List of ship classes of the Second World War

Ships of the Second World War

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The List of ship classes of the Second World War is an alphabetical list of all fighting ship classes of Second World War. For individual ships, see the List of ships of the Second World War. Classes consisting of only a single ship are not listed, except in cases where more ships were laid down or planned. The use of "=" indicates where the same ships are known by different class names. Displacement is standard displacement.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] ^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

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0-9

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
1934	Kriegsmarine	destroyer	1935	3156	4
1934A	Kriegsmarine	destroyer	1935-37	3110	12
1936	Kriegsmarine	destroyer	1937-38	3415	6
1936A "Narvik"	Kriegsmarine	destroyer	1939-40	3,605	8
1936A (Mob)	Kriegsmarine	destroyer	1941-42	3,415	7
1936B	Kriegsmarine	destroyer	1942-44	3,415	5, 3 completed
1936C	Kriegsmarine	destroyer	none		6, none completed
Bourrasque	French Navy	destroyer	1924-25	1,298	12
L'Adroit	French Navy	destroyer	1926-29	1,356	14
Chacal	French Navy	destroyer	1924	2,126	6
Guépard	French Navy	destroyer	1928-30	2,436	6
Aigle	French Navy	destroyer	1930-31	2,441	6
Vauquelin	French Navy	destroyer	1931-32	2,441	6
Le Fantasque	French Navy	destroyer (or light cruiser)	1933-34	2,569	6
Mogador	French Navy	destroyer (or light cruiser)	1936-37	2,884	2 completed
La Pomone	French Navy	destroyer	1935-37	669	12

A

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
A	Royal Navy	destroyer	1929-30	1,350	11
A	Royal Norwegian Navy	submarine	approx. 1914	268	3
Admiral	Royal Navy	battlecruiser	1918	48,000	4 planned, 1 completed
Abdiel = Manxman	Royal Navy	minelayer	1940-44	2,650	6
Acre	Brazilian Navy	destroyer	1943-46	1,340	6
Admiral Hipper	Kriegsmarine	heavy cruiser	1937-39	14,000	5, 3 completed
Ægir = B	Royal Danish Navy	submarine	1915	237	5
Aetos	Hellenic Navy	destroyer	1911	1,050	4
Agano	Imperial Japanese Navy	light cruiser	1941-44	6,650	4
Ahven	Finnish Navy	minesweeper	approx. 1937	17	6
Aigle = 2400 tonnes	French Navy	destroyer	1930-31	2,441	6
Akagi Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	armed merchant cruiser	1941	7,389	3
Akatsuki	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1931-32	1,680	4
Akitsushima	Imperial Japanese Navy	seaplane tender	19 April 1942	4,900	1
Akizuki	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1941-44	2,700	12 completed
Alaska	United States Navy	large cruiser	1943-50	29,779	2 completed
Algerien	French Navy	destroyer	1943-44	1,300	6
Algerine	Royal Navy	minesweeper	1942-44	850	109
Allen M. Sumner	United States Navy	destroyer	1943-44	2,200	58
Amphion or "A"	Royal Navy	submarine	1944–1945	1,620 (submerged)	2 commissioned of 16 by end of war
Andrea Doria	Regia Marina	battleship	1913	23,800	2
Andromeda	United States Navy	attack cargo ship	1943-45	6,761 tons	34
Aoba	Imperial Japanese Navy	heavy cruiser	1926	10,822	2
Arethusa	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1934-36	5,250	4
Asashio	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1936-37	1,961	10
Astoria = New Orleans	United States Navy	heavy cruiser	1933-36	9,375	7
Asama	Imperial Japanese Navy	cruiser	1898	9,700	2
Atlanta	United States Navy	light cruiser	1941-46	6,000	11
Attacker = US Bogue	Royal Navy	escort aircraft carrier		16,000	11

