List of World War II ship classes

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The List of ships of World War II is an alphabetical list of all ship classes of World War II. For individual ships, see the List of World War II ships. Classes consisting of only a single ship are not listed, except in cases where more ships were laid down or planned. Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] 0-9

• 1934  Germany: 3156 ton destroyer class of 4 ships
• 1934A  Germany: 3110 ton destroyer class of 12 ships
• 1936  Germany: 3415 ton destroyer class of 6 ships
• 1936A "Narvik"  Germany: 3605 ton destroyer class of 8 ships
• 1936A (Mob)  Germany: 3415 ton destroyer class of 7 ships
• 1936B  Germany: 3415 ton destroyer class of 5 ships, 3 completed
• 1936C  Germany: destroyer class of 6 ships, none completed

[edit] A

• A class  UK: 1,350 ton destroyer class of 11 ships
• Admiral class  UK: 48,000 ton battlecruiser class of four ships (one completed)
• Abdiel class  UK: 2650 ton minelayer class of 6 ships
• Admiral Hipper class  Germany: 14,000 ton heavy cruiser class of five ships (three completed)
• Ægir class  Denmark : 237 ton submarine class of five boats
• Agano class  Japan: 6650 ton light cruiser class of four ships
• Ahven class  Japan: 17 ton minesweeper class of six vessels
• Akatsuki class  Japan: 1,680 ton destroyer class of 4
• Alaska class  US: 27,500 ton battlecruiser class of six ships (two completed)
• Algerine class  UK: 850 ton minesweeper class of 109
• Allen M. Sumner class  US: 2,200 ton destroyer class of 58 completed ships
• Andrea Doria class  Italy: 25,920 ton battleship class of two ships
• Arethusa class  UK: 5250 ton light cruiser class of 4 ships
• Astoria class  US: 9375+ ton heavy cruiser class of seven ships
• Atlanta class  US: 6000 ton light cruiser class of eleven ships
• Attacker class  UK: 16,000 ton escort aircraft carrier class of 11 - first group of US Bogue class transferred to the Royal Navy

[edit] B

• B class  UK: 1,360 ton destroyer class of 9 ships
• B class  NOR: six ship class of submarines
• Bagley class  US: 1,500 ton destroyer class of 8 ships
• Balao class  US: 1,826 ton submarine class of 132 ships
• Baltimore class  US: 13,600+ ton heavy cruiser class of nineteen ships
• Bangor class  UK: 600 ton minesweeper class of 100+
• Bathurst class  Australia/ India: 1,025 ton corvette class of 60
• Battle class  UK: 2,325 ton destroyer class of 26
• Benham class  US: 1,500 ton destroyer class of 10 ships
• Benson class  US: 1,650 ton destroyer class of 30 ships
• Bismarck class  Germany: 42,300 ton battleship, class of two ships
• Black Swan class  UK/ India: 1250 ton sloop, class of 37 (including modified Black Swans)
• Bogue class  US: 16,000 ton escort aircraft carrier class - of which 35 transferred to the Royal Navy as Attacker and Ruler classes
• Bretagne class  France: 22,200 ton battleship, class of two ships
• Brooklyn class  US: 9475+ ton cruiser class of nine ships

