Allied Warships

Allied warship classes

Class	Type	# ships

LST	Tank landing ships	1,158
YMS	Minesweepers	633
[No specific class]	MS Trawlers	522
LSM	Medium landing ships	494
SC-497	Submarine chasers	443
PC-461	Patrol crafts	352
ELCO 80'	Motor torpedo boats	346
Flower	Corvettes	268
[No specific class]	ASW Trawlers	222
Higgins 78'	Motor torpedo boats	217
River	Frigates	193
Fletcher	Destroyers	175
Isles	MS Trawlers	156
Vosper 72'	Motor torpedo boats	136
Admirable	Minesweepers	131
Bangor	Minesweepers	128
Algerine	Minesweepers	128
Balao	Submarines	120
LST (Mk 3)	Tank landing ships	118
M (Malyutka)	Submarines	111
Castle	Corvettes	107
Buckley	Destroyer Escorts	102
[No specific class]	Tugs	101
Gearing	Destroyers	98
Auk	Minesweepers	95
Loch	Frigates	90
Clemson	Destroyers	88
ShCh (Scuka)	Submarines	87
John C. Butler	Destroyer Escorts	87
Cannon	Destroyer Escorts	86
Edsall	Destroyer Escorts	85
Flower (rev.)	Corvettes	82
Wickes	Destroyers	79
Captain	Frigates	78
Gato	Submarines	77
S	Submarines	75
Tacoma	Frigates	75
Evarts	Destroyer Escorts	73
Bristol	Destroyers	72
Bar	Boom defence vessels	71
Accentor	Minesweepers	70
Allen M. Sumner	Destroyers	70
[No specific class]	MS Whalers	70
Town	Destroyers	66
T	Submarines	64
Bathurst	Minesweepers	63
PCS-1376	Patrol crafts	59
[No specific class]	Armed Merchant Cruisers	54
[No specific class]	Rescue Tugs	53
U	Submarines	53
S (Stalinec)	Submarines	51
Crosley	High speed transports	50
Casablanca	Escort carriers	50
Lapwing	Minesweepers	49
ELCO 77'	Motor torpedo boats	49
LSM(R) 401	Medium landing ship (rocket)s	48
Patrol Craft Escort	Patrol crafts	48
A	Submarines	46
Hunt (Type II)	Escort destroyers	44
Basset	MS Trawlers	43
Admiralty V & W	Destroyers	42
Abnaki	Fleet tugs	38
Modified Black Swan	Sloops	34
V	Submarines	34
Active	Patrol vessels	33
Hunt (Type III)	Escort destroyers	33
Tench	Submarines	33
[No specific class]	ASW Whalers	32
Aloe	Net tenders	32
Barnegat	Seaplane tenders	31
S-1	Submarines	30
Ailanthus	Net tenders	30
Project 7	Destroyers	28
Navajo	Fleet tugs	28
Cleveland	Light cruisers	28
Tribal	Destroyers	27
Essex	Aircraft carriers	26
Bay	Frigates	26
Hunt	Minesweepers	25
L (Leninec)	Submarines	25
Repeat Bogue	Escort carriers	24
Benson / Gleaves	Destroyers	24
Favourite	Rescue Tugs	23
Ashtabula	Oilers	23
Commencement Bay	Escort carriers	23
[No specific class]	Landing Ship Infantrys	23
Ameer	Escort Carriers	23
R-1	Submarines	22
Rudderow	Destroyer Escorts	22
Halcyon	Minesweepers	21
Colony	Frigates	21
Assurance	Rescue Tugs	21
Beachy Head	Repair Ships	21
Dance	ASW Trawlers	20
Tree	MS Trawlers	20
Hunt (Type I)	Escort destroyers	20
Gabbiano	Corvettes	19
Merchantile Conversion	Escort Carriers	19
Diver	Salvage vessels	19