B

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
B	Brazilian Navy	destroyer	1930	1,360	9
B	Royal Navy	destroyer	1943	1,253	8
B	Royal Norwegian Navy	submarine	1923-29	365	6
Bahia	Brazilian Navy	scout cruiser	1910	3,100	2
Bagley	United States Navy	destroyer	1936-37	1,646	8
Balao	United States Navy	submarine		1,826	132
Baltimore	United States Navy	heavy cruiser	1942-51	14,472	19
Bangkok Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	armed merchant cruiser	1937	5,351	2
Bangor	Royal Navy	minesweeper	1940-44	600	128
Bathurst	Royal Australian Navy Royal Indian Navy	corvette		1,025	60
Battle	Royal Navy	destroyer	1943-45	2,315-2,574	24 (42 planned)
Benham	United States Navy	destroyer	1938-39	1,637	10
Benson = Gleaves	United States Navy	destroyer	1939-41	1,839	24
Bird	Royal Navy	minesweeper	c1938-40	607	45
Bismarck	Kriegsmarine	battleship	1939	51,700	2
Black Swan (including modified Black Swans)	Royal Navy Royal Indian Navy	sloop	1939-45	1,250	37
Bogue = Attacker = Ruler	United States Navy	escort aircraft carrier		16,000	42
Bourrasque = 1500 tonnes	French Navy	destroyer	1924-25	1,298	12
Bretagne	French Navy	battleship	1913	22,200	3
Brin	Regia Marina	submarine		1,016	5
Bristol	United States Navy	destroyer	1941-43	1,839	72
Brooklyn	United States Navy	light cruiser	1936-38	9,767	9

C

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
C	Royal Danish Navy	submarine		369	3
C	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1916-18	4000	32
Ca	Royal Navy	destroyer	1943-44	1,710	8
Cachalot	United States Navy	submarine		1,100	2
Caledon	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1916-17	4,180	3
Cannon	United States Navy	destroyer escort	1943-44	1525 tons	72
Capetown = Carlisle	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1917-18	4,290	5
Captain	Royal Navy	frigate	1942-43	1,500	78
Capitani Romani	Regia Marina	light cruiser	1940-42	3,686	3 (12 planned)
Casablanca	United States Navy	escort aircraft carrier		7,800	50
Castle	Royal Navy	corvette		1,060	44
Cavendish = Hawkins	Royal Navy	heavy cruiser	1917-21	9,860	5
Ceres	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1917	4,290	5
Chacal = 2100 tonnes = Jaguar	French Navy	destroyer	1924	2,126	6
Ceylon = Uganda; sub-class of Crown Colony	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1941-42	8,530	3
Ch, Co & Cr	Royal Navy	destroyer	1944-45	1,825	24
Chang Ning	Republic of China Navy	patrol boat		400	10
Clemson	United States Navy	destroyer	1918-21	1,190	156
Cleveland	United States Navy	light cruiser	1941-46	11,744	38
Colony = Tacoma	Royal Navy^[9]	frigate		1,400	21
Colorado	United States Navy	battleship	1920-21	32,600	4
Colossus	Royal Navy	light aircraft carrier	1943-44	13,200	10
Commencement Bay	United States Navy	escort aircraft carrier		10,900	11
Condottieri; comprising five sub-classes - Giussano, Cadorna, Duca d'Aosta, Duca degli Abruzzi & Montecuccoli	Regia Marina	light cruiser	1930-35	5,110-8,610	12
Conte di Cavour	Regia Marina	battleship	1911	23,600	2
County	Royal Navy	heavy cruiser	1926-31	8,250 - 10,900	13
Courbet	French Navy	battleship	1911-12	23,200	2
Crown Colony: comprising sub-classes Fiji and Ceylon	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1939-43	8,530	11
Currituck	United States Navy	seaplane tender	1943-44	14,000	4

