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