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    The List of ships of the Second World War 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 Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement.

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    List of ships of World War II (A)
    Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
    Aaron Ward (DD-483)  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 4 March 1942 Sunk 7 April 1943
    Aaron Ward (DM-34) Robert H. Smith minelayer destroyer 2,200 28 October 1944 Constructive loss 30 April 1945, scrapped 1946
    Abbot Fletcher destroyer 2,050 23 April 1943 Decommissioned 1965, scrapped 1975
    Abdiel  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer 2,650 15 April 1941 Sunk 10 September 1943
    Abelia Flower corvette 925 3 February 1941 Constructive loss 9 January 1944
    Abercrombie Roberts monitor 8,536 5 May 1943 Scrapped 1954
    Abercrombie  United States Navy John C. Butler destroyer escort 1,350 1 May 1944 Decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1968
    Abner Read Fletcher destroyer 2,050 5 February 1943 Sunk 1 November 1944
    Abukuma  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagara light cruiser 5,088 26 May 1925 Sunk 26 October 1944
    Acasta  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 11 February 1930 Sunk 8 June 1940
    Acavus Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 8,010 October 1943 Returned to merchant service post-war
    Achates A destroyer 1,350 27 March 1930 Sunk 31 December 1942
    Acheron A destroyer 1,350 13 October 1931 Sunk 17 December 1940
    Achilles  Royal Navy Royal New Zealand Navy Leander light cruiser 7,270 6 October 1933 Sold to India 1948
    Aconit  French Navy Flower corvette 925 23 July 1941 30 April 1947
    Acree  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 19 July 1943 Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
    Action Flower modified corvette 1,015 22 November 1942 6 September 1945
    Active  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 9 February 1930 Scrapped 1947
    Adams  United States Navy Robert H. Smith minelayer destroyer 2,200 10 October 1944 Decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1971
    Adelaide  Royal Australian Navy Birmingham light cruiser 5,550 5 August 1922 Scrapped 1949
    Admiral Graf Spee  Kriegsmarine Deutschland cruiser 12,103 6 January 1936 scuttled 17 December 1939
    Admiral Hipper Admiral Hipper heavy cruiser 14,000 25 April 1939 Scuttled 2 May 1945
    Admiral Scheer Deutschland cruiser 12,100 12 November 1934 Sunk 9 April 1945
    Admiralty Islands  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 13 June 1944 Scrapped 1947
    Adrias  Hellenic Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 5 August 1942 Damaged by mine 22 October 1943, scrapped 1945
    Adventure  Royal Navy minelayer cruiser 6,850 4 November 1916 Landing repair ship 1944; scrapped 1947
    Adula Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 February 1944 Returned to merchant service post-war
    Aetos  Hellenic Navy Aetos destroyer 1,030 19 October 1912 Decommissioned 1946
    Afridi  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 3 May 1938 Sunk 3 May 1940
    Agano  Imperial Japanese Navy Agano light cruiser 6,650 31 October 1942 Sunk 15 February 1944
    Agassiz  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 23 January 1941 Paid off 14 June 1945
    Agra  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
    Ahmedabad Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
    Ahrens  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 12 February 1944 Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967
    Airedale  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 Sunk June 1942
    Ajax Leander light cruiser 7,220 3 June 1935 Scrapped 1949
    Akagi  Imperial Japanese Navy Amagi aircraft carrier 36,500 27 March 1927 Sunk 5 June 1942
    Akizuki Akizuki destroyer 2,700 11 June 1942 Sunk 25 October 1944
    Alabama  United States Navy South Dakota battleship 35,000 16 August 1942 Decommissioned 9 January 1947, museum ship
    Alacrity Flower modified corvette 1,015 10 December 1942 4 October 1945
    Alaska Alaska battlecruiser ("large cruiser") 27,500 17 June 1944 Scrapped 1960
    Albatross  Royal Navy seaplane carrier 6,350 29 September 1938 Torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954
    Albatros  Kriegsmarine 1923 Raubvogel-class torpedo boat 1,290 5 May 1927 Beached 10 April 1940
    Alberico da Barbiano  Regia Marina Condottieri light cruiser 5,200 9 June 1931 Sunk 13 December 1941
    Alberni  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 4 February 1941 Sunk on 21 August 1944 by U-480
    Albert T. Harris  United States Navy John C. Butler destroyer escort 1,350 29 November 1944 Sunk as target 1969
    Albert W. Grant Fletcher destroyer 2,050 24 November 1943 Decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1972
    Alberto di Giussano  Regia Marina Condottieri light cruiser 5,200 1 January 1931 Sunk 13 December 1941
    Albrighton  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 22 February 1942 Paid off 6 January 1956
    Alcantara Armed merchant cruiser 22,181 1927 Scrapped 1958
    Aldea  Chilean Navy Serrano destroyer 1,090 26 July 1929 Discarded 1957
    Alden  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,250 24 November 1919 Scrapped 30 November 1945
    Aldenham  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 5 February 1942 Sunk 14 December 1944