D

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
D	Royal Danish Navy	submarine		369	2
D	Royal Navy	destroyer	1932	1,375	8
Danae = D	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1917-19	4,850	8
De Ruyter	Royal Netherlands Navy	light cruiser	1935	6,442	1
Deutschland	Kriegsmarine	heavy cruiser	1931-34	12,100	3
Di Giussano	Regia Marina	light cruiser	1930	5,110	4
Dido	Royal Navy	anti-aircraft cruiser	1939-42	5,600-5,950	16
Dragen	Royal Danish Navy	destroyer	1929-34	290	9
Draug	Royal Norwegian Navy	destroyer	1910-13 (approx)	578	3
Duguay-Trouin	French Navy	light cruiser	1923-24	7,250	3
Dunkerque	French Navy	battleship	1935-36	26,500	2

E

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
E and F	Royal Navy	destroyer	1934	1,405	18
Edsall	United States Navy	destroyer escort	1943-44	1,253	85
Eidsvold	Royal Norwegian Navy	coastal battleship	1899	4,233	2
Elbing	Kriegsmarine	torpedo boat	1941-44	1,295	15
Emerald = E	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1919-20	7,580	2
Erebus	Royal Navy	monitor	1916	7,200	2
Essex	United States Navy	aircraft carrier	1942-45	27,100	17
Edinburgh; sub-class of Town	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1938	10,550	2

F

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
Fargo	United States Navy	light cruiser	1945-46	11,744	2 completed
Farragut	United States Navy	destroyer	1934-35	1,395	8
Fiji sub-class of Crown Colony	Royal Navy	cruiser	1939-41	8,530	8
Fletcher	United States Navy	destroyer	1941-44	2,325	175
Florida	United States Navy	battleship	1910-11	21,825	2
Flower	Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	1939 - 1944	940 - 1,031	294
Fubuki	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1927-31	1,750	20
Furutaka	Imperial Japanese Navy	heavy cruiser	1925	7,100	2
Fusō	Imperial Japanese Navy	battleship	1914-15	34,700	2

G

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
G and H	Royal Navy	destroyer	1935-39	1,340-1,350	24
Gabbiano	Regia Marina	corvette	1942	672	40
Gangut	Soviet Navy	battleship	1911	25,850	4
Gato	United States Navy	submarine		1,825	73
Gearing	United States Navy	destroyer	1945-51	2,616	98
Gleaves = Benson	United States Navy	destroyer	1939-41	1,839	66
Glorious	Royal Navy	aircraft carrier		26,500	2
Gloucester sub-class of Town	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1937	9,100	3
Gneisenau = Scharnhorst	Kriegsmarine	battleship	1936	31,840	2
Gridley	United States Navy	destroyer	1936-38	1,590	4
Grom	Polish Navy	destroyer	1936	2,144	2
Guépard	French Navy	destroyer	1928-30	2,436	6

H

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
H	Royal Danish Navy	submarine		407	4
Halcyon	Royal Navy	minesweeper		1,330	21
Hatsuharu	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1932-34	1,490	6
Hawkins	Royal Navy	heavy cruiser	1917-21	9,860	5
Hipper: short name for Admiral Hipper	Kriegsmarine	heavy cruiser	1937-39	14,247	3 completed
Hiyō	Imperial Japanese Navy	aircraft carrier		24,140	2
Hōkoku-Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	ocean liner	1940-42	17,000	3
Hunt	Royal Navy	destroyer escort	1939-43	1,000-1,170	86

I

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
I	Royal Navy	destroyer	1936-41	1,370	11
Illustrious	Royal Navy	aircraft carrier		23,000	6
Implacable	Royal Navy	aircraft carrier		23,000	2
Independence	United States Navy	aircraft carrier		11,000	9
Iowa	United States Navy	battleship	1942-50	48,110	4 completed
Ise	Imperial Japanese Navy	battleship	1916-17	31,762	2
Isles	Royal Navy	naval trawler		545	168
Izumo	Imperial Japanese Navy	armored cruiser	1898	9,750	2

J

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
J, K and N	Royal Navy	destroyer	1938-39	1,690	16
Jaguar = Chacal = 2100 tonnes	French Navy	destroyer	1924	2,126	6
Java	Royal Netherlands Navy	light cruiser	1920-21	6,670	2 completed

