List of World War II Ships - A

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Image Ship Country Class and type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Aaron Ward (I) USA
UK		 Wickes class destroyer 1,200 21 April 1919 to UK as HMS Castleton 9 September 1940
Aaron Ward (II) USA Gleaves class destroyer 1,630 4 March 1942 sunk 7 April 1943
Aaron Ward (III) USA Smith class destroyer-minelayer 2,200 28 October 1944 constructive loss 30 April 1945, scrapped 1946
Abbot (I) USA
UK		 Wickes class destroyer 1,200 19 July 1919 to UK as HMS Charlestown 23 September 1940
Abbot (II) USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 23 April 1943 decommissioned 1965, scrapped 1975
Abdiel UK Abdiel class minelayer 2,650 15 April 1941 sunk 10 September 1943
Abel P. Upshur USA
UK		 Clemson class destroyer 1,200 19 July 1919 to UK as HMS Clare 9 September 1940
Abercrombie UK Roberts class monitor 8,536 5 May 1943 Scrapped 1954
Abercrombie USA Butler class destroyer escort 1,350 1 May 1944 Decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1968
Abner Read USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 5 February 1943 sunk 1 November 1944
Abukuma Japan Nagara class light cruiser 5,088 26 May 1925 sunk 26 October 1944
Acasta UK A class destroyer 1,350 11 February 1930 sunk 8 June 1940
Achates UK A class destroyer 1,350 27 March 1930 sunk 31 December 1942
Acavus UK MAC ship 16,000 Oct 1943 returned to merchant service post-war, renamed Iacara
Acheron UK A class destroyer 1,350 13 October 1931 sunk 17 December 1940
Achilles UK/
New Zealand		 Leander class light cruiser 7,270 6 October 1933 sold to India 1948
Acree USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 19 July 1943 Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Active UK A class destroyer 1,350 9 February 1930 scrapped 1947
Activity UK Escort aircraft carrier 11,800 15 October 1942 Returned to merchant service April 1946, renamed Breconshire
Adams USA Smith class destroyer-minelayer 2,200 10 October 1944 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1971
Admiral Graf Spee Germany Deutschland class cruiser 12,103 6 January 1936 scuttled 17 December 1939
Adelaide Australia Birmingham class light cruiser 5,550 5 August 1922 scrapped 1949
Admiral Hipper Germany Admiral Hipper class cruiser 14,000 25 April 1939 Scuttled 2 May 1945
Admiral Scheer Germany Deutschland class cruiser 12,100 12 November 1934 sunk 9 April 1945
Admiralty Islands USA Casablanca class escort carrier 7,800 13 June 1944 scrapped 1947
Adrias Greece Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer 1,050 5 August 1942 mined 22 October 1943, declared a constructive total loss, scrapped 1945
Adula UK MAC ship 16,000 Feb 1944 Returned to merchant service post-war
Aetos Greece Wild Beast class destroyer 1,030 19 October 1912 Decommissioned 1946
Afridi UK Tribal class class destroyer 2,020 3 May 1938 Sunk 3 May 1940
Agano Japan Agano class light cruiser 6650 31 October 1942 Sunk 15 February 1944
Ahrens USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 12 February 1944 Decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967
Ajax UK Leander class light cruiser 7,220 3 June 1935 Scrapped 1949
Akagi Japan Amagi class battlecruiser converted to aircraft carrier 36,500 27 March 1927 sunk 5 June 1942
Akizuki Japan Akizuki class destroyer 2,700 11 June 1942 sunk 25 October 1944
Alabama USA South Dakota class battleship 35,000 16 August 1942 Decommissioned 9 January 1947, currently Museum ship since 1964
Alaska USA Alaska class cruiser/ large cruiser 27,500 17 June 1944 Scrapped 1960
Albatross UK seaplane carrier and repair ship 6,350 29 September 1938 (ex Australia) Torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954
Albatros Germany 1923 Raubvogel class torpedo boat 1,290 5 May 1927 beached 10 April 1940
Alberico da Barbiano Italy Giussano class light cruiser 5,200 1931 Sunk 13 December 1941
Alberto di Giussano Italy Giussano class light cruiser 5,200 1 January 1931 sunk 13 December 1941
Albert T. Harris USA Butler class destroyer escort 1,350 29 November 1944 sunk as target 1969
