List of ships of the Second World War (N)

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 or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Nabob  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Ruler escort carrier 11,400 7 September 1943 Crewed by RCN, paid off 10 October 1944, scrapped December 1977
Nachi  Imperial Japanese Navy Myōkō class heavy cruiser 13,380 sunk 5 November 1944
Nagara  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagara class light cruiser 5,088 lost 7 August 1944
Nagato  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagato dreadnought 42,850 25 November 1920 sunk as target 29 July 1946
Nagpur  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Nairana  Royal Navy Nairana escort carrier 14,280 12 December 1943 to Netherlands 23 March 1946, scrapped 1971
Naka  Imperial Japanese Navy Sendai class light cruiser 7,100 1925 sunk 17 February 1944
Nanaimo  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 26 April 1941 paid off 28 September 1945
Napanee  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 12 May 1941 paid off 12 July 1945
Napier  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 28 November 1940 25 October 1945
Narbada  Royal Indian Navy Black Swan Sloop 1,250 Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Jhelum
Narcissus  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 17 July 1941
Nashville  United States Navy Brooklyn class light cruiser 9,475 6 June 1938 sold to Chile 1951 (Capitan Prat)
Nasik  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Nasturtium  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 26 September 1940
Natal  South African Navy Loch frigate 1,435 9 March 1945 Decommissioned 1 September 1965
Natori  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagara class light cruiser 5,088 lost 18 August 1944
Natsuzuki  Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki destroyer 2,700 8 April 1945 scrapped after the war
Nelson  Royal Navy Nelson battleship 34,000 10 September 1927 decommissioned February 1948, scrapped March 1949
Nelson  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 26 November 1942 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1969
Nene  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 River frigate 1,445 8 April 1943 to Canada 4 June 1944, paid off 11 June 1945
Nepal  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 29 May 1942 paid off 22 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955
Neptune  Royal Navy Leander class light cruiser 7,000 23 February 1934 lost 19 December 1941
Nestor  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 12 February 1941 scuttled 15 June 1942
Nevada  United States Navy Nevada battleship 29,000 11 March 1916 decommissioned 29 July 1946; sunk as a target 31 July 1948
New Glasgow  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 22 December 1943 paid off 30 January 1967
New Jersey  United States Navy Iowa battleship 57,271 23 May 1943 decommissioned 1991. museum ship
New Mexico  United States Navy New Mexico battleship 33,000 20 May 1918 Scrapped November 1947
New Orleans  United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser 9,950 12 April 1933 Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959
New Waterford  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 21 January 1944 paid off 2 December 1966
New Westminster  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 31 January 1942 paid off 21 June 1945
New York  United States Navy New York battleship 27,000 15 April 1914 decommissioned 29 August 1946, sunk as target 8 July 1948
Newark  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,060 26 November 1940 scrapped February 1947
Newfoundland  Royal Navy Fiji class light cruiser 8,800 21 January 1943 sold to Peru 1959, renamed Almirante Grau
Newmarket  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,060 26 November 1940 scrapped September 1945
Newport  Royal Norwegian Navy Town destroyer 1,190 March 1942 June 1942, returned to RN
Niagara  Royal Canadian Navy Town destroyer 1,190 24 September 1940 paid off 27 May 1946
Niblack  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 1 August 1940 Sold 16 August 1973 and broken up for scrap
Nicholson  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 3 June 1941 to Italy 1951, sunk as target 1975
Niedersachsen  Kriegsmarine minelayer 1,794 20 December 1943 captured French Guyana 4 December 1942, sunk 15 February 1944
Nields  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 15 January 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Niels Juel  Royal Danish Navy Niels Juel coastal defence ship 3,400 23 May 1923 beached 29 August 1943, captured by Germany, sunk 3 May 1945
Nigella  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 25 February 1941
Nigeria  Royal Navy 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  Kriegsmarine anti-aircraft cruiser 4,100 former Dutch Gelderland sunk Kotka 16 July 1944
Nizam  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 19 December 1940 paid off 17 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955
Noordbrabant  Royal Netherlands Navy Holland class cruiser 4,033 1 March 1900 Scuttled 17 May 1940
Nootka  Royal Canadian Navy Tribal destroyer 1,927 9 August 1946 built and launched during war, paid off 6 February 1964
Norge  Royal Norwegian Navy Eidsvold coastal defence ship 4,230 7 February 1901 sunk 9 April 1940
Norman  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 29 September 1941 paid off October 1945, sold for scrap 1958
North Carolina  United States Navy North Carolina battleship 35,000 9 April 1941 decommissioned 27 June 1947, museum ship
Northampton  United States Navy Northampton class heavy cruiser 9,050 17 May 1930 lost 1 December 1942
Noshiro  Imperial Japanese Navy Agano class light cruiser 6,650 Sunk 26 October 1944
Norsyd  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 22 December 1943 25 June 1945
North Bay  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 25 October 1943 5 June 1945
Nubian  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 6 December 1938 scrapped 1949
Nürnberg  Kriegsmarine light cruiser 6,980 2 November 1935 transferred to Soviet Union as Admiral Makarov, scrapped 1960
Nymphe  Kriegsmarine Tordenskjold coastal defence ship 3,858 21 March 1898 Norway Tordenskjold, captured by Germany 9 April 1940, scrapped 1948

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.
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