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 (G) Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned FateBattledestroyer2,32510 December 1946Listed as active, prior to the end of the war, in the paid off 1953Rapanamerchant aircraft carrier8,0001944returned to merchant service 1946; scrapped 1958 Gdestroyer1,33525 February 1936sunk as a blockship September 1943, scrapped 1953Flowercorvette92515 May 1941paid off 21 June 1945 Fijilight cruiser8,00021 February 1942scrapped 1968 Casablancaescort carrier7,80028 December 1943Sunk 25 October 1944 Wickesminelayer destroyer1,09029 November 1918Damaged 17 February 1945, scuttled 16 July 1945.Bensondestroyer1,62025 August 1942decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1972Flowercorvette92524 May 19409 November 1942Gdestroyer1,3353 March 1936to Poland 3 May 1940, paid off 24 September 1946Huntdestroyer escort1,00028 August 1940scrapped 1958 Gato submarine1,525 surfaced31 December 1941Scrapped 25 July 1960Giuseppe Garibaldi armored cruiser6,100c.1896Stricken 8 May 1947General PueyrredonGiuseppe Garibaldi armored cruiser6,1001897Stricken 2 August 1954Flowercorvette9258 December 1941Flowercorvette92520 September 1940George LeyguesLa Galissonnièrelight cruiser7,60015 November 1937scrapped 1959Towndestroyer1,20023 September 1940to Canada September 1942, to USSR as Doblestny 10 August 1944Georgios AverofPisaarmored cruiser9,45016 May 1911Decommissioned 1952, museum shipFlowercorvette92524 June 1940Gleavesdestroyer1,63015 September 1942decommissioned 1955, sunk as target 1973Flower modifiedcorvette1,01510 November 19435 July 1945escort carrier10,9005 February 1945scrapped 1 November 1979Bensondestroyer1,62018 September 1942decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973Giovanni dalle Bande NereGiussano light cruiser5,20010 February 1932Sunk 19 July 1940 Gdestroyer1,35022 February 1936sunk 21 November 1939Giulio CesareConte di Cavourdreadnought26,14010 May 1914Ceded to Soviet Union 1948, renamed NovorossiyskGiuseppe GaribaldiDuca degli Abruzzi light cruiser9,1951937scrapped 1972Giuseppe Miragliaseaplane tender4,9651927decommissioned 15 July 1950Riverfrigate1,4452 September 1944paid off 17 November 1945Flowercorvette9256 April 1940sunk on 17 October 1941 by Huntdestroyer escort1,05012 June 1942to Norway after war, scrapped 1961 Gleavesdestroyer1,63014 June 1940Sold 29 June 1972 and broken up for scrapGleavesdestroyer1,6308 October 1942sunk 10 June 1944GloireLa Galissonnièrelight cruiser7,60015 November 1937scrapped 1958Flowercorvette925Cancelled, 23 January 1941Gloriousaircraft carrier22,50020 April 1916sunk 8 June 1940Colossusaircraft carrier13,2002 April 1945scrapped August 1961light cruiser9,40031 January 1939Sunk on 22 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete Gdestroyer1,35022 January 1936sunk 8 April 1940Flowercorvette92522 August 1940Scharnhorstbattleship32,00021 May 1938sunk as block ship March 1945Huntdestroyer escort1,050constructive loss July 1944Black Swansloop1,35028 June 19431948 (I)Flowercorvette92515 July 1940sunk in collision 6 September 1940 (II)Flowercorvette92523 February 1942Clemsondestroyer1,25026 January 1920Decommissioned 11 October 1945 Lochfrigate1,4351 December 1944scrapped June 1978 Captainfrigate1,1504 October 1943sunk 29 April 1945GoriziaZaraheavy cruiser11,9001931sunk 1943Prins van Oranjeminelayer1,29124 February 1932scuttled 7 March 1942Graf ZeppelinGraf Zeppelinaircraft carrier23,200launched 8 December 1938, not completed, scuttled 16 August 1947 Gdestroyer1,35020 March 1936scuttled after torpedo attack by on 29 May 1940Type VIICsubmarine769launched 15 April 1941German U-boat, captured by the British, 27 August 1941.Ran aground September 1944Battledestroyer2,32514 June 1946Listed as active, prior to the end of the war, in the paid off March 1953Gleavesdestroyer1,63014 February 1941decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974GreenhalghMarcílio Diasdestroyer1,50029 November 1943decommissioned 1966GreifRaubvogeltorpedo boat1,29015 March 1927sunk 23 May 1944 Gdestroyer1,35028 March 1936sunk 29 May 1940 (I)Gdestroyer1,3501 July 1936sunk 19 January 1940 (II)Udestroyer1,77727 May 1943paid off 1974, scrapped 1983 Gdestroyer1,3501 February 1936sunk 22 May 1941 Gridleydestroyer1,59024 June 1937scrapped 1947 Gdestroyer1,3506 June 1936to Canada 1 March 1943 as , paid off May 1945GromGromdestroyer1,97511 May 1937sunk 4 May 1940Riverfrigate1,4454 December 1943paid off 25 December 1946Huntdestroyer escort1,0505 February 1942sunk 12 June 1942GryfGryf minelayer2,08527 February 1938sunk 3 September 1939GuacoldaHsubmarine4411917scrapped 1949escort carrier7,80025 September 1943decommissioned 15 July 1946, scrapped 1959GualeHsubmarine4411917scrapped 1945Alaskabattlecruiser ("large cruiser")27,50017 September 1944scrapped August 1961Flower modifiedcorvette1,0159 May 194427 June 1945Gunston HallAshlandDock landing ship7,9309 December 1943Stricken 1 December 1967 (I)Tribaldestroyer2,02021 October 1938sunk 9 April 1940 (II)Ldestroyer1,92018 February 1941sunk 17 January 1942Sverigecoastal defence ship7,12512 December 1922paid off 22 March 1957, scrapped 1970Gleavesdestroyer1,63015 January 1941sunk 13 July 1943
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