Albert W. Grant USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 24 November 1943 decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1972
Alcantara UK Armed merchant cruiser 22,181 1927 scrapped 1958
Aldea Chile Serrano class destroyer 1,090 1929 Discarded 1957
Alden USA Clemson class destroyer 1,250 24 November 1919 Scrapped 30 November 1945
Alexander J. Luke USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 19 February 1944 Decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1970
Alfred A. Cunningham USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 23 November 1944 decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1979
Alger USA
Brazil		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 12 November 1943 to Brazil 10 March 1945 as Babitonga, scrapped 1964
Algérie France Algérie class heavy cruiser 10,000 15 September 1934 scuttled 27 November 1942
Algérien USA
Free French		 Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 23 January 1944 (former USS Cronin) scrapped Nov 1965
Allen M. Sumner USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 26 January 1944 scrapped 1974
Almirante Brown Argentina Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser 6,800 11 July 1931 scrapped 1962
Almirante Condell Chile Almirante Lynch class destroyer 1,430 Jan 1914 decommissioned 1945
Almirante Latorre Chile Almirante Latorre class battleship 28,550 1913, as HMS Canada (UK) Scrapped 1959
Almirante Lynch Chile Almirante Lynch class destroyer 1,430 1913 Decommissioned 1945
Almirante Simpson Chile Capitan O'Brien class submarine 2,020 1929 Discarded 1957
Altamaha USA Bogue class escort carrier 7,900 15 September 1942 scrapped 1946
Alvin C. Cockrell USA Butler class destroyer escort 1,350 7 October 1944 sunk as target 1969
Amagi Japan Unryū class aircraft carrier 17,150 10 August 1944 sunk 27 July 1945
Amastra UK MAC ship 16,000 Sep 1943 returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Idas
Amazon UK destroyer class prototype 1,350 5 May 1927 scrapped 25 October 1948
Ambuscade UK destroyer class prototype 1,173 15 March 1927 scrapped 1946
Ameer USA
UK		 Ruler class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 20 July 1943 (former USS Baffins) Returned to USN 17 January 1946, sold into merchant service 17 September 1946 as Robin Kirk
Amesbury USA Buckley class destroyer escort 1,400 31 August 1943 sold for scrap, sank under tow 1962
Amethyst UK Sloop class Modified Black Swan Sloop 1,350 2 November 1943 Scrapped 19 January 1957
Amick USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 26 July 1943 to Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, scrapped 1989
Ammen USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 12 March 1943 scrapped 1960
Amsterdam USA Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 8 January 1945 scrapped 1971
Ancylus UK Rapana class MAC ship 16,000 Oct 1943 returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Imbricaria
Anderson USA Sims class destroyer 1,570 19 May 1939 sunk in A-bomb test 1946
Andrea Doria Italy Andrea Doria class battleship 25,920 13 March 1916 scrapped 1956
Andres USA Evarts class destroyer escort 1,140 15 March 1943 scrapped 1946
Annapolis USA
Canada		 Town class destroyer 1,200 24 September 1940 (former USS MacKenzie) scrapped 1945
Anson UK King George V class battleship 35,000 22 June 1942 scrapped 1957
Antelope UK A class destroyer 1,350 20 March 1930 scrapped 1946
Anthony UK A class destroyer 1,350 14 February 1930 Scrapped 1948
Anthony USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 26 February 1943 to West Germany 1958, sunk as target 1979
Antietam USA Ticonderoga class fleet carrier 30,800 28 January 1945 decommissioned 8 May 1963, scrapped 1974
Antiquois Colombia Guadiana class destroyer 1,219 former Douro (Portugal)
Anton Schmitt Germany Type 1936 destroyer 3,400 24 September 1939 sunk 10 April 1940
Anzio USA Casablanca class escort carrier 9,600 27 August 1943 as USS Coral Sea decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1959
Aoba Japan Aoba class heavy cruiser 5,088 20 September 1927 sunk 28 July 1945
