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Image | Ship | Country | Class and type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
Aaron Ward (I) | USA UK |
Wickes class destroyer | 1,200 | 21 April 1919 | to UK as HMS Castleton 9 September 1940 | |
Aaron Ward (II) | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 4 March 1942 | sunk 7 April 1943 | |
Aaron Ward (III) | USA | Smith class destroyer-minelayer | 2,200 | 28 October 1944 | constructive loss 30 April 1945, scrapped 1946 | |
Abbot (I) | USA UK |
Wickes class destroyer | 1,200 | 19 July 1919 | to UK as HMS Charlestown 23 September 1940 | |
Abbot (II) | USA | Fletcher class destroyer | 2,050 | 23 April 1943 | decommissioned 1965, scrapped 1975 | |
Abdiel | UK | Abdiel class minelayer | 2,650 | 15 April 1941 | sunk 10 September 1943 | |
Abel P. Upshur | USA UK |
Clemson class destroyer | 1,200 | 19 July 1919 | to UK as HMS Clare 9 September 1940 | |
Abercrombie | UK | Roberts class monitor | 8,536 | 5 May 1943 | Scrapped 1954 | |
Abercrombie | USA | Butler class destroyer escort | 1,350 | 1 May 1944 | Decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1968 | |
Abner Read | USA | Fletcher class destroyer | 2,050 | 5 February 1943 | sunk 1 November 1944 | |
Abukuma | Japan | Nagara class light cruiser | 5,088 | 26 May 1925 | sunk 26 October 1944 | |
Acasta | UK | A class destroyer | 1,350 | 11 February 1930 | sunk 8 June 1940 | |
Achates | UK | A class destroyer | 1,350 | 27 March 1930 | sunk 31 December 1942 | |
Acavus | UK | MAC ship | 16,000 | Oct 1943 | returned to merchant service post-war, renamed Iacara | |
Acheron | UK | A class destroyer | 1,350 | 13 October 1931 | sunk 17 December 1940 | |
Achilles | UK/ New Zealand |
Leander class light cruiser | 7,270 | 6 October 1933 | sold to India 1948 | |
Acree | USA | Cannon class destroyer escort | 1,240 | 19 July 1943 | Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 | |
Active | UK | A class destroyer | 1,350 | 9 February 1930 | scrapped 1947 | |
Activity | UK | Escort aircraft carrier | 11,800 | 15 October 1942 | Returned to merchant service April 1946, renamed Breconshire | |
Adams | USA | Smith class destroyer-minelayer | 2,200 | 10 October 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1971 | |
Admiral Graf Spee | Germany | Deutschland class cruiser | 12,103 | 6 January 1936 | scuttled 17 December 1939 | |
Adelaide | Australia | Birmingham class light cruiser | 5,550 | 5 August 1922 | scrapped 1949 | |
Admiral Hipper | Germany | Admiral Hipper class cruiser | 14,000 | 25 April 1939 | Scuttled 2 May 1945 | |
Admiral Scheer | Germany | Deutschland class cruiser | 12,100 | 12 November 1934 | sunk 9 April 1945 | |
Admiralty Islands | USA | Casablanca class escort carrier | 7,800 | 13 June 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
Adrias | Greece | Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer | 1,050 | 5 August 1942 | mined 22 October 1943, declared a constructive total loss, scrapped 1945 | |
Adula | UK | MAC ship | 16,000 | Feb 1944 | Returned to merchant service post-war | |
Aetos | Greece | Wild Beast class destroyer | 1,030 | 19 October 1912 | Decommissioned 1946 | |
Afridi | UK | Tribal class class destroyer | 2,020 | 3 May 1938 | Sunk 3 May 1940 | |
Agano | Japan | Agano class light cruiser | 6650 | 31 October 1942 | Sunk 15 February 1944 | |
Ahrens | USA | Buckley class destroyer escort | 1,400 | 12 February 1944 | Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967 | |