[edit] C

• C class  Denmark : 369 ton submarine class of three boats
• C class  UK: 2,100 ton destroyer class of 32 ships
• C class  UK: approx 4,000 ton cruiser group of 32 ships of several classes.
• Cachalot class  US: 1,100 ton submarine class of 2 ships
• Caledon class  UK: 4,180 ton light cruiser class, 4 ships
• Capetown class  UK: 4290 ton light cruiser class of five ships
• Captain class  UK: 1,500 ton frigate class of 78 ships
• Capitani Romani class  Italy: 3750 ton light cruiser class of three ships
• Casablanca class  US: 7,800 ton aircraft carrier, class of fifty ships
• Castle class  UK: 1,060 ton corvette class of 44 ships
• Cavendish class  UK, another name for the Hawkins class: 9,550 to 9,860 ton light cruiser class of five ships,
• Ceres class  UK: 4,190 ton light cruiser class of five ships
• Ceylon class  UK: 8,800 ton cruiser class of 3 - sub-class of Crown Colony class
• Chang Ning class  Republic of China: 400 ton patrol vessel class of ten ships
• Clemson class  US: 1,100 ton destroyer class of 156 ships
• Cleveland class  US: 10,000 ton cruiser class of 38 ships
• Colony class  UK: 1,400 ton frigate class of 21 ships, USA made, and identical to Tacoma class frigates.
• Colorado class  US: 32,600 ton battleship class of 4 ships
• Colossus class  UK: 13,200 ton aircraft carrier class of ten ships
• Commencement Bay class  US: 10,900 ton aircraft carrier, class of eleven ships
• Condottieri class  Italy: 5200+ ton light cruiser class of twelve ships, comprising 5 sub-classes - Di Giussano, Cadorna, Duca d'Aosta, Duca degli Abruzzi and Montecuccoli classes
• Conte di Cavour class  Italy: 26,140 ton battleship, class of two ships
• County class  UK: 8,500 - 10,600 ton heavy cruiser class of 13 ships
• Courbet class  France: 23,200 ton battleship, class of two ships
• Crown Colony class  UK: 8,000 - 8,800 ton cruiser class of 11 ships; comprising 2 sub-classes - Fiji class and Ceylon class

[edit] D

• D class  Denmark : 369 ton submarine class of two boats
• D class  UK: 4850 ton light cruiser class of 8
• Danae class  UK: 4,850 ton light cruiser class of 8 ships
• Deutschland class  Germany: 12,100 ton battlecruiser class of three ships
• Di Giussano class  Italy: 6570 ton light cruiser class of 4 ships
• Dido class  UK: 5450+ ton light cruiser class of sixteen ships
• Draug class  NOR: 578 ton destroyer class of three ships
• Duguay-Trouin class  France: 7250 ton cruiser class of three ships
• Dunkerque class  France: 26,500 ton battlecruiser class of two ships

[edit] E

• E and F class  UK: 1,405 ton destroyer class of eighteen ships
• Eidsvold class  Norway: 4,233 ton coastal battleship class of two ships
• Emerald class  UK: 7580 ton light cruiser class of two ships
• Erebus class  UK: 7,200 BRT monitor class of two ships
• Essex class  US: 27,100 ton aircraft carrier class of seventeen ships
• Edinburgh class  UK: 10,000 ton light cruiser class of two ships - sub-class of Town class

[edit] F

• Fargo class  US: 10,000 ton cruiser class of 2 ships
• Farragut class  US: 1,365 ton destroyer class of 8 ships
• Fiji class  UK: 8,000 ton cruiser class of 8 - sub-class of Crown Colony class
• Fletcher class  US: 2,050 ton destroyer class of 175
• Florida class  US: 21,825 ton battleship class of 2 ships
• Flower class  UK: 940 ton corvette class of 267 ships
• Fubuki class  Japan: 1,750 ton destroyer class of 20 ships
• Fuso- class  Japan: 34,700 ton battleship class of 2

[edit] G

• G and H class  UK: 1,340 ton destroyer class of 24 ships
• Gangut class  USSR: 25,850 ton battleship class of 4 ships
• Gato class  US: 1,825 ton submarine class of 73 ships
• Gearing class  US: 2,400 ton destroyer class of 98
• Gleaves class  US: 1,600 ton destroyer class of 66
• Glorious class  UK: 26,500 ton aircraft carrier class of 2 ships
• Gloucester class  UK: 9400 ton light cruiser class of three ships - sub-class of Town class
• Gneisenau class  Germany: 31850 ton battlecruisers, class of two ships
• Gridley class  US: 1,500 ton destroyer class of 4 ships
• Grom class  Poland : 1,975 ton destroyer class of 2 ships

[edit] H

• H class  Denmark : 407 ton submarine class of four boats
• Halcyon class  UK: 1,330 ton minesweeper class of 21 ships
• Hawkins class  UK: 12,000 ton heavy cruiser class of 5 ships
• Hipper class  Germany: short name for the Admiral Hipper class heavy cruisers
• Hiyo- class  Japan: 24,140 ton aircraft carrier class of two ships
• Hunt class  UK: 1,000 ton destroyer escort class of 80 ships

