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 (I) Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned FateJunsen I Typecruiser submarine2,79110 March 1926wrecked 29 January 1943Junsen I Typecruiser submarine2,79124 July 1926sunk 7 April 1944Junsen I Typecruiser submarine2,79130 November 1926sunk 9 December 1942Junsen I Typecruiser submarine2,79124 December 1929sunk 21 December 1942Junsen I Type Modifiedcruiser submarine2,92131 July 1932sunk 19 July 1944Junsen II Typecruiser submarine2,92115 May 1935sunk 16 June 1944Junsen III Typecruiser submarine3,58331 March 1937wrecked 22 June 1943Junsen III Typecruiser submarine3,5835 December 1938sunk 31 March 1945Junsen Type Acruiser submarine4,12913 February 1941sunk 13 June 1943Junsen Type Acruiser submarine4,12931 October 1941sunk 4 July 1944Junsen Type Acruiser submarine4,12916 May 1942missing after 11 January 1944Junsen Type A Modified 1cruiser submarine4,15025 May 1944sunk 13 November 1944Junsen Type A Modified 2cruiser submarine4,76216 December 1944sunk 16 July 1945Junsen Type A Modified 2cruiser submarine4,76214 March 1945sunk as target 28 May 1946Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65430 September 1940sunk 10 November 1942Junsen Type Ccruiser submarine3,56130 March 1940sunk 19 May 1944Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65424 January 1941sunk 19 August 1943Junsen Type Ccruiser submarine3,56131 January 1941sunk 11 February 1943Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65428 April 1941sunk 25 November 1943Junsen Type Ccruiser submarine3,56126 September 1940missing after 31 August 1943Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65415 July 1941sunk 29 November 1943Junsen Type Ccruiser submarine3,56110 March 1941sunk 6 October 1942Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65427 September 1941missing after 24 February 1942Junsen Type Ccruiser submarine3,56131 October 1941sunk 1 June 1943Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65415 October 1941sunk 3 September 1943Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,6546 November 1941sunk 26 October 1944Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65424 February 1942sunk 12 February 1944Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,6546 February 1942sunk 17 May 1942Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65427 February 1942sunk 26 July 1944Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65428 February 1942sunk 13 October 1942Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65430 May 1942sunk 13 May 1943Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65426 April 1942sunk 24 March 1944Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65426 April 1942sank in diving accident 13 June 1944Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65431 August 1942sunk 13 November 1943Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65431 August 1942sunk 23 November 1943Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65430 September 1942scuttled 1 April 1946Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65410 March 1943sunk 19 November 1944Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65431 January 1943sunk 13 November 1944Junsen Type Bcruiser submarine3,65422 April 1943missing after 25 November 1943Junsen Type B Modified 1cruiser submarine3,70031 July 1943missing after 22 November 1943Junsen Type B Modified 1cruiser submarine3,70018 September 1943sunk 18 November 1944Junsen Type B Modified 1cruiser submarine3,7003 November 1943sunk 23 March 1944Junsen Type B Modified 1cruiser submarine3,7005 November 1943sunk 15 February 1944Junsen Type B Modified 1cruiser submarine3,70031 January 1944missing April 1945Junsen Type B Modified 1cruiser submarine3,70028 December 1943sunk 29 October 1944Junsen Type Ccruiser submarine3,62129 February 1944missing October 1944Junsen