List of ships of World War II (I)

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 (I)
Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
I-1  Imperial Japanese Navy Type J1 cruiser submarine 2,791 10 March 1926 wrecked 29 January 1943
I-2 Type J1 cruiser submarine 2,791 24 July 1926 sunk 7 April 1944
I-3 Type J1 cruiser submarine 2,791 30 November 1926 sunk 9 December 1942
I-4 Type J1 cruiser submarine 2,791 24 December 1929 sunk 21 December 1942
I-5  Imperial Japanese Navy Type J1 Modified submarine aircraft carrier 2,921 31 July 1932 sunk 19 July 1944
I-6  Imperial Japanese Navy Type J2 submarine aircraft carrier 2,921 15 May 1935 sunk 16 June 1944
I-7  Imperial Japanese Navy Type J3 submarine aircraft carrier 3,583 31 March 1937 wrecked 22 June 1943
I-8 Type J3 submarine aircraft carrier 3,583 5 December 1938 sunk 31 March 1945
I-9  Imperial Japanese Navy Type A1 submarine aircraft carrier 4,129 13 February 1941 sunk 13 June 1943
I-10 Type A1 submarine aircraft carrier 4,129 31 October 1941 sunk 4 July 1944
I-11 Type A1 submarine aircraft carrier 4,129 16 May 1942 missing after 11 January 1944
I-12  Imperial Japanese Navy Type A2 submarine 4,150 25 May 1944 sunk 13 November 1944
I-13  Imperial Japanese Navy Type A3 submarine aircraft carrier 4,762 16 December 1944 sunk 16 July 1945
I-14 Type A3 submarine aircraft carrier 4,762 14 March 1945 sunk as target 28 May 1946
I-15  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 30 September 1940 sunk 10 November 1942
I-16  Imperial Japanese Navy Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 30 March 1940 sunk 19 May 1944
I-17  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 24 January 1941 sunk 19 August 1943
I-18  Imperial Japanese Navy Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 31 January 1941 sunk 11 February 1943
I-19  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 28 April 1941 sunk 25 November 1943
I-20  Imperial Japanese Navy Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 26 September 1940 missing after 31 August 1943
I-21  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 15 July 1941 sunk 29 November 1943
I-22  Imperial Japanese Navy Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 10 March 1941 sunk 6 October 1942
I-23  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 27 September 1941 missing after 24 February 1942
I-24  Imperial Japanese Navy Type C1 midget submarine-carrying submarine 3,561 31 October 1941 sunk 1 June 1943
I-25  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 15 October 1941 sunk 3 September 1943
I-26 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 6 November 1941 sunk 26 October 1944
I-27 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 24 February 1942 sunk 12 February 1944
I-28 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 6 February 1942 sunk 17 May 1942
I-29 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 27 February 1942 sunk 26 July 1944
I-30 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 28 February 1942 sunk 13 October 1942
I-31 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 30 May 1942 sunk 13 May 1943
I-32 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 26 April 1942 sunk 24 March 1944
I-33 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 26 April 1942 sank in diving accident 13 June 1944
I-34 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 31 August 1942 sunk 13 November 1943
I-35 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 31 August 1942 sunk 23 November 1943
I-36 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 30 September 1942 scuttled 1 April 1946
I-37 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 10 March 1943 sunk 19 November 1944
I-38 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 31 January 1943 sunk 13 November 1944
I-39 Type B1 submarine aircraft carrier 3,654 22 April 1943 missing after 25 November 1943
I-40  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B2 submarine 3,700 31 July 1943 missing after 22 November 1943
I-41 Type B2 submarine 3,700 18 September 1943 sunk 18 November 1944
I-42 Type B2 submarine 3,700 3 November 1943 sunk 23 March 1944
I-43 Type B2 submarine 3,700 5 November 1943 sunk 15 February 1944
I-44 Type B2 submarine 3,700 31 January 1944 missing April 1945
I-45 Type B2 submarine 3,700 28 December 1943 sunk 29 October 1944
I-46  Imperial Japanese Navy Type C2 submarine 3,621 29 February 1944 missing October 1944
I-47 Type C2 submarine 3,621 10 July 1944 scuttled 1 April 1946
I-48 Type C2 submarine 3,621 5 September 1944 sunk 23 January 1945
I-52  Imperial Japanese Navy Type C3 transport submarine 3,644 28 December 1943 sunk 24 June 1944
I-53 Type C3 submarine 3,644 20 February 1944 scuttled 1 April 1946
I-54  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B3 submarine aircraft carrier 3,747 31 March 1944 missing after 23 October 1944
I-55  Imperial Japanese Navy Type C3 transport submarine 3,644 20 April 1944 missing after 13 July 1944
I-56  Imperial Japanese Navy Type B3 submarine aircraft carrier 3,747 8 June 1944 missing April 1945
I-58 Type B3 submarine aircraft carrier 3,747 7 September 1944 scuttled 1 April 1946
I-60  Imperial Japanese Navy KD3 type cruiser submarine 2,300 24 December 1929 sunk 17 January 1942
I-64  Imperial Japanese Navy KD4 type cruiser submarine 2,300 30 August 1930 sunk 17 May 1942
I-70  Imperial Japanese Navy KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 9 November 1935 sunk 10 December 1941
I-73 KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 7 January 1937 sunk 27 January 1942
I-121 (ex-I-21)  Imperial Japanese Navy Kiraisen type minelayer submarine 1,768 31 March 1927 scuttled 30 April 1946
