List of World War II Ships - K

K

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Kaga Japan aircraft carrier 38,200 1 November 1929 sunk 4 June 1942
Kaganovich USSR Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser 8,200 6 December 1944
Kako Japan Furutaka class heavy cruiser 7,950 31 July 1926 sunk 10 August 1942
Kaiyo Japan aircraft carrier 13,600 23 November 1943 (former troop transport) 10 August 1945
Kalinin USSR Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser 8,200 31 December 1942
Kalk USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 17 October 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969
Kanaris Greece Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer 1,050 10 August 1942 Returned to Royal Navy 1959, scrapped 1960
Karl Galster Germany Type 1936 destroyer 3,415 21 March 1939 scrapped 1956
Karlsruhe Germany K class light cruiser 6,650 6 November 1929 sunk 9 April 1940
Kashii Japan Katori class light cruiser 6,180 15 July 1941 sunk 12 January 1945
Kashima Japan Katori class light cruiser 6,180 31 May 1940 struck 5 October 1945; scrapped 1947
Katori Japan Katori class light cruiser 6,180 20 April 1940 sunk 18 February 1944
Katsuragi Japan aircraft carrier 15 October 1944 Scrapped 1947
Kearny USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 13 September 1940 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Keith UK B class destroyer leader 1,350 20 March 1931 sunk 1 June 1940
Kendrick USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 12 September 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1966
Kent UK County class heavy cruiser 9,750 25 June 1928 scrapped Jan 1948
Kenya UK Fiji class light cruiser 8,000 27 September 1940 scrapped 1962
Khedive UK Ruler class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 25 August 1943 (former USS Cordova) Returned to USN 26 January 1946, stricken 19 July 1946, sold and renamed Rempang
Kilkis Greece Kilkis class coastal defence ship 13,000 17 July 1914 sunk 24 April 1941
King George V UK King George V class battleship 35,000 11 December 1940 decommissioned 1949 and scrapped
Kinu Japan Nagara class light cruiser 5,088 10 November 1922 sun by USN aircraft, Sibuyan Sea 26 October 1944
Kinugasa Japan Aoba class heavy cruiser 9,000 30 September 1927 sunk 13 November 1942
Kirishima Japan Kongō class battleship 36,600 19 April 1915 sunk 15 November 1942
Kirov USSR Kirov (Project 26) class heavy cruiser 7,880 23 September 1938
Kiso Japan Kuma class light cruiser 5,100 29 January 1921 20 March 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft west of Cavite
Kistna India Modified Black Swan class sloop 1,350 Scrapped 1980
Kitakami Japan Kuma class light cruiser 5,100 15 April 1921 30 November 1945; Scrapped
Knapp USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,500 16 September 1943 Decommissioned: 4 March 1957, scrapped 1972
Knight USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 23 June 1942 decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1967
Köln Germany K class light cruiser 6,650 January 1930 sunk 3 March 1945
Komet Germany auxiliary cruiser 7,500 2 June 1940 (former freighter Ems) sunk 14 October 1942
Kondor Germany 1923 (Raubvogel) class torpedo boat 1,290 15 July 1927 decommissioned 28 June 1944
Kongō Japan Kongō class battleship 36,600 16 August 1913 Template:Sunk 21 November 1944
Königsberg Germany K class light cruiser 6,650 17 April 1929 sunk 10 April 1940,at Bergen, Norway
Kormoran Germany auxiliary cruiser 19,900 9 October 1940 (former freighter Steiermark) 19 November 1941
Kortenaer Netherlands Admiralen class destroyer 1,680 3 September 1928 sunk 27 February 1942
Kountouriotis Greece modified Freccia class destroyer 1,389 1933 decommissioned 1946
Krakowiak Poland Hunt class destroyer 1,050 28 May 1941 (laid down as HMS Silverton) returned to RN September 1946, scrapped March 1959.
Krasnoye Znamya USSR Krasnoye Znamya class gunboat 1,735 1897 Sunk on 18 November 1942, raised, decommissioned in 1960
Krasny Kavkaz USSR Kraznyi Kavkaz class cruiser 7,560 25 January 1932 Sunk as a target 1956
Krasnyi Krym USSR Krasnyi Krym class cruiser 6,800 1 July 1928 Sunk as target in 1959
Kriti Greece Hunt (Type II) class escort destroyer 1,050 Dec 1943 (former HMS Hursley) Returned to the Royal Navy 12 November 1959
Kujawiak Poland Hunt class destroyer 1,050 17 June 1941 sunk 16 June 1942, off Malta
Kuma Japan Kuma class light cruiser 5,550 31 August 1920 10 March 1944; Sunk by HMS Tally-Ho west of Penang
Kumano Japan Mogami class heavy cruiser 13,440 31 October 1931 sunk 15 November 1944

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