List of World War II Ships - B

B

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Babbitt USA Wickes class destroyer 1,190 24 October 1919 scrapped 1946
Babitonga USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 10 March 1945 (former USS Alger) Decommissioned 1964
Bache USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 14 November 1942 scrapped 1968
Badger USA Wickes class destroyer 1,190 29 May 1919 scrapped 1945
Baependi USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 19 December 1944 (former USS Cannon) Decommissioned 1973
Bagley USA Bagley class destroyer 1,500 12 June 1937 scrapped 1947
Bahia Brazil Bahia class light cruiser 3,100 1910 lost 4 July 1945
Bailey (I) USA
UK		 Clemson class destroyer 1,190 27 June 1919 to UK as HMS Reading 26 November 1940
Bailey (II) USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 11 May 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969
Bainbridge USA Clemson class destroyer 1,200 9 February 1921 scrapped 1945
Bairoko USA Commencement Bay class escort carrier 10,200 16 July 1945 decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1960
Baker USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 23 December 1943 to France 1952, sunk as target 1970
Balch USA Porter class destroyer leader 1,850 20 October 1936 scrapped 1946
Baldwin USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 30 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, scuttled 1961
Baltimore USA Baltimore class heavy cruiser 17,200 15 April 1943 decommissioned 2 July 1954, scrapped 1972
Bancroft (I) USA
Canada		 Clemson class destroyer 1,190 30 June 1919 to Canada as HMCS St Francis 24 September 1940
Bancroft (II) USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 30 April 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Bangust USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 30 October 1943 to Peru 1952, scrapped 1979
USS Barb United States Gato class submarine 1525 surfaced, 2460 submerged 2 April 1942

[sold to Italy as Enrico Tazzoli 1954, scrapped 1973
Barber USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 10 October 1943 to Mexico 1969, struck 2001
Barham UK Queen Elizabeth class battleship 31,000 19 August 1915 sunk 25 November 1941
Bari Italy light cruiser 3,284 1925 (former German Pillau) sunk 28 June 1943
Barker USA Clemson class destroyer 1,200 17 December 1919 scrapped 1945
Barnes USA Bogue class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 20 February 1943 Decommissioned 29 August 1946, scrapped 1959
Barney USA Wickes class destroyer 1,190 14 March 1919 scrapped 1946
Baron USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 5 July 1943 to Uruguay 1952, scrapped 1990
Barr USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 16 February 1944 sunk as target 1963
Barry USA Clemson class destroyer 1,200 15 November 1921 sunk 21 June 1945
Bartolomeo Colleoni Italy Giussano class light cruiser 5,200 10 February 1932 Sunk 19 July 1940
Barton (I) USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 29 May 1942 sunk 13 November 1942
Barton (II) USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 30 December 1943 sunk as target 1969
Basilisk UK B class destroyer 1,350 4 March 1931 sunk 1 June 1940
Bataan Australia Tribal class destroyer 2,020 25 May 1945 scrapped 1958
Bataan USA Independence class light carrier 11,000 17 November 1943 decommissioned 9 April 1954, scrapped 1960
Bates USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 13 September 1943 sunk by kamikazes 25 May 1945
Bath USA
UK
Norway		 Town class destroyer 1,190 23 September 1940 (former USS Hopewell), to Norway as HNoMS Bath 9 January 1941 Sunk on 19 August 1941
Battler USA
UK		 Attacker class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 31 October 1942 (former USS Altamaha) Returned to USN 12 February 1946, scrapped May 1946
Bauru USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 15 August 1944 (former USS Reybold) Decommissioned 17 September 1981, museum ship
Beagle UK B class destroyer 1,350 9 April 1931 scrapped Jan 1946
Beale USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 23 December 1942 sunk as target 1969
Béarn France
Free French		 aircraft carrier 22,150 May 1927 stricken Nov 1966, scrapped Mar 1967
Bearss USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 12 April 1944 decommissioned 1963, scrapped 1976
Beatty (I) USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 7 May 1942 sunk 6 November 1943
Beatty (II) USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 31 March 1945 to Venezuela 1972, scrapped 1981
Bebas USA Evarts class destroyer escort 1,140 15 May 1943 scrapped 1945
Beberibe USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 1 August 1944 (former USS Herzog) Decommissioned 1968
Bedouin UK Tribal class destroyer 2,020 15 March 1939 Sunk 15 June 1942
Begum USA
UK		 Ruler class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 2 August 1943 (former Bogue class USS Bolinas) returned to USN 4 January 1946, stricken 19 June 1946, renamed Raki
Belfast UK Town class cruiser 11,553 5 August 1939 Museum ship since 21 October 1971 moored in London next to Tower Bridge
Bell USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 4 March 1943 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1975
Belleau Wood USA Independence class light carrier 11,000 31 March 1943 decommissioned 13 January 1947, transferred to France as Bois Belleau; scrapped 1961
Belmont USA
UK		 Town class destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 (former USS Satterlee) sunk 31 January 1942
