This page lists all of the ship classes used during World War II. This list does not include individual ships that were part of a class. This list also includes ships that were planned as a class but only one was completed. The list may inlcude several ships commissioned before the Second World War.

Contents 1 Kriegsmarine (Germany) 2 United States Navy 3 Royal Navy (Great Britain) 4 Imperial Japanese Navy 5 Marine Nationale (France) 6 Regia Marina (Italy) 7 Finnish Navy 8 Soviet Navy 9 Dutch Navy 10 Polish Navy 11 Hellenic Navy 12 Royal Norwegian Navy 13 Royal Australian Navy 14 Brazilian Navy 15 Danish Navy 16 Romanian Navy

Kriegsmarine (Germany)Edit

Landing and Amphibious Ships

• Marinefährprahm
• Siebelfähre

Destroyers

• Zerstörer 1934
• Zerstörer 1934A
• Zerstörer 1936
• Zerstörer 1936A 'Narvik'
• Zerstorer 1936B

​Aircraft Carriers

• Graf Zeppelin class

Battleships

• Bismarck class
• Deutschland class

Battlecruisers

• Scharnhorst class

Cruisers

• Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser
• Deutschland class Panzerschiffe (Heavy cruiser)
• Light cruiser Emden
• K class light cruiser
• Leipzig class light cruiser

Fleet Torpedo Boats

• Type 1923
• Type 1924
• Type 1939 (Elbing class)
• TA class

Fast Attack Craft

• Schnellboot (E-Boat)

Minesweepers

• R Boat
• M class

Escort Ships

• F class

Armed Merchantmen

• Orion
• Atlantis
• Widder
• Thor
• Pinguin
• Stier
• Komet
• Kormoran
• Michel
• Coronel
• Hansa

Patrol Boats

• VP Boats

Auxialliaries

• Sperrbrecher

Submarines (U-boats)

• Type I U-Boat
• Type II U-Boat
• Type VII U-Boat
• Type IX U-Boat
• Type X U-Boat
• Type XIV U-Boat
• Type XVII U-Boat
• Type XXI U-Boat
• Type XXIII U-Boat

United States NavyUnited States Navy

Aircraft Carriers (CV)

• Essex class
• Lexington class
• Midway class
• Yorktown class

Light Carriers (CVL)

• Independence class
• Saipan class

Attack Transports

• Arthur Middleton class
• Doyen class
• Harris class
• Haskell class
• Heywood class
• McCawley class
• Ormsby class
• President Jackson class
• Windsor class

Battleships

• Colorado class
• Florida class
• Iowa class
• Nevada class
• New Mexico class
• New York class
• North Carolina class
• Pennsylvania class
• South Dakota class
• Tennessee class
• Wyoming class

Large Cruisers

• Alaska class large cruiser

Heavy Cruisers

• Baltimore class heavy cruiser
• New Orleans class heavy cruiser
• Northampton class heavy cruiser
• Pensacola class heavy cruiser
• Portland class heavy cruiser

Light Cruisers

• Atlanta class light cruiser
• Brooklyn class light cruiser
• Cleveland class light cruiser
• St. Louis class light cruiser
• Omaha class light cruiser

Cargo Ships

• Aldebaran class
• Andromeda class
• Artemis class
• Arcturus class
• Crater class
• Liberty ship
• Tolland class
• Type C1 class
• Type C2 class
• Type C3 class
• Type C4 class
• Victory ship

Coast Guard Vessels

• Active class patrol boat
• Cactus class buoy tender
• Diver class rescue and salvage ship
• Iris class bouy tender
• Lake class cutter
• Mesquite class buoy tender
• Owasco class cutter
• Tallapoosa class cutter
• Treasury class cutter
• Wind class icebreaker

Destroyers

• Allen M. Summer class
• Bagley class
• Benham class
• Benson class
• Caldwell class
• Clemson class
• Farragut class
• Fletcher class
• Gearing class
• Gridley class
• Sims class
• Gleaves class (see Benson)
• Gridley class
• Mahan class
• Porter class
• Robert H. Smith class
• Somers class
• Wickes class

Destroyer Escorts

• Buckley class
• Cannon class
• Edsall class
• Evarts class
• John C. Butler class
• Rudderow class

Escort Carriers

• Bogue class
• Casablanca class
• Charger class
• Commencement Bay class
• Long Island class
• Sangamon class

