List of ships of the Second World War (U)
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This is a list of ships of the Second World War ships starting with U. [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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U-25 | Kriegsmarine | Type IA submarine | 982 submerged | 6 April 1936 | sunk 1 August 1940 | |
U-37 - U-44 | Kriegsmarine | Type IX u-boats | ||||
U-65, U-66, U-103 - U-111, U-122 - U-124 |
Kriegsmarine | Type IXB u-boats | 1,051 | |||
U-66 - U-68, U-125 - U-131, U-153 - U-166, U-171 - U-176, U-501 - U-524 |
Kriegsmarine | Type IXC u-boats | 1,051 | |||
U-190 | Kriegsmarine Royal Canadian Navy |
Type IXC | 1,257 | 24 September 1942 | Surrendered to RCN 11 May 1945, commissioned 19 May, paid off 24 July 1947, scuttled October 21, 1947 | |
U-167 - U-170, U-183 - U-194, U-525 - U-550, U-801 - U-806, U-841 - U-846, U-853 - U-858, U-865 - U-870, U-877 - U-881, U-889, U-1221 - U-1235 | Kriegsmarine | Type IXC/40 u-boats | 1,120 | U-877 sunk by HMCS St. Thomas on 27 December 1944. All 56 members saved by crew of the St. Thomas.[5] | ||
U-177 - U-182, U-195 - U-200, U-847 - U-852, U-859 - U-864, U-871 - U-876 | Kriegsmarine | Type IXD u-boats | 1,616 | |||
U-889 | Kriegsmarine Royal Canadian Navy |
Type IXC/40 | 1,257 | 4 August 1944 | Surrendered to RCN 10 May 1945, commissioned 14 May, paid off December 1945, scuttled 1947 | |
U-459 - U-464, U-487 - U-490 | Kriegsmarine | Type XIV u-boats ("milch-kuh") | 1,668 | |||
U-459 - U-464, U-487 - U-490 | Kriegsmarine | Type XXI u-boats ("Elektroboote") | 1,668 | |||
U-D1 | Kriegsmarine | H | training submarine | 441 | 1915 | scuttled by Netherlands, captured by Germany 1939, paid off 23 November 1943 |
Uganda | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy |
Crown Colony-class (Ceylon Group) light cruiser | 8,800 | 21 October 1944 | transferred to RCN as HMCS Uganda 21 October 1944, renamed HMCS Quebec 14 January 1952, scrapped 1961 | |
Ulster | Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 30 June 1943 | paid off 1977, scrapped 1980 |
Ulysses | Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 23 December 1943 | paid off 1963, scrapped 1970 |
Undaunted | Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 3 March 1944 | paid off 1974, sunk as target 1978 |
Underhill | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,673 | 15 November 1943 | sunk 24 July 1945 |
Undine | Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 23 December 1943 | scrapped November 1965 |
Unicorn | Royal Navy | aircraft maintenance carrier | 16,510 | 12 March 1943 | scrapped 1960 | |
Unryū | Imperial Japanese Navy | Unryū | aircraft carrier | 17,150 | 6 August 1944 | sunk 19 December 1944 |
Unyō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Taiyō | escort carrier | 17,830 | 31 August 1942 | Sunk 15 September 1944 |
Ursa | Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 23 December 1943 | paid off November 1966 |
Urchin | Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 24 September 1943 | paid off 1964, scrapped 1967 |
Urania | Royal Navy | U | destroyer | 1,777 | 18 January 1944 | scrapped 1971 |
Utah | USA | radio controlled target-ship, and anti-aircraft training ship | 21,825 | 31 August 1911 | former Florida-class battleship, recommissioned in 1932, sunk 7 December 1941 |
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.
- ↑ http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2565311
- 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.
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