List of ships of the Second World War (S)
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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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Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
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Sackville | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 December 1941 | paid off 8 April 1946 |
Saguenay | ![]() |
A | destroyer | 1,337 | 21 May 1931 | paid up July 1945 |
Saint John | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 13 December 1943 | paid off 27 November 1945 |
Saintes | ![]() |
Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 27 September 1946[5] | paid off May 1962, scrapped 1972 |
Sakura | ![]() |
Matsu | destroyer | 1,262 | 25 November 1944 | sunk by mine 11 July 1945 |
Salisbury | ![]() ![]() |
Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 5 December 1940 | to Canada September 1942, paid off 10 December 1943, scrapped 1944 |
Salt Lake City | ![]() |
Pensacola class heavy cruiser | 9,100 | 11 December 1929 | sunk as target 1948 | |
Salvia | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 20 September 1940 | sunk on 24 December 1941 by U-568[6] |
Samphire | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 June 1941 | 30 January 1943 |
Sampson | ![]() |
Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 19 August 1938 | scrapped 1946 |
Samuel B Roberts | ![]() |
Butler | destroyer escort | 1,370 | 28 April 1944 | sunk 25 October 1944 Battle of Samar |
San Diego | ![]() |
Atlanta class light cruiser | 6,000 | 10 January 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960 | |
San Francisco | ![]() |
New Orleans class heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 10 February 1934 | Decommissioned 10 February 1946, scrapped 1959 | |
San Giorgio | ![]() |
San Giorgio class heavy cruiser | 10,167 | 1 July 1910 | decommissioned 22 January 1941 | |
San Jacinto | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 15 November 1943 | decommissioned 1 March 1947, scrapped 1972 |
San Juan | ![]() |
Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Discarded 1973 | |
San Juan | ![]() |
Atlanta class light cruiser | 6,000 | 28 February 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1961 | |
San Luis | ![]() |
Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Discarded 3 May 1971 | |
Santa Cruz | ![]() |
Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | Discarded 1973 | |
Santa Fe | ![]() |
Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 24 November 1942 | scrapped 1959 | |
São Paulo | ![]() |
Minas Geraes | battleship | 19,200 | 12 July 1910 | Sold 1951 |
Saratoga | ![]() |
Lexington | aircraft carrier | 33,000 | 16 November 1927 | sunk as a target 1946 |
Saskatoon | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 9 June 1941 | paid off 25 June 1945 |
Satterlee | ![]() |
Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 July 1943 | Decommissioned 16 March 1946, scrapped 1972 |
Saumarez | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 1,710 | 1 July 1943 | scrapped 1950 |
Sava | ![]() |
Temes | river monitor | 440 | 15 April 1920 | paid off 1962 |
Savage | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 1,710 | ||
Savannah | ![]() |
Brooklyn-class light cruiser | 9,475 | 10 March 1938 | scrapped 1966 | |
Saxifrage | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 February 1942 | |
Scharnhorst | ![]() |
Scharnhorst | battleship | 32,000 | 7 January 1939 | sunk 26 December 1943 |
Schlesien | ![]() |
Deutschland | battleship | 14,218 | 5 May 1908 | blown up 4 May 1945 |
Schleswig-Holstein | ![]() |
Deutschland | battleship | 14,218 | 6 July 1908 | scrapped after 1946 |
Schubrick | ![]() |
Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 7 February 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
Scipione Africano | ![]() |
Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) | 3,750 | |||
Scorpion | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 May 1943 | paid off 16 August 1945 |
Scourge | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 July 1943 | to Netherlands 1 February 1946 |
Scylla | ![]() |
Dido class anti-aircraft cruiser | 12 June 1942 | declared constructive total loss 23 June 1944, scrapped May 1950. | ||
Sea Cliff | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 26 September 1944 | paid off 28 November 1945 |
Searcher | ![]() |
Ruler | escort carrier | 14,400 | 3 April 1943 | paid off 1945, scrapped 21 April 1976 |
Seeadler | ![]() |
1923 (Raubvogel) class torpedoboat | 1,290 | 1 May 1927 | sunk 13 May 1942 | |
Selfridge | ![]() |
Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 25 November 1936 | scrapped 1947 |
Semmes | ![]() |
Clemson | destroyer | 1,250 | 21 February 1920 | scrapped 25 November 1946 |
Sendai | ![]() |
Sendai class light cruiser | 5,195 | 29 April 1924 | sunk 2 November 1943 | |
Serapis | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 1,710 | ||
Serrano | ![]() |
Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | Discarded 1967 | |
Seydlitz | ![]() |
Enlarged Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser | 14,680 | not completed | became Weser (Germany) | |
Sęp | ![]() |
Orzeł class submarine | 1,100 | 16 April 1939 | decommissioned 15 September 1969 | |
Shah | ![]() |
Ruler | escort carrier | 11,400 | 27 September 1943 | paid off 7 February 1946 |
Shangri-La | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 15 September 1944 | decommissioned 30 July 1971, scrapped 1988 |
Shaw | ![]() |
Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 18 September 1936 | scrapped 1946 |
