
|
16,000 |
42 |
Bourrasque = 1500 tonnes |
France |
destroyer |
1924-25 |
1,298 |
12 |
Bretagne |
France |
battleship |
1913 |
22,200 |
3 |
Brin |
Italy |
submarine |
|
1,016 |
5 |
Bristol |
US |
destroyer |
1941-43 |
1,839 |
72 |
Brooklyn |
US |
light cruiser |
1936-38 |
9,767 |
9 |
C
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
C |
Denmark |
submarine |
|
369 |
3 |
C |
UK |
light cruiser |
1916-18 |
4000 |
32 |
Ca |
UK |
destroyer |
1943-44 |
1,710 |
8 |
Cachalot |
US |
submarine |
|
1,100 |
2 |
Caledon |
UK |
light cruiser |
1916-17 |
4,180 |
3 |
Cannon |
US |
destroyer escort |
1943-44 |
1525 tons |
72 |
Capetown = Carlisle |
UK |
light cruiser |
1917-18 |
4,290 |
5 |
Captain |
UK |
frigate |
1942-43 |
1,500 |
78 |
Capitani Romani |
Italy |
light cruiser |
1940-42 |
3,686 |
3 (12 planned) |
Casablanca |
US |
escort aircraft carrier |
|
7,800 |
50 |
Castle |
UK |
corvette |
|
1,060 |
44 |
Cavendish = Hawkins |
UK |
heavy cruiser |
1917-21 |
9,860 |
5 |
Ceres |
UK |
light cruiser |
1917 |
4,290 |
5 |
Chacal
= 2100 tonnes = Jaguar |
France |
destroyer |
1924 |
2,126 |
6 |
Ceylon = Uganda; sub-class of Crown Colony |
UK |
light cruiser |
1941-42 |
8,530 |
3 |
Ch, Co & Cr |
UK |
destroyer |
1944-45 |
1,825 |
24 |
Chang Ning |
Republic of China |
patrol boat |
|
400 |
10 |
Clemson |
US |
destroyer |
1918-21 |
1,190 |
156 |
Cleveland |
US |
light cruiser |
1941-46 |
11,744 |
38 |
Colony = Tacoma |
UK[1] |
frigate |
|
1,400 |
21 |
Colorado |
US |
battleship |
1920-21 |
32,600 |
4 |
Colossus |
UK |
light aircraft carrier |
1943-44 |
13,200 |
10 |
Commencement Bay |
US |
escort aircraft carrier |
|
10,900 |
11 |
Condottieri; comprising five sub-classes - Giussano, Cadorna, Duca d'Aosta, Duca degli Abruzzi & Montecuccoli |
Italy |
light cruiser |
1930-35 |
5,110-8,610 |
12 |
Conte di Cavour |
Italy |
battleship |
1911 |
23,600 |
2 |
County |
UK |
heavy cruiser |
1926-31 |
8,250 - 10,900 |
13 |
Courbet |
France |
battleship |
1911-12 |
23,200 |
2 |
Crown Colony: comprising sub-classes Fiji and Ceylon |
UK |
light cruiser |
1939-43 |
8,530 |
11 |
Currituck |
US |
seaplane tender |
1943-44 |
14,000 |
4 |
D
E
F
G
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
G and H |
UK |
destroyer |
1935-39 |
1,340-1,350 |
24 |
Gabbiano |
Italy |
corvette |
1942 |
672 |
40 |
Gangut |
USSR |
battleship |
1911 |
25,850 |
4 |
Gato |
US |
submarine |
|
1,825 |
73 |
Gearing |
US |
destroyer |
1945-51 |
2,616 |
98 |
Gleaves = Benson |
US |
destroyer |
1939-41 |
1,839 |
66 |
Glorious |
UK |
aircraft carrier |
|
26,500 |
2 |
Gloucester
sub-class of Town |
UK |
light cruiser |
1937 |
9,100 |
3 |
Gneisenau = Scharnhorst |
Germany |
battleship |
1936 |
31,840 |
2 |
Gridley |
US |
destroyer |
1936-38 |
1,590 |
4 |
Grom |
Poland |
destroyer |
1936 |
2,144 |
2 |
Guépard = 2400 tonnes |
France |
destroyer |
1928-30 |
2,436 |
6 |
H
I
J
K
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
Kagerō |
Japan |
destroyer |
1938-41 |
2,033 |
18 |
Kamikawa Maru |
Japan |
seaplane tender |
|
6,863 |
4 |
Kamikaze |
Japan |
destroyer |
1922-25 |
1,400 |
9 |
Kashii Maru |
Japan |
seaplane tender |
1934-41 |
8,600 |
3 |
Katori |
Japan |
light cruiser |
1939-40 |
6,280 tons |
4 (3 completed) |
Kent |
UK |
heavy cruiser |