Casa Grande	Dock landing ships	19
Bogue	Escort carriers	18
Battle	Destroyers	18
Mahan	Destroyers	18
Baltimore	Heavy cruisers	18
Huckins 78'	Motor torpedo boats	18
Saint	Rescue Tugs	18
Project 7u	Destroyers	18
Adroit	Minesweepers	18
Redoutable	Submarines	17
Novik	Destroyers	17
Argo	Patrol vessels	17
Bagaduce	Fleet tugs	17
Lake	Minesweepers	16
Admiralty Modified W	Destroyers	16
N	Destroyers	16
Cohoes	Net tenders	15
Kil	Patrol vessels	15
L'Adroit	Destroyers	14
Elan	Minesweepers	14
Escambia	Oilers	14
King Salvor	Salvage vessels	13
Owasco	Cutters	13
Fiji	Light cruisers	13
Grimsby	Sloops	13
La Melpoméne	Torpedo boats	13
Moorburn	Mooring vessels	12
LSM(R) 188	Medium landing ship (Rocket)s	12
RD	Minesweepers	12
P	MS Trawlers	12
Sims	Destroyers	12
Shakespearian	MS Trawlers	12
Bourrasque	Destroyers	12
K (Katjusa)	Submarines	12
E	Destroyers	11
Parkgate	Barrage / Gate vessels	11
Dido	Light cruisers	11
A	Destroyers	11
Admiralty S	Destroyers	11
Attacker	Escort Carriers	11
I	Destroyers	11
Mersey	MS Trawlers	11
G	Destroyers	11
F	Destroyers	11
D	Destroyers	11
Arras	Gunboats	11
[No specific class]	Submarine Depot Ships	11
Auxiliary minelayers	Minelayers	11
Omaha	Light cruisers	11
Suamico	Oilers	11
Shenandoah	Destroyer tenders	10
Sargo	Submarines	10
Robust	Tugs	10
Net	Boom defence vessels	10
Benham	Destroyers	10
Lake	Cutters	10
D	Light cruisers	10
Q	Destroyers	10
[No specific class]	Repair Ships	10
Fish	ASW Trawlers	10
Colossus	Aircraft Carriers	10
Insect	River gunboats	10
B	Destroyers	10
Requin	Submarines	10
V	Destroyers	10
S	Destroyers	10
Llewellyn	Minesweepers	10
H	Destroyers	10
Banff	Sloops	10
ELCO 70'	Motor torpedo boats	10
Chanticleer	Submarine rescue vessels	9
Empire Battleaxe	Landing Ship Infantrys	9
M 1	Minelayers	9
Kingfisher	Patrol vessels	9
O	Submarines	9
Independence	Light fleet carriers	9
Diane	Submarines	9
Military	ASW Trawlers	9
Bolster	Salvage vessels	9
Dispenser	Salvage vessels	9
Jan van Amstel	Minesweepers	9
Porpoise	Submarines	9
M	Destroyers	9
H	Submarines	9
Minotaur	Light cruisers	9
K	Destroyers	8
O-1	Submarines	8
Hill	ASW Trawlers	8
Bagley	Destroyers	8
Farragut	Destroyers	8
Z	Destroyers	8
Le Hardi	Destroyers	8
U	Destroyers	8
Ashland	Dock landing ships	8
Bustler	Rescue Tugs	8
W	Destroyers	8
Co	Destroyers	8
Bougainville	Colonial sloops	8
R	Destroyers	8
L	Destroyers	8
Round Table	MS Trawlers	8
O	Destroyers	8
Black Swan	Sloops	8
Ca	Destroyers	8
Cimarron	Oilers	8
Porter	Destroyers	8
Patoka	Oilers	8
Eagle	Patrol crafts	8
Admiralen	Destroyers	8
T	Destroyers	8
Cr	Destroyers	8
Ch	Destroyers	8
J	Destroyers	8
P	Destroyers	8
O 21	Submarines	7
Chacal	Large destroyers	7
Spica	Torpedo boats	7
Treasury	Cutters	7
[No specific class]	Fleet tugs	7
