List of ships of the Second World War (N)

This is a list of ships of the Second World War ships starting with N. ^[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
Nabob	Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy	Ruler	escort carrier	11,400	7 September 1943	Crewed by RCN, paid off 10 October 1944, scrapped December 1977
Nachi	Imperial Japanese Navy	Myōkō class heavy cruiser		13,380		sunk 5 November 1944
Nagara	Imperial Japanese Navy	Nagara class light cruiser		5,088		lost 7 August 1944
Nagato	Imperial Japanese Navy	Nagato	dreadnought	42,850	25 November 1920	sunk as target 29 July 1946
Nairana	Royal Navy	Nairana	escort carrier	14,280	12 December 1943	to Netherlands 23 March 1946, scrapped 1971
Naka	Imperial Japanese Navy	Sendai class light cruiser		7,100	1925	sunk 17 February 1944
Nanaimo	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	26 April 1941	paid off 28 September 1945
Napanee	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	12 May 1941	paid off 12 July 1945
Napier	Royal Australian Navy	N	destroyer	1,773	28 November 1940	25 October 1945
Narbada	Royal Indian Navy	Black Swan	Sloop	1,250		Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Jhelum
Narcissus	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	17 July 1941
Nashville	USA	Brooklyn class light cruiser		9,475	6 June 1938	sold to Chile 1951 (Capitan Prat)
Nasturtium	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	26 September 1940
Natal	South African Navy	Loch	frigate	1,435	9 March 1945	Decommissioned 1 September 1965
Natori	Imperial Japanese Navy	Nagara class light cruiser		5,088		lost 18 August 1944
Natsuzuki	Imperial Japanese Navy	Akizuki	destroyer	2,700	8 April 1945	scrapped after the war
Nelson	Royal Navy	Nelson	battleship	34,000	10 September 1927	decommissioned February 1948, scrapped March 1949
Nelson	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	26 November 1942	decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1969
Nene	Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy	River	frigate	1,445	8 April 1943	to Canada 4 June 1944, paid off 11 June 1945
Nepal	Royal Australian Navy	N	destroyer	1,773	29 May 1942	paid off 22 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955
Neptune	Royal Navy	Leander class light cruiser		7,000	23 February 1934	lost 19 December 1941
Nestor	Royal Australian Navy	N	destroyer	1,773	12 February 1941	scuttled 15 June 1942
Nevada	United States Navy	Nevada	battleship	29,000	11 March 1916	decommissioned 29 July 1946; sunk as a target 31 July 1948
New Glasgow	Royal Canadian Navy	River	frigate	1,445	22 December 1943	paid off 30 January 1967
New Jersey	United States Navy	Iowa	battleship	57,271	23 May 1943	decommissioned 1991. museum ship
New Mexico	United States Navy	New Mexico	battleship	33,000	20 May 1918	Scrapped November 1947
New Orleans	USA	New Orleans-class heavy cruiser		9,950	12 April 1933	Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959
New Waterford	Royal Canadian Navy	River	frigate	1,445	21 January 1944	paid off 2 December 1966
New Westminster	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	31 January 1942	paid off 21 June 1945
New York	United States Navy	New York	battleship	27,000	15 April 1914	decommissioned 29 August 1946, sunk as target 8 July 1948
Newark	Royal Navy	Town	destroyer	1,060	26 November 1940	scrapped February 1947
Newfoundland	Royal Navy	Fiji class light cruiser		8,800	21 January 1943	sold to Peru 1959, renamed Almirante Grau
Newmarket	Royal Navy	Town	destroyer	1,060	26 November 1940	scrapped September 1945
Newport	Royal Norwegian Navy	Town	destroyer	1,190	March 1942	June 1942, returned to RN
Niagara	Royal Canadian Navy	Town	destroyer	1,190	24 September 1940	paid off 27 May 1946
Niblack	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	1 August 1940	Sold 16 August 1973 and broken up for scrap
Nicholson	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	3 June 1941	to Italy 1951, sunk as target 1975
Niedersachsen	Kriegsmarine	minelayer		1,794	20 December 1943	captured French Guyana 4 December 1942, sunk 15 February 1944
Nields	United States Navy	Benson	destroyer	1,620	15 January 1943	decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Niels Juel	Denmark	Niels Juel class coastal defence ship		3,800	captured, renamed Nordland (Germany)	sunk 3 May 1945
Nigella	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	25 February 1941
Nigeria	Royal Navy	Fiji class cruiser		8,000	23 September 1940	sold to India 29 August 1957, renamed Mysore
Ning Hai	China	light cruiser		2,200		became Ioshima (Japan)
Niobe	Kriegsmarine	anti-aircraft cruiser		4,100	former Dutch Gelderland	sunk Kotka 16 July 1944
Nizam	Royal Australian Navy	N	destroyer	1,773	19 December 1940	paid off 17 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955
Nootka	Royal Canadian Navy	Tribal	destroyer	1,927	9 August 1946	built and launched during war, paid off 6 February 1964
Norge	Norway	Eidsvold class coastal defence ship		4,230	7 February 1901	sunk 9 April 1940
Norman	Royal Australian Navy	N	destroyer	1,773	29 September 1941	paid off October 1945, sold for scrap 1958
North Carolina	United States Navy	North Carolina	battleship	35,000	9 April 1941	decommissioned 27 June 1947, museum ship
Northampton	USA	Northampton class heavy cruiser		9,050	17 May 1930	lost 1 December 1942
Noshiro	Imperial Japanese Navy	Agano class light cruiser		6,650		Sunk 26 October 1944
Norsyd	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower modified	corvette	1,015	22 December 1943	25 June 1945
North Bay	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower modified	corvette	1,015	25 October 1943	5 June 1945
Nubian	Royal Navy	Tribal	destroyer	2,020	6 December 1938	scrapped 1949
Nürnberg	Kriegsmarine	light cruiser		6,980	2 November 1935	transferred to Soviet Union as Admiral Makarov, scrapped 1960

References

1. Naval Vessel Register Index
2. "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
3. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
4. Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.

• 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.
• navy.mil: List of homeports and their ships
• NavSource Naval History
• Whitley, M J (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
• Whitley, M J (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-225-1.
• "Allied warships". uboat.net. Guðmundur Helgason. 1995–2007.
• "Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk". Cranston Fine Arts. 2001–2007.