[edit] I

• I class  UK: 1,340 ton destroyer class of 11 ships
• Illustrious class  UK: 23,000 ton aircraft carrier class of 6
• Implacable class  UK: 23,000 ton aircraft carrier class of 2
• Independence class  US: 11,000 ton aircraft carrier, class of 9
• Iowa class  US: 45,000 ton battleship class of 4 completed, 2 not completed
• Ise class  Japan: 36,000 ton battleship class of 2
• Isles class  UK: 530 ton trawler class

[edit] J

• J and K class  UK: destroyer class of 16 ships
• Java class  Netherlands: 8,000 ton light cruiser class of 2

[edit] K

• Kagero class  Japan: 2,490 ton destroyer class of 19 ships
• Kent class  UK: 9750 ton heavy cruiser class of 7 ships
• King George V class  UK: 35,000 ton battleship class of five ships
• Kirov class  USSR: 8,000+ ton heavy cruiser class of two ships
• Kongo- class  Japan: 31,720 ton battleship class of four ships
• Königsberg class  Germany: 6650 ton cruiser class of three ships (also known as K class)
• Kuha class  Finland: 18 ton minesweeper class of six vessels
• Kuma class  Japan: 5870 ton light cruiser class of five ships

[edit] L

• L and M class  UK: destroyer class of 16 ships
• La Galissonniere  France: 7600 ton cruiser class of 6
• Le Fantasque  France: 2570 ton destroyer (or light cruiser) class of 6
• Leander class  UK: 6980+ ton cruiser class of 8
• Leipzig class  Germany: 6980 ton light cruisers, class of four ships (also known as Nurnberg class)
• Lexington class  US: 41,000 ton aircraft carrier class of 2
• London class  UK: 9830 ton heavy cruiser class of 4 ships. Sub-class of County class.

[edit] M

• Mackerel class  US: 825 ton submarine class of 2 ships
• Mahan class  US: 1,450 ton destroyer class of 18 ships
• Majestic class  UK: 16,000 ton aircraft carrier class of 6, laid down, but none completed during the war.
• Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26-bis) class  USSR: 8177 ton heavy cruiser class of four ships (sub-class of Kirov)
• Minotaur class  UK: light cruiser class of 8, (only 3 were completed)
• Mississippi class (USA made, transferred to  Greece): 13,000 ton battleship class of 2 ships
• Mogami class  Japan: 12,400 ton heavy cruiser class of 4
• Montana class  US: 65,000 ton battleship class of 5, none of which were ever completed
• Myo-ko- class  Japan: 13,380 ton heavy cruiser class of 4

[edit] N

• N class  UK: destroyer class of 8 ships
• Nagara class  Japan: 5170 ton light cruiser class of 6
• Nagato class  Japan: 39,130 ton battleship class of 2
• Nelson class  UK: 33,900+ ton battleship class of 2
• Nevada class  US: 29,000 ton battleship, class of 2, sunk December 7, 1941 but raised
• New Mexico class  US: 33,000 ton battleship class of 3
• New Orleans class  US: 9,950 ton heavy cruiser class of 7 ships
• New York class  US: 27,000 ton battleship class of 2
• Norfolk class  UK: 9950 ton heavy cruiser class of 2 ships
• North Carolina class  US: 35,000 ton battleship class of 2
• Northampton class  US: 9050+ ton cruiser class of 6

[edit] O

• O and P class  UK: 1,540 ton destroyer class of 16
• Omaha class  US: 7050 ton light cruiser class of 10
• Orzeł class submarine  Poland : 1100 ton submarine class of 2

[edit] P

• Pennsylvania class  US: 33,000 ton battleship, class of 2
• Pensacola class  US: 9,100 ton heavy cruiser class of 2 ships
• Pichincha  Colombia: 120 ton coast guard vessel, class of 3
• Poltava class  USSR: 25,000+ ton battleship class of 9
• Porpoise class  US: 1,310 ton submarine class of
• Porter class  US: 1,850 ton destroyer class of 8 ships
• Portland class  US: 9,950 ton heavy cruiser class of 2

