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| Ship | Country | Class and type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Dahlgren | USA | Clemson-class destroyer | 1,200 | 6 January 1920 | scrapped 1946 |
| Dale | USA | Farragut class destroyer | 1,365 | 17 June 1935 | scrapped 1947 |
| Dale W. Peterson | USA | Edsall-class destroyer escort | 1,250 | 17 February 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Dallas | USA | Clemson-class destroyer | 1,200 | 29 October 1920 | scrapped 1945 |
| Daly | USA | Fletcher-class destroyer | 2,050 | 24 October 1942 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1976 |
| Damon M. Cummings | USA | Buckley-class destroyer escort | 1,400 | 29 June 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| Daniel | USA | Edsall-class destroyer escort | 1,250 | 24 January 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974 |
| Daniel A. Joy | USA | Rudderow-class destroyer escort | 1,450 | 28 April 1944 | scrapped 1966 |
| Daniel T. Griffin | USA | Buckley-class destroyer escort | 1,400 | 9 June 1943 | to Chile 1966 |
| Darby | USA | Buckley-class destroyer escort | 1,400 | 15 November 1943 | sunk as target 1970 |
| Dasher | UK | Avenger class escort aircraft carrier | 8,200 | 2 July 1942 (former merchant Rio de Janeiro) | sunk 27 March 1943 |
| Dashiell | USA | Fletcher-class destroyer | 2,050 | 20 March 1943 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1975 |
| Dauntless | UK | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | 10 April 1918 | scrapped 1946 |
| David W. Taylor | USA | Fletcher-class destroyer | 2,050 | 18 September 1943 | to Spain 1957, scrapped 1987 |
| Davis | USA | Somers class destroyer leader | 1,850 | 9 November 1938 | scrapped 1947 |
| Davison | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 11 September 1942 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973 |
| Day | USA | Rudderow-class destroyer escort | 1,450 | 10 June 1944 | |
| Dayton | USA | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 7 January 1945 | scrapped 1962 |
| Decatur | USA | Clemson-class destroyer | 1,200 | Aug 1922 | scrapped 1945 |
| Decker | USA China |
Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 3 May 1943 | to Republic of China as Tai Ping 28 August 1945; sunk in action 1954 |
| Découverte | Free French | River class frigate | 1,370 | Feb 1944 (former HMS Windrush) | Decommissioned 1959 |
| Decoy | UK | D-class destroyer | 1,375 | 4 April 1933 | Transferred to RCN 12 April 1943, renamed HMCS Kootenay, broken up Jan 1946 |
| Deede | USA | Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 29 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| De Haven (I) | USA | Fletcher-class destroyer | 2,050 | 21 June 1942 | sunk 1 February 1943 |
| De Haven (II) | USA | Sumner-class destroyer | 2,200 | 31 March 1944 | to South Korea 1973, scrapped 1993 |
| Delhi | UK | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | Jun 1919 | scrapped 1948 |
| DeLong | USA | Rudderow-class destroyer escort | 1,450 | 31 December 1943 | sunk as target 1970 |
| Dempsey | USA | Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 23 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Dennis | USA | Butler-class destroyer escort | 1,350 | 20 March 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
| Dennis J. Buckley | USA | Gearing-class destroyer | 2,250 | 2 March 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
| Dent | USA | Wickes-class destroyer | 1,150 | 9 September 1918 | scrapped 1946 |
| Denver | USA | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 15 October 1942 | scrapped 1960 |
| De Ruyter | Netherlands | De Ruyter class cruiser | 7,822 | 3 October 1936 | sunk 28 February 1942 |
| Despatch | UK | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | 2 June 1922 | scrapped 1946 |
| Detroit | USA | Omaha class light cruiser | 7,050 | 31 July 1923 | scrapped 1946 |
| Deutschland | Germany | Deutschland class heavy cruiser | 12,100 | 1 April 1933 | renamed Lützow |
| Devonshire | UK | County class cruiser | 9,750 | 18 March 1929 | scrapped Dec 1954 |
| Dewey | USA | Farragut class destroyer | 1,365 | 14 October 1934 | scrapped 1946 |
| Dickerson | USA | Wickes-class destroyer and destroyer-transport | 1,150 | 3 September 1919 | sunk 4 April 1945 |
| Diether von Roeder | Germany | Type 1936 destroyer | 4,400 | 29 August 1938 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Diomede | UK | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | 24 April 1922 | scrapped 1946 |
| Dionne | USA | Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 16 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Dobler | USA | Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 17 May 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
