List of ships of the Second World War (C)
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This is a list of ships of the Second World War starting with C. [1][2][3][4] Submarines show submerged displacement. Dates are year_month_day to allow ordering. Click on headers to sort column alphabetically.
| Ship | Country | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
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| Cabana | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 9 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Cabot | Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 24 July 1943 | decommissioned 21 January 1955, scrapped 2002 | |
| Cadiz | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 12 April 1946[5] | paid off 1953 | |
| Caesar | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 5 October 1944 | paid off June 1965, scrapped 1967 | |
| Caio Duilio | Andrea Dorea | battleship | 25,920 | 1915 | 1956 | |
| Cairo | C class light cruiser | 4,200 | 24 September 1919 | lost 12 August 1942 | ||
| Calcaterra | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 17 November 1943 | scrapped 1974 | |
| Calcutta | C class light cruiser | 4,200 | 21 August 1919 | lost 1 June 1941 | ||
| Caldas | destroyer | 1,219 | former Tejo (Portugal) | |||
| Caldwell | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | to RCN 1942, scrapped 1944 | |
| Caldwell | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 10 June 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966 | |
| Caledon | C-class cruiser | 4,180 | 6 March 1917 | scrapped 1948 | ||
| Calendula | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 May 1940 | to USA as Ready 12 March 1942, to UK 20 August 1945, paid off 1945 | |
| Calgary | Flower | corvette | 925 | 16 December 1941 | paid off 19 June 1945 | |
| California | Tennessee | battleship | 32,600 | 10 August 1921 | Decommissioned 14 February 1947, scrapped 1959 | |
| Callaghan | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 27 November 1943 | sunk 28 July 1945 | |
| Calpe | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 11 December 1941 | scrapped 1966 | |
| Calypso | C class light cruiser | 4,180 | 6 March 1917 | scrapped January 1948 | ||
| Cambrian | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 July 1944 | Paid off December 1968, scrapped 1971 | |
| Camellia | Flower | corvette | 925 | 18 June 1940 | ||
| Cameron | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | constructive loss 5 December 1940 | |
| Camp | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 16 September 1943 | to South Vietnam 1971, to Philippines 1976 | |
| Campania | Nairana | escort carrier | 13,000 | 9 February 1944 | paid off 30 December 1945, scrapped 1955 | |
| Campanula | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 September 1940[6] | ||
| Campbeltown | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | expended as demolition-ship at St Nazaire, 29 March 1942 | |
| Camperdown | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 18 June 1945 | paid off 18 June 1945, scrapped 1970 | |
| Campion | Flower | corvette | 925 | 7 July 1941 | ||
| Camrose | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 June 1941 | paid off 22 July 1945 | |
| HMAS Canberra | County class heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 10 July 1928 | scuttled 9 August 1942 | ||
| USS Canberra | Baltimore class heavy cruiser | 17,200 | 14 October 1943 | decommissioned 1970, scrapped 1980 | ||
| Candytuft | Flower | corvette | 925 | 16 October 1940 | to USA as Tenacity 4 March 1942, to UK 26 August 1945 | |
| Canfield | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 22 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Cannon | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 26 Sept 1943 | to Brazil 19 December 1944 as Baependi | |
| Cap de la Madeleine | River | frigate | 1,445 | 30 September 1944 | paid off 15 May 1965 | |
| Cape Breton | River | frigate | 1,445 | 25 October 1943 | paid off 26 January 1946 | |
| Cape Esperance | Casablanca | escort carrier | 10,400 | 9 April 1944 | scrapped 1959 | |
| Cape Gloucester | Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 10,900 | 5 March 1945 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971 | |
| Caperton | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 30 June 1943 | decommissioned 1960, sunk as target | |
| Capetown | C class light cruiser | 4,200 | 10 April 1922 | Scrapped June 1946 | ||
| Capilano | River | frigate | 1,445 | 25 August 1944 | paid off 24 November 1945 | |
| Capitan O'Brien | Capitan O'Brien class submarine | 2,020 | 1929 | 1957 | ||
| Capitan Thompson | Capitan O'Brien class submarine | 2,020 | 1929 | 1958 | ||
| Capps | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 June 1943 | To Spain 1957, scrapped 1985 | |
| Caprice | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 5 April 1944 | paid off March 1973, scrapped 1979 | |
| Caradoc | C class light cruiser | 4,180 | 15 June 1917 | scrapped 1946 | ||
| Card | Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 8 November 1942 | scrapped 1971 | |