[edit] Q

• Q and R class  UK: destroyer class of 16 ships
• Queen Elizabeth class  UK: 30,000+ ton battleship class of 5

[edit] R

• R class  US: 570 ton submarine class of 27 ships
• Renown class  UK: 32,000 ton battlecruiser class of 2
• Revenge class  UK: 28,000 ton battleship class of 5
• Richelieu class  France: 38,500 ton battleships, class of 2 completed, 2 unfinished
• River class  UK: 1,400 ton frigate class of 151 ships
• Rudderow class  US: 1,740 ton destroyer escort class of 22 completed ships
• Ruler class  UK: 16,000 ton escort aircraft carrier class of 24 - second group of US Bogue class transferred to the Royal Navy

[edit] S

• S class  US: 900 ton submarine class of 48 ships (not all served during WWII)
• S and T class  UK: destroyer class of 16 ships
• Salmon class  US: 1,430 ton submarine class of 6 ships
• Sampson class  US: 1,070 ton destroyer class of 6 (this is a WWI class of which only 1 ship served during WWII)
• Sangamon class  US: 11,400 ton escort carrier class of 4 ships
• Sargo class  US: 1,450 ton submarine class of 10 ships
• USCG seagoing buoy tender  US: 935 ton buoy tenders class of 40 ships (the USCG was temporarily incorporated into the U.S. Navy during WWII)
• Sendai class  Japan: 5195 ton light cruiser class of three ships
• Serrano class  Chile : 1090 ton destroyer class of six ships
• Sims class  US: 1,500 ton destroyer class of twelve ships
• Sleipner class  NOR: 597 ton destroyer class of six ships
• Søbjørnen class  Denmark: 270 ton class of six ships
• Somers class  US: 1,850 ton destroyer class of 5
• South Dakota class  US: 43,000 ton battleship class of four ships
• Southampton class  UK: 9100 ton light cruiser class of five ships - sub-class of Town class
• Suffren class  France: 9940 ton heavy cruiser class of four ships
• Svetlana class  USSR: 6,900 ton light cruiser class of 7 ships (most not completed due to lack of materials)

[edit] T

• Tacoma class  US: 1,400 ton patrol frigate class of 96 ships, of which 21 were loaned to the UK and operated as Colony-class
• Takao class  Japan: 13,160 ton heavy cruiser class of 4
• Tambor class  US: 1,475 ton submarine class of 12 ships
• Tench class  US: 1,826 ton submarine class of 31 completed ships (an additional 115 hulls never completed)
• Tennessee class  US: 33,000 ton battleship class of 2
• Ticonderoga class  US: 27,200 tons aircraft carrier class of 13 ships
• Tordenskjold class  NOR: 3.852 ton coastal battleship class of two ships
• Town class  UK: 9100+ ton light cruiser classes of ten ships - comprised three sub-classes: Southampton, Gloucester and Edinburgh
• Treasury class  US: 2,700 ton USCG high endurance cutter class of 7
• Trento class  Italy: 10,500+ ton heavy cruisers class of 3
• Tribal class  UK: 1,900 ton destroyer class of 27
• Tromp class  Netherlands: 3,350 ton light cruiser class of 2
• Type I submarine  Germany: Submarine class of 2
• Type II submarine  Germany: 300 ton coastal submarine class of 50

[edit] U

• U and V class  UK: destroyer class of 16
• Unryo class  Japan: 17,150 ton aircraft carrier, class of 17

[edit] V

• V and W class  UK: 1,100 ton destroyer class of 47 (most converted into destroyer escorts)
• Vittorio Veneto class  Italy: 41,000+ ton battleship class of 3 completed, 1 not completed

[edit] W

• W and Z class  UK: destroyer class of 16
• Wicher class  Poland : 1400 ton destroyer class of 2
• Wickes class  US: 1,200 ton destroyer class of 111
• Wyoming class  US: 27,000 ton battleship class of 2

[edit] Y

• Yamato class  Japan: 64,170 ton battleship class of 2
• York class  UK: 8300 ton heavy cruiser class of 2 ships
• Yorktown class  US: 23,000 ton aircraft carrier class of 3

[edit] Z

• Zara class  Italy: 11,500+ ton heavy cruiser class of 4