List of World War II Ships - N

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Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Nabob UK Ruler class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 7 September 1943 (former USS Edisto) Decommissioned 30 September 1944, scrapped Dec 1977
Nachi Japan Myōkō class heavy cruiser 13,380 sunk 5 November 1944
Nagara Japan Nagara class light cruiser 5,088 lost 7 August 1944
Nagato Japan Nagato class battleship 42,850 sunk as target at Bikini, 29 July 1946
Nairana UK escort aircraft carrier 11,420 12 December 1943 sold into mercantile service as Port Victor 28 May 1948
Naka Japan Sendai class light cruiser 7,100 1925 sunk 17 February 1944
Narbada India Black Swan class sloop 1,250 Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Jhelum
Nashville USA Brooklyn class light cruiser 9,475 6 June 1938 sold to Chile 1951 (Capitan Prat)
Natal South Africa Loch class frigate 1,435 9 March 1945 Decommissioned 1 September 1965
Natori Japan Nagara class light cruiser 5,088 lost 18 August 1944
Natsuzuki Japan Akizuki class destroyer 2,700 8 April 1945 scrapped after the war
Navarinon Greece E class destroyer 1,405 5 April 1944, (former Echo) Returned to Royal Navy and scrapped Apr 1956
Nelson UK Nelson class battleship 34,000 10 September 1927 decommissioned Feb 1948, scrapped Mar 1949
Nelson USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 26 November 1942 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1969
Neptune UK Leander class light cruiser 7,000 23 February 1934 lost 19 December 1941
Nevada USA Nevada class battleship 29,000 11 March 1916 decommissioned 29 July 1946; sunk as a target 31 July 1948
New Jersey USA Iowa class battleship 57,271 23 May 1943 decommissioned 1948, recommissioned 1968, decommissioned 1969, recommissioned 1983, decommissioned 1991. museum ship Camden, New Jersey
New Mexico USA New Mexico class battleship 33,000 20 May 1918 Scrapped Nov 1947
New Orleans USA New Orleans class heavy cruiser 9,950 12 April 1933 Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959
New York USA New York class battleship 27,000 15 April 1914 decommissioned 29 August 1946, sunk as target at Bikini 8 July 1948
Newark UK Town class destroyer 1,060 26 November 1940 (former USS Ringgold) scrapped Feb 1947
Newfoundland UK Fiji class light cruiser 8,800 21 January 1943 sold to Peru 1959, renamed Almirante Grau
Newmarket UK Town class destroyer 1,060 26 November 1940 (former USS Robinson) scrapped Sep 1945
Newport Norway Town class destroyer 1,190 Mar 1942 (former HMS Newport) Jun 1942, returned to RN
Niblack USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 1 August 1940 Sold 16 August 1973 and broken up for scrap
Nicholson USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 3 June 1941 to Italy 1951, sunk as target 1975
Niedersachsen Germany minelayer 1,794 20 December 1943 (former French transport Guyane, captured by Italy as Acqui 4 December 1942) sunk 15 February 1944
Nields USA Benson class destroyer 1,620 15 January 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Niels Juel Denmark Niels Juel class coastal defence ship 3,800 captured, renamed Nordland (Germany) sunk 3 May 1945
Nigeria UK Fiji class cruiser 8,000 23 September 1940 sold to India 29 August 1957, renamed Mysore
Ning Hai China light cruiser 2,200 became Ioshima (Japan)
Niobe Germany anti-aircraft cruiser 4,100 former Dutch Gelderland sunk Kotka 16 July 1944
Norge Norway Eidsvold class coastal defence ship 4,230 7 February 1901 sunk 9 April 1940
North Carolina USA North Carolina class battleship 35,000 9 April 1941 decommissioned 27 June 1947, museum ship Wilmington, North Carolina
Northampton USA Northampton class heavy cruiser 9,050 17 May 1930 lost 1 December 1942
Noshiro Japan Agano class light cruiser 6,650 Sunk 26 October 1944
Nubian UK Tribal class destroyer 2,020 6 December 1938 scrapped 1949
Nürnberg Germany light cruiser 6,980 2 November 1935 transferred to Soviet Union as Admiral Makarov, scrapped 1960

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