List of World War II ships
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The List of ships of World War II is an alphabetical list of major military ships of World War II. Only ships with a displacement of 1000 tons or greater are listed. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons.
For ship classes, see the list of World War II ship classes.
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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
[edit] A
- Abdiel (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, lost 10 September 1943
- Abercrombie (UK): 8000 ton Roberts class monitor
- Abukuma (Japan): 5088 ton Nagara class light cruiser, lost 26 October 1944
- Acasta (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 8 June 1940
- Achates (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 31 December 1942
- Acheron (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 17 December 1940
- Achilles (UK/New Zealand): 7,220 ton Leander class light cruiser, sold to India 1948
- Active (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, scrapped 1947
- Activity (UK): 11,420 ton escort aircraft carrier
- Admiral Graf Spee (Germany): 12,103 ton Deutschland class heavy cruiser, sunk December 17 1939
- Adelaide (Australia): 5550 ton Birmingham classlight cruiser, scrapped 1949
- Admiral Hipper (Germany): 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser
- Admiral Scheer (Germany): 12,100 ton Deutschland class heavy cruiser, sunk April 9 1945
- Afridi (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 3 May 1940
- Agano (Japan): 6650 ton Agano class light cruiser, sunk 15 February 1944
- Ajax (UK): 7,220 ton Leander class light cruiser, scrapped 1949
- Akagi (Japan): 36,500 ton aircraft carrier, sunk June 5 1942
- Alaska (USA): 27,500 ton battlecruiser, lead ship of the Alaska class cruiser
- Albatross (UK): 6,350 ton seaplane carrier and repair ship, torpedoed 1944 and not repaired, scrapped 1954
- Albatros (Germany): 1290 ton 1923 Raubvogel class torpedo boat, beached on 10 April 1940
- Alden (Chile): 1090 ton Serrano class destroyer
- Alden (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
- Algérie (France): 10,000 ton heavy cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942.
- Almirante Brown (Argentina): 6800 ton Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser, scrapped 1962
- Almirante Condell (Chile): 1430 ton destroyer
- Almirante Latorre (Chile): 28,550 ton battleship, fomerley HMS Canada (UK)
- Almirante Lynch (Chile): 1430 ton destroyer
- Almirante Simpson (Chile): 2020 ton submarine
- Altamaha (USA): 14,400 ton Bogue class escort carrier, commissioned 31 October 1942 and immediately transferred to the United Kingdom as HMS Battler.
- Amagi (Japan): 17,150 ton Unryū class aircraft carrier, sunk July 27 1945
- Amazon (UK): 1,350 ton Tribal class destroyer prototype
- Ambuscade (UK): 1,173 ton destroyer class prototype
- Ameer (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Baffins (CVE-35)
- Andrea Doria (Italy): 25,920 ton battleship, class of 2
- Anson (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, scrapped 1957
- Antelope (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, scrapped 1946
- Anthony (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer
- Antietam (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, commissioned 28 January 1945 through 8 May 1963.
- Antioquia (Colombia): 1219 ton destroyer, former Douro (Portugal)
- Anton Schmitt (Germany): 3,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 10 April 1940 in the First Battle of Narvik
- Apollo (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, scrapped 1962
- Aquila (Italy): 23,500 ton Aquila class aircraft carrier, never completed
- Arbiter (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS St. Simon (CVE-51)
- Archer (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier. Became Empire Lagan aircraft ferry.
