List of ships of the Second World War (D)
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This is a list of ships of the Second World War starting with D. [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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Dahlgren | United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 6 January 1920 | scrapped 1946 |
Dahlia | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 21 March 1941[5] | |
Dale | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 17 June 1935 | scrapped 1947 |
Dale W. Peterson | United States Navy | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 17 February 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
Dallas | United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 29 October 1920 | scrapped 1945 |
Daly | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 October 1942 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1976 |
Damon M. Cummings | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 29 June 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
Daniel | United States Navy | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 24 January 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974 |
Daniel A. Joy | United States Navy | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 28 April 1944 | scrapped 1966 |
Daniel T. Griffin | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 9 June 1943 | to Chile 1966 |
Darby | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 15 November 1943 | sunk as target 1970 |
Dasher | Royal Navy | Attacker | escort carrier | 8,200 | 2 July 1942 | sunk 27 March 1943 |
Dashiell | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 20 March 1943 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1975 |
Dauntless | Royal Navy | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | 10 April 1918 | scrapped 1946 | |
Dauphin | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 17 May 1941 | paid off 20 June 1945 |
David W. Taylor | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 18 September 1943 | to Spain 1957, scrapped 1987 |
Davis | United States Navy | Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 9 November 1938 | scrapped 1947 |
Davison | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 11 September 1942 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973 |
Dawson | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 October 1941 | paid off 19 June 1945 |
Day | United States Navy | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 10 June 1944 | |
Dayton | United States Navy | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 7 January 1945 | scrapped 1962 | |
Decatur | United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | August 1922 | scrapped 1945 |
Decker | USA China |
Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 3 May 1943 | to Republic of China as Tai Ping 28 August 1945; sunk in action 1954 |
Decoy | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy |
D | destroyer | 1,375 | 4 April 1933 | Transferred to RCN 12 April 1943 as HMCS Kootenay, paid off 26 October 1945 |
Deede | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 29 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
De Haven (I) | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 21 June 1942 | sunk 1 February 1943 |
De Haven (II) | United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 31 March 1944 | to South Korea 1973, scrapped 1993 |
Delhi | Royal Navy | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | June 1919 | scrapped 1948 | |
DeLong | United States Navy | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 31 December 1943 | sunk as target 1970 |
Delphinium | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 15 November 1940[5] | |
Dempsey | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 23 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
Dennis | United States Navy | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 20 March 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
Dennis J. Buckley | United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 2 March 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
Dent | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 9 September 1918 | scrapped 1946 |
Denver | United States Navy | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 15 October 1942 | scrapped 1960 | |
De Ruyter | Netherlands | De Ruyter class cruiser | 7,822 | 3 October 1936 | sunk 28 February 1942 | |
Derwent | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 24 April 1942 | scrapped 1947 |
Despatch | Royal Navy | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | 2 June 1922 | scrapped 1946 | |
Detroit | United States Navy | Omaha class light cruiser | 7,050 | 31 July 1923 | scrapped 1946 | |
Deutschland | Kriegsmarine | Deutschland class heavy cruiser | 12,100 | 1 April 1933 | renamed Lützow | |
Devonshire | Royal Navy | County class cruiser | 9,750 | 18 March 1929 | scrapped December 1954 | |
Dewey | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 14 October 1934 | scrapped 1946 |
Diana | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy |
D | destroyer | 1,375 | 21 December 1932 | Transferred to RCN 6 September 1940 as HMCS Margaree, sunk in 22 October 1940 |
Dianella | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 January 1941[5] | |
Dianthus | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 17 March 1941[5] | |
Dickerson | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 3 September 1919 | sunk 4 April 1945 |
Diomede | Royal Navy | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | 24 April 1922 | scrapped 1946 | |
Dionne | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 16 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
Dittany | Royal Navy United States Navy |
Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 7 March 1943 | to USA as Beacon 7 March 1943, to UK 31 May 1943 |
Dobler | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 17 May 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
Doherty | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 6 February 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
Donaldson | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 1 December 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
Doneff | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 10 June 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
Donnell | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 26 June 1943 | damaged August 1943 and converted to power barge, scrapped 1946 |
Doran | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 4 August 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
Dorsey | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 16 September 1918 | grounded in typhoon, 9 October 1945 |
Dortch | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 7 August 1943 | to Argentina 1961, scrapped 1977 |
Douglas A. Munro | United States Navy | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 11 July 1944 | decommissioned 1960, sunk as target 1966 |
Douglas H. Fox | United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 26 December 1944 | to Chile 1974, sunk as target 1998 |
Douglas L. Howard | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 29 July 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974 |
Downes | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 15 January 1937 | destroyed 7 December 1941 but "rebuilt," scrapped 1948 |
Doyle | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 27 January 1943 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1972 |
Doyle C. Barnes | United States Navy | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 13 July 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
Drache | Kriegsmarine | minelayer | 1,870 | 17 April 1941 | captured from Yugoslav, Zmaj, sunk 22 September 1944 | |
Dragon | Royal Navy Poland |
Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | August 1918 | damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944 | |
Drayton | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 1 September 1936 | scrapped 1947 |
Drexler | United States Navy | Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 14 November 1944 | sunk 28 May 1945 |
Drum | United States | Gato class submarine | 1,525 surfaced | 1 November 1941 | decommissioned 1967; museum at Mobile, Alabama | |
Drumheller | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 13 September 1941 | paid off 11 July 1945 |
Duffy | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 5 August 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
Dufilho | United States Navy | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 21 July 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
Duguay-Trouin | French Navy Free French Naval Forces |
Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser | 7,250 | 2 November 1926 | decommissioned 9 March 1952 | |
Duke of York | Royal Navy | King George V | battleship | 35,000 | 28 February 1940 | scrapped 1957 |
Duluth | United States Navy | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 18 September 1944 | scrapped 1960 | |
Dulverton | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | September 1941 | scuttled on 13 November 1943 |
Duncan (I) | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 16 April 1942 | sunk 12 October 1942 |
Duncan (II) | United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 25 February 1945 | decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1980 |
Dundas | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 1 April 1942 | paid off 17 July 1945 |
Dundee | Royal Navy | Shoreham | Sloop | 1,060 | 31 March 1933 | Torpedoed and sunk 15 September 1940 |
Dunedin | Royal Navy | Danae class cruiser | 4,850 | 19 November 1918 | lost 24 November 1941 | |
Dunkerque | French Navy | Dunkerque | battleship | 26,500 | 15 April 1937 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
Dunlap | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 12 June 1937 | scrapped 1948 |
Dunvegan | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 9 September 1941 | paid off 3 July 1945 |
Dunvegan Castle | Royal Navy | Armed merchant cruiser | 15,007 | 7 September 1939 | sunk 28 August 1940 | |
Dupleix | French Navy | Suffren class heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 7 July 1932 | scuttled 27 November 1942 | |
Du Pont | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 30 April 1919 | scrapped 1947 |
Duquesne | French Navy Free French Naval Forces |
Duquesne class heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 6 December 1928 | condemned 1955 | |
Durban | Royal Navy | Danae-class cruiser | 4,850 | 1 November 1921 | "Gooseberry" breakwater blockship, 9 June 1944 | |
Durant | United States Navy | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 17 February 1944 | decommissioned 1964, scrapped 1974 |
Durik | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 16 November 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967 |
Dyess | United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 21 May 1945 | scrapped 1981 |
Dyson | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 30 December 1942 | to West Germany 1960, scrapped 1982 |
References
- ↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
- ↑ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
- ↑ Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- 1 2 3 4 Lambert and Brown 2008, p. 65.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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