| Doherty | USA | Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 6 February 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
| Donaldson | USA | Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 1 December 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
| Doneff | USA | Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 10 June 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Donnell | USA | Buckley-class destroyer escort | 1,400 | 26 June 1943 | damaged Aug 1943 and converted to power barge, scrapped 1946 |
| Doran | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 4 August 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| Dorsey | USA | Wickes-class destroyer | 1,150 | 16 September 1918 | grounded in typhoon, 9 October 1945 |
| Dortch | USA | Fletcher-class destroyer | 2,050 | 7 August 1943 | to Argentina 1961, scrapped 1977 |
| Douglas A. Munro | USA | Butler-class destroyer escort | 1,350 | 11 July 1944 | decommissioned 1960, sunk as target 1966 |
| Douglas H. Fox | USA | Sumner-class destroyer | 2,200 | 26 December 1944 | to Chile 1974, sunk as target 1998 |
| Douglas L. Howard | USA | Edsall-class destroyer escort | 1,250 | 29 July 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974 |
| Downes | USA | Mahan class destroyer | 1,450 | 15 January 1937 | destroyed 7 December 1941 but "rebuilt," scrapped 1948 |
| Doyle | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 27 January 1943 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1972 |
| Doyle C. Barnes | USA | Butler-class destroyer escort | 1,350 | 13 July 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| Drache | Germany | minelayer | 1,870 | captured 17 April 1941 (former Yugoslav Zmaj) | sunk 22 September 1944 |
| Dragon | UK then Poland |
Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | Aug 1918 | damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944 |
| Drayton | USA | Mahan class destroyer | 1,450 | 1 September 1936 | scrapped 1947 |
| Drexler | USA | Sumner-class destroyer | 2,200 | 14 November 1944 | sunk 28 May 1945 |
| Drum | United States | Gato class submarine | 1,525 surfaced | 1 November 1941 | decommissioned 1967; museum at Mobile, Alabama |
| Duffy | USA | Evarts-class destroyer escort | 1,140 | 5 August 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Dufilho | USA | Butler-class destroyer escort | 1,350 | 21 July 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
| Duguay-Trouin | France Free French |
Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser | 7,250 | 2 November 1926 | decommissioned 9 March 1952 |
| Duilio | Italy | Andrea Doria class battleship | 25,920 | 1915 | 1956 |
| Duke of York | UK | King George V class battleship | 35,000 | 28 February 1940 | scrapped 1957 |
| Duluth | USA | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 18 September 1944 | scrapped 1960 |
| Duncan (I) | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 16 April 1942 | sunk 12 October 1942 |
| Duncan (II) | USA | Gearing-class destroyer | 2,250 | 25 February 1945 | decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1980 |
| Dundee | UK | Shoreham class sloop | 1,060 | 31 March 1933 | Torpedoed and sunk 15 September 1940 |
| Dunedin | UK | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | 19 November 1918 | lost 24 November 1941 |
| Dunkerque | France | battlecruiser | 26,500 | 15 April 1937 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Dunlap | USA | Mahan class destroyer | 1,450 | 12 June 1937 | scrapped 1948 |
| Dunvegan Castle | UK | Armed merchant cruiser | 15,007 | 7 September 1939 | sunk 28 August 1940 |
| Dupleix | France | Suffren class heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 7 July 1932 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Du Pont | USA | Wickes-class destroyer | 1,150 | 30 April 1919 | scrapped 1947 |
| Duquesne | France Free French |
Duquesne class heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 6 December 1928 | condemned 1955 |
| Durban | UK | Danae-class cruiser | 4,850 | 1 November 1921 | "Gooseberry" breakwater blockship, 9 June 1944 |
| Durant | USA | Edsall-class destroyer escort | 1,250 | 17 February 1944 | decommissioned 1964, scrapped 1974 |
| Durik | USA | Buckley-class destroyer escort | 1,400 | 16 November 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967 |
| Dyess | USA | Gearing-class destroyer | 2,250 | 21 May 1945 | scrapped 1981 |
| Dyson | USA | Fletcher-class destroyer | 2,050 | 30 December 1942 | to West Germany 1960, scrapped 1982 |
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