- Ardent (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, sunk 8 June 1940
- Argus (UK): 14,000 ton fleet aircraft carrier, scrapped 1946
- Ariadne (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, scrapped 1965
- Arizona (USA): 32,600 ton battleship, sunk December 7 1941
- Ark Royal (UK): 22,000 ton aircraft carrier, sunk November 14 1941
- Arkansas (USA): 26,100 ton Wyoming class battleship
- Arrow (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer, damaged beyond repair, 1944
- Arteveld (Belgium): 1640 ton patrol boat, commissioned as Lorelei (Germany)
- Arunta (Australia): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1968
- Ashanti (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1949
- Athabaskan (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer (1st of class with this name), sunk 29 April 1944
- Athabaskan (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer (2nd of class with this name), scrapped 1966
- Atheling (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Glacier (CVE-33)
- Athenia (UK): 13,465 ton merchant ship and liner, sunk September 3 1939
- Atlantis (Germany): 7862 ton auxiliary cruiser, sunk November 21 1941
- Attacker (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, USS Barnes, decommissioned 5 January 1946
- Attilio Regolo (Italy): 3750 ton Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici)
- Audacity (UK): 11,000 ton escort aircraft carrier, sunk 21 December 1941
- Australia (Australia): 9850 ton County class heavy cruiser, scrapped 1955
- Avenger (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier, sunk November 15 1942
- Ayanami (Japan) 2,090 ton Fubuki class destroyer, Sunk at Guadalcanal on November 15 1942
[edit] B
- Bahia (Brazil): 3100 ton Bahia class light cruiser, lost 4 July 1945
- Baltimore (USA): 13,600+ ton heavy cruiser
- Barbara (Germany): 1200 ton sloop, ex-Zinnia (Belgium)
- Barham (UK): 30,000+ ton battleship, sunk November 25 1941
- Barnes (USA): 11,400 ton Bogue class escort aircraft carrier, transferred to the United Kingdom as HMS Attacker.
- Basilisk (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, sunk 1 June 1940
- Bataan (Australia): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1958
- Bataan (USA): 11,000 Independence class light carrier, decommissioned 9 April 1954.
- Battler (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former USS Altamaha, decommissioned 12 February 1946
- Beagle (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer
- Béarn (France): 22,150 ton aircraft carrier, taken by Vichy France in 1940 and the United States in 1943
- Bedouin (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 15 June 1942
- Begum (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Bolinas (CVE-36)
- Belleau Wood (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, decommissioned 13 January 1947, later transferred to France as Bois Belleau.
- Bennington (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, decommissioned 15 January 1970.
- Bermuda (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1965
- Bernd von Arnim (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940
- Birmingham (UK): 9770+ ton Southampton class light cruiser scrapped 1960
- Bismarck (Germany): 41,700 ton battleship, sunk May 27 1941
- Biter (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier
- Blanche (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, sunk 13 November 1939
- Blanco Encalada (Chile): 3435 ton cruiser, scrapped 1946
- Block Island (USA): 9800 ton Bogue class escort aircraft carrier, sunk 29 May 1944.
- Blücher (Germany): 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, sunk 9 April 1940
- Błyskawica (Poland): 1975 ton Grom class destroyer
- Boadicea (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, sunk 13 June 1944
- Bogue (USA): 9800 ton Bogue class escort carrier
- Bon Homme Richard (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, decommissioned 2 July 1971.
- Boreas (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, became Salamis (Greece), 1944
- Boxer (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, decommissioned 1 December 1969.
- Brage (Norway): 260 ton minelayer, commissioned 1878, captured by the Germans May 1940 and used by the Kriegsmarine, returned to Norway May 1945, decommisioned 1945
- Brazen (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer, sunk 20 July 1940
- Breese (USA): 1090 ton Wickes class destroyer minelayer
- Bretagne (France): 22,200 ton battleship, class of 2, sunk July 3 1940
- Brilliant (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer
- Brooklyn (USA): 9475+ ton Brooklyn class light cruiser
- Bruno Heinemann (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
- Buenos Aires (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
- Bulldog (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer
- Bunker Hill (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, decommissioned 9 January 1947.
- Burza (Poland): 1400 ton Wicher-class destroyer
[edit] C
- Cabot (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, decommissioned 21 January 1955, later Dédalo.
