List of ships of the Second World War (W)

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
Wager  Royal Navy W destroyer 1,710 14 April 1944 paid off January 1946
Wahoo  United States Navy Gato-class submarine 1,525 surfaced 15 May 1942 Sunk 11 October 1943
Wainwright  United States Navy Sims destroyer 1,570 15 April 1940 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
Wakeful  Royal Navy W destroyer 1,710 17 February 1944 scrapped 5 July
Walke  United States Navy Sims destroyer 1,570 27 April 1940 sunk 15 November 1942
Wallflower  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 7 March 1941
Ward  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,190 24 July 1918 Sunk 7 December 1944
Warrior  Royal Navy Collossus aircraft carrier 18,300 2 April 1945 paid off 1970, scrapped 1971
Warramunga  Royal Australian Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 23 November 1942 scrapped 1963
Warrington  United States Navy Somers-class destroyer leader destroyer leader 1,850 9 February 1938 foundered in hurricane 13 September 1944
Warspite  Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth battleship 31,000 8 March 1915 scrapped 1950
Wasa  Swedish Navy Äran coastal defence ship 3,650 paid off 1940, scrapped 1961
Washington  United States Navy North Carolina battleship 35,000 15 May 1941 Decommissioned 27 June 1947, scrapped 1960
Waskesiu  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 16 June 1943 paid off 29 January 1946
Wasp (I)  United States Navy aircraft carrier 14,700 25 April 1940 sunk 15 September 1942
Wasp (II)  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 24 November 1943 decommissioned 1 July 1972
Welles  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 16 August 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1969
Welshman  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer 2,650 25 August 1941 sunk 1 February 1943
Wensleydale  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 20 October 1942 constructive loss 11 December 1944
Wentworth  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 7 December 1943 paid off 10 October 1945
Wessex  Royal Navy W destroyer 1,710 11 May 1944 paid off January 1946
West Virginia  United States Navy Colorado battleship 31,500 1 December 1923 Decommissioned 9 January 1947, scrapped 1959
West York  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 6 October 1944 9 July 1945
Wetaskiwin  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 17 December 1940 paid off 19 June 1945
Weyburn  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 26 November 1941 paid off 22 February 1943
Whaddon  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 28 February 1941 broken up April 1959
Wheatland  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 3 November 1941 paid off 19 June 1945, scrapped 20 September 1959
Whelp  Royal Navy W destroyer 1,710 25 April 1944 paid off January 1946
Whirlwind  Royal Navy W destroyer 1,710 1943 foundered 29 October 1974
Whitby  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 6 June 1944 16 July 1945
Wicher  Poland Wicher destroyer 1,400 13 July 1930 sunk 3 September 1939
Wichita  United States Navy Wichita class heavy cruiser 10,000 16 February 1939 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959
Widder  Kriegsmarine auxiliary cruiser 16,800 30 November 1939 became repair ship Neumark 1941
Willem van der Zaan  Royal Netherlands Navy Willem van der Zaan minelayer 1,407 21 August 1939 decommissioned 27 February 1970, sold for scrap 6 Oktober 1970
Wiley  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 22 February 1945 decommissioned 9 August 1946
Wilkes  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 22 April 1941 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Wilkes-Barre  United States Navy Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 1 July 1944 sunk as target 1972
Willowherb  Royal Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 30 August 1943 paid off 11 June 1946
Wilson  United States Navy Benham destroyer 1,500 5 July 1939 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
Wilton  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 18 February 1942 paid off 19 June 1945, scrapped 1959
Windflower  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Flower corvette 925 20 October 1940 to Canada 15 May 1941, sunk 7 December 1941
Windrush  Royal Navy

 Free French Naval Forces

 River frigate 1,370 February 1944 to France February 1944 as Découverte, Decommissioned 1959
Winslow  United States Navy Porter destroyer 1,850 17 February 1937 scrapped 1959
Wisconsin  United States Navy Iowa battleship 45,000 16 April 1944 decommissioned 30 September 1991; museum ship
Witte de With  Royal Netherlands Navy Admiralen class destroyer 1,337 20 February 1930 Scuttled 2 March 1942
Wizard  Royal Navy W destroyer 1,710 30 March 1944 scrapped 1967
Wolf  Kriegsmarine 1924 Raubtier class torpedo boat 1,320 15 November 1928 sunk 8 January 1941
Woodruff  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 7 April 1941
Woodstock  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 1 May 1942 paid off 27 January 1945
Woodworth  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 30 April 1942 to Italy 1951, scrapped 1971
Woolsey  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 7 May 1941 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974
Worden  United States Navy Farragut destroyer 1,365 15 January 1935 sunk 12 January 1943
Wrangler  Royal Navy W destroyer 1,710 14 July 1944 to South Africa after war
Wrestler  Royal Navy Admiralty W destroyer 1,188 15 May 1918 mined 6 June 1944, scrapped July 1944

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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