1926-27 |
9,850-10,900 |
7 |
King George V |
UK |
battleship |
1939-40 |
36,727 |
5 |
Kinjosan Maru |
Japan |
armed merchant cruiser |
1936 |
3,263 |
1 |
Kinryu Maru |
Japan |
armed merchant cruiser |
1938 |
9,309 |
1 |
Kirov |
USSR |
cruiser |
1938-40 |
7,756 |
2 |
Kondouriotis |
Greece |
destroyer |
1931-32 |
1,389 |
4 |
Kongō |
Japan |
battleship |
1912-13 |
31,720 |
4 |
Kongō Maru |
Japan |
armed merchant cruiser |
1934 |
8,613 |
2 |
Königsberg = K |
Germany |
light cruiser |
1927-28 |
6,650 |
3 |
Kuha |
Finland |
minesweeper |
|
18 |
6 |
Kuma |
Japan |
light cruiser |
1919-20 |
5,019 |
5 |
Kyzikos |
Greece |
torpedo boat |
1914-15 |
270 |
3 |
L
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
L and M |
UK |
destroyer |
1939-42 |
1,920 |
16 |
L'Adroit = 1500 tonnes |
France |
destroyer |
1926-29 |
1,356 |
14 |
La Galissonnière |
France |
light cruiser |
1933-36 |
7,600 |
6 |
Le Fantasque
= 2610 tonnes |
France |
destroyer (or light cruiser) |
1933-34 |
2,570 |
6 |
Le Hardi |
France |
destroyer |
1938-47 |
1,772 |
11 completed |
Leander |
UK |
light cruiser |
1931-34 |
6,830-7,270 |
8 |
Leipzig = Nurnberg |
Germany |
light cruiser |
1929-34 |
6,515-6,980 |
2 |
Lexington |
US |
aircraft carrier |
1925 |
41,000 |
2 |
London: sub-class of County |
UK |
heavy cruiser |
1927-28 |
9,850 |
4 |
M
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
M = Marcilio Dias |
Brazil |
destroyer |
1940-41 |
1,500 |
3 |
Mackerel |
US |
submarine |
|
825 |
2 |
Mahan |
US |
destroyer |
1935-36 |
1,488 |
18 |
Manxman = Abdiel |
UK |
minelayer |
1940-44 |
2,650 |
6 |
Mărăşti |
Romania |
destroyer |
1917-18 |
1,610 |
2 (2 retained by Italy) |
Marcilio Dias = M |
Brazil |
destroyer |
1940-41 |
1,500 |
3 |
Matsu |
Japan |
destroyer escort |
1944 |
1,262 |
18 |
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26-bis): sub-class of Kirov |
USSR |
heavy cruiser |
1938-44 |
8,048 |
4 |
Minekaze |
Japan |
destroyer |
1919-22 |
1,345 |
13 |
Minotaur |
UK |
light cruiser |
1943-45 |
8,800 |
8 (6 completed) |
Mirabello |
Italy |
destroyer |
1915-16 |
1,811 |
2 |
Mississippi |
Greece |
battleship |
1905 |
13,000 |
2 |
Mogador = 2930 tonnes |
France |
destroyer (or light cruiser) |
1936-37 |
2,884 |
2 completed |
Mogami |
Japan |
heavy cruiser |
1934-36 |
8,500 |
4 |
Momi |
Japan |
destroyer |
1918-23 |
770 |
21 |
Momo |
Japan |
destroyer |
1917-18 |
835 |
4 |
Mutsuki |
Japan |
destroyer |
1925-27 |
1,315 |
12 |
Myōkō |
Japan |
heavy cruiser |
1927-28 |
10,000 |
4 |
N
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
N |
UK |
destroyer |
1940-41 |
1,690 |
8 |
Nagara |
Japan |
light cruiser |
1920-21 |
5,088 |
6 |
Nagato |
Japan |
battleship |
1919-20 |
33,800 |
2 |
Nagoya Maru |
Japan |
submarine depot ship |
|
6,071 |
1 |
Năluca |
Romania |
gunboat |
1914 |
266 |
2 |
Nelson |
UK |
battleship |
1925 |
33,310 |
2 |
Nevada |
US |
battleship |
|
29,000 |
2 |
New Mexico |
US |
battleship |
|
33,000 |
3 |
New Orleans |
US |
heavy cruiser |
1933-36 |
10,136 |
7 |
New York |
US |
battleship |
|
27,000 |
2 |
Norfolk |
UK |
heavy cruiser |
1928-29 |
9,925-9,975 |
2 |
North Carolina |
US |
battleship |
1940 |
37,484 |
2 |
Northampton |
US |
heavy cruiser |
1929-30 |
9,006 |
6 |
Noshiro Maru |
Japan |