- Cairo (UK): 4200 ton C class light cruiser, lost 12 August 1942
- Calcutta (UK): 4200 ton C class light cruiser, lost 1 June 1941
- Caldas (Colombia): 1219 ton destroyer, former Tejo (Portugal)
- Caledon (UK): 4180 ton C class light cruiser, scrapped 1948
- California (USA): 32,600 ton battleship, class of 2, sunk December 7 1941 but raised
- Calypso (UK): 4180 ton C class light cruiser, lost 12 June 1940
- Campania (UK): 11,420 ton escort aircraft carrier
- Canberra (Australia): 9850 ton County class heavy cruiser, lost 9 August 1944
- Capetown (UK): 4200 ton C class light cruiser
- Capitan O'Brien (Chile): 2020 ton submarine
- Capitan Thompson (Chile): 2020 ton submarine
- Caradoc (UK): 4180 ton C class light cruiser, scrapped 1946
- Cardiff (UK): 4290 ton C class light cruiser, scrapped 1946
- Carlisle (UK): 4200 ton C class light cruiser, constructive total loss 9 October 1942
- Casablanca (USA): 7800 ton aircraft carrier
- Catamarca (Argentina): 1010 ton destroyer
- Cayuga (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1964
- Ceres (UK): 4290 ton C class light cruiser, scrapped 1946
- Cervantes (Argentina): 1522 ton destroyer
- Ceylon (UK): 8800 ton cruiser, Fiji class, sold to Peru 1959
- Chacabuco (Chile): 4500 ton cruiser
- Chao Ho (China): 2750 ton training vessel
- Charger (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier
- Chaser (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former USS Breton (CVE-10)
- Chitose (Japan): 11,190 ton Chitose class aircraft carrier, sunk October 25 1944
- Chiyoda (Japan): 11,190 ton Chitose class aircraft carrier sunk October 25 1944
- Clemson (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
- Cleveland (USA): 10,000 ton cruiser class of 38
- Codrington (UK): 1350 ton A class destroyer leader, sunk 27 July 1940
- Colbert (France): 10,000 ton Suffren class heavy cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
- Colhoun (USA): 1,060 ton Wickes class destroyer, converted to a fast transport, sunk 30 August 1942
- Colombo (UK): 4200 ton C class light cruiser, scrapped 1948
- Colossus (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
- Commencement Bay (USA): 10,900 ton aircraft carrier, class of 11
- Conte di Cavour (Italy): 26,140 ton Conte di Cavour class battleship
- ORP Conrad ex. HMS Danae (UK, then Poland): D-class cruiser
- Cossack (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 24 October 1941
- Corrientes (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
- Cossatot (USA): 21,800 ton fleet oiler
- Courageous (UK): 22,500 ton Glorious class aircraft carrier, sunk September 17 1939
- Courbet (France): 23,200 ton battleship
- Cowpens (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, decommissioned 13 January 1947
- Coventry class (UK): 4290 ton C class light cruiser, lost 14 September 1942
- Cuba (Cuba): 2055 ton gunboat
- Curacoa class (UK): 4290 ton C class light cruiser, lost October 2 1942
- Curlew class (UK): 4290 ton C class light cruiser, lost 26 May 1940
[edit] D
- Dahlgren (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
- Danae (UK): D-class light cruiser, scrapped 1948
- Dannebrog (Denmark): 1130 ton royal yacht
- Dasher (UK): 8,200 ton Avenger class, formerly US Long Island class, escort aircraft carrier, sunk March 27 1943
- Dauntless (UK): D-class cruiser, scrapped 1946
- Dehli (UK): D-class cruiser, scrapped 1948
- Despatch (UK): D-class cruiser, scrapped 1946
- Deutschland (Germany): 12,100 ton Deutschland class heavy cruiser, became Lützow
- Deutschland class (Germany): 12,100 ton heavy cruiser
- Devonshire (UK): 9750 ton County class cruiser
- Diether von Roeder (Germany): 4,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940
- Diomede (UK): D-class cruiser, scrapped 1946
- Dragon (UK, then Poland): 4850 ton D-class cruiser, damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944
- Draug (Norway): 578 ton Draug class destroyer, launched March 18th 1908, scrapped 1943
- Duguay-Trouin (France): 7250 ton Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser, decommissioned 9 March 1952
- Duke of York (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, scrapped 1957
- Dunedin (UK): D-class cruiser, lost 24 November 1941
- Dunkerque (France): 26,500 ton battlecruiser, class of 2
- Dupleix (France): 10,000 ton Suffren class heavy cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
- Duquesne (France): 10,000 ton Duquesne class heavy cruiser, condemned 1955
- Durban (UK): D-class cruiser, used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, 9 June 1944
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[edit] E
- Eagle (UK): 22,600 ton aircraft carrier, sunk August 11 1942
- Edinburgh (UK): 11,500 ton Town class light cruiser
- Eidsvold (Norway): 4233 ton coastal defence ship, commissioned 1901, sunk April 9 1940
- El Amir Farouq (Egypt): 1441 ton patrol vessel
- Emden (Germany): 5,600 ton light cruiser, scuttled May 3 1945
- Emerald (UK): 7580 ton Emerald class light cruiser, first in a class of two
- Emile Bertin (France): 5886 ton light cruiser, scrapped 1959
- Emperor (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Pybus (CVE-34)
- Empire MacAlpine (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
- Empire MacAndrew (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
- Empire MacCabe (UK): 9,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
- Empire MacCallum (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
- Empire MacColl (UK): 9,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
- Empire MacDermott (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
- Empire MacKay (UK): 9,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
- Empire MacKendrick (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
- Empire MacMahon (UK): 9,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
- Empire MacRae (UK): 8,000 ton Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier
- Empress (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former Bogue class USS Carnegie (CVE-38)
- Enterprise (UK): 7580 ton Emerald class light cruiser
- Enterprise (USA): 25,100 ton Yorktown class fleet carrier, scrapped 1947.