    Alexander J. Luke  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 19 February 1944 Decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1970
    Alexia  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 8,010 1 December 1943 Returned to merchant service post-war
    Alfred A. Cunningham  United States Navy Allen M. Sumner destroyer 2,200 23 November 1944 Decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1979
    Alger  United States Navy
     Brazilian Navy     		Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 12 November 1943 To Brazil 10 March 1945 as Babitonga, scrapped 1964
    Algérie  French Navy heavy cruiser 10,000 15 September 1934 scuttled 27 November 1942
    Algérien  Free French Naval Forces Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 23 January 1944 To France after war, scrapped November 1965
    Algoma  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 11 July 1941 paid off 6 July 1945
    Algonquin V destroyer 2,700 28 February 1944 paid off 1 April 1970
    Alisma  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 13 February 1941
    Allen M. Sumner  United States Navy Allen M. Sumner destroyer 2,200 26 January 1944 Scrapped 1974
    Almirante Brown  Argentine Navy Veinticinco de Mayo heavy cruiser 6,800 18 July 1931 scrapped 1962
    Almirante Condell  Chilean Navy Almirante Lynch destroyer 1,430 January 1914 Decommissioned 1945
    Almirante Latorre Almirante Latorre super dreadnought 28,550 1 August 1920 Scrapped 1959
    Almirante Lynch Almirante Lynch destroyer 1,430 1913 Decommissioned 1945
    Almirante Simpson Capitan O'Brien submarine 2,020 1929 Discarded 1957
    Altamaha  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 7,900 15 September 1942 Scrapped 1946
    Alvin C. Cockrell John C. Butler destroyer escort 1,350 7 October 1944 Sunk as target 1969
    Alysse  French Navy Flower corvette 925 17 June 1941 9 February 1942
    Amagi  Imperial Japanese Navy Unryū aircraft carrier 17,150 10 August 1944 Sunk 27 July 1945
    Amaranthus  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 12 February 1941
    Amastra Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 1 September 1943
    Amazon prototype destroyer 1,350 5 May 1927 Scrapped 25 October 1948
    Ambuscade prototype destroyer 1,173 15 March 1927 Scrapped 1946
    Ameer Ruler escort carrier 11,400 20 July 1943 paid off 20 March 1946, scrapped 1969
    Amesbury  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 31 August 1943 sold for scrap, sank under tow 1962
    Amethyst  Royal Navy Black Swan Sloop 1,350 2 November 1943 Scrapped 19 January 1957
    Amherst  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 5 August 1941 paid off 16 July 1945
    Amick  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 26 July 1943 To Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, scrapped 1989
    Amiral Murgescu  Romanian Naval Forces
     Soviet Navy     		Amiral Murgescu minelayer 812 14 June 1939 To Romania 1939, to Soviet Union 1944, scrapped 1989
    Ammen  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 12 March 1943 Scrapped 1960
    Amritsar  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
    Amsterdam  United States Navy Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 8 January 1945 Scrapped 1971
    Anacapa Q-ship 7,500 31 August 1942 21 March 1946
    Anchusa  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 1 March 1941
    Ancylus Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 October 1943
    Andenes  Royal Norwegian Navy Flower corvette 925 1 October 1941
    Anderson  United States Navy Sims destroyer 1,570 19 May 1939 Sunk in nuclear bomb test 1946
    Andrea Doria  Regia Marina Andrea Doria battleship 25,920 13 March 1916 Scrapped 1956
    Andres  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 15 March 1943 Scrapped 1946
    Anemone  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 12 August 1940
    Annan  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 13 January 1944 paid off 20 June 1945
    Annapolis Town destroyer 1,190 24 September 1940 paid off 4 June 1945
    Anson  Royal Navy King George V battleship 35,000 22 June 1942 Scrapped 1957
    Antelope A destroyer 1,350 20 March 1930 Scrapped 1946
    Anthony (H40) A destroyer 1,350 14 February 1930 Scrapped 1948
    Anthony (DD-515)  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 26 February 1943 To West Germany 1958, sunk as target 1979
    Antietam Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 28 January 1945 Decommissioned 8 May 1963, scrapped 1974
    Antigonish  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 4 July 1944 paid off 30 November 1966
    Antiquois  Colombian National Navy Guadiana destroyer 1,219 former Douro (Portugal)
    Antoine  Royal Navy Special Service Ship 1,030 paid off March 1941
    Aoba  Imperial Japanese Navy Aoba heavy cruiser 5,088 20 September 1927 Sunk 28 July 1945
    Apollo  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer 2,650 9 October 1943 Scrapped 1962
    Aquila  Regia Marina aircraft carrier 23,500 not completed Scrapped 1952
    Arabis (I)  Royal Navy
     United States Navy     		Flower corvette 925 5 April 1940 to US 30 April 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
    Arabis (II)  Royal New Zealand Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 16 March 1944 paid off 1948
    Äran  Swedish Navy Äran coastal defence ship 3,650 7 September 1902 paid off 16 June 1947, scrapped 1961
