List of World War II Ships - M

M

Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Macdonough USA Farragut class destroyer 1,365 15 March 1935 scrapped 1947
MacKenzie USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 21 November 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974
Macoma Netherlands Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker 8,000 1 April 1944 transferred to merchant service post-war
Macomb USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 26 January 1942 to Japan 1954, to Taiwan 1970, scrapped 1980
Maddox USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 31 October 1942 sunk 10 July 1943
Madison USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 6 August 1940 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969
Madras India Bathurst class minesweeper 1,025 12 May 1942 Decommissioned 1960
Mahan USA Mahan class destroyer 1,450 18 September 1936 sunk 7 December 1944
Mahratta UK M class destroyer 1,920 28 July 1942 sunk 25 February 1944
Mahroussa Egypt yacht 3,417
Malaya UK Queen Elizabeth class battleship 31,000 1 February 1916 decommissioned 1944, scrapped 1948
Mansfield Norway Town class destroyer 1,190 Dec 1940 (former HMS Mansfield) 20 March 1942, returned to RN
Manxman UK Abdiel class minelayer 2,650 20 June 1941 scrapped 1971
Maori UK Tribal class destroyer 2,020 2 January 1939 sunk 12 February 1942
Marblehead USA Omaha class light cruiser 7,050 8 September 1924 scrapped 1946
Marcilio Dias Brazil Marcilio Dias class destroyer 1,500 29 November 1943 Decommissioned 22 August 1972
Mariz e Barros Brazil Marcilio Dias class destroyer 1,500 29 November 1943 Decommissioned 22 August 1972
Marocain Free French Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 29 February 1944 (former USS Marocain) Decommissioned May 1964
Marseillaise France La Galissonniere class light cruiser 7,600 10 October 1937 scuttled 27 November 1942
Marshal Ney UK Marshal Ney class monitor 6,700 scrapped in 1957
Marshal Soult UK Marshal Ney class monitor 6,700 scrapped July 1946
Maryland USA Colorado class battleship 32,600 21 July 1921 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959
Mashona UK Tribal class destroyer 2,020 28 March 1939 sunk 28 May 1941
Mason USA Evarts-class destroyer escort 1,140 20 March 1944 Scrapped 1947
Massachusetts USA South Dakota class battleship 37,970 12 May 1942 Decommissioned 27 March 1947, museum ship Fall River, Massachusetts
Matabele UK Tribal class destroyer 2,020 25 January 1939 sunk 17 January 1941
Mauritius UK Fiji class cruiser 8,000 1 January 1941 scrapped 1965
Maury USA Gridley class destroyer 1,590 5 August 1938 scrapped 1946
Max Schultz Germany Type 1934 destroyer, 3,150 8 April 1937 sunk 22 February 1940
Maxim Gorky USSR Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser 8,200 25 October 1940 Decommissioned Feb. 1956
Maya Japan Takao class heavy cruiser 13,350 30 June 1932 Sunk 23 October 1944
Mayo USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 18 September 1940 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Mayrant USA Benham class destroyer 1,500 13 September 1939 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
McCall USA Gridley class destroyer 1,590 22 June 1938 scrapped 1947
McCalla USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 27 May 1942 to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1973
McCook USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 15 March 1943 decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973
McDougal USA Porter class destroyer leader 1,850 23 December 1936 scrapped 1949
McKean USA Wickes class high speed transport 1,060 25 February 1919 sunk 17 November 1943
McLanahan USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 19 December 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974
Meade USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 22 June 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973
Medway UK Submarine tender 14,650 Jul 1929 sunk 30 June 1942
Melvin USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 24 November 1943 Decommissioned 13 January 1954, scrapped 1975
Memphis USA Omaha class light cruiser 7,050 17 December 1925 scrapped 1947
Mendoza Argentina Mendoza class destroyer 1,570 Discarded 30 April 1962
Meredith USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 1 March 1941 sunk 15 October 1942
Mervine USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 17 June 1942 decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1969
Miami USA Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 28 December 1943 scrapped 1962
Miaoulis Greece Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer 1,050 25 November 1942 Returned to Royal Navy 1959, scrapped 1960
Michel Germany auxiliary cruiser 10,900 7 September 1941 (former Polish freighter Bielsko) sunk 17 October 1943
Mikuma Japan Mogami class heavy cruiser 13,440 29 August 1935 Sunk 6 June 1942
Milwaukee/Murmansk USA, USSR Omaha class light cruiser 7,050 20 June 1923; to USSR as Murmansk 20 April 1944 scrapped 10 December 1949
Minas Gerais Brazil Minas Gerais class battleship 19,200 6 January 1910 Decommissioned 20 September 1953
Minegumo Japan Asashio class destroyer 1,961
Minneapolis USA New Orleans class heavy cruiser 9,950 19 May 1934 Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959
Miralda UK Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker 16,000 Jan 1944 returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Marisa
Misiones Argentina Buenos Aires class destroyer 1,375 Discarded 3 May 1971
Mississippi USA New Mexico class battleship 32,000 25 January 1917 decommissioned 1956 (for scrap)
Missouri USA Iowa class battleship 45,000 11 June 1944 decommissioned 1955, recommissioned 1984, decommissioned 1992; museum Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Mobile USA Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 24 March 1943 scrapped 1960
Moffett USA Porter class destroyer leader 1,850 28 August 1936 scrapped 1947
Mogami Japan Mogami class heavy cruiser 12,400 1935 Sunk 25 October 1944
Mohawk UK Tribal class destroyer 2,020 7 September 1938 sunk 16 April 1941
Molotov USSR Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser 8,200 25 October 1940 decommissioned Feb 1956
Monaghan USA Farragut class destroyer 1,365 18 April 1935 foundered in typhoon 18 December 1944
Monowai New Zealand armed merchant cruiser 4,925 30 August 1940 (former passenger liner) Decommissioned 18 June 1943, then landing ship
Monssen USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 14 March 1941 Sunk by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal 13 November 1942
Montcalm France
Free French		 La Galissonniere class light cruiser 7,600 15 November 1937 Decommissioned 1 May 1957
Montclare UK Submarine tender 21,550 2 June 1942 (former AMC Montclare) scrapped Oct 1954
Monterey USA Independence class light carrier 11,000 17 June 1943 decommissioned 16 January 1956, scrapped 1971
Montpelier USA Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 9 September 1942 scrapped 1960
Montrose UK Admiralty leader class 1,530 14 September 1918 scrapped Jan 1946
Moreno Argentina Rivadavia class battleship 27,720 scrapped Feb 1956
Morris USA Sims class destroyer 1,570 5 March 1940 scrapped 1947
Morrison USA Fletcher-class destroyer 2,050 tons 18 December 1943 Sunk by kamikazes, 4 May 1945
Möwe Germany Raubvogel class torpedoboat 1,213 1 October 1926 sunk 15 June 1944
Mugford USA Bagley class destroyer 1,500 16 August 1937 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
Murasame Japan Shiratsuyu class destroyer 1,685 7 January 1937 sunk 4 March 1943
Murphy USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 25 July 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Musashi Japan Yamato class battleship 68,200 sunk 25 October 1944
Mustin USA Sims class destroyer 1,570 15 September 1939 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
Mutsu Japan Nagato class battleship 42,850 sunk 8 June 1943
Muzio Attendolo Italy Montecuccoli class light cruiser 3,184 1935 lost 1942
Myōkō Japan Myōkō class heavy cruiser 13,380 1929 scuttled by Royal navy 8 June 1946

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