Ajax | UK | Leander class light cruiser | 7,220 | 3 June 1935 | Scrapped 1949 | |
Akagi | Japan | Amagi class battlecruiser converted to aircraft carrier | 36,500 | 27 March 1927 | sunk 5 June 1942 | |
Akizuki | Japan | Akizuki class destroyer | 2,700 | 11 June 1942 | sunk 25 October 1944 | |
Alabama | USA | South Dakota class battleship | 35,000 | 16 August 1942 | Decommissioned 9 January 1947, currently Museum ship since 1964 | |
Alaska | USA | Alaska class cruiser/ large cruiser | 27,500 | 17 June 1944 | Scrapped 1960 | |
Albatross | UK | seaplane carrier and repair ship | 6,350 | 29 September 1938 (ex Australia) | Torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954 | |
Albatros | Germany | 1923 Raubvogel class torpedo boat | 1,290 | 5 May 1927 | beached 10 April 1940 | |
Alberico da Barbiano | Italy | Giussano class light cruiser | 5,200 | 1931 | Sunk 13 December 1941 | |
Alberto di Giussano | Italy | Giussano class light cruiser | 5,200 | 1 January 1931 | sunk 13 December 1941 | |
Albert T. Harris | USA | Butler class destroyer escort | 1,350 | 29 November 1944 | sunk as target 1969 | |
Albert W. Grant | USA | Fletcher class destroyer | 2,050 | 24 November 1943 | decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1972 | |
Alcantara | UK | Armed merchant cruiser | 22,181 | 1927 | scrapped 1958 | |
Aldea | Chile | Serrano class destroyer | 1,090 | 1929 | Discarded 1957 | |
Alden | USA | Clemson class destroyer | 1,250 | 24 November 1919 | Scrapped 30 November 1945 | |
Alexander J. Luke | USA | Buckley class destroyer escort | 1,400 | 19 February 1944 | Decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1970 | |
Alfred A. Cunningham | USA | Sumner class destroyer | 2,200 | 23 November 1944 | decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1979 | |
Alger | USA Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort | 1,240 | 12 November 1943 | to Brazil 10 March 1945 as Babitonga, scrapped 1964 | |
Algérie | France | Algérie class heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 15 September 1934 | scuttled 27 November 1942 | |
Algérien | USA Free French |
Cannon class destroyer escort | 1,240 | 23 January 1944 (former USS Cronin) | scrapped Nov 1965 | |
Allen M. Sumner | USA | Sumner class destroyer | 2,200 | 26 January 1944 | scrapped 1974 | |
Almirante Brown | Argentina | Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser | 6,800 | 11 July 1931 | scrapped 1962 | |
Almirante Condell | Chile | Almirante Lynch class destroyer | 1,430 | Jan 1914 | decommissioned 1945 | |
Almirante Latorre | Chile | Almirante Latorre class battleship | 28,550 | 1913, as HMS Canada (UK) | Scrapped 1959 | |
Almirante Lynch | Chile | Almirante Lynch class destroyer | 1,430 | 1913 | Decommissioned 1945 | |
Almirante Simpson | Chile | Capitan O'Brien class submarine | 2,020 | 1929 | Discarded 1957 | |
Altamaha | USA | Bogue class escort carrier | 7,900 | 15 September 1942 | scrapped 1946 | |
Alvin C. Cockrell | USA | Butler class destroyer escort | 1,350 | 7 October 1944 | sunk as target 1969 | |
Amagi | Japan | Unryū class aircraft carrier | 17,150 | 10 August 1944 | sunk 27 July 1945 | |
Amastra | UK | MAC ship | 16,000 | Sep 1943 | returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Idas | |
Amazon | UK | destroyer class prototype | 1,350 | 5 May 1927 | scrapped 25 October 1948 | |
Ambuscade | UK | destroyer class prototype | 1,173 | 15 March 1927 | scrapped 1946 | |
