List of ships of the Second World War (A)

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.[1][2][3][4]

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Ship Country Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Aaron Ward (DD-483)  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 4 March 1942 Sunk 7 April 1943[5]
Aaron Ward (DM-34)  United States Navy Smith minelayer destroyer 2,200 28 October 1944 constructive loss 30 April 1945, scrapped 1946
Abbot (DD-629)  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 23 April 1943 Decommissioned 1965, scrapped 1975[6]
Abdiel  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer 2,650 15 April 1941 Sunk 10 September 1943[7]
Abelia  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 3 February 1941 constructive loss 9 January 1944[8]
Abercrombie  Royal Navy Roberts monitor 8,536 5 May 1943 Scrapped 1954[9]
Abercrombie  United States Navy Butler destroyer escort 1,350 1 May 1944 Decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1968
Abner Read  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 5 February 1943 Sunk 1 November 1944
Abukuma  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagara light cruiser 5,088 26 May 1925 Sunk 26 October 1944[10]
Acasta  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 11 February 1930 Sunk 8 June 1940[11]
Acavus  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 8,010 October 1943 Returned to merchant service post-war
Achates  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 27 March 1930 Sunk 31 December 1942
Acheron  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 13 October 1931 Sunk 17 December 1940
Achilles  Royal Navy Royal New Zealand Navy Leander light cruiser 7,270 6 October 1933 sold to India 1948
Aconit  French Navy Flower corvette 925 23 July 1941 30 April 1947
Acree  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 19 July 1943 Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Action  United States Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 22 November 1942 6 September 1945
Active  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 9 February 1930 Scrapped 1947
Adams  United States Navy Smith minelayer destroyer 2,200 10 October 1944 Decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1971
Adelaide  Royal Australian Navy Birmingham light cruiser 5,550 5 August 1922 Scrapped 1949
Admiral Graf Spee  Kriegsmarine Deutschland cruiser 12,103 6 January 1936 scuttled 17 December 1939
Admiral Hipper  Kriegsmarine Admiral Hipper heavy cruiser 14,000 25 April 1939 Scuttled 2 May 1945
Admiral Scheer  Kriegsmarine Deutschland cruiser 12,100 12 November 1934 Sunk 9 April 1945
Admiralty Islands  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 13 June 1944 Scrapped 1947
Adrias  Hellenic Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 5 August 1942 damaged by mine 22 October 1943, scrapped 1945
Adventure  Royal Navy minelayer cruiser 6,850 4 November 1916 landing repair ship 1944; scrapped 1947
Adula  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 February 1944 Returned to merchant service post-war
Aetos  Hellenic Navy Wild Beast destroyer 1,030 19 October 1912 Decommissioned 1946
Afridi  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 3 May 1938 Sunk 3 May 1940
Agano  Imperial Japanese Navy Agano light cruiser 6,650 31 October 1942 Sunk 15 February 1944
Agassiz  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 23 January 1941 paid off 14 June 1945
Agra  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Ahmedabad  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Ahrens  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 12 February 1944 Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967
Airedale  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 sunk June 1942
Ajax  Royal Navy Leander light cruiser 7,220 3 June 1935 Scrapped 1949
Akagi  Imperial Japanese Navy Amagi aircraft carrier 36,500 27 March 1927 Sunk 5 June 1942
Akizuki  Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki destroyer 2,700 11 June 1942 Sunk 25 October 1944
Alabama  United States Navy South Dakota battleship 35,000 16 August 1942 Decommissioned 9 January 1947, museum ship
Alacrity  United States Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 10 December 1942 4 October 1945
Alaska  United States Navy Alaska battlecruiser ("large cruiser") 27,500 17 June 1944 Scrapped 1960
Albatross  Royal Navy seaplane carrier 6,350 29 September 1938 torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954
