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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.[1][2][3][4]

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List of ships of World War II (V)  Ship  | Country or organization  | Class  | Type  | Displacement (tons)  | First commissioned  | Fate

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V7 |  Romanian Naval Forces | V7 | river gunboat |  | 1943  | Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 37 mm AA cannon and four machine guns, to Soviet Union September 1944
V8 | V7 | river gunboat |  | 1943  | Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 37 mm AA cannon and four machine guns, fate unknown
V12 | Project 1125 | river gunboat |  | 1943  | Damaged captured Soviet warship, rebuilt at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 76 mm gun in a standard T-34 turret and up to 5 machine guns, to Soviet Union September 1944
Väinämöinen |  Finnish Navy | Väinämöinen | coastal defence ship | 3,900  | 29 April 1932  | To Soviet Union 29 May 1947, scrapped 1968
Valiant |  Royal Navy | Queen Elizabeth | battleship | 31,000  | 13 January 1916  | Scrapped 1950
Valleyfield |  Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445  | 7 December 1943  | Paid off 7 May 1944
Van Galen (I)  |  Royal Netherlands Navy | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,680  | 20 February 1929  | Sunk 10 May 1940
Van Galen (II)  | N | destroyer | 1,801  | 20 February 1942  | Struck October 1956
Van Ghent | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,680  | 31 May 1928  | Ran aground and was scuttled 15 February 1942
Van Kinsbergen | Van Kinsbergen | sloop | 1,760  | 24 August 1939  | Decommissioned 29 May 1959, sold for scrap 19 February 1974
Van Nes | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,337  | 12 March 1931  | Sunk 17 February 1942
Vancouver |  Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925  | 20 March 1942  | Paid off 26 June 1945
Vântul |  Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30  | 1943  |
Vardar |  Royal Yugoslav Navy | Sava | river monitor | 580  | 15 April 1920  | Scuttled 11 April 1941
Vârtejul |  Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30  | 1944  |
Vasilefs Georgios |  Hellenic Navy
Kriegsmarine | G | destroyer | 1,350  | 15 February 1939  | Captured, became ZG3 Hermes (Germany) 21 March 1942, scuttled 7 May 1943
Vasilissa Olga |  Hellenic Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350  | February 1939  | Sunk 26 September 1943
Vedenia |  Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30  | 1943
Veinticinco de Mayo |  Argentine Navy | Veinticinco de Mayo | heavy cruiser  | 6,800  | 18 July 1931  | Scrapped 1962
Vella Gulf |  United States Navy | Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 10,900  | 9 April 1945  | Scrapped 1971
Venerable |  Royal Navy | Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200  | 17 January 1945  | Paid off April 1947
Vengeance | Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200  | 15 January 1945  | Paid off 1952
Venus | V | destroyer | 1,710  | 28 August 1943  | Scrapped 1972
Verbena | Flower | corvette | 925  | 19 December 1940  |
Veronica |  Royal Navy
United States Navy | Flower | corvette | 925  | 18 February 1941  | To USA as Temptress 16 February 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Verulam |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710  | 10 December 1943  | Scrapped 1972
Vervain | Flower | corvette | 925  | 9 June 1941  | 20 February 1945
Vetch | Flower | corvette | 925  | 11 August 1941  |
Vicksburg |  United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser  | 11,800  | 12 June 1944  | Scrapped 1964
Victoriaville |  Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445  | 11 November 1944  | Paid off 31 December 1973
Victorious |  Royal Navy | Illustrious | aircraft carrier | 23,000  | 29 May 1941  | Scrapped 1969
Videla |  Chilean Navy | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090  |  | Discarded 1960
Viforul |  Romanian Naval Forces | Vosper | motor torpedo boat | 32  | 1940  | Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, sunk by Soviet mines in November 1941
Viforul | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30  | 1944  |
Vigilant |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710  | 22 December 1942  | Paid off 1963, Scrapped 6 June 1965
Vijelia |  Romanian Naval Forces | Vosper | motor torpedo boat | 32  | 1940  | Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, sunk by Soviet mines in November 1941
Vijelia | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30  | 1943  |
Ville de Quebec |  Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925  | 24 May 1942  | Paid off 6 July 1945
Vincennes (CA-44) |  United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser  | 9,400  | 24 February 1937  | Sunk 9 August 1942
Vincennes (CL-64) | Cleveland | light cruiser  | 11,800  | 21 January 1944  | Sunk as target 1966
Vindex |  Royal Navy | Nairana | escort carrier | 13,671  | 3 December 1943  | Paid off 1947, scrapped August 1971
Vindictive | Hawkins | repair ship | 9,394  | 1 October 1918  | Former seaplane carrier and cruiser, paid off 8 September 1945
Violet | Flower | corvette | 925  | 3 February 1941  | 10 February 1946
Virago | V | destroyer | 1,710  | 5 November 1943  | Scrapped 1965
Viscolul |  Romanian Naval Forces | Vosper | motor torpedo boat | 32  | 1940  | Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, to Soviet Union September 1944
Vittorio Veneto |  Regia Marina | Littorio | battleship | 41,000  | 28 April 1940  | Scrapped 1948
Voroshilov |  Soviet Navy | Kirov | heavy cruiser  | 7,880  | 20 June 1940  | Scrapped 1960s
Volage |  Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710  | 26 May 1944  | Scrapped 1977
Vulcanul |  Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30  | 1944  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Hulls Listed by Name". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007.
2. ^ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
3. ^ "Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
4. ^ "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War". The National Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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