The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement.
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+ List of ships of World War II (F) Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned FateFalkeRaubvogeltorpedo boat1,29015 August 1927sunk 15 June 1944Baltimoreheavy cruiser17,2001 July 1945decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972Mahandestroyer1,4508 October 1937scrapped 1948escort carrier7,8009 December 1943decommissioned 14 August 1946, scrapped 1959Bensondestroyer1,6202 April 1942decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972Huntdestroyer escort1,05027 April 1941scrapped 1962Farragutdestroyer1,36518 June 1934scrapped 1947Attackerescort carrier14,40020 February 1943paid off 21 December 1945, sold as a merchant ship; scrapped 1975Flowercorvette92516 January 1941to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 12 June 1945Flower modifiedcorvette1,01518 November 194414 July 1945Huntdestroyer escort1,00029 May 1940paid off 1947Special Service Ship2,45624 September 1940sunk 30 December 1942Fijilight cruiser8,0005 May 1940sunk 22 May 1941Battledestroyer2,32511 September 1945Listed as active, prior to the end of the war, in the paid off 1965, scrapped 1967Gleavesdestroyer1,6303 February 1942decommissioned 1956, sunk as target 1973FiumeZaraheavy cruiser11,5001931sunk 29 March 1941Fletcherdestroyer2,10030 June 1942Decommissioned 1 August 1969, scrapped 1972Flowercorvette92526 August 194014 October 1941Atlantalight cruiser6,00031 August 1944decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1966Floresgunboat1,45725 March 1926scrapped November 1968Mahandestroyer1,4501 October 1936scrapped 1948FochSuffrenheavy cruiser10,00015 August 1931scuttled 27 November 1942Folkestonesloop1,04525 June 1940scrapped 22 May 1947Illustriousaircraft carrier23,00024 November 1940scrapped 1953Gleavesdestroyer1,63013 January 1942scrapped 1946Flower modifiedcorvette1,0151 December 19439 July 1945Riverfrigate1,44527 October 1944paid off 26 March 1965Fort MandanCasa GrandeDock landing ship7,93031 October 1945Transferred to Greece 23 January 1971Fort MarionCasa GrandeDock landing ship7,93029 January 1946Transferred to Taiwan, 15 April 1977Fdestroyer1,40527 April 1935to Canada as Saskatchewan 31 May 1943, mined 21 June 1944Vdestroyer1,4056 June 1935Transferred to RCN 8 February 1944 as , paid off 26 May 1946Gleavesdestroyer1,63031 March 1943decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973Essexaircraft carrier30,80031 January 1944Decommissioned 17 February 1947, scrapped 1964Cdestroyer1,37517 February 1937sunk in a collision 25 June 1940Bensondestroyer1,62030 July 1942decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972Edsalldestroyer escort1,20014 July 1943sunk 24 April 1945Flowercorvette9258 December 1941paid off 14 July 1945Flowercorvette92519 November 1940FresiaHsubmarine4411917scrapped 1945patrol ship1,57529 May 1931ran aground and sank 8 November 1940Flowercorvette9251 November 1941Hawkinsheavy cruiser9,75020 September 1924sold for scrap March 26, 1949Riverfrigate1,3703 March 1944to Free French 3 March 1944 as Escarmouche, paid off 1960Flower modifiedcorvette1,01526 October 194322 July 1945Fu Angunboat1,900FubukiFubukidestroyer1,75010 August 1928sunk 11 October 1942FujinamiYūgumodestroyer2,52031 July 1943sunk 10 January 1945FumizukiMutsukidestroyer1,3153 July 1926sunk 18 February 1944Gloriousaircraft carrier22,40014 October 1917scrapped 1948FurutakaFurutakaheavy cruiser9,15031 March 1926sunk 20 December 1942Fdestroyer1,40510 September 1934mined 21 June 1944, not repairedFusōFusōdreadnought34,70018 November 1915sunk 25 October 1944FuyutsukiAkizukidestroyer2,70030 April 1944scrapped and converted to breakwater 1948
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