I-122 (ex-I-22) Kiraisen type minelayer submarine 1,768 28 October 1928 sunk 10 June 1945
I-123 (ex-I-23) Kiraisen type minelayer submarine 1,768 28 April 1928 sunk 29 August 1942
I-124 (ex-I-24) Kiraisen type minelayer submarine 1,768 10 December 1928 sunk 20 January 1942
I-152 (ex-I-52)  Imperial Japanese Navy KD2 type training submarine 2,500 1 November 1924 Scrapped 1946–1948
I-153 (ex-I-53)  Imperial Japanese Navy KD3A type submarine 2,300 30 March 1927 Scuttled May 1946
I-154 (ex-I-54) KD3A type submarine 2,300 15 December 1927 Scuttled May 1946
I-155 (ex-I-55) KD3A type submarine 2,300 5 September 1927 Scuttled 8 May 1946
I-156 (ex-I-56)  Imperial Japanese Navy KD3B type submarine 2,300 31 March 1929 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-157 (ex-I-57) KD3B type submarine 2,300 15 May 1928 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-158 (ex-I-58)  Imperial Japanese Navy KD3A type submarine 2,300 24 December 1929 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-159 (ex-I-59)  Imperial Japanese Navy KD3B type submarine 2,300 31 March 1930 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-162 (ex-I-62)  Imperial Japanese Navy KD4 type submarine 2,300 24 April 1930 Scuttled 1 April 1946
I-165 (ex-I-65)  Imperial Japanese Navy KD5 type submarine 2,330 1 December 1932 Sunk 27 June 1945
I-166 (ex-I-66) KD5 type submarine 2,330 10 November 1932 Sunk 17 July 1944
I-168 (ex-I-68)  Imperial Japanese Navy KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 31 July 1934 Sunk 27 July 1943
I-169 (ex-I-69) KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 28 September 1935 Sank in diving accident 4 April 1944
I-171 (ex-I-71) KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 24 December 1935 Sunk 1 February 1944
I-172 (ex-I-72) KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 7 January 1937 Sunk October–November 1942
I-174 (ex-I-74) KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 15 August 1938 Sunk 12 April 1944
I-175 (ex-I-75) KD6 type cruiser submarine 2,440 8 December 1938 Sunk 4 February 1944
I-176  Imperial Japanese Navy KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 4 August 1942 Sunk 16 May 1944
I-177 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 28 December 1942 Sunk 3 October 1944
I-178 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 26 December 1942 Missing June 1943
I-179 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 18 June 1943 Sank accidentally 14 July 1944
I-180 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 15 January 1943 Sunk 27 April 1944
I-181 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 24 May 1943 Wrecked 16 January 1944
I-182 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 10 May 1943 Sunk 1 September 1944
I-183 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 3 October 1943 Sunk 29 April 1944
I-184 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 15 October 1943 Sunk 19 June 1944
I-185 KD7 type cruiser submarine 2,602 23 September 1943 Sunk 22 June 1944
I-201  Imperial Japanese Navy Sentaka type submarine 1,479 2 February 1945 sunk as target 23 May 1946
I-202 Sentaka type submarine 1,479 12 February 1945 scuttled 5 April 1946
I-203 Sentaka type submarine 1,479 29 May 1945 sunk as target 21 May 1946
I-351  Imperial Japanese Navy Senho type submarine tanker 4,290 28 January 1945 sunk 14 July 1945
I-361  Imperial Japanese Navy Type D1 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 2,215 25 May 1944 sunk 31 May 1945
I-362 Type D1 transport submarine 2,215 23 May 1944 sunk 14 January 1945
I-363 Type D1 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 2,215 8 July 1944 sunk 29 October 1945
I-364 Type D1 transport submarine 2,215 14 June 1944 sunk 16 September 1944
I-365 Type D1 transport submarine 2,215 1 August 1944 sunk 29 November 1944
I-366 Type D1 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 2,215 15 August 1944 scuttled 1 April 1946
I-367 Type D1 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 2,215 3 August 1944 scuttled 1 April 1946
I-368 Type D1 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 2,215 25 August 1944 sunk 26 February 1945
I-369 Type D1 transport submarine 2,215 9 October 1944 scrapped 1946
I-370 Type D1 transport submarine/kaiten carrier 2,215 4 September 1944 sunk 26 February 1945
I-371 Type D1 transport submarine 2,215 2 October 1944 missing February 1945
I-372 Type D1 transport submarine 2,215 8 November 1944 sunk 18 July 1945
I-373  Imperial Japanese Navy Type D2 transport/tanker submarine 2,240 14 April 1945 sunk 14 August 1945
I-400  Imperial Japanese Navy Sentoku type submarine aircraft carrier 6,560 30 December 1944 sunk as target 4 June 1946
I-401 Sentoku type submarine aircraft carrier 6,560 8 January 1945 sunk as target 31 May 1946
I-402 Sentoku type submarine tanker 6,560 24 July 1945 scuttled 1 April 1946
I-501 (ex-U-181)  Imperial Japanese Navy Type IXD2 submarine 1,771 16 July 1945 Scuttled 12 February 1946
I-502 (ex-U-862) Type IXD2 submarine 1,771 15 July 1945 Scuttled 13 February 1946
I-503 (ex-Comandante Cappellini, ex-UIT-24)  Imperial Japanese Navy Marcello-class submarine 1,313 10 May 1945 Scuttled 16 April 1946
I-504 (ex-Luigi Torelli, ex-UIT-25)  Imperial Japanese Navy Marconi-class submarine 1,400 10 May 1945 Scuttled 16 April 1946
I-505 (ex-U-219)  Imperial Japanese Navy Type X minelayer submarine 2,143 15 July 1945 Scuttled 3 February 1946
I-506 (ex-U-195)  Imperial Japanese Navy Type IXD1 submarine 1,771 15 July 1945 Scuttled 15 February 1946
Icarus  Royal Navy I minelayer destroyer 1,370 3 May 1937 paid off 29 August 1946, scrapped 29 October 1946.