| Cardiff | C class light cruiser | 4,290 | 25 June 1917 | scrapped 1946 | ||
| Carinthia | Armed Merchant Cruiser | 20,277 | August 1939 | torpedoed 6 June 1940, foundered the next day | ||
| Carlisle | C class light cruiser | 4,200 | 11 November 1918 | constructive total loss 9 October 1942, scrapped 1948 | ||
| Carlplace | River | frigate | 1,445 | 13 December 1944 | paid off 13 December 1945 | |
| Carlson | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 10 May 1943 | scrapped 1946 | |
| Carmick | Gleaves | destroyer escort | 1,630 | 28 December 1942 | decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1972 | |
| Carnation | Flower | corvette | 925 | 22 February 1941[6] | transferred to Netherlands 24 March 1943, paid off 4 October 1944 | |
| Carron | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 6 November 1944 | paid off March 1963, scrapped 1967 | |
| Carroll | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 24 October 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966 | |
| Carter | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 3 May 1944 | to Republic of China 1948, scrapped 1973 | |
| Carysfort | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 20 February 1945 | paid off February 1969, scrapped 1970 | |
| Casablanca | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 8 July 1943 | Decommissioned 10 June 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| Case | destroyer | 1,450 | 15 September 1936 | scrapped 1948 | ||
| Cassandra | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 28 July 1944 | paid off January 1966, scrapped 1967 | |
| Cassin | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 21 August 1936 | destroyed 7 December 1941 but "rebuilt," scrapped 1948 | |
| Cassin Young | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 31 December 1943 | decommissioned 1960, museum ship at Boston, MA | |
| Castleton | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Catamarca | Catamarca | destroyer | 1,010 | ca.1912 | Sold 1959 | |
| Cates | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 15 December 1943 | to France 1950, scrapped 1959 | |
| Catterick | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | |||
| Cattistock | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | 22 July 1940 | paid off 26 March 1946, scrapped 1957 | |
| Cauvery | Black Swan | Sloop | 1,350 | |||
| Cavalier | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 22 November 1944 | Paid off July 1972 museum ship | |
| Cavalla | Gato class submarine | 1,525 surfaced | 29 February 1944 | decommissioned 1968; museum at Galveston Texas | ||
| Cavendish | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 13 December 1944 | paid off 1964, scrapped 1967 | |
| Cayuga | Tribal | destroyer | 1,850 | 20 October 1947 | built and launched during the war, paid off 27 February 1964 | |
| Cecil J. Doyle | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 16 October 1944 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1967 | |
| Celandine | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 April 1941[6] | ||
| Ceres | C class light cruiser | 4,290 | 1 June 1917 | scrapped 1946 | ||
| Cervantes | Cervantes | destroyer | 1,522 | Discarded 24 June 1961 | ||
| Ceylon | Fiji class cruiser | 8,800 | 13 July 1943 | sold to Peru 1959, renamed Colonel Bolognesi | ||
| Chacabuco | Presidente Errazuriz class cruiser | 4,500 | Discarded 1952 | |||
| Chaffee | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 9 May 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1948 | |
| Chambers | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 24 November 1943 | scrapped 1975 | |
| Chambly | Flower | corvette | 925 | 18 December 1940 | paid off 20 June 1945 | |
| Champlin | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 12 September 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972 | |
| Chandler | Clemson | minesweeper destroyer | 1,200 | 5 September 1919 | scrapped 1946 | |
| Chao Ho | Chao Ho class cruiser | 2,750 | 23 October 1911 | sunk 28 September 1937 | ||
| Chaplet | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 24 August 1945 | Laid up 1961. Sold for scrapping 1965.[7] | |
| Charger | Avenger | escort carrier | 8,200 | 3 March 1942 | paid off 15 March 1946, scrapped 1969 | |
| Charles Ausburne | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 November 1942 | scrapped 1968 | |
| Charles E. Brannon | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 1 November 1944 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1969 | |
| Charles F. Hughes | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 5 September 1940 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969 | |
| Charles J. Badger | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 July 1943 | decommissioned 1957, scrapped 1974 | |
| Charles J. Kimmel | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 20 April 1944 | decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1969 | |
| Charles Lawrence | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 31 May 1943 | scrapped 1965 | |