Albatros  Kriegsmarine 1923 Raubvogel-class torpedo boat 1,290 5 May 1927 Beached 10 April 1940
Alberico da Barbiano  Regia Marina Condotierri light cruiser 5,200 9 June 1931 Sunk 13 December 1941
Alberni  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 4 February 1941 sunk on 21 August 1944 by U-480
Albert T. Harris  United States Navy Butler destroyer escort 1,350 29 November 1944 Sunk as target 1969
Albert W. Grant  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 24 November 1943 Decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1972
Alberto di Giussano  Regia Marina Condotierri light cruiser 5,200 1 January 1931 Sunk 13 December 1941
Albrighton  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 22 February 1942 paid off 6 January 1956
Alcantara  Royal Navy Armed merchant cruiser 22,181 1927 Scrapped 1958
Aldea  Chilean Navy Serrano destroyer 1,090 26 July 1929 Discarded 1957
Alden  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,250 24 November 1919 Scrapped 30 November 1945
Aldenham  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 5 February 1942 sunk 14 December 1944
Alexander J. Luke  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 19 February 1944 Decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1970
Alexia  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 8,010 1 December 1943 Returned to merchant service post-war
Alfred A. Cunningham  United States Navy Sumner destroyer 2,200 23 November 1944 Decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1979
Alger  United States Navy
 Brazilian Navy		 Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 12 November 1943 To Brazil 10 March 1945 as Babitonga, scrapped 1964
Algérie  French Navy heavy cruiser 10,000 15 September 1934 scuttled 27 November 1942
Algérien  Free French Naval Forces Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 23 January 1944 to France after war, scrapped November 1965
Algoma  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 11 July 1941 paid off 6 July 1945
Algonquin  Royal Canadian Navy V destroyer 2,700 28 February 1944 paid off 1 April 1970
Alisma  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 13 February 1941 [12]
Allen M. Sumner  United States Navy Sumner destroyer 2,200 26 January 1944 Scrapped 1974
Almirante Brown  Argentine Navy Veinticinco de Mayo heavy cruiser 6,800 18 July 1931 scrapped 1962
Almirante Condell  Chilean Navy Almirante Lynch destroyer 1,430 January 1914 Decommissioned 1945
Almirante Latorre  Chilean Navy Almirante Latorre super dreadnought 28,550 1 August 1920 Scrapped 1959
Almirante Lynch  Chilean Navy Almirante Lynch destroyer 1,430 1913 Decommissioned 1945
Almirante Simpson  Chilean Navy Capitan O'Brien-class submarine 2,020 1929 Discarded 1957
Altamaha  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 7,900 15 September 1942 Scrapped 1946
Alvin C. Cockrell  United States Navy Butler destroyer escort 1,350 7 October 1944 Sunk as target 1969
Alysse  French Navy Flower corvette 925 17 June 1941 9 February 1942
Amagi  Imperial Japanese Navy Unryū aircraft carrier 17,150 10 August 1944 Sunk 27 July 1945
Amaranthus  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 12 February 1941
Amastra  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 1 September 1943
Amazon  Royal Navy prototype destroyer 1,350 5 May 1927 Scrapped 25 October 1948
Ambuscade  Royal Navy prototype destroyer 1,173 15 March 1927 Scrapped 1946
Ameer  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 11,400 20 July 1943 paid off 20 March 1946, scrapped 1969
Amesbury  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 31 August 1943 sold for scrap, sank under tow 1962
Amethyst  Royal Navy Black Swan Sloop 1,350 2 November 1943 Scrapped 19 January 1957
Amherst  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 5 August 1941 paid off 16 July 1945
Amick  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 26 July 1943 To Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, scrapped 1989
Amiral Murgescu  Romanian Naval Forces
 Soviet Navy		 Amiral Murgescu minelayer 812 14 June 1939 To Romania 1939, to Soviet Union 1944, scrapped 1989
Ammen  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 12 March 1943 Scrapped 1960
Amritsar  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Amsterdam  United States Navy Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 8 January 1945 Scrapped 1971
Anacapa  United States Navy Q-ship 7,500 31 August 1942 21 March 1946
Anchusa  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 1 March 1941