armed merchant cruiser |
1934 |
7,183 |
1 |
O
P
Q
R
S
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
S |
UK |
submarine |
1931–1945 |
c. 950 |
63 |
S |
US |
submarine |
|
900 |
48 |
S and T |
UK |
destroyer |
1942-43 |
1,710 |
16 |
Salmon |
US |
submarine |
|
1,430 |
6 |
Sangamon |
US |
escort aircraft carrier |
|
11,400 |
4 |
Sargo |
US |
submarine |
|
1,450 |
10 |
Sborul |
Romania |
torpedo boat |
1914 |
262 |
1 |
Scharnhorst = Gneisenau |
Germany |
battleship |
1936 |
31,840 |
2 |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Germany |
modernized pre-dreadnought |
1906 |
12,100 |
2 (at outbreak of World War II) |
Sendai |
Japan |
light cruiser |
1923-25 |
5,113 |
3 completed |
Serrano |
Chile |
destroyer |
1928 |
1,090 |
6 |
Sims |
US |
destroyer |
1938-39 |
1,764 |
12 |
Shimakaze |
Japan |
destroyer |
1942 |
2,567 |
1 completed |
Shimane Maru |
Japan |
escort aircraft carrier |
1944 |
11,800 |
1 completed |
Shiratsuyu |
Japan |
destroyer |
1935-37 |
1,685 |
10 |
Sleipner |
Norway |
destroyer |
1936-38 |
597 |
3 |
Søbjørnen |
Denmark |
minesweeper |
|
270 |
6 |
Soldati |
Italy |
destroyer |
1937-42 |
1,620 |
19 |
Somers |
US |
destroyer |
1937-38 |
2,047 |
5 |
South Dakota |
US |
battleship |
1941-42 |
37,970 |
4 |
Southampton: sub-class of Town |
UK |
light cruiser |
1936 |
9,100 |
5 |
Spica |
Italy |
torpedoboat |
1936-38 |
640 |
30 |
Suffren |
France |
heavy cruiser |
1927-30 |
9,940 |
4 |
Sumner = Allen M. Sumner |
US |
destroyer |
1943-44 |
2,610 |
70 |
T
Class |
Country |
Type |
Launch years |
Displacement (tons) |
Number |
T1 = Type 1935 |
Germany |
torpedo boat |
1937-39 |
844 |
12 |
Tachibana |
Japan |
destroyer |
1919-22 |
1,289 |
14 completed |
Tacoma |
US |
frigate |
|
1,400 |
96 |
Takao |
Japan |
heavy cruiser |
1930-31 |
9,850 |
4 |
Taiyō |
Japan |
escort carrier |
1939-40 |
20,000 |
3 |
Tambor |
US |
submarine |
|
1,475 |
12 |
Tench |
US |
submarine |
|
1,826 |
31 completed |
Tennessee |
US |
battleship |
|
33,000 |
2 |
Ticonderoga |
US |
aircraft carrier |
|
27,200 |
13 |
Tjerk Hiddes |
Netherlands |
destroyer |
1939-40 |
1,316 |
1 completed (4 laid down) |
Tomozuru |
Japan |
torpedo boat |
1933 |
535 |
4 |
Tone |
Japan |
heavy cruiser |
1937-38 |
11,215 |
2 |
Tordenskjold |
Norway |
coastal battleship |
|
3,852 |
2 |
Town: 3 sub-classes: Southampton, Gloucester and Edinburgh |
UK |
light cruiser |
1936-38 |
9100-10,550 |
10 |
Town |
UK |
destroyers |
1917-19 |
1,020-1,190 |
43 |
Trad |
Siam |
torpedo boat |
1935-37 |
262 |
9 |
Treasury |
US |
USCG high endurance cutter |
1936-37 |
2,700 |
7 |
Trento |
Italy |
heavy cruiser |
1926-32 |
10,511-10,890 |
3 |
Tribal |
UK |
destroyer |
1937–1946 |
1,854-1,927 |
27 |
Tromp |
Netherlands |
light cruiser |
1937-39 |
3,450 |
2 |
Trygg |
Norway |
torpedo boat |
1919 (approx) |
220 |
3 |
Type I |
Germany |
submarine |
|
|
2 |
Type II |
Germany |
submarine |
|
300 |
50 |
Type VII |
Germany |
submarine |
1935-44 |
626-1084 |
743 |
Type IX |
Germany |
submarine |
|
1032-1616 |
193 |
Type 1935 = T1 |
Germany |
torpedo boat |
1937-39 |
844 |
12 |
Type 1937 |
Germany |
torpedo boat |
1938-40 |
|
9 |
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References
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See also