List of ships of the Second World War (U)

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
U-25  Kriegsmarine Type IA submarine 982 6 April 1936 sunk 1 August 1940
U-37 - U-44  Kriegsmarine Type IX u-boats
U-65, U-66,
U-103 - U-111, U-122 - U-124		  Kriegsmarine Type IXB u-boats 1,051
U-66 - U-68,
U-125 - U-131, U-153 - U-166, U-171 - U-176, U-501 - U-524		  Kriegsmarine Type IXC u-boats 1,051
U-190  Kriegsmarine
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Type IXC 1,257 24 September 1942 Surrendered to RCN 11 May 1945, commissioned 19 May, paid off 24 July 1947, scuttled October 21, 1947
U-167 - U-170, U-183 - U-194, U-525 - U-550, U-801 - U-806, U-841 - U-846, U-853 - U-858, U-865 - U-870, U-877 - U-881, U-889, U-1221 - U-1235  Kriegsmarine Type IXC/40 u-boats 1,120 U-877 sunk by HMCS St. Thomas on 27 December 1944. All 56 members saved by crew of the St. Thomas.[5]
U-177 - U-182, U-195 - U-200, U-847 - U-852, U-859 - U-864, U-871 - U-876  Kriegsmarine Type IXD u-boats 1,616
U-889  Kriegsmarine
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Type IXC/40 1,257 4 August 1944 Surrendered to RCN 10 May 1945, commissioned 14 May, paid off December 1945, scuttled 1947
U-459 - U-464, U-487 - U-490  Kriegsmarine Type XIV u-boats ("milch-kuh") 1,668
U-459 - U-464, U-487 - U-490  Kriegsmarine Type XXI u-boats ("Elektroboote") 1,668
U-D1  Kriegsmarine H training submarine 441 1915 scuttled by Netherlands, captured by Germany 1939, paid off 23 November 1943
Uganda  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Crown Colony-class (Ceylon Group) light cruiser 8,800 21 October 1944 transferred to RCN as HMCS Uganda 21 October 1944, renamed HMCS Quebec 14 January 1952, scrapped 1961
Ulster  Royal Navy U destroyer 1,777 30 June 1943 paid off 1977, scrapped 1980
Ulysses  Royal Navy U destroyer 1,777 23 December 1943 paid off 1963, scrapped 1970
Undaunted  Royal Navy U destroyer 1,777 3 March 1944 paid off 1974, sunk as target 1978
Underhill  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,673 15 November 1943 sunk 24 July 1945
Undine  Royal Navy U destroyer 1,777 23 December 1943 scrapped November 1965
Unicorn  Royal Navy aircraft maintenance carrier 16,510 12 March 1943 scrapped 1960
Unryū  Imperial Japanese Navy Unryū aircraft carrier 17,150 6 August 1944 sunk 19 December 1944
Unyō  Imperial Japanese Navy Taiyō escort carrier 17,830 31 August 1942 Sunk 15 September 1944
Ursa  Royal Navy U destroyer 1,777 23 December 1943 paid off November 1966
Urchin  Royal Navy U destroyer 1,777 24 September 1943 paid off 1964, scrapped 1967
Urania  Royal Navy U destroyer 1,777 18 January 1944 scrapped 1971
Utah  USA radio controlled target-ship and anti-aircraft training ship 21,825 31 August 1911 former Florida-class battleship, recommissioned in 1932, sunk 7 December 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. ↑ http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2565311
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