- Entre Rios (Argentina): 1375 ton Buenos Aries class destroyer
- Erebus (UK): 8000 ton Erebus class monitor
- Erich Giese (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940
- Erich Koellner (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940
- Erich Steinbrinck (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
- Eskimo (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1949
- Essex (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class aircraft carrier, decommissioned 30 June 1969.
- Exeter (UK): 8390 ton County class cruiser, sunk March 1 1942
[edit] F
- Fencer (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former USS Croatan (CVE-14)
- Fiji (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Crown Colony-class cruiser, sunk 22 May 1941
- Flores (Holland): 1457 ton Flores class sloop
- Foch (France): 10,000 ton Suffren class heavy cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
- Formidable (UK): 23,000 ton Illustrious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1953
- Franklin (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, commissioned 31 January 1944 through 17 February 1947
- Frederick C. Davis (USA): 1,200 ton Edsall class destroyer escort, sunk 24 April 1945
- Fridtjof Nansen (Norway): 1575 ton Coast Guard ship, ran aground and sank November 8th 1940
- Friedrich Eckhold (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
- Friedrich Ihn (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
- Frøya (Norway): 870 ton minelayer, commissioned July 1st 1918, scuttled April 13th 1940
- Fu An (China): 1900 ton gunship
- Furious (UK): 22,000 ton Glorious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1948
- Fury (UK) : destroyer, mined 21 June 1944, not repaired.
- Fusō (Japan): 34,700 ton Fusō class battleship, sunk 25 October 1944
- Fyen (Denmark): 2737 ton light cruiser hulk
[edit] G
- Gadila (Holland): 8,000 ton Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
- Gambia (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1968.
- Gamble (USA): 1090 ton Wickes class destroyer minelayer
- Garland (UK then Poland): 1335 ton G-class destroyer
- Garm (Norway): 578 ton Draug class destroyer, launched 27 May 1913, sunk 26 April 1940
- Gelderland (Netherlands): 4,100 ton Holland-class armoured deck cruiser (pantserdekschiep), commisioned 16 July 1900, after WWI used as a artillery training ship, captured by the Germans in 1940, renamed Niobe and used first as a cruiser, then as a training ship, and finally as an AA-cruiser ("Flakschiff"), sunk 16 July 1944
- General Belgrano (Argentina): 6100 ton coastal defense ship
- General Pueyrredon (Argentina): 6100 ton coastal defense ship
- Georg Thiele (Germany): 3,150 ton Type 1934 destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940
- George Leygues (France): 7600 ton La Galissonnière class light cruiser, scrapped 1959
- Georgios Averof (Greece): 9,450 ton armored cruiser
- Giulio Cesare (Italy): 26,140 ton Conte di Cavour class battleship, given to Soviet Union in 1948, renamed Novorossiisk
- Gloire (France): 7600 ton La Galissonnière class light cruiser, scrapped 1958
- Glommen (Norway): 351 ton minelayer, launched 1916, captured by the Germans on 14 April 1940, rebuilt as floating anti-aircraft battery, scuttled 1944
- Glorious (UK): 22,500 ton Glorious class aircraft carrier, sunk June 8 1940
- Glory (UK): 13,200 ton Colossus class aircraft carrier
- Gneisenau (Germany): 32,000 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser
- Goldsborough (USA): 1250 ton Clemson class destroyer
- Goodall (UK): 1,150 ton Captain class Frigate, sunk 29 April 1945