Ameer | USA UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier | 11,400 | 20 July 1943 (former USS Baffins) | Returned to USN 17 January 1946, sold into merchant service 17 September 1946 as Robin Kirk | |
Amesbury | USA | Buckley class destroyer escort | 1,400 | 31 August 1943 | sold for scrap, sank under tow 1962 | |
Amethyst | UK | Sloop class Modified Black Swan Sloop | 1,350 | 2 November 1943 | Scrapped 19 January 1957 | |
Amick | USA | Cannon class destroyer escort | 1,240 | 26 July 1943 | to Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, scrapped 1989 | |
Ammen | USA | Fletcher class destroyer | 2,050 | 12 March 1943 | scrapped 1960 | |
Amsterdam | USA | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 8 January 1945 | scrapped 1971 | |
Ancylus | UK | Rapana class MAC ship | 16,000 | Oct 1943 | returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Imbricaria | |
Anderson | USA | Sims class destroyer | 1,570 | 19 May 1939 | sunk in A-bomb test 1946 | |
Andrea Doria | Italy | Andrea Doria class battleship | 25,920 | 13 March 1916 | scrapped 1956 | |
Andres | USA | Evarts class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 15 March 1943 | scrapped 1946 | |
Annapolis | USA Canada |
Town class destroyer | 1,200 | 24 September 1940 (former USS MacKenzie) | scrapped 1945 | |
Anson | UK | King George V class battleship | 35,000 | 22 June 1942 | scrapped 1957 | |
Antelope | UK | A class destroyer | 1,350 | 20 March 1930 | scrapped 1946 | |
Anthony | UK | A class destroyer | 1,350 | 14 February 1930 | Scrapped 1948 | |
Anthony | USA | Fletcher class destroyer | 2,050 | 26 February 1943 | to West Germany 1958, sunk as target 1979 | |
Antietam | USA | Ticonderoga class fleet carrier | 30,800 | 28 January 1945 | decommissioned 8 May 1963, scrapped 1974 | |
Antiquois | Colombia | Guadiana class destroyer | 1,219 | former Douro (Portugal) | ||
Anton Schmitt | Germany | Type 1936 destroyer | 3,400 | 24 September 1939 | sunk 10 April 1940 | |
Anzio | USA | Casablanca class escort carrier | 9,600 | 27 August 1943 as USS Coral Sea | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1959 | |
Aoba | Japan | Aoba class heavy cruiser | 5,088 | 20 September 1927 | sunk 28 July 1945 | |
Apollo | UK | Abdiel class minelayer | 2,650 | 9 October 1943 | scrapped 1962 | |
Aquila | Italy | Aquila class aircraft carrier | 23,500 | not completed | scrapped 1952 | |
Arbiter | USA UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier | 11,400 | 31 December 1943 (former USS St. Simon) | Returned to USN 3 March 1946, stricken 12 April 1946, sold and renamed Coracero | |
Archer | UK | Avenger class escort carrier | 8,200 | 17 November 1941 | decommissioned 6 November 1943, became Empire Lagan aircraft ferry 15 March 1945, returned to USN 9 January 1946 | |
Arcona | Germany | floating antiaircraft battery (former light cruiser) | 2,657 | 18 May 1901 | scrapped 1948/1949 | |
Ardent | UK | A class destroyer | 1,350 | 14 April 1930 | sunk 8 June 1940 | |
Arendal | Norway | Hunt class (Type II) escort destroyer | 1,050 | 16 November 1944 (former HMS Badsworth) | Scrapped 1965 | |
Argus | UK | fleet aircraft carrier | 14,000 | September 1918 | scrapped 1946 | |
Ariadne | UK | Abdiel class minelayer | 2,650 | 12 February 1944 | scrapped 1965 | |
Arizona | USA | Pennsylvania class battleship | 32,600 | 17 October 1916 | sunk 7 December 1941, war memorial | |
Ark Royal | UK | aircraft carrier | 22,000 | 16 December 1938 | sunk 14 November 1941 | |
Arkansas | USA | Wyoming class battleship | 26,100 | 17 September 1912 | sunk 25 July 1946 in A-bomb test | |