Ancylus  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 October 1943
Andenes  Royal Norwegian Navy Flower corvette 925 1 October 1941
Anderson  United States Navy Sims destroyer 1,570 19 May 1939 Sunk in A-bomb test 1946
Andrea Doria  Regia Marina Andrea Dorea battleship 25,920 13 March 1916 Scrapped 1956
Andres  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 15 March 1943 Scrapped 1946
Anemone  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 12 August 1940 [13]
Annan  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 13 January 1944 paid off 20 June 1945
Annapolis  Royal Canadian Navy Town destroyer 1,190 24 September 1940 paid off 4 June 1945
Anson  Royal Navy King George V battleship 35,000 22 June 1942 Scrapped 1957
Antelope  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 20 March 1930 Scrapped 1946
Anthony (H40)  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 14 February 1930 Scrapped 1948
Anthony (DD-515)  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 26 February 1943 To West Germany 1958, sunk as target 1979
Antietam  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 28 January 1945 Decommissioned 8 May 1963, scrapped 1974
Antigonish  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 4 July 1944 paid off 30 November 1966
Antiquois  Colombian National Navy Guadiana destroyer 1,219 former Douro (Portugal)
Antoine  Royal Navy Special Service Ship 1,030 paid off March 1941
Aoba  Imperial Japanese Navy Aoba heavy cruiser 5,088 20 September 1927 Sunk 28 July 1945
Apollo  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer 2,650 9 October 1943 Scrapped 1962
Aquila  Regia Marina aircraft carrier 23,500 not completed Scrapped 1952
Arabis (I)  Royal Navy
 United States Navy		 Flower corvette 925 5 April 1940 to USA 30 April 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Arabis (II)  Royal New Zealand Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 16 March 1944 paid off 1948
Äran  Swedish Navy Äran coastal defence ship 3,650 7 September 1902 paid off 16 June 1947, scrapped 1961
Arbiter  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 7,800 31 December 1943 paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1972
Arbutus (I)  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 12 October 1940 sunk on 5 February 1942 by U-136[13]
Arbutus (II)  Royal New Zealand Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 5 July 1944 paid off 1948
Archer  Royal Navy Avenger escort carrier 8,200 17 November 1941 paid off 6 November 1943, scrapped 1962
Arcona  Kriegsmarine Floating anti-aircraft battery 2,657 18 May 1901 Scrapped 1948/1949
Ardent  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 14 April 1930 Sunk 8 June 1940[11]
Argus  Royal Navy aircraft carrier 14,860 September 1918 Scrapped 1946
Ariadne  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer 2,650 12 February 1944 Scrapped 1965
Ariguani (F105)  Royal Navy fighter catapult ship 1940 1943
Arizona  United States Navy Pennsylvania super dreadnought 32,600 17 October 1916 Sunk 7 December 1941, war memorial
Arkansas  United States Navy Wyoming battleship 26,100 17 September 1912 Sunk 25 July 1946 in A-bomb test
Ark Royal  Royal Navy aircraft carrier 22,000 16 December 1938 Sunk 14 November 1941
Armada  Royal Navy Battle destroyer 2,325 2 July 1945 paid off 1960, scrapped 1965
Armando Diaz  Regia Marina Condotierri light cruiser 5,316 29 April 1933 Sunk 25 February 1941
Armeria  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 28 March 1941
Arrow  Royal Navy A destroyer 1,350 14 April 1930 Irreparably damaged, 1944
Arrowhead  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Flower corvette 925 22 November 1940 to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 27 June 1945
Arteveld  Belgian Marine Component patrol boat 1,640 Commissioned as Lorelei (Germany)
Arunta  Royal Australian Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 30 March 1942 Scrapped 1968
Arvida  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 22 May 1941 paid off 14 June 1945
Asbestos  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 16 June 1944 8 July 1945
Ashanti  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 21 December 1938 Scrapped 1949
Ashigara  Imperial Japanese Navy Myōkō heavy cruiser 13,300 20 August 1929 Sunk 8 June 1945
Asphodel  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 11 September 1940[13] sunk 10 March 1944 by U-575 de:U 575 [14]