Moray Firth	Repair Ships	7
Brooklyn	Light cruisers	7
Fulton	Submarine tenders	7
New Orleans	Heavy cruisers	7
Kent	Heavy cruisers	7
Abdiel	Minelayers	6
Henrique Dias	ASW Trawlers	6
Admiralty Leader	Destroyers	6
C	Destroyers	6
D (Dekabrist)	Submarines	6
Anchor	Salvage vessels	6
Moor	Mooring vessels	6
Kanawha	Oilers	6
Le Fantasque	Large destroyers	6
Havant	Destroyers	6
Aigle	Large destroyers	6
Minerve	Submarines	6
[No specific class]	Submarine tenders	6
Northampton	Heavy cruisers	6
L'Espoire	Submarines	6
Gar	Submarines	6
Carioca	Minelayers	6
Sleipner	Destroyers	6
West	Tugs	6
Salmon	Submarines	6
Saphir	Submarines	6
Tambor	Submarines	6
Moorgate	Barrage / Gate vessels	6
Royal Sovereign	Battleships	6
Kennebec	Oilers	6
Para	Torpedo boats	6
Envoy	Rescue Tugs	6
S-42	Submarines	6
Charles Lawrence	High speed transports	6
Vauquelin	Large destroyers	6
Leander	Light cruisers	6
Jaskolka	Minesweepers	6
Guepard	Large destroyers	6
Agosta	Submarines	6
Lake	ASW Whalers	6
[No specific class]	Anti-Aircraft ships	6
Algonquin	Cutters	6
La Galissonniere	Light cruisers	6
Perch	Submarines	6
B	Submarines	6
Iowa	Battleships	6
Assistance	Repair Ships	5
K XIV	Submarines	5
Mattaponi	Oilers	5
London	Heavy cruisers	5
Bellona	Light cruisers	5
Queen Elizabeth	Battleships	5
[No specific class]	Repair ships	5
Southampton	Light cruisers	5
Trinculo	Mooring vessels	5
[No specific class]	Armed Yachts	5
Wind	Icebreakers	5
P	Submarines	5
Kidonia	Torpedo boats	5
Animoso	Torpedo boats	5
Ceres	Light cruisers	5
King George V	Battleships	5
Avenger / Charger	Escort carriers	5
Dromedary	Tugs	5
Dixie	Destroyer tenders	5
Somers	Destroyers	5
Pre	Boom defence vessels	5
Kenneth Whiting	Seaplane tenders	5
Perla	Submarines	5
Brigand	Rescue Tugs	5
Cairo	Light cruisers	5
Impetus	Tugs	5
Dragonfly	River gunboats	5
Rollicker	Rescue Tugs	5
Chiwawa	Oilers	5
Folkestone	Sloops	5
A (AG)	Submarines	5
Argonaute	Submarines	5
Kondouriotis	Destroyers	4
Ardent	Gunboats	4
Proteus	Submarines	4
K VIII	Submarines	4
Suffren	Heavy cruisers	4
Sangamon	Escort carriers	4
Z 5	Torpedo boats	4
Atlanta	Anti-aircraft cruisers	4
Shoreham	Sloops	4
[No specific class]	Minelayers	4
A	Minesweepers	4
Gerard Callenburgh	Destroyers	4
Vulcan	Repair ships	4
[No specific class]	Oilers	4
South Dakota	Battleships	4
Klondike	Destroyer tenders	4
Aetos	Destroyers	4
Gridley	Destroyers	4
Circé	Submarines	4
[No specific class]	Destroyer Depot Ships	4
Osage	Vehicle landing ships	4
Caldwell	Destroyers	4
Oakland	Anti-aircraft cruisers	4
Director	Rescue Tugs	4
Soldati (1st series)	Destroyers	4
Arbe	Minesweepers	4
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26-bis)	Heavy cruisers	4
Falmouth	Sloops	4
Fundy	Minesweepers	4
Arethusa	Light cruisers	4