Arkhangelsk | UK USSR |
Revenge class battleship | 29,150 | 30 May 1944 (former HMS Royal Sovereign) | returned to Royal Navy 9 February 1949, scrapped Sep 1949 | |
Armando Diaz | Italy | Cadorna class light cruiser | 5,316 | 29 April 1933 | Sunk 25 February 1941 | |
Arrow | UK | A class destroyer | 1,350 | 14 April 1930 | irreparably damaged, 1944 | |
Arteveld | Belgium | patrol boat | 1,640 | commissioned as Lorelei (Germany) | ||
Arunta | Australia | Tribal class destroyer | 2,020 | 30 March 1942 | scrapped 1968 | |
Ashanti | UK | Tribal class destroyer | 2,020 | 21 December 1938 | scrapped 1949 | |
Ashigara | Japan | Myoko class heavy cruiser | 13,300 | 1928 | sunk 8 June 1945 | |
Astoria (I) | USA | New Orleans class heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 28 April 1934 | sunk 9 August 1942 Battle of Savo Island | |
Astoria (II) | USA | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 17 May 1944 | scrapped 1971 | |
Atago | Japan | Takao class heavy cruiser | 14,616 | 30 March 1932 | sunk 23 October 1944 | |
Athabaskan (I) | Canada | Tribal class destroyer | 2,020 | 3 February 1943 | sunk 29 April 1944 | |
Atheling | USA UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier | 11,400 | 1 August 1943 (former Bogue class USS Glacier) | returned to US 13 December 1946 | |
Atherton | USA | Cannon class destroyer escort | 1,240 | 29 August 1943 | to Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, active as of 2012 | |
Atlanta (I) | USA | Atlanta class light cruiser | 6,000 | 24 December 1941 | sunk 13 November 1942 Guadalcanal | |
Atlanta (II) | USA | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 3 December 1944 | sunk as target 1970 | |
Atlantis | Germany | auxiliary cruiser | 7,862 | 19 December 1939 | sunk 21 November 1941 | |
Attacker | USA UK |
Attacker class escort aircraft carrier | 11,400 | 30 September 1942 (former USS Barnes) | decommissioned 5 January 1946 | |
Attilio Regolo | Italy | Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) | 3,750 | August 1942 | ceded to France 1948 | |
Attu | USA | Casablanca class escort carrier | 7,800 | 30 June 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
Audacity | UK | escort aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 20 June 1941 | sunk 21 December 1941 | |
Augusta | USA | Northampton class heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 30 January 1931 | scrapped 1960 | |
Aulick (I) | USA UK |
Clemson class destroyer | 1,200 | 26 July 1919 | to UK as HMS Burnham 8 October 1940 | |
Aulick (II) | USA | Fletcher class destroyer | 2,050 | 27 October 1942 | to Greece 1959, scrapped 1997 | |
Ault | USA | Sumner class destroyer | 2,200 | 31 May 1944 | scrapped 1974 | |
Aurora | USSR | Protected cruiser | 6,731 | 29 July 1903 | in 1957 became a museum-ship. | |
Austin | USA | Evarts class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 13 February 1943 | scrapped 1947 | |
Australia | Australia | County class heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 24 April 1928 | scrapped 1955 | |
Avenger | UK | Avenger class escort carrier | 8,200 | 2 March 1942 (former merchant ship Rio Hudson) | sunk 15 November 1942 | |
Aventure | UK Free French |
River class frigate | 1,370 | 21 January 1944 (former HMS Braid) | Decommissioned 1964 | |
Ayanami | Japan | Fubuki class destroyer | 2,090 | 30 April 1930 | Sunk 15 November 1942 | |
Aylwin | USA | Farragut class destroyer | 1,365 | 1 March 1935 | scrapped 1947 |
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