Ierax  Hellenic Navy Aetos destroyer 1,030 19 October 1912 Decommissioned 1946
Ilex  Royal Navy I minelayer destroyer 1,370 7 July 1937 paid off August, scrapped in Sicily 1948.
Illustrious Illustrious aircraft carrier 23,000 25 May 1940 scrapped 1956
Ilmarinen  Finland Väinämöinen coastal defence ship 3,900 17 April 1934 sunk 13 September 1941
Iltis  Kriegsmarine Raubtier torpedo boat 1,320 1 October 1928 sunk 13 May 1942
Imogen  Royal Navy I minelayer destroyer 1,370 2 June 1937 sunk in collision 16 July 1940
Imperial I minelayer destroyer 1,370 30 June 1937 sunk 29 May 1941
Implacable Implacable aircraft carrier 23,825 28 August 1944 scrapped 1955
Impulsive I minelayer destroyer 1,370 29 January 1938 paid off 1946, scrapped 22 January 1946.
Inch Arran  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 18 November 1944 paid off 23 June 1965
Indefatigable  Royal Navy Implacable aircraft carrier 23,825 3 May 1944 scrapped 1956
Independence  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 14 January 1943 decommissioned 28 August 1946, target ship scuttled 1951
Independencia  Argentine Navy Libertad riverine battleship 2,336 5 March 1892 Stricken 1951
Indiana  United States Navy South Dakota battleship 35,000 30 April 1942 decommissioned 11 September 1947, scrapped 1963
Indianapolis Portland heavy cruiser 9,800 15 November 1932 sunk 30 July 1945
Indomitable  Royal Navy Illustrious aircraft carrier 23,000 10 October 1941 scrapped 1955
Indus  Royal Indian Navy Grimsby sloop 1,210 15 March 1935 sunk 6 April 1942
Inglefield  Royal Navy I minelayer destroyer 1,370 25 June 1937 sunk 25 February 1944
Ingolf  Royal Danish Navy patrol boat 1,180 1934 seized by Germany in August 1943, renamed Sleipner, later sunk in air raid[5]
Ingraham  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 19 July 1941 sunk 22 August 1942
Intensity Flower modified corvette 1,015 31 March 1943 paid off 3 October 1945
Intrepid Essex aircraft carrier 27,100 16 August 1943 decommissioned 15 March 1974, museum ship
Intrepid  Royal Navy I minelayer destroyer 1,370 29 July 1937 sunk 26 September 1943
Investigator  Indian Navy survey ship 1,572 decommissioned 1951, scrapped
Iowa  United States Navy Iowa battleship 45,000 22 February 1943 decommissioned 1990, museum
Irene Forsyte Q-ship 283 26 August 1943 16 December 1943
Iroquois  Royal Canadian Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 30 November 1942 paid off 24 October 1962, scrapped 1966
Isaac Sweers  Royal Netherlands Navy Gerard Callenburgh destroyer 1,606 29 May 1941 Sunk 13 November 1942
Ise  Imperial Japanese Navy Ise dreadnought 36,000 1917 sunk 28 July 1945
Isis  Royal Navy I minelayer destroyer 1,370 2 June 1937 sunk 20 July 1944.
Isuzu  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagara light cruiser 5,088 15 August 1923 Sunk 7 April 1945
Ivanhoe  Royal Navy I minelayer destroyer 1,370 24 August 1937 sunk 1 September 1940
Ivy Flower corvette 925
Iwate  Imperial Japanese Navy Izumo armored cruiser 9,750 18 March 1901 sunk 26 July 1945
Izumo Izumo armored cruiser 9,750 25 September 1900 sunk 24 July 1945

References

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  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.
  5. ^ "Ingolf (1934-1943)". Navalhistory.dk.

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