    Arbiter  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 7,800 31 December 1943 paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1972
    Arbutus (I) Flower corvette 925 12 October 1940 sunk on 5 February 1942 by U-136
    Arbutus (II)  Royal New Zealand Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 5 July 1944 paid off 1948
    Archer  Royal Navy Avenger escort carrier 8,200 17 November 1941 paid off 6 November 1943, scrapped 1962
    Arcona  Kriegsmarine Floating anti-aircraft battery 2,657 18 May 1901 Scrapped 1948/1949
    Ardent  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 14 April 1930 Sunk 8 June 1940
    Argus aircraft carrier 14,860 September 1918 Scrapped 1946
    Ariadne Abdiel minelayer 2,650 12 February 1944 Scrapped 1965
    Ariguani fighter catapult ship 1940 1943
    Arizona  United States Navy Pennsylvania super dreadnought 32,600 17 October 1916 Sunk 7 December 1941, war memorial
    Arkansas Wyoming battleship 26,100 17 September 1912 Sunk 25 July 1946 in A-bomb test
    Ark Royal  Royal Navy aircraft carrier 22,000 16 December 1938 Sunk 14 November 1941
    Armada Battle destroyer 2,325 2 July 1945 paid off 1960, scrapped 1965
    Armando Diaz  Regia Marina Condottieri light cruiser 5,316 29 April 1933 Sunk 25 February 1941
    Armeria  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 28 March 1941
    Arrow A destroyer 1,350 14 April 1930 Irreparably damaged, 1944
    Arrowhead  Royal Navy
     Royal Canadian Navy     		Flower corvette 925 22 November 1940 to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 27 June 1945
    Arteveld  Belgian Navy patrol boat 1,640 Commissioned as Lorelei (Germany)
    Arunta  Royal Australian Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 30 March 1942 Scrapped 1968
    Arvida  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 22 May 1941 paid off 14 June 1945
    Asbestos Flower modified corvette 1,015 16 June 1944 8 July 1945
    Ashanti  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 21 December 1938 Scrapped 1949
    Ashigara  Imperial Japanese Navy Myōkō heavy cruiser 13,300 20 August 1929 Sunk 8 June 1945
    Asphodel  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 11 September 1940 sunk 10 March 1944 by U-575
    Assam  Royal Indian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 19 February 1945 paid off 1947
    Assiniboine  Royal Canadian Navy C destroyer 1,390 30 May 1932 transferred to RCN 19 October 1939, paid off 8 August 1945
    Aster  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 9 April 1941
    Asterion  United States Navy Q-ship 6,610 March 1942 transferred to Coast Guard 16 December 1943 converted to weather ship
    Astoria (CA-34) New Orleans heavy cruiser 9,950 28 April 1934 Sunk 9 August 1942 Battle of Savo Island
    Astoria (CL-90) Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 17 May 1944 Scrapped 1971
    Atago  Imperial Japanese Navy Takao heavy cruiser 14,616 30 March 1932 Sunk 23 October 1944
    Athabaskan  Royal Canadian Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 3 February 1943 Sunk 29 April 1944
    Atheling  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 7,800 28 October 1943 paid off 6 December 1946, scrapped 1967
    Atherstone Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 23 March 1940 paid off 23 September 1945, scrapped 1957
    Atherton  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 29 August 1943 To Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, active as of 2012
    Atholl  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 14 October 1943 17 July 1945
    Atik  United States Navy Q-ship 6,610 5 March 1942 sunk 26 March 1942
    Atlanta (CL-51) Atlanta light cruiser 6,000 24 December 1941 Sunk 13 November 1942 Guadalcanal
    Atlanta (CL-104) Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 3 December 1944 Sunk as target 1970
    Atlantis  Kriegsmarine auxiliary cruiser 7,862 19 December 1939 Sunk 21 November 1941
    Attacker  Royal Navy Attacker escort carrier 11,400 30 September 1942 paid off 5 January 1946, scrapped 24 May 1980
    Attilio Regolo  Regia Marina Capitani Romani light cruiser 3,750 August 1942 ceded to France 1948
    Attu  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 30 June 1944 Scrapped 1947
    Aubrietia  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 23 December 1940
    Augusta  United States Navy Northampton heavy cruiser 9,200 30 January 1931 Scrapped 1960
    Aulick Fletcher destroyer 2,050 27 October 1942 To Greece 1959, scrapped 1997
    Ault Allen M. Sumner destroyer 2,200 31 May 1944 Scrapped 1974
    Auricula  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 5 March 1941 6 May 1942
    Aurora  Soviet Navy Protected cruiser 6,731 29 July 1903 In 1957 became a museum ship.
    Austin  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 13 February 1943 Scrapped 1947
    Australia  Royal Australian Navy County heavy cruiser 9,850 24 April 1928 Scrapped 1955
    Avenger  Royal Navy Avenger escort carrier 8,200 2 March 1942 Sunk 15 November 1942
    Avon Vale Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 17 February 1941 scrapped 1958
    Ayanami  Imperial Japanese Navy Fubuki destroyer 2,090 30 April 1930 Sunk 15 November 1942
    Aylwin  United States Navy Farragut destroyer 1,365 1 March 1935 Scrapped 1947
    Azalea  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 27 January 1941

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