Frigates

• Asheville class (River class frigates used by US Navy)
• Tacoma class

Landing and Amphibious Ships

• LCA
• LCI
• LCPL
• LCRL
• LCS
• LCVP
• LSD
• LSM
• LST

Minesweepers

• Admirable class
• Auk class
• Hawk class
• Lapwing class
• Raven class
• YMS-1 class

Submarines

• Balao class
• Cachalot class
• Gato class
• Mackerel class
• O class
• Porpoise class
• R class
• S class
• Salmon class
• Sargo class
• Tambor class
• Tench class
• V boat

Oilers

• Chicopee class
• Chiwawa class
• Cimarron class
• Escambia class
• Kennebec class
• Mission Buenaventura class
• Patoka class
• Suamico class
• T2 tanker

Other

• Achelous class repair ship
• Bagaduce class fleet tug
• Barnegat class seaplane tender
• Casa Grande class dock landing ship
• Casco class seaplane tender
• Crosely class high speed transport
• Diver class rescue and salvage ship
• Dixie class destroyer tender
• Fulton class submarine tender
• General G. O. Squier class transport ship
• Haven class hospital ship
• Mount Hood class ammunition ship
• Mount McKinley class command ship
• Osage class vehicle landing ship

Single Ships

• Submarine USS Argonaut
• Submarine USS Dolphin
• Aircraft carrier USS Ranger
• Aircraft carrier USS Wasp
• Heavy cruiser USS Wichita

Royal Navy (Great Britain)Royal Navy (Great Britain)

Aircraft Carriers

• Colossus class
• Courageous class
• Illustrious class
• Implacable class

Single Ships

• HMS Argus
• HMS Ark Royal
• HMS Eagle
• HMS Hermes
• HMS Indomitable
• HMS Unicorn

Battleships

• King George V class
• Nelson class
• Queen Elizabeth class
• Revenge class

Corvettes

• Castle class
• Flower class

Cruisers

• Arethusa class light cruiser
• C class light cruiser
• Caledon class light cruiser
• Capetown class light cruiser
• County class heavy cruiser
• Crown Colony class light cruiser
• Danae class light cruiser
• Dido class light cruiser
• Emerald class light cruiser
• Hawkins class heavy cruiser
• Leander class light cruiser
• Minotaur class light cruiser
• Renown class battlecruiser
• Town class light cruiser
• York class heavy cruiser

Destroyers

• A class
• F class
• E class
• I class
• G/H class
• D class
• Tribal class
• J class
• K class
• Havant class
• Town class
• N class
• L class
• O class
• P class
• Hunt class
• M classs
• Q class
• R class
• T class
• Thornycroft class
• U class
• V class
• W class
• S class
• Battle class
• Z class

Escort Carriers

• Attacker class
• Avenger class
• Nairana class
• Ruler class

Frigates

• Bay class
• Captain class
• Colony class
• Loch class
• River class

Sloops

• 24 class
• Banff class
• Bittern class
• Black Swan class
• Bridgewater class
• Egret class
• Grimsby class
• Hastings class
• Kingfisher class
• Shoreham class

Submarines

• Amphion class
• Grampus class
• H class
• L class
• Odin class
• Oruç Reis/P611 class
• Parthian class
• Rainbow class
• River class
• S class
• T class
• U class
• V class
• X class
• XE class

Single Ships

• Escort carrier HMS Activity
• Minelayer HMS Adventure
• Seaplane tender HMS Albatross
• Destroyer HMS Amazon
• Destroyer HMS Ambuscade
• Escort carrier HMS Archer
• Escort carrier HMS Audacity
• Battlecruiser HMS Hood
• Seaplane tender HMS Pegasus
• Escort carrier HMS Pretoria Castle

Imperial Japanese NavyImperial Japanese Navy

Aircraft Carriers

• Chitose class
• Hiyō class
• Shōkaku class
• Sōryū class
• Unryū class
• Zuihō class

Single Ships

• Akagi
• Hōshō
• Kaga
• Ryūhō
• Ryūjō
• Shinano (Converted from Yamato class battleship)
• Taihō

Battleships

• Fusō class
• Ise class
• Kongō class
• Nagato class
• Yamato class

Destroyers

• Akatsuki class
• Akizuki class
• Asashio class
• Fubuki class
• Hatsuharu class
• Kagerō class
• Kamikaze class
• Matsu class
• Minekaze class
• Momi class
• Mutsuki class
• Shimakaze (Single ship)
• Shiratsuyu class
• Tachibana class
• Wakatake class
• Yūgumo class