Assam  Royal Indian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 19 February 1945 paid off 1947
Assiniboine  Royal Canadian Navy C destroyer 1,390 30 May 1932 transferred to RCN 19 October 1939, paid off 8 August 1945
Aster  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 9 April 1941
Asterion  United States Navy Q-ship 6,610 March 1942 transferred to Coast Guard 16 December 1943 converted to weather ship
Astoria (CA-34)  United States Navy New Orleans heavy cruiser 9,950 28 April 1934 Sunk 9 August 1942 Battle of Savo Island
Astoria (CL-90)  United States Navy Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 17 May 1944 Scrapped 1971
Atago  Imperial Japanese Navy Takao heavy cruiser 14,616 30 March 1932 Sunk 23 October 1944
Athabaskan  Royal Canadian Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 3 February 1943 Sunk 29 April 1944
Atheling  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 7,800 28 October 1943 paid off 6 December 1946, scrapped 1967
Atherstone  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 23 March 1940 paid off 23 September 1945, scrapped 1957
Atherton  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 29 August 1943 To Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, active as of 2012
Atholl  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 14 October 1943 17 July 1945
Atik  United States Navy Q-ship 6,610 5 March 1942 sunk 26 March 1942
Atlanta (CL-51)  United States Navy Atlanta light cruiser 6,000 24 December 1941 Sunk 13 November 1942 Guadalcanal
Atlanta (CL-104)  United States Navy Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 3 December 1944 Sunk as target 1970
Atlantis  Kriegsmarine auxiliary cruiser 7,862 19 December 1939 Sunk 21 November 1941
Attacker  Royal Navy Attacker escort carrier 11,400 30 September 1942 paid off 5 January 1946, scrapped 24 May 1980
Attilio Regolo  Regia Marina Capitani Romani light cruiser 3,750 August 1942 ceded to France 1948
Attu  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 30 June 1944 Scrapped 1947
Aubretia  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 23 December 1940 [13]
Augusta  United States Navy Northampton heavy cruiser 9,200 30 January 1931 Scrapped 1960
Aulick (DD-569)  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 27 October 1942 To Greece 1959, scrapped 1997
Ault  United States Navy Sumner destroyer 2,200 31 May 1944 Scrapped 1974
Auricula  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 5 March 1941 6 May 1942[13]
Aurora  Soviet Navy Protected cruiser 6,731 29 July 1903 In 1957 became a museum ship.
Austin  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 13 February 1943 Scrapped 1947
Australia  Royal Australian Navy County-class heavy cruiser 9,850 24 April 1928 Scrapped 1955
Avenger  Royal Navy Avenger escort carrier 8,200 2 March 1942 Sunk 15 November 1942
Avon Vale  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 17 February 1941 scrapped 1958
Ayanami  Imperial Japanese Navy Fubuki destroyer 2,090 30 April 1930 Sunk 15 November 1942
Aylwin  United States Navy Farragut destroyer 1,365 1 March 1935 Scrapped 1947
Azalea  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 27 January 1941

References

  1. ↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
  2. ↑ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
  4. ↑ Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. ↑ "USS Aaron Ward DD-483". Destroyer History Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "United States Ship Abbot (DD 629), 1943-74". Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Mason, Geoffrey B. "HMS ABDIEL - Abdiel-class Fast Cruiser Minelayer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  8. ↑ HMS Arbutus (K 86) (British Corvette) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
  9. ↑ Mason, Geoffrey B. "HMS ABERCROMBIE - Roberts-class 15in gun Monitor". naval-history.net. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  10. ↑ Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander. "HIJMS ABUKUMA: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  11. 1 2 Asmussen, John. "Scharnhorst - The History; Operation "Juno"". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  12. ↑ uboat.net - Officered & crewed by Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve personnel from May 1941 to June 1945
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Lambert and Brown 2008, p. 65.
  14. ↑ HMS Asphodel (K 56) (British Corvette) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
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