- Gor (Norway): 289 ton Vale Class minelayer, commissioned as gunboat 1884, rebuilt as minelayer ca. 1914, captured by the Germans May 1940, returned to Norway and decommisioned 1945
- Graf Spee (Germany): (Short name for the Admiral Graf Spee) 12,100 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship or heavy cruiser, sunk 17 December 1939
- Graf Zeppelin (Germany): (1938) (not completed)
- Greenhalgh (Brazil): 1500 ton destroyer
- Greif (Germany): torpedoboat
- Grom (Poland): 1975 ton Grom class destroyer (lead ship in class), sunk May 4 1940
- Guam (USA): 27,500 ton Alaska class battlecruiser
- Gurkha (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 9 April 1940
[edit] H
- Hai Chao (China): 1250 ton sloop
- Hai Chen (China): 2680 ton gunship
- Hai Chi (China): 4300 ton gunship
- Hai Chou (China): 2680 ton gunship
- Hai Yung (China): 2680 ton gunship
- Haida (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, preserved ship
- Hancock (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, commissioned 15 April 1944 through 30 January 1976
- Hans Lody (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
- Hans Lüdemann (Germany): 3,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940
- Harald Haarfagre (Norway): 3,858 ton coastal defence ship, commisioned 21 March 1898, captured by the Germans 9 April 1940, renamed Thetis, rebuilt as floating Flak battery (Flakschiff), returned to Norway after the war, scrapped 1948
- Haruna (Japan): 31,660 ton Kongō class battleship, sunk 28 July 1945
- Hawaii (USA): 27,500 ton Alaska class battle cruiser, not completed
- Hayatake (Japan): aircraft carrier
- Hekla (Denmark): 1,322 ton light cruiser hulk
- Helle (Greece): 2,115 ton light cruiser, sunk
- Henry Bacon (USA): Liberty ship, sunk 23 February 1945
- Hermann Künne (Germany): 3,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer, sunk 13 April 1940
- Hermann Schoemann (Germany): 3,100 ton Type 1934A destroyer
- Hermes (UK): 10,850 ton aircraft carrier, sunk April 9 1942
- Hipper class (Germany): short name for the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers
- Hiryū (Japan): 17,300 ton Sōryū class aircraft carrier, sunk June 5 1942
- Hiei (Japan): 36,600 ton Kongō class battleship, sunk 14 November 1942
- Hiyō (Japan): 24,140 ton Hiyō class aircraft carrier, sunk June 20 1944
- Hobart (Australia): 6980 ton modified Leander class light cruiser, scrapped 1962
- Hood (UK): 42,100 ton battlecruiser, sunk May 24 1941
- Hornet (USA): 25,600 ton Yorktown class fleet carrier, sunk 27 October 1942.
- Hornet CV-12 (USA): 27,100 ton Hornet class fleet carrier, decommissioned 26 June 1970.
- Hōshō (Japan): 7,470 ton aircraft carrier, scrapped 1947
- Howe (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, scrapped 1958
- Huascar (Chile): 1870 ton ironclad
- Humaito (Brazil): 1884 ton submarine
- Hunter (UK): 11,400 ton Attacker class escort aircraft carrier, former USS Block Island
- Huron (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1965
- Hvidbjørnen (Denmark): 1050 ton patrol boat
- Hyatt (Chile): 1090 ton Serrano class destroyer
- Hydra (Greece): 1,389 ton modified Freccia class destroyer
- Hyūga (Japan): 38,872 ton Ise class battleship, sunk 28 July 1945
[edit] I
- Illustrious (UK): 23,000 ton Illustrious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1956
- Ilmarinen (Finland): 3900 ton coastal defence ship and icebreaker, commisioned April 17, 1934, sunk 13 September, 1941
- Implacable (UK): 23,825 ton Implacable class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1955
- Indefatigable (UK): 23,825 ton Implacable class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1956
- Independence (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, commissioned 14 January 1943 through 28 August 1946.