K

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
Kagerō	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1938-41	2,033	18
Kamikawa Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	seaplane tender		6,863	4
Kamikaze	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1922-25	1,400	9
Kashii Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	seaplane tender	1934-41	8,600	3
Katori	Imperial Japanese Navy	light cruiser	1939-40	6,280 tons	4 (3 completed)
Kent	Royal Navy	heavy cruiser	1926-27	9,850-10,900	7
King George V	Royal Navy	battleship	1939-40	36,727	5
Kinjosan Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	armed merchant cruiser	1936	3,263	1
Kinryu Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	armed merchant cruiser	1938	9,309	1
Kirov	Soviet Navy	cruiser	1938-40	7,756	2
Kondouriotis	Hellenic Navy	destroyer	1931-32	1,389	4
Kongō	Imperial Japanese Navy	battleship	1912-13	31,720	4
Kongō Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	armed merchant cruiser	1934	8,613	2
Königsberg = K	Kriegsmarine	light cruiser	1927-28	6,650	3
Kuha	Finnish Navy	minesweeper		18	6
Kuma	Imperial Japanese Navy	light cruiser	1919-20	5,019	5
Kyzikos	Hellenic Navy	torpedo boat	1914-15	270	3

L

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
L and M	Royal Navy	destroyer	1939-42	1,920	16
L'Adroit	French Navy	destroyer	1926-29	1,356	14
La Galissonnière	French Navy	light cruiser	1933-36	7,600	6
Le Fantasque	French Navy	destroyer (or light cruiser)	1933-34	2,570	6
Le Hardi	French Navy	destroyer	1938-47	1,772	11 completed
Leander	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1931-34	6,830-7,270	8
Leipzig = Nurnberg	Kriegsmarine	light cruiser	1929-34	6,515-6,980	2
Lexington	United States Navy	aircraft carrier	1925	41,000	2
London: sub-class of County	Royal Navy	heavy cruiser	1927-28	9,850	4

M

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
M = Marcilio Dias	Brazilian Navy	destroyer	1940-41	1,500	3
Mackerel	United States Navy	submarine		825	2
Mahan	United States Navy	destroyer	1935-36	1,488	18
Manxman = Abdiel	Royal Navy	minelayer	1940-44	2,650	6
Mărăşti	Romanian Naval Forces	destroyer	1917-18	1,610	2 (2 retained by Italy)
Marcilio Dias = M	Brazilian Navy	destroyer	1940-41	1,500	3
Matsu	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer escort	1944	1,262	18
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26-bis): sub-class of Kirov	Soviet Navy	heavy cruiser	1938-44	8,048	4
Minekaze	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1919-22	1,345	13
Minotaur	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1943-45	8,800	8 (6 completed)
Mirabello	Regia Marina	destroyer	1915-16	1,811	2
Mississippi	Hellenic Navy	battleship	1905	13,000	2
Mogador	French Navy	destroyer (or light cruiser)	1936-37	2,884	2 completed
Mogami	Imperial Japanese Navy	heavy cruiser	1934-36	8,500	4
Momi	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1918-23	770	21
Momo	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1917-18	835	4
Mutsuki	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1925-27	1,315	12
Myōkō	Imperial Japanese Navy	heavy cruiser	1927-28	10,000	4

N

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
N	Royal Navy	destroyer	1940-41	1,690	8
Nagara	Imperial Japanese Navy	light cruiser	1920-21	5,088	6
Nagato	Imperial Japanese Navy	battleship	1919-20	33,800	2
Nagoya Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	submarine depot ship		6,071	1
Năluca	Romanian Naval Forces	gunboat	1914	266	2
Nelson	Royal Navy	battleship	1925	33,310	2
Nevada	United States Navy	battleship		29,000	2
New Mexico	United States Navy	battleship		33,000	3
New Orleans	United States Navy	heavy cruiser	1933-36	10,136	7
New York	United States Navy	battleship		27,000	2
Norfolk	Royal Navy	heavy cruiser	1928-29	9,925-9,975	2
North Carolina	United States Navy	battleship	1940	37,484	2
Northampton	United States Navy	heavy cruiser	1929-30	9,006	6
Noshiro Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	armed merchant cruiser	1934	7,183	1

