List_of_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War

List of ship classes of World War II

Add article description

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.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article List_of_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] [1]
"Hulls Listed by Name". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.

[2] [2]
"Royal Navy operations in the Second World War". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.

[3] [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] [4]
"Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

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

List_of_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War

List of ship classes of World War II

Ship classes of World War II

Single-ship "classes"

See also

References

Bibliography

Share this article:

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	Regia Marina	1932	667	10
Asama	Cruiser	Imperial Japanese Navy	1898	9,700	2
Asashio	Destroyer	Imperial Japanese Navy	1936–1937	1,961	10
Atlanta	Light cruiser	United States Navy	1941–1946	6,000	8