| Charles P. Cecil | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 29 June 1945 | to Greece 1980, scrapped 2003 | |
| Charles R. Greer | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 25 June 1943 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Charles R. Ware | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 21 July 1945 | decommissioned 1974, sunk as target 1981 | |
| Charles S. Sperry | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 17 May 1944 | to Chile 1974, scrapped 1990 | |
| Charlestown | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 23 September 1940 | scrapped 1947[8] | |
| Charlock | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | March 1944 | to RIN post-war, paid off 1947 | |
| Charlottetown (I) | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 13 December 1941 | sunk on 11 September 1942 by U-517 | |
| Charlottetown (II) | River | frigate | 1,445 | 28 April 1944 | paid off 25 March 1947 | |
| Charrette | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 18 May 1943 | to Greece 1959, museum ship at Athens | |
| Chase | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 18 July 1943 | scrapped 1946 | |
| Chaser | Avenger | escort carrier | 11,400 | 9 April 1943 | paid off 12 May 1946, sold into merchant service, scrapped 1972/3 | |
| Chatelain | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 22 September 1943 | scrapped 1974 | |
| Chauncey | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 31 May 1943 | decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1972 | |
| Chebogue | River | frigate | 1,445 | 22 February 1944 | paid off 25 September 1945 | |
| Chelsea | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | to Canada November 1942, to USSR July 1944 as Derzkiy | |
| Chenango | Sangamon | escort carrier | 11,400 | 20 June 1941 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960 | |
| Chequers | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 28 September 1945 | scrapped 1966. | |
| Chervona Ukraina | Svetlana class light cruiser | 7,600 | 3 October 1913 | Sunk 12 November 1941 | ||
| Chester | Northampton class heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 24 June 1930 | scrapped 1959 | ||
| Chester T. O'Brien | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 3 July 1944 | decommissioned 1959, scrapped 1974 | |
| Chesterfield | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Chevalier (I) | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 20 June 1942 | sunk 7 October 1943 | |
| Chevalier (II) | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 9 January 1945 | to South Korea 1977 | |
| Chevron | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 23 August 1945 | scrapped 1969 | |
| Chew | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 12 December 1918 | scrapped 1946 | |
| Chicago (I) | Northampton class heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 9 March 1931 | sunk 30 January 1943 | ||
| Chicago (II) | Baltimore class heavy cruiser | 17,200 | 10 January 1945 | converted to missile cruiser 1964, decommissioned 1980, scrapped 1992 | ||
| Chicoutimi | Flower | corvette | 925 | 12 May 1941 | paid off 16 June 1945 | |
| Chiddingfold | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | October 1941 | paid off April 1952, scrapped 1975 | |
| Chieftain | C | destroyer | 1,710 | 7 March 1946 | Scrapped 1961 | |
| Chikuma | Tone class heavy cruiser | 15,200 | 30 May 1939 | sunk 25 October 1944 | ||
| Chilliwack | Flower | corvette | 925 | 8 April 1941 | paid off 14 July 1945 | |
| Chitose | Chitose | aircraft carrier | 11,190 | 25 July 1938 | sunk 25 October 1944 | |
| Chiyoda | Chitose | aircraft carrier | 11,190 | 15 December 1938 | sunk 25 October 1944 | |
| Chōkai | Takao class heavy cruiser | 15,781 | 1932 | sunk 25 October 1944 | ||
| Christopher | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 23 October 1943 | to Brazil 19 December 1944 as Benevente | |
| Chrysanthemum | Flower | corvette | 925 | |||
| Churchill | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | to USSR as Deyatelny 16 July 1944, sunk 16 January 1945 | |
| Chūyō | Taiyō | escort carrier | 18,116 | 25 November 1942 | sunk 4 December 1943 | |
| Cincinnati | Omaha class light cruiser | 7,050 | 1 January 1924 | scrapped 1946 | ||
| Clare | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 9 September 1940 | scrapped 1945 | |
| Clarence K. Bronson | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 11 June 1943 | to Turkey 1967, scrapped 1987 | |
| Clarence L. Evans | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 25 June 1944 | to France 1952, scrapped 1960 | |
| Clark | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 20 May 1936 | scrapped 1946 | |
| Clarkia | Flower | corvette | 925 | 22 April 1940 | ||
| Claxton | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 8 December 1942 | To West Germany 1959 | |
| Clematis | Flower | corvette | 925 | 27 July 1940[6] | ||
| Clemson | Clemson | destroyer | 1,250 | 29 December 1919 | Decommissioned 12 October 1945 | |
| Cleveland | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | 1940 | paid off 26 March 1946, scrapped 1959 | |