O

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
O and P	Royal Navy	destroyer	1939-42	1,610	16
Odin	Royal Norwegian Navy	destroyer	1939	632	3
Omaha	United States Navy	light cruiser	1920-24	7,050	10
Orzeł	Polish Navy	submarine		1,100	2
Ōtori	Imperial Japanese Navy	torpedo boat	1935-37	840	8

P

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
P611	Royal Navy	submarine	1940	856	4
Parthian	Royal Navy	submarine	1929	2,040 submerged	6
Pennsylvania	United States Navy	battleship		33,000	2
Pensacola	United States Navy	heavy cruiser	1929	9,100	2
Pichincha	Colombia	coast guard vessel		120	3
Porpoise	United States Navy	submarine		1,310
Porter	United States Navy	destroyer	1936-37	1,834	8
Portland	United States Navy	heavy cruiser	1931-32	10,258	2
Proussa	Hellenic Navy	torpedo boat	1915-16	266	2

Q

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
Q and R	Royal Navy	destroyer	1941-42	1,705	16
Queen Elizabeth	Royal Navy	battleship	1913-15	27,940	5

R

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
R	United States Navy	submarine	1918–1919	570	27
Rainbow	Royal Navy	submarine	1930	2,000	6
Regele Ferdinand	Romanian Naval Forces	destroyer	1928-29	1,400	2
Renown	Royal Navy	battlecruiser	1916	32,000	2
Revenge = Royal Sovereign	Royal Navy	battleship	1914-16	28,000	5
Richelieu	French Navy	battleship	1939-40	35,000	2 completed
River	Royal Navy	frigate	1941–1944	1,400	151
River (RCN Group)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1941–1944	1,468	70
River (RAN Group I and II)	Royal Australian Navy	frigate	1941–1944	1,440 - 1,570	12
Royal Sovereign = Revenge	Royal Navy	battleship	1914-16	28,000	5
Rudderow	United States Navy	destroyer escort	1943-44	1,430	22 completed
Ruler = Bogue	Royal Navy	escort aircraft carrier		16,000	24

S

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
S	Royal Navy	submarine	1931–1945	c. 950	63
S	United States Navy	submarine		900	48
S and T	Royal Navy	destroyer	1942-43	1,710	16
Salmon	United States Navy	submarine		1,430	6
Sangamon	United States Navy	escort aircraft carrier		11,400	4
Sargo	United States Navy	submarine		1,450	10
Sborul	Romanian Naval Forces	torpedo boat	1914	262	1
Scharnhorst = Gneisenau	Kriegsmarine	battleship	1936	31,840	2
Schleswig-Holstein	Kriegsmarine	modernized pre-dreadnought	1906	12,100	2 (at outbreak of World War II)
Sendai	Imperial Japanese Navy	light cruiser	1923-25	5,113	3 completed
Serrano	Chilean Navy	destroyer	1928	1,090	6
Sims	United States Navy	destroyer	1938-39	1,764	12
Shimakaze	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1942	2,567	1 completed
Shimane Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	escort aircraft carrier	1944	11,800	1 completed
Shiratsuyu	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1935-37	1,685	10
Sleipner	Royal Norwegian Navy	destroyer	1936-38	597	3
Søbjørnen	Royal Danish Navy	minesweeper		270	6
Soldati	Regia Marina	destroyer	1937-42	1,620	19
Somers	United States Navy	destroyer	1937-38	2,047	5
South Dakota	United States Navy	battleship	1941-42	37,970	4
Southampton: sub-class of Town	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1936	9,100	5
Spica	Regia Marina	torpedoboat	1936-38	640	30
Suffren	French Navy	heavy cruiser	1927-30	9,940	4
Sumner = Allen M. Sumner	United States Navy	destroyer	1943-44	2,610	70

