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    The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement.

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    List of ships of World War II (B)
    Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
    Babbitt  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,190 24 October 1919 scrapped 1946
    Bachaquero  Royal Navy Maracaibo landing ship, tank 4,193 August 1941 paid off 1945
    Bache  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 14 November 1942 scrapped 1968
    Badger Wickes destroyer 1,190 29 May 1919 scrapped 1945
    Badsworth  Royal Navy
     Royal Norwegian Navy     		Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 18 August 1941 paid off 16 November 1944, to Norway as Arendal 8 August 1944
    Bagley  United States Navy Bagley destroyer 1,500 12 June 1937 scrapped 1947
    Bahia  Brazilian Navy Bahia-class light cruiser 3,100 1910 lost 4 July 1945
    Bailey (DD-492)  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 11 May 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969
    Bainbridge Clemson destroyer 1,200 9 February 1921 scrapped 1945
    Bairoko Commencement Bay escort carrier 10,200 16 July 1945 decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1960
    Baker Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 23 December 1943 to France 1952, sunk as target 1970
    Balch Porter destroyer 1,850 20 October 1936 scrapped 1946
    Baldwin Gleaves destroyer 1,630 30 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, scuttled 1961
    Baltimore Baltimore-class heavy cruiser 17,200 15 April 1943 decommissioned 2 July 1954, scrapped 1972
    Banckert  Royal Netherlands Navy Admiralen class destroyer 1,337 14 November 1930 Sunk as targetship September 1949
    Bancroft  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 30 April 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
    Bangust Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 30 October 1943 to Peru 1952, scrapped 1979
    Barb Gato-class submarine 2460 2 April 1942 sold to Italy as Enrico Tazzoli 1954, scrapped 1973
    Barber Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 10 October 1943 to Mexico 1969, struck 2001
    Barham  Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth battleship 31,000 19 August 1915 sunk 25 November 1941
    Bari  Regia Marina light cruiser 3,284 1925 sunk 28 June 1943
    Barfleur  Royal Navy Battle destroyer 2,325 14 September 1944 paid off 1958, scrapped 1966
    Barker  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,200 17 December 1919 scrapped 1945
    Barnes Bogue escort carrier 11,400 20 February 1943 Decommissioned 29 August 1946, scrapped 1959
    Barney Wickes destroyer 1,190 14 March 1919 scrapped 1946
    Baroda  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 December 1942 to Pakistan 1948
    Baron  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 5 July 1943 to Uruguay 1952, scrapped 1990
    Barr Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 16 February 1944 sunk as target 1963
    Barrie  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 12 May 1941 paid off 26 June 1945
    Barry  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,200 15 November 1921 sunk 21 June 1945
    Bartolomeo Colleoni  Regia Marina Giussano-class light cruiser 5,200 10 February 1932 Sunk 19 July 1940
    Barton  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 29 May 1942 sunk 13 November 1942
    Barton Sumner destroyer 2,200 30 December 1943 sunk as target 1969
    Basilisk  Royal Navy B destroyer 1,350 4 March 1931 sunk 1 June 1940
    Bataan  Royal Australian Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 25 May 1945 scrapped 1958
    Bataan  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 17 November 1943 decommissioned 9 April 1954, scrapped 1960
    Bates Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 13 September 1943 sunk by kamikazes 25 May 1945
    Bath  Royal Navy
     Royal Norwegian Navy     		Town destroyer 1,190 23 September 1940 to Norway as HNoMS Bath 9 January 1941, sunk on 19 August 1941
    Battleford  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 31 July 1941 paid off 18 July 1945
    Battler  Royal Navy Attacker escort carrier 10,000 31 October 1942 paid off 12 February 1946, scrapped 14 May 1946
    Bauru  United States
     Brazilian Navy     		Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 11 October 1943 to Brazil 16 August 1944, paid off 17 September 1981, museum ship
    Beacon Hill  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 16 May 1944 paid off 15 September 1967
    Beagle  Royal Navy B destroyer 1,350 9 April 1931 scrapped January 1946
    Beale  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 23 December 1942 sunk as target 1969
    Béarn  French Navy
     Free French Naval Forces     		aircraft carrier 22,150 May 1927 stricken November 1966, scrapped March 1967
    Bearss  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 12 April 1944 decommissioned 1963, scrapped 1976
    Beatty (I) Gleaves destroyer 1,630 7 May 1942 sunk 6 November 1943
    Beatty (II) Sumner destroyer 2,200 31 March 1945 to Venezuela 1972, scrapped 1981