P 611	Submarines	4
Aegir	Submarine tenders	4
24	Sloops	4
Currituck	Seaplane tenders	4
Haida	Cutters	4
R	Submarines	4
Aixos	Minelayers	4
O 12	Submarines	4
M	Minesweepers	4
Alcyon	Torpedo boats	4
Chamois	Minesweepers	4
Axe	MS Trawlers	4
S-4	Submarines	4
Alliance	Tugs	4
P (Pravda)	Submarines	3
Gloucester	Light cruisers	3
Leningrad (Project 1)	Flotilla leaders	3
Duguay-Trouin	Light cruisers	3
Bar	Boom Defence Vessels	3
Soldati (2nd series)	Destroyers	3
Kaweah	Oilers	3
Kiwi	MS trawlers	3
Midway	Aircraft Carriers	3
Goffredo Mameli	Submarines	3
Perth	Light cruisers	3
Tangier	Seaplane tenders	3
New Mexico	Battleships	3
River	Submarines	3
Yorktown	Aircraft carriers	3
Illustrious	Aircraft Carriers	3
Prototypes	Submarine chasers	3
Colorado	Battleships	3
Amphion	Repair ships	3
G 13	Torpedo boats	3
Ariane	Submarines	3
L	Submarines	3
Giuseppe La Masa	Torpedo boats	3
A	Submarines	3
S-3	Submarines	3
Minsk (Project 38)	Flotilla leaders	3
Douwe Aukes	Minelayers	3
Shakespeare	Destroyers	3
Penguin	Submarine rescue vessels	3
Marcilio Dias	Destroyers	3
K XI	Submarines	3
Alaska	Large cruisers	3
Giuseppe Cesare Abba	Torpedo boats	3
Bittern	Sloops	3
Sevastopol	Battleships	3
Fratelli Bandiera	Submarines	3
O 9	Submarines	3
[No specific class]	Destroyer tenders	3
Somme	Gunboats	3
Attilio Regolo	Light cruisers	3
Linnet	Minelayers	3
Oriani	Destroyers	3
Bretagne	Battleships	3
Barracuda	Submarines	3
Acciaio	Submarines	3
Cavendish	Light cruisers	3
Gruno	Gunboats	3
Caledon	Light cruisers	3
Prince	Armed Merchant Cruisers	3
Tupy	Submarines	3
Wilk	Submarines	3
Sirene	Submarines	3
Egret	Sloops	3
Sonoma	Fleet tugs	2
Nairana	Escort Carriers	2
Wicher	Destroyers	2
Eidsvold	Coastal defence ships	2
Nelson	Battleships	2
Asheville	Gunboats	2
North Carolina	Battleships	2
Giuseppe Sirtori	Torpedo boats	2
Ronis	Submarines	2
Hamul	Destroyer tenders	2
Tern	River gunboats	2
Long Island / Archer	Escort carriers	2
Mackerel	Submarines	2
Hecla	Destroyer Depot Ships	2
Chicopee	Oilers	2
Dubuque	Gunboats	2
Lexington	Aircraft Carriers	2
Bridgewater	Sloops	2
Prototype	Destroyers	2
Kilkis	Coastal defence ships	2
Dubourdieu	Gunboats	2
Bahia	Light cruisers	2
Maidstone	Submarine Depot Ships	2
Catskill	Vehicle landing ships	2
Wyoming	Battleships	2
Fisher 58'	Motor torpedo boats	2
Prins van Oranje	Minelayers	2
Dobbin	Destroyer tenders	2
Dog	ASW Trawlers	2
Kirov (Project 26)	Heavy cruisers	2
Azio	Minelayers	2
Implacable	Aircraft Carriers	2
Richelieu	Battleships	2
General Haller	Gunboats	2
Hydra	Minelayers	2
Giuseppe Garibaldi	Light cruisers	2
Platino	Submarines	2
Griffin	Submarine tenders	2
Regele Ferdinand	Destroyers	2
Portland	Heavy cruisers	2
Porpoise	Submarines	2
Nimble	Rescue Tugs	2