Benevente USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 19 December 1944 (former USS Christopher) Decommissioned 1964
Bengal India Bathurst class minesweeper 1,025 8 August 1942 Decommissioned 1960
Benham (I) USA Benham class destroyer 1,500 2 February 1939 sunk 15 November 1942
Benham (II) USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 20 December 1943 to Peru 1960, scrapped 1980
Benner USA Gearing class destroyer 2,250 13 February 1945 scrapped 1975
Bennett USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 9 February 1943 to Brazil 1959, scrapped 1978
Bennington USA Essex class fleet carrier 30,800 6 August 1944 decommissioned 15 January 1970, scrapped 1994
Bennion USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 14 December 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Benson USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 25 July 1940 transferred to Taiwan 1954, scrapped 1974
Bermuda UK Fiji class cruiser 8,000 21 August 1942 scrapped 1965
Bernadou USA Wickes class destroyer 1,190 19 May 1919 scrapped 1945
Bernd von Arnim Germany Type 1934A destroyer 3,100 6 December 1938 scuttled 13 April 1940
Bertioga USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 1 August 1944 (former USS Pennewill) Decommissioned 1964
Beverly USA
UK		 Town class destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 (former USS Branch) sunk 11 April 1943
Biddle USA Wickes class destroyer 1,190 22 April 1919 scrapped 1946
Bideford UK Shoreham class sloop 1,105 23 February 1932 Sold 14 September 1947
Biloxi USA Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 31 August 1943 Scrapped 1962
HMS Birmingham UK Southampton class light cruiser 9,770 18 November 1937 scrapped 1960
USS Birmingham USA Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 29 January 1943 Scrapped 1959
Bismarck Germany Bismarck class battleship 41,700 24 August 1940 sunk 27 May 1941
Bismarck Sea USA Casablanca class escort carrier 7,800 20 May 1944 sunk 21 February 1945
Biter UK Avenger class escort carrier 8,200 5 May 1942 (former Rio Parana) Transferred to France as Dixmude 1945
Bivin USA Butler class destroyer escort 1,350 31 October 1944 decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1969
Black USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 21 May 1943 scrapped 1971
Black Prince UK Dido Class Light Cruiser 5,950 30 November 1943 Decommissioned March 1962
Blair USA Edsall class destroyer escort 1,250 13 September 1943 decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1972
Blakeley USA Wickes class destroyer 1,190 8 May 1919 scrapped 1945
Blanche UK B class destroyer 1,350 14 February 1931 sunk 13 November 1939
Blanco Encalada Chile cruiser 3,435 ca.1893 scrapped 1946
Blessman USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 19 September 1943 to Taiwan 1967, scrapped 1995
Block Island (I) USA Bogue class escort aircraft carrier 9,800 8 March 1943 Sunk 29 May 1944
Block Island (II) USA Commencement Bay class escort carrier 10,900 30 December 1944 decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1960
Blücher Germany Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser 14,000 20 September 1939 sunk 9 April 1940
Blue (I) USA Bagley class destroyer 1,500 14 August 1937 sunk 22 August 1942
Blue (II) USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 20 March 1944 sunk as target 1974
Błyskawica Poland Grom-class destroyer 1,975 25 November 1937 decommissioned 1 May 1976, preserved as museum ship
Boadicea UK B class destroyer 1,350 7 April 1931 sunk 13 June 1944
Bocaina USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 20 March 1945 (former USS Marts) Decommissioned 1975
Boggs USA Wickes class destroyer-minesweeper 1,190 23 September 1918 scrapped 1946
Bogue USA Bogue class escort carrier 9,800 26 September 1942 Decommissioned 30 November 1946, scrapped 1960
Boise USA Brooklyn class light cruiser 9,950 12 August 1938 Decommissioned 11 January 1951, sold to Argentina. Scrapped 1978
Bolzano Italy Trento class heavy cruiser 10,511 1933 sunk 1944
Bombay India Bathurst class minesweeper 1,025 24 April 1942 Decommissioned 1960
Bon Homme Richard USA Essex class fleet carrier 30,800 26 November 1944 decommissioned 2 July 1971, scrapped 1992
Booth USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 19 September 1943 to Philippines 1967, lost in typhoon 1981
Bordelon USA Gearing class destroyer 2,250 5 June 1945 to Iran 1977
Boreas UK B class destroyer 1,350 20 February 1931 became Salamis (Greece), 1944, returned and scrapped 1951
Borie (I) USA Clemson class destroyer 1,200 24 March 1920 sank 2 November 1943 after ramming and sinking U-405
Borie (II) USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 21 September 1944 to Argentina 1972, scrapped 1984
Borum USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 30 November 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966
Boston USA Baltimore class heavy cruiser 17,200 30 June 1943 decommissioned 1970, scrapped 1975
Bostwick USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 1 December 1943 to Republic of China 1948, scrapped 1972
Bougainville USA Casablanca class escort carrier 7,800 18 June 1944 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960
Bowers USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 27 January 1944 to Philippines 1961
Boxer USA Ticonderoga class fleet carrier 30,800 16 April 1945 decommissioned 1 December 1969, scrapped 1971
Boyd USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 8 May 1943 to Turkey 1969, scrapped 1981