    Beaufort  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 3 November 1941 scrapped 1965
    Beauharnois  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 25 September 1944 12 July 1945
    Bebas  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 15 May 1943 scrapped 1945
    Beberibe  United States
     Brazilian Navy     		Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 6 October 1943 to Brazil 1 August 1944, paid off 1968
    Bedouin  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 15 March 1939 Sunk 15 June 1942
    Begonia  Royal Navy
     United States Navy     		Flower corvette 925 3 March 1941 to USA as Impulse 10 March 1942, to UK 22 August 1945, paid off 22 July 1948
    Begum  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 11,400 2 August 1943 paid off 20 March 1946, scrapped 1974
    Belfast  Royal Navy Town-class cruiser 11,553 5 August 1939 Museum ship since 21 October 1971 moored in London next to Tower Bridge
    Bell  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 4 March 1943 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1975
    Belleau Wood Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 31 March 1943 decommissioned 13 January 1947, scrapped 1961
    Belleville  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 19 October 1944 5 July 1945
    Bellwort  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 20 November 1941
    Belmont Town destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 sunk 31 January 1942
    Belvoir Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 29 March 1942 paid off 1957, scrapped 21 October 1957
    Benevente  United States
     Brazilian Navy     		Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 23 October 1943 to Brazil 19 December 1944, paid off 1964
    Bengal  Royal Indian Navy Bathurst corvette 1,025 8 August 1942 Decommissioned 1960
    Benham (I)  United States Navy Benham destroyer 1,500 2 February 1939 sunk 15 November 1942
    Benham (II) Fletcher destroyer 2,050 20 December 1943 to Peru 1960, scrapped 1980
    Benner Gearing destroyer 2,250 13 February 1945 scrapped 1975
    Bennett Fletcher destroyer 2,050 9 February 1943 to Brazil 1959, scrapped 1978
    Bennington Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 6 August 1944 decommissioned 15 January 1970, scrapped 1994
    Bennion Fletcher destroyer 2,050 14 December 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
    Benson Benson destroyer 1,620 25 July 1940 transferred to Taiwan 1954, scrapped 1974
    Berar  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 October 1942 decommissioned 1946
    Bergamot  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 12 May 1941
    Berkeley Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 6 June 1940 scuttled 19 August 1942
    Bermuda Fiji-class cruiser 8,000 21 August 1942 scrapped 1965
    Bernadou  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,190 19 May 1919 scrapped 1945
    Bertioga  United States
     Brazilian Navy     		Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 15 September 1943 to Brazil 1 August 1944, paid off 1964
    Betony  Royal Navy
     Royal Indian Navy     		Flower modified corvette 1,015 31 August 1943 to RIN as Sind 24 March 1945
    Beverley  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 sunk 11 April 1943
    Biddle  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,190 22 April 1919 scrapped 1946
    Bicester  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 9 May 1942 paid off 1955, scrapped 1956
    Bideford Shoreham Sloop 1,105 23 February 1932 Sold 14 September 1947
    Big Horn  United States Navy Q-ship 15 April 1942 6 May 1946
    Biloxi Cleveland-class light cruiser 11,800 31 August 1943 Scrapped 1962
    HMS Birmingham  Royal Navy Southampton-class light cruiser 9,770 18 November 1937 scrapped 1960
    USS Birmingham  United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser 11,800 29 January 1943 Scrapped 1959
    Bismarck  Kriegsmarine Bismarck battleship 41,700 24 August 1940 sunk 27 May 1941
    Bismarck Sea  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 20 May 1944 sunk 21 February 1945
    Biter  Royal Navy Attacker escort carrier 8,200 5 May 1942 Transferred to France as Dixmude 1945
    Bittersweet  Royal Navy
     Royal Canadian Navy     		Flower corvette 925 23 January 1941 to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 22 June 1945
    Bivin  United States Navy Butler destroyer escort 1,350 31 October 1944 decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1969
    Black Fletcher destroyer 2,050 21 May 1943 scrapped 1971
    Black Prince  Royal Navy Dido-class light cruiser 5,950 30 November 1943 Decommissioned March 1962
    Blackmore Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 14 April 1942
    Blair  United States Navy Edsall destroyer escort 1,250 13 September 1943 decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1972
    Blakeley Wickes destroyer 1,190 8 May 1919 scrapped 1945
    Blanche  Royal Navy B destroyer 1,350 14 February 1931 sunk 13 November 1939
    Blanco Encalada  Chilean Navy cruiser 3,435 1893 scrapped 1946
    Blankney  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 11 April 1941 scrapped 1958
    Blean Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 23 August 1942 sunk 11 December 1942 by U-443