| Cleveland | Cleveland class light cruiser | 10,000 | 15 June 1942 | decommissioned 7 February 1947, scrapped 1960 | ||
| Clive | 24 | minesweeper sloop | 1,748 | 20 April 1920 | Scrapped 1947 | |
| Cloues | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 10 August 1943 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Clover | Flower | corvette | 925 | 13 May 1941 | ||
| Coates | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 24 January 1944 | decommissioned 1970, sunk as target 1971 | |
| Coaticook | River | frigate | 1,445 | 25 July 1944 | paid off 29 November 1945 | |
| Cobalt | Flower | corvette | 925 | 25 November 1940 | paid off 17 June 1945 | |
| Cobourg | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 11 May 1944 | 15 June 1945 | |
| Cockrill | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 24 December 1943 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974 | |
| Cockade | C | destroyer | 1,885 | 29 September 1945 | Paid off 1958, scrapped 1964 | |
| Codrington | A destroyer leader | destroyer | 1,350 | 4 June 1930 | sunk 27 July 1940 | |
| Cofer | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 18 January 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1968 | |
| Coffman | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 27 December 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 | |
| Coghlan | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 10 July 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974 | |
| Cogswell | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 17 August 1943 | to Turkey 1969, scrapped 1980 | |
| Colahan | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 August 1943 | sunk as target 1966 | |
| Colbert | Suffren class heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 4 March 1931 | scuttled 27 November 1942 | ||
| Cole | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 19 June 1919 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Colhoun (I) | Wickes | destroyer | 1,060 | 13 June 1918 | sunk 30 August 1942 | |
| Calhoun (II) | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 8 July 1944 | Sunk 6 April 1945 | |
| Collett | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 16 May 1944 | to Argentina 1974 | |
| Collingwood | Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 November 1940 | paid off 23 July 1945 | |
| Coltsfoot | Flower | corvette | 925 | 1 November 1941 | ||
| Columbia | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 24 September 1940 | paid off August 1945 | |
| Columbine | Flower | corvette | 925 | 9 November 1940[6] | ||
| Colombo | C class light cruiser | 4,200 | 18 June 1919 | scrapped 1948 | ||
| Colossus | Collossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 16 December 1944 | transferred to France, renamed Arromanches 6 August 1946 | |
| USS Columbia | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 29 July 1942 | scrapped 1959 | ||
| Columbus | Baltimore class heavy cruiser | 17,200 | 8 June 1945 | converted to missile cruiser 1962, scrapped 1977 | ||
| Combattante | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 30 December 1942 | sunk 23 February 1945 | |
| Comet | C | destroyer | 1,885 | 6 June 1945 | Paid off 1958, scrapped 1962 | |
| Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves | Flower | corvette | 925 | 23 May 1942 | 31 May 1947 | |
| Commandant Detroyat | Flower | corvette | 925 | 16 September 1941 | 1947 | |
| Commandant Drogou | Flower | corvette | 925 | 15 January 1942 | May 1947 | |
| Commencement Bay | Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 11,373 | 27 November 1944 | Decommissioned 30 November 1946, scrapped 1971 | |
| Compton | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 4 November 1944 | to Brazil 1972, scrapped 1990 | |
| Concord | Omaha class light cruiser | 7,050 | 3 November 1923 | scrapped 1947 | ||
| Cone | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 18 August 1945 | to Pakistan 1982, scrapped 1998 | |
| Conklin | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 21 April 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | |
| Conner (II) | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 8 June 1943 | to Greece 1959, scrapped 1997 | |
| Connolly | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 8 July 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
| ORP Conrad ex. HMS Danae | D class cruiser | 4,850 | 4 October 1944 | returned to Royal Navy 28 September 1946, scrapped March 1948 | ||
| Conte di Cavour | Conte di Cavour | dreadnought | 26,140 | 1915 | captured 10 September 1943 by Germany, scrapped 1946 | |
| Contest | C | destroyer | 1,885 | 9 November 1945 | scrapped 1960 | |
| Converse | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 20 November 1942 | to Spain 1959, scrapped 1988 | |
| Convolvulus | Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 February 1941[6] | ||
| Conway | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 9 October 1942 | sunk as target 1970 | |
| Cony | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 30 October 1942 | sunk as target 1970 | |