Type Ccruiser submarine3,62110 July 1944scuttled 1 April 1946Junsen Type Ccruiser submarine3,6215 September 1944sunk 23 January 1945Junsen Type C Modifiedtransport submarine3,64428 December 1943sunk 24 June 1944Junsen Type C Modifiedcruiser submarine3,64420 February 1944scuttled 1 April 1946Junsen Type B Modified 2cruiser submarine3,74731 March 1944missing after 23 October 1944Junsen Type C Modifiedcruiser submarine3,64420 April 1944missing after 13 July 1944Junsen Type B Modified 2cruiser submarine3,7478 June 1944missing April 1945Junsen Type B Modified 2cruiser submarine3,7477 September 1944scuttled 1 April 1946Kaidai III typecruiser submarine2,30024 December 1929sunk 17 January 1942Kaidai IV typecruiser submarine2,30030 August 1930sunk 17 May 1942Kaidai VI typecruiser submarine2,4409 November 1935sunk 10 December 1941Kaidai VI typecruiser submarine2,4407 January 1937sunk 27 January 1942 (ex-I-21)Kiraisen typeminelayer submarine1,76831 March 1927scuttled 30 April 1946 (ex-I-22)Kiraisen typeminelayer submarine1,76828 October 1928sunk 10 June 1945 (ex-I-23)Kiraisen typeminelayer submarine1,76828 April 1928sunk 29 August 1942 (ex-I-24)Kiraisen typeminelayer submarine1,76810 December 1928sunk 20 January 1942 (ex-I-52)Kaidai II typetraining submarine2,5001 November 1924Scrapped 1946–1948I-153 (ex-I-53)Kaidai III typesubmarine2,30030 March 1927Scuttled May 1946I-154 (ex-I-54)Kaidai III typesubmarine2,30015 December 1927Scuttled May 1946I-155 (ex-I-55)Kaidai III typesubmarine2,3005 September 1927Scuttled 8 May 1946 (ex-I-56)Kaidai III typesubmarine2,30031 March 1929Scuttled 1 April 1946 (ex-I-57)Kaidai III typesubmarine2,30015 May 1928Scuttled 1 April 1946 (ex-I-58)Kaidai III typesubmarine2,30024 December 1929Scuttled 1 April 1946 (ex-I-59)Kaidai III typesubmarine2,30031 March 1930Scuttled 1 April 1946 (ex-I-62)Kaidai IV typesubmarine2,30024 April 1930Scuttled 1 April 1946 (ex-I-65)Kaidai V typesubmarine2,3301 December 1932Sunk 27 June 1945 (ex-I-66)Kaidai V typesubmarine2,33010 November 1932Sunk 17 July 1944 (ex-I-68)Kaidai VI typesubmarine2,44031 July 1934Sunk 27 July 1943 (ex-I-69)Kaidai VI typesubmarine2,44028 September 1935Sank in diving accident 4 April 1944 (ex-I-71)Kaidai VI typesubmarine2,44024 December 1935Sunk 1 February 1944I-172 (ex-I-72)Kaidai VI typesubmarine2,4407 January 1937Sunk October–November 1942 (ex-I-74)Kaidai VI typesubmarine2,44015 August 1938Sunk 12 April 1944 (ex-I-75)Kaidai VI typesubmarine2,4408 December 1938Sunk 4 February 1944Kaidai VII type submarine2,6024 August 1942Sunk 16 May 1944Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,60228 December 1942Sunk 3 October 1944Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,60226 December 1942Missing June 1943Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,60218 June 1943Sank accidentally 14 July 1944Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,60215 January 1943Sunk 27 April 1944Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,60224 May 1943Wrecked 16 January 1944Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,60210 May 1943Sunk 1 September 1944Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,6023 October 1943Sunk 29 April 1944Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,60215 October 1943Sunk 19 June 1944Kaidai VII typesubmarine2,60223 September 1943Sunk 22 June 1944Sentaka-Dai typesubmarine1,4792 February 1945sunk as target 23 May 1946Sentaka-Dai typesubmarine1,47912 February 1945scuttled 5 April 1946Sentaka-Dai typesubmarine1,47929 May 1945sunk as target 21 May 1946Senho typesubmarine tanker4,29028 January 1945sunk 14 July 1945Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,21525 May 1944sunk 31 May 1945Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,21523 May 1944sunk 14 January 1945Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,2158 July 1944sunk 29 