    Bleasdale Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 16 April 1942 paid off 1956, scrapped14 September 1956
    Blencathra Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 14 December 1940 paid off July 1948, scrapped 1957
    Blessman  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 19 September 1943 to Taiwan 1967, scrapped 1995
    Block Island Bogue escort carrier 9,800 8 March 1943 Sunk 29 May 1944
    Block Island Commencement Bay escort carrier 14,400 30 December 1944 decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1960
    Blücher  Kriegsmarine Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser 14,000 20 September 1939 sunk 9 April 1940
    Blue (I)  United States Navy Bagley destroyer 1,500 14 August 1937 sunk 22 August 1942
    Blue (II) Sumner destroyer 2,200 20 March 1944 sunk as target 1974
    Bluebell  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 19 July 1940 sunk on 17 February 1945 by U-711
    Błyskawica  Poland Grom destroyer 1,975 25 November 1937 decommissioned 1 May 1976, preserved as museum ship
    Boadicea  Royal Navy B destroyer 1,350 7 April 1931 sunk 13 June 1944
    Bocaina  United States
     Brazilian Navy     		Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 3 September 1943 to Brazil 20 March 1945, paid off 1975
    Boggs  United States Navy Wickes minesweeper destroyer 1,190 23 September 1918 scrapped 1946
    Bogue Bogue escort carrier 9,800 26 September 1942 Decommissioned 30 November 1946, scrapped 1960
    Boise Brooklyn-class light cruiser 9,950 12 August 1938 Decommissioned 11 January 1951, sold to Argentina. Scrapped 1978
    Bolzano  Regia Marina Trento class heavy cruiser 10,511 1933 sunk 1944
    Bombay  Royal Indian Navy Bathurst corvette 1,025 24 April 1942 Decommissioned 1960
    Bon Homme Richard  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 26 November 1944 decommissioned 2 July 1971, scrapped 1992
    Booth Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 19 September 1943 to Philippines 1967, lost in typhoon 1981
    Borage  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 29 April 1942
    Bordelon  United States Navy Gearing destroyer 2,250 5 June 1945 to Iran 1977
    Boreas  Royal Navy
     Hellenic Navy     		B destroyer 1,350 20 February 1931 to Greece as Salamis 1944, scrapped 1951
    Borie (I)  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,200 24 March 1920 sank 2 November 1943 after ramming and sinking U-405
    Borie (II) Sumner destroyer 2,200 21 September 1944 to Argentina 1972, scrapped 1984
    Borum Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 30 November 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966
    Boston Baltimore-class heavy cruiser 17,200 30 June 1943 decommissioned 1970, scrapped 1975
    Bostwick Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 1 December 1943 to Republic of China 1948, scrapped 1972
    Bougainville Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 18 June 1944 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960
    Bowers Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 27 January 1944 to Philippines 1961
    Boxer  Royal Navy landing ship, tank 3,620 10 April 1943 paid off 1958
    Boxer  United States Navy Ticonderoga aircraft carrier 30,800 16 April 1945 decommissioned 1 December 1969, scrapped 1971
    Boyd Fletcher destroyer 2,050 8 May 1943 to Turkey 1969, scrapped 1981
    Boyle Benson destroyer 1,620 15 August 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973
    Brackett Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 18 October 1943 scrapped 1947
    Bracui  United States
     Brazilian Navy     		Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 29 September 1943 to Brazil 15 August 1944, paid off 11 July 1972
    Bradford  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 scrapped 1946
    Bradford  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 12 June 1943 to Greece 1962, scrapped 1981
    Braid  Royal Navy
     Free French Naval Forces     		River frigate 1,370 21 January 1944 to Free French as Aventure 21 January 1944, paid off 1964
    Braine  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 11 May 1943 to Argentina 1971, sunk as target 1983
    Bramham  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 16 June 1942 paid off March 1943, scrapped 1960
    Brandenburg  Kriegsmarine minelayer 3,894 1 May 1943 captured French transport Kita, sunk 21 September 1943
    Brandon  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 22 July 1941 paid off 22 June 1945
    Brantford Flower corvette 925 15 May 1942 paid off 17 August 1945
    Brazen  Royal Navy B destroyer 1,350 8 April 1931 sunk 20 July 1940
    Breckinridge  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,190 27 February 1919 scrapped 1946
    Brecon  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,175 18 December 1942 Paid off 12 December 1945
    Breeman  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 12 December 1943 to Republic of China 1948, scrapped 1972
    Breese Wickes minelayer destroyer 1,190 23 October 1918 scrapped May 1946
    Bremerton Baltimore-class heavy cruiser 17,200 29 April 1945 decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1974