Escort Carriers

• Shimane Maru class
• Taiyō class

Single Ships

• Akitsu Maru
• Kaiyo
• Kumano Maru
• Shinyo
• Yamashio Maru

Heavy Cruisers

• Aoba class
• Furutaka class
• Ibuki class (Never completed)
• Izumo class
• Mogami class
• Myōkō class
• Takao class
• Tone class
• Yakumo (Single ship)

Light Cruisers

• Agano class
• Katori class
• Kuma class
• Ōyodo (Single ship)
• Nagara class
• Sendai class
• Tenryū class
• Yūbari (Single ship)

Submarines

• Ha-101 class
• Ha-201 class
• I-121 class
• I-201 class
• I-351 class
• I-400 class
• Junsen class
• Kaidai class
• Kaichū class
• Mara Yu class
• Ro-100 class
• Type A class (Kō)
• Type B class (Otsu)
• Type C class (Hei)
• Type D class (Tei)
• Type L class

Midget Submarines

• Kairyu class
• Ko-hyoteki class

Seaplane Tenders

• Akitsushima class

Submarine Tenders

• Jingei class

Torpedo Boats

• Chidori class
• Ōtori class

Marine Nationale (France)Marine Nationale (France)

Battleships

• Bretagne class
• Dunkerque class
• Courbet class
• Richelieu class

Cruisers

• Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser
• Duquesne class heavy cruiser
• La Galissonnière class light cruiser
• Suffren class heavy cruiser

Destroyers

• Adroit class
• Aigle class
• Bourrasque class
• Chacal class
• Fantasque class
• Guépard class
• Hardi class
• La Melpoméne class (Also classified as torpedo boats)
• La Pomone class
• Mogador class
• Vauquelin class

Submarines

• Aurore class
• Circé class
• Minerve class
• Redoutable class
• Requin class
• Saphir class
• Sirène class

Other

• Bougainville class aviso

Single Ships

• Heavy cruiser Algérie
• Aircraft carrier Béarn
• Seaplane tender Commandant Teste
• Anti-aircraft cruiser De Grasse
• Light cruiser Émile Bertin
• Light cruiser Jeanne d'Arc
• Minelaying cruiser Pluton
• Submairne Surcouf

Regia Marina (Italy)Regia Marina (Italy)

Battleships

• Andrea Doria class
• Conte di Cavour class
• Littorio class

Heavy Cruisers

• Trento class heavy cruiser
• Zara class heavy cruiser

Light Cruisers

• Capitani Romani class light cruiser
• Condottieri class light cruiser
• Etna class light cruiser

Single Ships

• Taranto

Armed Merchantmen

• Ramb I
• Ramb II
• Ramb III

Destroyers

• Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro class (Never completed)
• Curtatone class
• Folgore class
• Freccia class
• Generali class
• Leone class
• Maestrale class
• Navigatori class
• Oriani class
• Palestro class
• Sauro class
• Sella class
• Soldati class
• Turbine class

Torpedo Boats

• Ariete class
• Ciclone class
• Orsa class
• Spica class

Corvettes

• Gabbiano class

Submarines

• Marcello class
• Marconi class
• Balilla class
• Mameli class
• Pisani class
• Bandiera class
• Squalo class
• Bragadin class
• Argonauta class
• Settembrini class
• Sirena class
• Archimede class
• Glauco class
• Pietro Micca class
• Calvi class
• Perla class
• Adua class
• Foca class
• Argo class
• Brin class
• Liuzzi class
• Cagni class
• Acciaio class
• Flutto class
• R class
• CA class
• CB class
• CC class
• CM class

Single Ships

• Ettore Fieramosca

Hospital Ships

• Ramb IV

Sloops

• Eritrea

Finnish NavyFinnish Navy

Gunboats

• Turunmaa class
• Uusimaa class

Minelayers

• Pukkio class
• Ruotsinsalmi class
• Teplokhod class

Minesweepers

• Ahven class
• Ajonpää class
• Kuha class
• Rautu class
• SM class

Motor Torpedo Boats

• Hurja class
• Isku class
• Jymy class
• Sisu class
• Syöksy class
• Taisto class

Other

• Väinämöinen class coastal defence ship
• Vetehinen class submarine
• VMV class patrol boat