- Independencia (Argentina): 2336 ton coastal defense ship
- Indianapolis (USA): 9800 ton Portland class heavy cruiser, sunk 30 July 1945.
- Ingolf (Denmark): 1180 ton patrol boat, became Sleipner (Germany)
- Indomitable (UK): 23,000 ton modified Illustrious class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1955
- Intrepid (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, decommissioned 15 March 1974.
- Iowa (USA): 45,000 ton Iowa class battleship
- Iroquois (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1966
- Ise (Japan): 36,000 ton Ise class battleship, sunk 28 July 1945
- Isuzu (Japan): 5088 ton Nagara class light cruiser, lost 7 April 1945
[edit] J
- Jaguaribe (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
- Jamaica (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1960.
- Japura (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
- Javary (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
- Jean de Vienne (France): 7600 ton La Galissonnière class light cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
- Jeanne D'Arc (France): 6496 ton light cruiser, scrapped 1965
- Jivoochyi (USSR): 1060 ton Town class destroyer, former HMS Richmond
- Juan de Garay (Argentina): 1522 ton destroyer
- Jujuy (Argentina): 1010 ton destroyer
- Junyō (Japan): 26,949 ton Hiyō class aircraft carrier, scrapped 1947
- Jurua (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
- Juruena (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
- Jutahy (Brazil): 1340 ton destroyer, not commissioned
[edit] K
- Kaga (Japan): 38,200 ton aircraft carrier, sunk June 4 1942
- Kaganovich (USSR): 8200 ton Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser
- Kaiyo (Japan): 13,600 ton aircraft carrier, sunk August 10 1945
- Kalinin (USSR): 8200 ton Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser
- Karl Galster (Germany): 3,415 ton Type 1936 destroyer
- Karlsruhe (Germany): 6650 ton K class light cruiser, commisioned 6 November 1929, sunk 9 April 1940
- Katsuragi (Japan)
- Keith (UK): 1350 ton B class destroyer leader, sunk 1 June 1940
- Kent (UK): 9750+ ton County-class heavy cruiser
- Kenya (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1962.
- Khedive (UK): 11,400 ton Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, former USS Cordova (CVE-39)
- King George V class (UK): 35,000 ton King George V class battleship, decommissioned 1949 and scrapped
- Kinu (Japan): 5088 ton Nagara class light cruiser, lost 26 October 1944
- Kirishima (Japan): 36,600 ton Kongō class battleship, sunk 15 November 1942
- Kirov (USSR): 7880 ton Kirov (Project 26) class heavy cruiser
- Kjell (Norway): 103 ton Lyn class torpedo boat, commissioned 1913, captured by the Germans 1940, renamed first Grenadier and later NK02 Dragoner and used as patrol boat, sunk 1944
- Köln (Germany): 6650 ton K class light cruiser, commisioned January 1930, sunk 3 March 1945
- Kondor (Germany): 1290 ton 1923 (Raubvogel) class torpedo boat, decommissioned 28 June 1944
- Kondouriotis (Greece): 1,389 ton modified Freccia class destroyer
- Kong Haakon VII (Norway): 357 ton escort ship, September 16th 1942, decommisioned 1953
- Kongō (Japan): 36,600 ton Kongō class battleship, sunk 21 November 1944
- Kormoran (Germany): 8,736 ton Auxiliary Cruiser, sunk November 19 1941
- Königsberg (Germany): 6650 ton K class light cruiser, commisioned 17 April 1929, sunk 10 April 1940
- Krakowiak (Poland): 1050t Hunt class destroyer
- Kujawiak (Poland): 1050t Hunt class destroyer
- Kuma (Japan): 5870 ton light cruiser
[edit] L
- La Argentina (Argentina): 6500 ton training light cruiser, discarded 1974
- La Galissonnière (France): 7600 ton La Galissonnière class light cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
- La Rioja (Argentina): 1570 ton destroyer
- Lake Champlain (USA): 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class fleet carrier, decommissioned 2 May 1966.