    Brennan Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 20 January 1943 scrapped 1946
    Bretagne  French Navy Bretagne super dreadnought 22,200 September 1915 sunk 3 July 1940
    Breton  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 7,800 12 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
    Bright Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 30 June 1944 to France 1950, scrapped 1965
    Brighton  Royal Navy
     Soviet Navy     		Town destroyer 1,200 23 September 1940 to USSR as Zharki 16 July 1944
    Brilliant  Royal Navy B destroyer 1,350 21 February 1931 scrapped August 1947
    Brisk  United States Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 6 December 1942 9 October 1945
    Brissenden  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,175 12 February 1943 Paid off 19 June 1948
    Brister  United States Navy Edsall destroyer escort 1,250 30 November 1943 scrapped 1968
    Bristol (I) Gleaves destroyer 1,630 22 October 1941 sunk 13 October 1943
    Bristol (II) Sumner destroyer 2,200 17 March 1945 to Taiwan 1969, scrapped 1993
    Broadwater  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,200 9 October 1940 sunk 18 October 1941
    Broadway Town destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 scrapped 1947
    Brocklesby Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 9 April 1941 paid off 22 June 1963, scrapped 1968
    Bronstein  United States Navy Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 13 December 1943 to Uruguay 1952, scrapped 1988
    Brooklyn Brooklyn-class light cruiser 9,950 30 September 1937 Decommissioned 3 January 1947, sold to Chile. Sank in Pacific 1992
    Brooks Clemson destroyer 1,200 18 June 1920 constructive loss 6 January 1945, scrapped
    Broome Clemson destroyer 1,200 31 October 1919 scrapped 1946
    Brough Edsall destroyer escort 1,250 18 September 1943 scrapped 1967
    Brown Fletcher destroyer 2,050 10 July 1943 to Greece 1962, scrapped 1981
    Brownson Fletcher destroyer 2,050 3 February 1943 sunk 26 December 1943
    Brummer  Kriegsmarine minelayer 1,924 9 April 1940 Captured from Norway 9 April 1940, sunk May 1945
    Brush  United States Navy Sumner destroyer 2,200 17 April 1944 to Taiwan 1969
    Brutus  Royal Navy Special Service Ship 5,945 paid off March 1941
    Bryant  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 4 December 1943 decommissioned 1947, sunk as a target 1969
    Bryony  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 4 June 1942 sunk on 15 April 1941by aircraft
    Buchanan (II)  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 21 March 1942 to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1976
    Buck Sims destroyer 1,570 15 May 1940 sunk 9 October 1943
    Buckingham  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 2 November 1944 paid off 23 March 1965
    Buckingham  United States Navy Haskell class attack transport 536 23 January 1945 scrapped 1974
    Buckley Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 30 April 1943 scrapped 1969
    Buctouche  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 5 June 1941 paid off 15 June 1945
    Buenos Aires  Argentine Navy Buenos Aires destroyer 1,375 4 April 1938 1971
    Bull  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 12 August 1943 to Taiwan 1966, scrapped 1995
    Bullard Fletcher destroyer 2,050 9 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
    Bulldog  Royal Navy B destroyer 1,350 8 April 1931 scrapped January 1946
    Bulmer  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,200 16 August 1920 scrapped 1947
    Bunch Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 21 August 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1965
    Bunker Hill Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 24 May 1943 decommissioned 9 January 1947, scrapped 1973
    Burden R. Hastings Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 1 May 1943 scrapped 1946
    Burdock  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 27 March 1941
    Burke  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 20 July 1943 to Colombia 1968, scrapped 1974
    Burnet  Royal Navy
     Royal Indian Navy     		Flower modified corvette 1,015 23 September 1943 to RIN as Gondwana 15 May 1945
    Burnham  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 scrapped 1948
    Burns  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 3 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974
    Burrows Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 19 December 1943 to Netherlands 1950, scrapped 1968
    Burwell  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,200 8 October 1940 scrapped 1947
    Burza  Poland Wicher destroyer 1,400 10 July 1932 Scrapped 1977
    Bush  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 10 May 1943 sunk 6 April 1945
    Butler Gleaves destroyer 1,630 15 August 1942 scrapped 1948
    Buttercup  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 24 April 1942 served RNSB, to Norway 20 December 1944
    Buxton  Royal Navy
     Royal Canadian Navy     		Town destroyer 1,215 8 October 1940 to RCN August 1942 as HMCS Buxton, paid off 1945

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