October 1945Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,21514 June 1944sunk 16 September 1944Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,2151 August 1944sunk 29 November 1944Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,21515 August 1944scuttled 1 April 1946Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,2153 August 1944scuttled 1 April 1946Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,21525 August 1944sunk 26 February 1945Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,2159 October 1944scrapped 1946Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,2154 September 1944sunk 26 February 1945Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai typetransport submarine2,2152 October 1944missing February 1945Type-D/Sen'yu-Dai Modified typetransport submarine2,2158 November 1944sunk 18 July 1945Type D Modifiedtransport/tanker submarine2,24014 April 1945sunk 14 August 1945Sentoku typesubmarine aircraft carrier6,56030 December 1944sunk as target 4 June 1946Sentoku typesubmarine aircraft carrier6,5608 January 1945sunk as target 31 May 1946Sentoku typesubmarine aircraft carrier6,56024 July 1945scuttled 1 April 1946 Type IXD2submarine1,77116 July 1945Scuttled 12 February 1946 Type IXD2submarine1,77115 July 1945Scuttled 13 February 1946 (ex-Comandante Cappellini, Marcello-classsubmarine1,31310 May 1945Scuttled 16 April 1946 (ex-Luigi Torelli, Marconi-classsubmarine1,40010 May 1945Scuttled 16 April 1946 Type Xminelayer submarine2,14315 July 1945Scuttled 3 February 1946 Type IXD1submarine1,77115 July 1945Scuttled 15 February 1946Iminelayer destroyer1,3703 May 1937paid off 29 August 1946, scrapped 29 October 1946.Aetosdestroyer1,03019 October 1912Decommissioned 1946Iminelayer destroyer1,3707 July 1937paid off August, scrapped in Sicily 1948.Illustriousaircraft carrier23,00025 May 1940scrapped 1956Väinämöinencoastal defence ship3,90017 April 1934sunk 13 September 1941IltisRaubtiertorpedo boat1,3201 October 1928sunk 13 May 1942Iminelayer destroyer1,3702 June 1937sunk in collision 16 July 1940Iminelayer destroyer1,37030 June 1937sunk 29 May 1941Implacableaircraft carrier23,82528 August 1944scrapped 1955Iminelayer destroyer1,37029 January 1938paid off 1946, scrapped 22 January 1946.Riverfrigate1,44518 November 1944paid off 23 June 1965Implacableaircraft carrier23,8253 May 1944scrapped 1956Independencelight aircraft carrier11,00014 January 1943decommissioned 28 August 1946, target ship scuttled 1951Libertadriverine battleship2,3365 March 1892Stricken 1951South Dakotabattleship35,00030 April 1942decommissioned 11 September 1947, scrapped 1963heavy cruiser9,80015 November 1932sunk 30 July 1945Illustriousaircraft carrier23,00010 October 1941scrapped 1955Grimsbysloop1,21015 March 1935sunk 6 April 1942Iminelayer destroyer1,37025 June 1937sunk 25 February 1944patrol boat1,1801934seized by Germany in August 1943, renamed Sleipner, later sunk in air raidGleavesdestroyer1,63019 July 1941sunk 22 August 1942Flower modifiedcorvette1,01531 March 1943paid off 3 October 1945Essexaircraft carrier27,10016 August 1943decommissioned 15 March 1974, museum shipIminelayer destroyer1,37029 July 1937sunk 26 September 1943Investigatorsurvey ship1,572decommissioned 1951, scrappedIowabattleship45,00022 February 1943decommissioned 1990, museumQ-ship28326 August 194316 December 1943Tribaldestroyer2,02030 November 1942paid off 24 October 1962, scrapped 1966Gerard Callenburghdestroyer1,60629 May 1941Sunk 13 November 1942Isedreadnought36,0001917sunk 28 July 1945Iminelayer destroyer1,3702 June 1937sunk 20 July 1944. light cruiser5,08815 August 1923Sunk 7 April 1945Iminelayer destroyer1,37024 August 1937sunk 1 September 1940Flowercorvette925 armored cruiser9,75018 March 1901sunk 26 July 1945armored cruiser9,75025 September 1900sunk 24 July 1945

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