Boyle USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 15 August 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973
Brackett USA Evarts class destroyer escort 1,140 18 October 1943 scrapped 1947
Bracui USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 15 August 1944 (former USS McAnn) Decommissioned 11 July 1972
HMS Bradford USA
UK		 Town class destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 (former USS McLanahan) scrapped 1946
USS Bradford USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 12 June 1943 to Greece 1962, scrapped 1981
Braine USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 11 May 1943 to Argentina 1971, sunk as target 1983
Branch USA
UK		 Clemson class destroyer 1,200 26 July 1920 to UK 8 October 1940 as HMS Beverly
Brandenburg Germany minelayer 3,894 1 May 1943 (captured French transport Kita) sunk 21 September 1943
Brazen UK B class destroyer 1,350 8 April 1931 sunk 20 July 1940
Breckinridge USA Wickes class destroyer 1,190 27 February 1919 scrapped 1946
Breeman USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 12 December 1943 to Republic of China 1948, scrapped 1972
Breese USA Wickes class destroyer-minelayer 1,190 23 October 1918 scrapped May 1946
Bremerton USA Baltimore class heavy cruiser 17,200 29 April 1945 decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1974
Brennan USA Evarts class destroyer escort 1,140 20 January 1943 scrapped 1946
Bretagne France Bretagne class battleship 22,200 Sep 1915 sunk 3 July 1940
Breton USA Bogue class escort carrier 7,800 12 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Bright USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 30 June 1944 to France 1950, scrapped 1965
Brighton USA
UK
USSR		 Town class destroyer 1,200 23 September 1940 (former USS Cowell) to USSR as Zharki 16 July 1944
Brilliant UK B class destroyer 1,350 21 February 1931 scrapped Aug 1947
Brister USA Edsall class destroyer escort 1,250 30 November 1943 scrapped 1968
Bristol (I) USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 22 October 1941 sunk 13 October 1943
Bristol (II) USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 17 March 1945 to Taiwan 1969, scrapped 1993
Broadwater USA
UK		 Town class destroyer 1,200 9 October 1940 (former USS Mason) sunk 18 October 1941
Broadway USA
UK		 Town class destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 (former USS Hunt) scrapped 1947
Bronstein USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 13 December 1943 to Uruguay 1952, scrapped 1988
Brooklyn USA Brooklyn class light cruiser 9,950 30 September 1937 Decommissioned 3 January 1947, sold to Chile. Sank in Pacific 1992
Brooks USA Clemson class destroyer 1,200 18 June 1920 constructive loss 6 January 1945, scrapped
Broome USA Clemson class destroyer 1,200 31 October 1919 scrapped 1946
Brough USA Edsall class destroyer escort 1,250 18 September 1943 scrapped 1967
Brown USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 10 July 1943 to Greece 1962, scrapped 1981
Brownson USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 3 February 1943 sunk 26 December 1943
Bruno Heinemann Germany Type 1934A destroyer 3,100 8 January 1938 sunk 25 January 1942
Brush USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 17 April 1944 to Taiwan 1969
Bryant USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 4 December 1943 decommissioned 1947, sunk as a target 1969
Buchanan (I) USA
UK		 Wickes class destroyer 1,200 20 January 1919 to UK as HMS Campbeltown 9 September 1940, expended as bomb-ship at St Nazaire 29 March 1942
Buchanan (II) USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 21 March 1942 to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1976
Buck USA Sims class destroyer 1,570 15 May 1940 sunk 9 October 1943
Buckley USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 30 April 1943 scrapped 1969
Buenos Aires Argentina Buenos Aires class destroyer 1,375 1938 1971
Bull USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 12 August 1943 to Taiwan 1966, scrapped 1995
Bullard USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 9 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Bulldog UK B class destroyer 1,350 8 April 1931 scrapped Jan 1946
Bulmer USA Clemson class destroyer 1,200 16 August 1920 scrapped 1947
Bunch USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 21 August 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1965
Bunker Hill USA Essex class fleet carrier 30,800 24 May 1943 decommissioned 9 January 1947, scrapped 1973
Burden R. Hastings USA Evarts class destroyer escort 1,140 1 May 1943 scrapped 1946
Burke USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 20 July 1943 to Colombia 1968, scrapped 1974
Burnham USA
UK		 Town class destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 (former USS Aulick) scrapped 1948
Burns USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 3 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974
Burrows USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 19 December 1943 to Netherlands 1950, scrapped 1968
Burwell USA
UK		 Town class destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 (former USS Laub) scrapped 1947
Burza Poland Wicher class destroyer 1,400 10 July 1932 Scrapped 1977
Bush USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 10 May 1943 sunk 6 April 1945
Butler USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 15 August 1942 scrapped 1948
Buxton USA
UK
Canada		 Town class destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 (former USS Edwards), to RCN Aug 1942 scrapped 1945

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