Shawinigan | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 September 1941 | sunk 25 November 1944 |
Shediac | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 8 July 1941 | paid off 28 August 1945 |
Sherbrooke | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 5 June 1941 | paid off 28 June 1945 |
Shillong | ![]() |
Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
Shinano | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 64,800 | 19 November 1944 | sunk 29 November 1944 | |
Shin'yō | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 17,500 | 15 November 1943 | sunk 17 November 1944 | |
Shōhō | ![]() |
Zuihō | aircraft carrier | 11,260 | 30 November 1941 | sunk 8 May 1942 |
Shōkaku | ![]() |
Shōkaku | aircraft carrier | 25,675 | 8 August 1941 | sunk 19 June 1944 |
Sikh | ![]() |
Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 12 October 1938 | sunk 17 January 1941 |
Sims | ![]() |
Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 1 August 1939 | sunk 7 May 1942 |
Sioux | ![]() |
V | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 September 1943 | paid off 30 October 1963 |
Skagerak | ![]() |
Minelayer, converted former Norwegian merchant ship Skagerrak I | 1,281 | 1940 | Sunk 20 January 1944 by Bristol Beaufighters of No. 489 Squadron RNZAF | |
Skeena | ![]() |
A | destroyer | 1,350 | 10 June 1931 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
Ślązak | ![]() |
Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 9 May 1942 | paid off 28 September 1946. |
Slinger | ![]() |
Ruler | escort carrier | 8,333 | 11 August 1943 | paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1969/70 |
Sluys | ![]() |
Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 30 September 1946[7] | paid off 1953 |
Smilax | ![]() |
Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 21 June 1943 | paid off 9 October 1945 |
Smiths Falls | ![]() |
Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 28 November 1944 | 8 July 1945 |
Smiter | ![]() |
Ruler | escort carrier | 7,800 | 20 January 1944 | paid off 6 May 1946, scrapped 1967 |
Smith | ![]() |
Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 19 September 1936 | scrapped 1946 |
Snowberry | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 November 1940 | paid off 8 June 1945 |
Snowdrop | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 July 1941 | |
Snowflake | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 2 November 1941 | |
Soemba | ![]() |
Flores | Sloop | 1,457 | 12 April 1926 | scrapped June/July 1985 |
Soerabaja | ![]() ![]() |
De Zeven Provinciën | coastal defence ship | 6,530 | 6 October 1910 | Sunk 18 February 1942, salvaged in 1942 by Imperial Japanese Navy and used as a battery ship, sunk in 1943 by Allied aircraft |
Solebay | ![]() |
Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 25 September 1945[8] | paid off April 1962, scrapped 1967 |
Sollum | ![]() |
- | Sloop | 1,290 | ||
Somali | ![]() |
Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 12 December 1938 | sunk 24 September 1942 |
Somali | ![]() |
Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 9 April 1944 | Disarmed 1956, used as an experimental vessel |
Somers | ![]() |
Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 1 December 1937 | scrapped 1947 |
Sorel | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 August 1941 | paid off 22 June 1945 |
Sōryū | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 15,900 | 29 January 1937 | sunk 4 June 1942 | |
South Dakota | ![]() |
South Dakota | battleship | 35,000 | 20 March 1942 | decommissioned 31 January 1947, scrapped 1962 |
Southampton | ![]() |
Southampton class light cruiser | 9,100 | 6 March 1937 | bombed and scuttled 11 January 1941 | |
Southdown | ![]() |
Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 8 November 1940 | paid off 1946, scrapped 1956 |
Southwold | ![]() |
Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 9 October 1941 | sunk 24 March 1942 |
Speaker | ![]() |
Ruler | escort carrier | 8,333 | 20 November 1943 | paid off 25 September 1946, scrapped 1972 |
Spetsai | ![]() |
Freccia modified | destroyer | 1,350 | 1933 | decommissioned 1946 |
Spikenard | ![]() ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 December 1940 | to Canada 15 May 1941, sunk on 11 February 1942 by U-136 |
Spiraea | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 27 February 1941 | |
Springbank | ![]() |
fighter catapult ship | sunk 27 September 1941 | |||
USS Springfield (CL-66) | ![]() |
Cleveland class light cruiser | 10,160 | 9 September 1944 | converted to Providence Class Guided Missile Cruiser 1960, decommissioned 1974, scrapped 1980 | |
Springhill | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 21 March 1944 | paid off 1 December 1945 |
Sri Ayudhya | ![]() |
Thonburi | coastal defence ship | 2,350 | 19 July 1938 | sunk 1 July 1951 |
St Albans | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 23 September 1940 | to Norway 14 April 1941, to USSR 16 July 1944, scrapped 1949 |
St. Catharines | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 31 July 1943 | paid off 14 December 1945 |
St Clair | ![]() |
Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 1946 |
St Croix | ![]() |
Clemson | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | sunk 22 September 1943 |
St Francis | ![]() |
Clemson | destroyer | 1,216 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 1945, sank under tow July 1945 |
St. Kitts | ![]() |
Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 21 January 1946[9] | paid off 1957, scrapped February 1962 |