- Lamberton (USA): 1090 ton Wickes class destroyer
- Lamotte-Piquet (France): 7,249 ton Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser, sunk 12 January 1945
- Langley CV-1 (USA): 11,500 ton light aircraft carrier and seaplane tender, sunk 27 February 1942.
- Langley CVL-27 (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, decommissioned 11 February 1947, later La Fayette (France).
- Latona (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, lost 25 October 1941
- Lawford (UK): frigate, sunk 8 June 1944
- Leander (New Zealand): 6985 ton Leander class light cruiser, former Leander (UK), scrapped 1950
- Leberecht Maass (Germany): 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer, sunk 22 February 1940
- Leipzig (Germany): 6515 ton light cruiser, scuttled July 11 1946
- Lexington CV-2 (USA): 33,000 ton Lexington class fleet carrier, sunk 8 May 1942
- Lexington CV-16 (USA): 27,100 ton Essex class fleet carrier, decommissioned 8 November 1991.
- Libertad (Argentina): 2336 ton coastal defense ship
- Littorio (Italy): 41,000+ ton Vittorio Veneto class battleship, renamed Italia, scrapped 1948
- London class (UK): 9830+ ton heavy cruiser
- Long Island (USA): 13,500 ton Long Island class escort aircraft carrier, decommissioned 26 March 1946.
- Lorelei (Germany): 1640 ton patrol boat, ex-Artevelde (Belgium), became K4, scrapped 1954
- Lorraine (France): 22,200 ton battleship
- Luchs (Germany): 1320 ton Raubtier class torpedo boat, sunk 26 July 1940
- Lützow (Germany): 14,680 ton enlarged Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, not completed, became Petropavlovsk, then Tallinn (USSR)
- Lützow (Germany): 12,100 ton pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, former Deutschland, scuttled May 4 1945
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- Macoma (Holland): 8,000 ton Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker
- Mahroussa (Egypt): 3417 ton yacht
- Malaya (UK): 31,000 ton Queen Elizabeth class battleship, decommissioned 1944 and scrapped
- Manxman (UK): 2650 ton Abdiel class minelayer, scrapped 1971
- Maori (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 12 February 1942
- Marcilio Dias (Brazil): 1500 ton destroyer
- Mariz e Barros (Brazil): 1500 ton destroyer
- Marseillaise (France): 7600 ton La Galissonniere class light cruiser, scuttled 27 November 1942
- Marshall Soult (UK): 6,700 ton Marshall Ney class monitor
- Maryland (USA): 31,500+ ton Colorado class battleship
- Massachusetts (USA): 35,000+ ton South Dakota class battleship
- Mashona (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 28 May 1941
- Matabele (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 17 January 1941.
- Mauritius (UK): 8000 ton cruiser, Fiji class, scrapped 1965.
- Max Schultz (Germany): 3,150 ton Type 1934 destroyer, sunk 22 February 1940
- Maxim Gorkiy (USSR): 8200 ton Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser
- McKean (USA): 1060 ton Wickes class destroyer, sunk 17 November 1943
- Meigs (USA): 12,568 ton transport, sunk 19 February 1942
- ARA Mendoza (Argentina): 1570 ton destroyer
- Micmac (Canada): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, scrapped 1964
- Minas Gerais (Brazil): 19,200 ton battleship
- Minegumo (Japan): 1961 ton Asashio Class destroyer
- Misiones (Argentina): 1375 ton destroyer
- Missouri (USA): 45,000 ton Iowa class battleship, decommissioned 1992
- Mogami (Japan): 12,400 ton heavy cruiser class of 4
- Mohawk (UK): 2,020 ton Tribal class destroyer, sunk 16 April 1941
- Molotov (USSR): 8200 ton Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser
- Montcalm (France): 7600 ton La Galissonniere class light cruiser
- Montclare (UK): 21,550 ton Submarine Depot Ship, scrapped October 1954
- Monterey (USA): 11,000 ton Independence class light carrier, decommissioned 16 January 1956.
- Montrose (UK): 1530 ton Scott class destroyer leader
- Moreno (Argentina): 27,720 ton battleship