Marcantonio Bragadin	Submarines	2
E	Light cruisers	2
Curtiss	Seaplane tenders	2
Courbet	Battleships	2
Alligator	Tugs	2
Nevada	Battleships	2
Cachalot	Submarines	2
Adua	Submarines	2
St. Louis	Light cruisers	2
Courageous	Aircraft Carriers	2
Littorio	Battleships	2
Burn	Tugs	2
Thyella	Torpedo boats	2
Narwhal	Submarines	2
Roberts	Monitors	2
York	Heavy cruisers	2
Flores	Sloops	2
Vasilefs Georgios	Destroyers	2
Friponne	Gunboats	2
Grom	Destroyers	2
Erie	Gunboats	2
Dorsetshire	Heavy cruisers	2
Peterel	River gunboats	2
Orzel	Submarines	2
Tordenskjold	Coastal defence ships	2
Pensacola	Heavy cruisers	2
Renown	Battlecruisers	2
Kalev	Submarines	2
Katsonis	Submarines	2
Luigi Settembrini	Submarines	2
Altair	Destroyer tenders	2
Belfast	Light cruisers	2
Duquesne	Heavy cruisers	2
Minas Gerais	Battleships	2
Java	Light cruisers	2
Hunt (Type IV)	Escort destroyers	2
Mogador	Large destroyers	2
Folgal 58'	Motor torpedo boats	2
Dunkerque	Battlecruisers	2
New York	Battleships	2
Marashti	Destroyers	2
O 19	Submarines	2
Foca	Submarines	2
Prototypes	Patrol crafts	2
Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta	Light cruisers	2
Busy	Tugs	2
Pennsylvania	Battleships	2
[No specific class]	Seaplane tenders	2
Luzon	River gunboats	2
Tennessee	Battleships	2
Laertes	Repair ships	2
Orsa	Torpedo boats	2
Shark	Submarines	2
Wake	River gunboats	2
Orion	Submarines	2
Caio Duilio	Battleships	2
Poultry	Tugs	2
Delta	Repair ships	2
Niki	Torpedo boats	2
Flutto	Submarines	2
Erebus	Monitors	2
Raven	Minesweepers	2
Tromp	Light cruisers	2
Wichita	Heavy Cruisers	1
Falcon	River gunboats	1
Pluton	Light cruisers	1
Marcello	Submarines	1
Johan Maurits van Nassau	Sloops	1
De Ruyter	Light cruisers	1
PT 8	Motor torpedo boats	1
Altair	Gunboats	1
K	Destroyers	1
Glauco	Submarines	1
Admiralty R	Destroyers	1
Surcouf	Submarines	1
Chervona Ukraina	Light cruisers	1
PT 6	Motor torpedo boats	1
Carlo Mirabello	Destroyers	1
Wasp	Aircraft Carriers	1
Squalo	Submarines	1
Kraznyi Kavkaz	Light cruisers	1
Audacity	Escort carriers	1
Maestrale	Destroyers	1
Vedetta	Minesweepers	1
Béarn	Aircraft carriers	1
Georgios Averoff	Armoured cruisers	1
Ailette	Gunboats	1
Birmingham	Light cruisers	1
Jan van Brakel	Minelayers	1
Florida	Battleships	1
Admiral	Battlecruisers	1
Turbine	Destroyers	1
Argus	Aircraft Carriers	1
[No specific class]	Submarine Depot Ships	1
Dunnet	Boom defence vessels	1
Plover	Minelayers	1
O 16	Submarines	1
Mazur	Torpedo boats	1
Raimondo Montecuccoli	Light cruisers	1
Type VIIC	Submarines	1
Project 30	Destroyers	1
[No specific class]	Net tenders	1
Nautilus	Minelayers	1
Willem van der Zaan	Minelayers	1
O 8	Submarines	1
Cornwallis	Sloops	1
Panay	River gunboats	1
Pretoria Castle	Escort Carriers	1
Scorpion	River gunboats	1