St. Lambert | ![]() |
Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 27 May 1944 | 20 July 1945 |
St Laurent | ![]() |
C | destroyer | 1,375 | 17 February 1937 | paid off 10 October 1945 |
St. Louis | ![]() |
St. Louis class light cruiser | 10,000 | 19 May 1939 | to Brazil as Tamandare 1951, sunk under tow 1980 | |
USS Saint Paul (CA-73) | ![]() |
Baltimore class heavy cruiser | 17,200 | 17 February 1945 | decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1980 | |
St. Pierre | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 28 August 1944 | paid off 22 November 1945 |
St. Stephen | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 28 July 1944 | paid off 30 January 1946 |
Stack | ![]() |
Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 20 November 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
Stalker | ![]() |
Attacker | escort carrier | 14,400 | 21 December 1942 | paid off 29 December 1945, sold into merchant service as Riouw |
Starwort | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 May 1941 | |
Statice | ![]() |
Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 20 September 1943 | paid off May 1947 |
Ste. Therese | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 28 May 1944 | paid off 30 January 1967 |
Stellarton | ![]() |
Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 29 September 1944 | 1 July 1945 |
Stembel | ![]() |
Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 16 July 1943 | loaned to Argentina as Rosales 1961, scrapped 1982 |
Sterett | ![]() |
Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 15 August 1939 | scrapped 1947 |
Stettler | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 7 May 1944 | paid off 31 August 1966 |
Stevenson | ![]() |
Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1970 |
Stevenstone | ![]() |
Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 18 March 1943 | Scrapped in 1959 |
Stewart | ![]() ![]() |
Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 15 September 1920 | scuttled 2 March 1942, raised by IJN and recommissioned September 1943 |
Stier | ![]() |
auxiliary cruiser | 11,000 | 25 November 1939 | sunk 27 September 1942 | |
Stockton | ![]() |
Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 11 January 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
Stone Town | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 21 July 1944 | paid off 13 November 1945 |
Stonecrop | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 July 1941 | |
Stord | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 2,400 | 29 September 1943 | scrapped 1959 |
Strathadam | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 29 September 1944 | paid off 7 November 1945 |
Strathroy | ![]() |
Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 20 November 1944 | 12 July 1945 |
Strasbourg | ![]() |
Dunkerque | battleship | 26,500 | February 1939 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
Stockton | ![]() |
Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 11 January 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
Stord | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 2,400 | 29 September 1943 | scrapped 1959 |
Stormont | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 27 November 1943 | paid off 9 November 1945 |
Striker | ![]() |
Attacker | escort carrier | 10,000 | 29 April 1943 | paid off 12 February 1946, scrapped 1948 |
Strule | ![]() ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,370 | to Free French 25 September 1944 as Croix de Lorraine,Decommissioned 1961 | |
Sudbury | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 15 October 1941 | paid off 28 August 1945 |
Suffren | ![]() ![]() |
Suffren class heavy cruiser | 9,940 | 1 January 1930 | scrapped 1974 | |
Sullivans | ![]() |
Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 4 April 1943 | museum ship |
Sumatra | ![]() |
Java class | cruiser | 6,670 | 26 May 1926 | scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham as part of a "gooseberry" pier to protect an artificial Allied Mulberry Harbour built as part of Operation Overlord. |
Summerside | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 11 September 1941 | paid off 6 July 1945 |
Sundew | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | ||
Sunflower | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 25 January 1941 | |
Sussexvale | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 29 November 1944 | paid off 30 November 1966 |
Sutlej | ![]() |
Black Swan | Sloop | 1,250 | 23 April 1941 | |
Suzuya | ![]() |
Mogami class heavy cruiser | 15,900 | October 1937 | sunk 25 October 1944 | |
Svenner | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 March 1944 | sunk 6 June 1944 |
Sverige | ![]() |
Sverige | coastal defence ship | 6,852 | 14 May 1917 | paid off 30 January 1953, scrapped 1958 |
Swale | ![]() |
Loch | frigate | 1,370 | to South Africa 29 July 1945 scrapped February 1955 | |
Swansea | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 4 October 1943 | paid off 14 October 1966 |
Swanson | ![]() |
Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 29 May 1941 | decommissioned 1945, scrapped 1972 |
Sweetbriar | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 8 September 1941 | |
Swift | ![]() |
S | destroyer | 1,710 | sunk 24 June 1944 | |
Sydney | ![]() |
modified Leander class light cruiser | 6,980 | 24 September 1935 | lost 19 November 1941 |
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- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
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