List of World War II Ships - G

G

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Gadila Netherlands Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker 8,000 1944 returned to merchant service 1946; scrapped 1958
Gambia UK
then New Zealand		 Fiji class light cruiser 8,000 21 February 1942 scrapped 1968
Gambier Bay USA Casablanca class escort carrier 7,800 28 December 1943 Sunk 25 October 1944
Gamble USA Wickes class destroyer minelayer 1,090 29 November 1918 Damaged beyond repair Iwo Jima 17 February 1945, scuttled Guam 16 July 1945.
Gansevoort USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 25 August 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1972
Garland UK
then Poland		 G class destroyer 1,335 3 March 1936 sold to the Netherlands 14 November 1947
Gato United States Gato class submarine 1,525 surfaced 31 December 1941 Scrapped 25 July 1960
Gelderland Netherlands Holland class cruiser (pantserdekschip) 4,100 16 July 1900 captured by Germany 1940, renamed Niobe, sunk 16 July 1944
General Belgrano Argentina Garibaldi class cruiser 6,100 c.1896 Stricken 8 May 1947
General Pueyrredon Argentina Garibaldi class cruiser 6,100 Stricken 2 August 1954
Georg Thiele Germany Type 1934 destroyer 3,150 27 February 1937 sunk 13 April 1940
George Leygues France
Free French		 La Galissonnière class light cruiser 7,600 15 November 1937 scrapped 1959
Georgios Averof Greece armored cruiser 9,450 16 May 1911 Decommissioned 1951, museum ship
Gherardi USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 15 September 1942 decommissioned 1955, sunk as target 1973
Gillespie USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 18 September 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Italy Giussano class light cruiser 5,200 10 February 1932 Sunk 19 July 1940
Giulio Cesare Italy Conte di Cavour class battleship 26,140 10 May 1914 ceded to Soviet Union 1948, renamed Novorossiisk
Giuseppe Garibaldi Italy Duca degli Abruzzi class light cruiser 9,195 1937 scrapped 1972
Giuseppe Miraglia Italy seaplane tender 4,965 1927 decommissioned 15 July 1950
Glaisdale Norway Hunt class destroyer escort destroyer 1,050 12 June 1942 renamed HNoMS Narvik 1946, scrapped 1961
Gleaves USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 14 June 1940 Sold 29 June 1972 and broken up for scrap
Glennon USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 8 October 1942 sunk 10 June 1944
Gloire France
Free French		 La Galissonnière class light cruiser 7,600 15 November 1937 scrapped 1958
Glorious UK Glorious class aircraft carrier 22,500 20 April 1916 sunk 8 June 1940
Glory UK Colossus class aircraft carrier 13,200 2 April 1945 scrapped August 1961
Gloucester UK Town class light cruiser 9,400 31 January 1939 Sunk on 22 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete
Gneisenau Germany Gneisenau class battleship 32,000 21 May 1938 sunk as block ship March 1945 (Gotenhafen/Gdynia)
Godavari India Black Swan class sloop 1,250 28 June 1943 Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Sind
Goldsborough USA Clemson class destroyer 1,250 26 January 1920 Decommissioned 11 October 1945
Good Hope South Africa Loch class frigate 1,435 1 December 1944 scrapped June 1978
Goodall UK Captain class frigate 1,150 4 October 1943 sunk 29 April 1945
Gorizia Italy Zara class heavy cruiser 11,900 1931 sunk 1943
Graf Spee (short name for Admiral Graf Spee) Germany Deutschland class pocket battleship or heavy cruiser 12,100 6 January 1936 scuttled 17 December 1939
Graf Zeppelin Germany aircraft carrier 23,200 launched 8 December 1938, not completed Sunk as target in the Baltic,
16 August 1947
Grayson USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 14 February 1941 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974
Greenhalgh Brazil Marcilio Dias class destroyer 1,500 29 November 1943 decommissioned 1966
Greif Germany Raubvogel class torpedoboat 1,290 15 March 1927 sunk 23 May 1944
Gridley USA Gridley class destroyer 1,590 24 June 1937 scrapped 1947
Grom Poland Grom-class destroyer 1,975 11 May 1937 sunk 4 May 1940
Gryf Poland Gryf class minelayer 2,085 27 February 1938 sunk 3 September 1939
Guam USA Alaska class battlecruiser 27,500 17 September 1944 scrapped Aug 1961
Gurkha UK Tribal class destroyer 2,020 21 October 1938 sunk 9 April 1940
Gwin USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 15 January 1941 sunk 13 July 1943

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