T

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
T1 = Type 1935	Kriegsmarine	torpedo boat	1937-39	844	12
Tachibana	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1919-22	1,289	14 completed
Tacoma	United States Navy	frigate		1,400	96
Takao	Imperial Japanese Navy	heavy cruiser	1930-31	9,850	4
Taiyō	Imperial Japanese Navy	escort carrier	1939-40	20,000	3
Tambor	United States Navy	submarine		1,475	12
Tench	United States Navy	submarine		1,826	31 completed
Tennessee	United States Navy	battleship		33,000	2
Ticonderoga	United States Navy	aircraft carrier		27,200	13
Tjerk Hiddes	Royal Netherlands Navy	destroyer	1939-40	1,316	1 completed (4 laid down)
Tomozuru	Imperial Japanese Navy	torpedo boat	1933	535	4
Tone	Imperial Japanese Navy	heavy cruiser	1937-38	11,215	2
Tordenskjold	Royal Norwegian Navy	coastal battleship		3,852	2
Town: 3 sub-classes: Southampton, Gloucester and Edinburgh	Royal Navy	light cruiser	1936-38	9100-10,550	10
Town	Royal Navy	destroyers	1917-19	1,020-1,190	43
Trad	Royal Thai Navy	torpedo boat	1935-37	262	9
Treasury	United States Navy	USCG high endurance cutter	1936-37	2,700	7
Trento	Regia Marina	heavy cruiser	1926-32	10,511-10,890	3
Tribal	Royal Navy	destroyer	1937–1946	1,854-1,927	27
Tromp	Royal Danish Navy	light cruiser	1937-39	3,450	2
Trygg	Royal Norwegian Navy	torpedo boat	1919 (approx)	220	3
Type I	Kriegsmarine	submarine			2
Type II	Kriegsmarine	submarine		300	50
Type VII	Kriegsmarine	submarine	1935-44	626-1084	743
Type IX	Kriegsmarine	submarine		1032-1616	193
Type 1935 = T1	Kriegsmarine	torpedo boat	1937-39	844	12
Type 1937	Kriegsmarine	torpedo boat	1938-40		9

U

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
U and V	Royal Navy	destroyer	1942-43	1,777-1,808	16
Ukishima Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	armed merchant cruiser	1937	4,731	1
Unryū	Imperial Japanese Navy	fleet aircraft carrier	1943-44	22,534	3

V

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
V and W	Royal Navy	destroyer / escort destroyer	1917-19	1,188	47
Van Galen	Royal Netherlands Navy	destroyer	1927-28	1,316	4
Van Ghent	Royal Netherlands Navy	destroyer	1926-27	1,316	4
Vasilefs Georgios	Hellenic Navy	destroyer	1938	1,350	2
Vauquelin = 2400 tonnes	French Navy	destroyer	1931-32	2,441	6
Vittorio Veneto	Regia Marina	battleship	1937-40	40,724	3
Väinämöinen	Finnish Navy	coastal defence ship	1931-32	3,900	2

W

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
W and Z	Royal Navy	destroyer	1943-44	1,710	16
Wakatake	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1922-23	900	6
Wicher	Polish Navy	destroyer	1928-29	1,540	2
Wickes	United States Navy	destroyer	1917-19	1,090	33
Wyoming	United States Navy	battleship	1911	27,000	2

Y

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
Yamato	Imperial Japanese Navy	battleship	1940	62,315	2
York	Royal Navy	heavy cruiser	1928-29	8,300	2
Yorktown	United States Navy	aircraft carrier	1936-40	23,000	3
Yūgumo	Imperial Japanese Navy	destroyer	1941-44	2,077	20

Z

Class	Country	Type	Launch years	Displacement (tons)	Number
Zara	Regia Marina	heavy cruiser	1930-31	11,680	4

References

↑ Sondhaus
↑ Gardiner
↑ Parks
↑ Stilwell
↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
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