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    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

    See also[edit]

    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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