Apollo UK Abdiel class minelayer 2,650 9 October 1943 scrapped 1962
Aquila Italy Aquila class aircraft carrier 23,500 not completed scrapped 1952
Arbiter USA
UK		 Ruler class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 31 December 1943 (former USS St. Simon) Returned to USN 3 March 1946, stricken 12 April 1946, sold and renamed Coracero
Archer UK Avenger class escort carrier 8,200 17 November 1941 decommissioned 6 November 1943, became Empire Lagan aircraft ferry 15 March 1945, returned to USN 9 January 1946
Arcona Germany floating antiaircraft battery (former light cruiser) 2,657 18 May 1901 scrapped 1948/1949
Ardent UK A class destroyer 1,350 14 April 1930 sunk 8 June 1940
Arendal Norway Hunt class (Type II) escort destroyer 1,050 16 November 1944 (former HMS Badsworth) Scrapped 1965
Argus UK fleet aircraft carrier 14,000 September 1918 scrapped 1946
Ariadne UK Abdiel class minelayer 2,650 12 February 1944 scrapped 1965
Arizona USA Pennsylvania class battleship 32,600 17 October 1916 sunk 7 December 1941, war memorial
Ark Royal UK aircraft carrier 22,000 16 December 1938 sunk 14 November 1941
Arkansas USA Wyoming class battleship 26,100 17 September 1912 sunk 25 July 1946 in A-bomb test
Arkhangelsk UK
USSR		 Revenge class battleship 29,150 30 May 1944 (former HMS Royal Sovereign) returned to Royal Navy 9 February 1949, scrapped Sep 1949
Armando Diaz Italy Cadorna class light cruiser 5,316 29 April 1933 Sunk 25 February 1941
Arrow UK A class destroyer 1,350 14 April 1930 irreparably damaged, 1944
Arteveld Belgium patrol boat 1,640 commissioned as Lorelei (Germany)
Arunta Australia Tribal class destroyer 2,020 30 March 1942 scrapped 1968
Ashanti UK Tribal class destroyer 2,020 21 December 1938 scrapped 1949
Ashigara Japan Myoko class heavy cruiser 13,300 1928 sunk 8 June 1945
Astoria (I) USA New Orleans class heavy cruiser 9,950 28 April 1934 sunk 9 August 1942 Battle of Savo Island
Astoria (II) USA Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 17 May 1944 scrapped 1971
Atago Japan Takao class heavy cruiser 14,616 30 March 1932 sunk 23 October 1944
Athabaskan (I) Canada Tribal class destroyer 2,020 3 February 1943 sunk 29 April 1944
Atheling USA
UK		 Ruler class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 1 August 1943 (former Bogue class USS Glacier) returned to US 13 December 1946
Atherton USA Cannon class destroyer escort 1,240 29 August 1943 to Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, active as of 2012
Atlanta (I) USA Atlanta class light cruiser 6,000 24 December 1941 sunk 13 November 1942 Guadalcanal
Atlanta (II) USA Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 3 December 1944 sunk as target 1970
Atlantis Germany auxiliary cruiser 7,862 19 December 1939 sunk 21 November 1941
Attacker USA
UK		 Attacker class escort aircraft carrier 11,400 30 September 1942 (former USS Barnes) decommissioned 5 January 1946
Attilio Regolo Italy Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) 3,750 August 1942 ceded to France 1948
Attu USA Casablanca class escort carrier 7,800 30 June 1944 scrapped 1947
Audacity UK escort aircraft carrier 11,000 20 June 1941 sunk 21 December 1941
Augusta USA Northampton class heavy cruiser 9,200 30 January 1931 scrapped 1960
Aulick (I) USA
UK		 Clemson class destroyer 1,200 26 July 1919 to UK as HMS Burnham 8 October 1940
Aulick (II) USA Fletcher class destroyer 2,050 27 October 1942 to Greece 1959, scrapped 1997
Ault USA Sumner class destroyer 2,200 31 May 1944 scrapped 1974
Aurora USSR Protected cruiser 6,731 29 July 1903 in 1957 became a museum-ship.
Austin USA Evarts class destroyer escort 1,140 13 February 1943 scrapped 1947
Australia Australia County class heavy cruiser 9,850 24 April 1928 scrapped 1955
Avenger UK Avenger class escort carrier 8,200 2 March 1942 (former merchant ship Rio Hudson) sunk 15 November 1942
Aventure UK
Free French		 River class frigate 1,370 21 January 1944 (former HMS Braid) Decommissioned 1964
Ayanami Japan Fubuki class destroyer 2,090 30 April 1930 Sunk 15 November 1942
Aylwin USA Farragut class destroyer 1,365 1 March 1935 scrapped 1947

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