Single Ships

• Minelayer Louhi
• Submarine Saukko
• Submarine Vesikko
• Patrol gunboat VTV-1

Soviet NavySoviet Navy

Battleships

• Gangut class
• Sovetsky Soyuz class

Battlecruisers

• Kronstadt class (cancelled)

Cruisers

• Admiral Nakhimov class
• Chapayev class
• Kirov class
• Svetlana class

Single Ships

• Petropavlovsk/Talinn (ex-German cruiser Lutzow)
• Murmansk (ex-USS Milwaukee CL-5)

Destroyers

• Derzky class
• Orfey class
• Izyaslav class
• Fidonisy class
• Leningrad class
• Tashkent class
• Gnevny class
• Soobrazitelny class
• Opytny class
• Ognevoy class

Single Ships

• Yakov Sverdlov

Guard Ships

• MO class
• Uragan class
• Yastreb class

Torpedo Boats

• Sh-4 class
• G-5 class
• D3 class

Submarines

• Dekabrist class
• Leninets class
• Shchuka class
• Pravda class
• S class
• M class
• K class
• American Holland class
• Kalev class
• Ronis class
• U class (Transferred from Royal Navy)

Single Ships

• V-1 (Formerly HMS Sunfish (81S))

Single Ships

• Battleship Arkhangelsk (Formerly HMS Royal Sovereign (05))
• Light cruiser Komintern

Dutch NavyDutch Navy

Coastal Defence Ships

• Jacob van Heemskerck (Single ship)
• De Zeven Provinciën (Single ship)

Cruisers

• Java class
• Tromp class
• De Ruyter (Single ship)

Destroyers

• Admiralen class
• Gerard Callenburgh class
• Van Galen class
• Van Ghent class

Gunboats

• Brinio class
• Flores class

Minelayers

• Douwe Aukes class
• Hydra class
• Prins van Oranje class

Minesweepers

• A class
• Jan van Amstel class
• M class
• Type MMS

Sloops

• Johan Maurits van Nassau (Single ship)
• K class
• Van Kinsbergen (Single ship)

Submarines

• K V class
• K VIII class
• K XI class
• K XIV class
• O 9 class
• O 12 class
• O 16 (Single ship)
• O 19 class
• O 21 class

Polish NavyPolish Navy

Destroyers

• Bourrasque class (Lent by French Navy)
• G class (Lent by Royal Navy)
• Grom class
• Hunt class (Lent by Royal Navy)
• Improved Grom class
• M class (Lent by Royal Navy)
• N class (Lent by Royal Navy)
• Wicher class

Gunboats

• Vodorez class

Light Cruisers

• Danae class (Lent by Royal Navy)

Minelayers

• Gryf class

Minesweepers

• Jaskółka class

Submarines

• Orzeł class
• S class (Lent by Royal Navy)
• U class (Lent by Royal Navy)
• Wilk class

Hellenic NavyHellenic Navy

Armoured Cruisers

• Georgios Averoff (Single ship)

Light Cruisers

• Elli (Helle)

Destroyers

• Dardo class (Modified Italian Freccia class)
• Hunt class (Transferred from Royal Navy)
• Kondouritis class
• Modified G class
• Niki class
• Thyella class
• Wild Beast class

Corvettes

• Flower class (Transferred from Royal Navy)

Torpedo Boats

• Alkyoni class
• Kydonia class
• Kyzikos class

Submarines

• Katsonis class
• Matrozos (Captured Italian Perla class) (Single ship)
• Protefs class
• V class (Leased from Royal Navy)

Royal Norwegian NavyRoyal Norwegian Navy

Coastal Defence Ships

• Eidsvold class
• Tordenskjold class

Destroyers

• Draug class
• Odin class
• Sleipner class

Submarines

• A class
• B class

Torpedo Boats

• Trygg class

Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian Navy

Corvettes

• Bathurst class

Brazilian NavyBrazilian Navy

Cruisers

• Bahia class

Destroyers

• Acre class
• B class
• Marcilio Dias class

Danish NavyDanish Navy

Minesweepers

• Søbjørnen class

Submarines

• Ægir class
• C class
• D class
• H class

Romanian NavyRomanian Navy

Destroyers

• Mărăşti class
• Regele Ferdinand class

Gunboats

• Naluca class

Torpedo Boats

• Sborul class