Valliante	Gunboats	1
Argonauta	Submarines	1
Soemenep	Minelayers	1
S-48	Submarines	1
Conte di Cavour	Battleships	1
Sampson	Destroyers	1
Unicorn	Aircraft Carriers	1
Sandpiper	River gunboats	1
Emile Bertin	Light cruisers	1
Humaita	Submarines	1
Krakatau	Minelayers	1
Ammiraglio Cagni	Submarines	1
Z 1	Torpedo boats	1
PT 9	Motor torpedo boats	1
L (former British)	Submarines	1
Adventure	Minelayers	1
Jeanne d'Arc	Light cruisers	1
Granit	Gunboats	1
Brin	Submarines	1
Sacramento	Gunboats	1
Tashkent (Project 20)	Flotilla leaders	1
PT 7	Motor torpedo boats	1
Gryf	Minelayers	1
Algérie	Heavy cruisers	1
K V	Submarines	1
Krasnyi Krym	Light cruisers	1
Net	Boom Defence Vessels	1
PT 5	Motor torpedo boats	1
Pro Patria	Minelayers	1
Argonaut	Submarines	1
Helli	Minelaying cruisers	1
Suippe	Gunboats	1
[No specific class]	Mooring vessels	1
Navigatori	Destroyers	1
[No specific class]	Icebreakers	1
Bogatyr	Light cruisers	1
Eritrea	Sloops	1
Indomitable	Aircraft Carriers	1
Ranger	Aircraft carriers	1
Eagle	Aircraft Carriers	1
Ville d'Ys	Colonial sloops	1
Hermes	Aircraft Carriers	1
Albatre	Gunboats	1
Ferraris	Submarines	1
Ariete	Torpedo boats	1
O 7	Submarines	1
Ark Royal	Aircraft Carriers	1
PC	Patrol crafts	1
Luigi Cadorna	Light cruisers	1
Campania	Escort Carriers	1
Dolphin	Submarines	1
Sirena	Submarines	1
Rigel	Minelayers	1
Furious	Aircraft Carriers	1
[No specific class]	Minesweepers	1
Van Kinsbergen	Sloops	1
Activity	Escort Carriers	1
Robin	River gunboats	1
Luronne	Gunboats	1
Curtatone	Torpedo boats	1
Bangkalan	Minelayers	1

US Destroyers 1942-45
Dave McComb

Books dealing with this subject include:

Air war over the nore, Jonathan Sutherland, 2010
A Blue Water Navy, WAB Douglas, R. Sarty, M. Whitby et al., 2007
Bombs, Torpedoes and Kamikazes (Air Combat Photo History Series), Lambert, John W., 1997
British and Dominion Warships of World War II, Lenton, H.T.and Colledge, J.J., 1968
British and Empire Warships of the Second World War, Lenton, H.T., 1998
British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18, N/A, 1977
British Warships of the Second World War, Roberts, John, 2001
British Warships since 1945, Critchley, Mike, 1982
The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939-1945, Darlington, Robert and McKee, Fraser M., 1998
The Design & Construction of British Warships 1939-1945, Brown, David K., 1996
German Warships of the Second World War, Lenton, H.T., 1975
German Warships of World War I, Friedman, Norman and Gardiner, Robert, 1992
German Warships of World War II, Taylor, J.C., 1968
German Warships, 1815-1945, Gröner, Erich, 1990
Italian Warships of World War II, Fraccaroli, Aldo, 1978

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