| Conyngham | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 4 November 1936 | scuttled 1948 after A-bomb test | |
| Coolbaugh | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 15 October 1943 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1973 | |
| Cooner | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 21 August 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 | |
| Cooper | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 9 February 1944 | sunk 3 December 1944 | |
| Copahee | Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 15 June 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1961 | |
| Coral Sea | Casablanca | escort carrier | 9,600 | 27 August 1943 | renamed Anzio, decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1959 | |
| Core | Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 10 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971 | |
| Coreopsis | Flower | corvette | 925 | to Greece as Kriezis 10 November 1943, out of service 1952. | ||
| Coriander | Flower | corvette | 925 | |||
| Cornwallis | Cornwallis | Sloop | 1,290 | 1921 | Scrapped 1946 | |
| Corregidor | Casablanca | escort carrier | 10,400 | 31 August 1943 | scrapped 1959 | |
| Corry | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 18 December 1941 | sunk 6 June 1944 | |
| Cossack (I) | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 7 June 1938 | sunk 24 October 1941 | |
| Cossack (II) | C | destroyer | 1,885 | 4 September 1945 | scrapped 1961 | |
| Coronel | auxiliary cruiser | 12,700 | 13 August 1938 | ran aground 21 November 1984 | ||
| Corrientes | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Lost 3 October 1941 | ||
| Cotswold | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 16 November 1940 | paid off 1946, scrapped 1957 | |
| Cotten | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 July 1943 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1975 | |
| Cottesmore | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 29 December 1940 | paid off 28 February 19466, scrapped 1951 | |
| Courageous | Glorious | aircraft carrier | 22,500 | 4 November 1916 | sunk 17 September 1939 | |
| Courbet | Courbet | dreadnought | 23,200 | November 1913 | scuttled as a "Gooseberry" breakwater 6 June 1944 | |
| Cowell | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 23 August 1943 | to Argentina 1971, scrapped 1982 | |
| Cowpens | Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 28 May 1943 | decommissioned 13 January 1947, scrapped 1960 | |
| Cowslip | Flower | corvette | 925 | 9 August 1941 | ||
| Coventry | C class light cruiser | 4,290 | 21 February 1918 | lost 14 September 1942 | ||
| Cowie | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 June 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972 | |
| Cottesmore | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 29 December 1940 | paid off 28 February 19466, scrapped 1951 | |
| Crane | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 18 April 1919 | scrapped 1946 | |
| Craven | Gridley | destroyer | 1,590 | 2 September 1937 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Crescent | C | destroyer | 1,900 | 21 August 1945 | delivered to Canada January 1945, scrapped 1971 | |
| Croatan | Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 28 April 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971 | |
| Crocus | Flower | corvette | 925 | 20 October 1940[6] | ||
| Cronin | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 5 May 1944 | sunk as target 1971 | |
| Croome | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | 29 June 1941 | paid off October 1945, scrapped 1957 | |
| Crosby | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 January 1919 | scrapped 1946 | |
| Cross | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 8 January 1945 | decommissioned 1958, scrapped 1968 | |
| Crouter | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 25 May 1943 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Crowley | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 25 March 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Crusader | C | destroyer | 1,900 | 26 November 1945 | delivered to Canada January 1945, scrapped 1971 | |
| Cuba | - | Sloop | 2,055 | c.1911 | stricken 1971 | |
| Cummings | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 25 November 1936 | scrapped 1947 | |
| Curacoa | C class light cruiser | 4,290 | 18 February 1918 | lost 2 October 1942 | ||
| Curlew | C class light cruiser | 4,290 | 14 December 1917 | lost 26 May 1940 | ||
| Currier | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 1 February 1944 | sunk as target 1967 | |
| Cushing (I) | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 28 August 1936 | sunk 13 November 1942 | |
| Cushing (II) | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 17 January 1944 | to Brazil 1961, scrapped 1982 | |
| Cyclamen | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 September 1940[6] |
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- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
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