List of ships of the Second World War (D)

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
Dahlgren  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,200 6 January 1920 scrapped 1946
Dahlia  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 21 March 1941[5]
Dale  United States Navy Farragut destroyer 1,365 17 June 1935 scrapped 1947
Dale W. Peterson  United States Navy Edsall destroyer escort 1,250 17 February 1944 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Dallas  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,200 29 October 1920 scrapped 1945
Daly  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 24 October 1942 decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1976
Damon M. Cummings  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 29 June 1944 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973
Daniel  United States Navy Edsall destroyer escort 1,250 24 January 1944 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974
Daniel A. Joy  United States Navy Rudderow destroyer escort 1,450 28 April 1944 scrapped 1966
Daniel T. Griffin  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 9 June 1943 to Chile 1966
Darby  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 15 November 1943 sunk as target 1970
Dasher  Royal Navy Attacker escort carrier 8,200 2 July 1942 sunk 27 March 1943
Dashiell  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 20 March 1943 decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1975
Dauntless  Royal Navy Danae class cruiser 4,850 10 April 1918 scrapped 1946
Dauphin  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 17 May 1941 paid off 20 June 1945
David W. Taylor  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 18 September 1943 to Spain 1957, scrapped 1987
Davis  United States Navy Somers destroyer 1,850 9 November 1938 scrapped 1947
Davison  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 11 September 1942 decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973
Dawson  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 6 October 1941 paid off 19 June 1945
Day  United States Navy Rudderow destroyer escort 1,450 10 June 1944
Dayton  United States Navy Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 7 January 1945 scrapped 1962
Decatur  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,200 August 1922 scrapped 1945
Decker  USA
 China		 Buckley destroyer escort 1,140 3 May 1943 to Republic of China as Tai Ping 28 August 1945; sunk in action 1954
Decoy  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 D destroyer 1,375 4 April 1933 Transferred to RCN 12 April 1943 as HMCS Kootenay, paid off 26 October 1945
Deede  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 29 July 1943 scrapped 1947
De Haven (I)  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 21 June 1942 sunk 1 February 1943
De Haven (II)  United States Navy Sumner destroyer 2,200 31 March 1944 to South Korea 1973, scrapped 1993
Delhi  Royal Navy Danae class cruiser 4,850 June 1919 scrapped 1948
DeLong  United States Navy Rudderow destroyer escort 1,450 31 December 1943 sunk as target 1970
Delphinium  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 15 November 1940[5]
Dempsey  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 23 July 1943 scrapped 1947
Dennis  United States Navy Butler destroyer escort 1,350 20 March 1944 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Dennis J. Buckley  United States Navy Gearing destroyer 2,250 2 March 1945 scrapped 1974
Dent  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,150 9 September 1918 scrapped 1946
Denver  United States Navy Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 15 October 1942 scrapped 1960
De Ruyter  Netherlands De Ruyter class cruiser 7,822 3 October 1936 sunk 28 February 1942
Derwent  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 24 April 1942 scrapped 1947
Despatch  Royal Navy Danae class cruiser 4,850 2 June 1922 scrapped 1946
Detroit  United States Navy Omaha class light cruiser 7,050 31 July 1923 scrapped 1946
Deutschland  Kriegsmarine Deutschland class heavy cruiser 12,100 1 April 1933 renamed Lützow
Devonshire  Royal Navy County class cruiser 9,750 18 March 1929 scrapped December 1954
Dewey  United States Navy Farragut destroyer 1,365 14 October 1934 scrapped 1946
Diana  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 D destroyer 1,375 21 December 1932 Transferred to RCN 6 September 1940 as HMCS Margaree, sunk in 22 October 1940
Dianella  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 6 January 1941[5]
Dianthus  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 17 March 1941[5]
Dickerson  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,150 3 September 1919 sunk 4 April 1945
Diomede  Royal Navy Danae class cruiser 4,850 24 April 1922 scrapped 1946
Dionne  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 16 July 1943 scrapped 1947
Dittany  Royal Navy
 United States Navy		 Flower modified corvette 1,015 7 March 1943 to USA as Beacon 7 March 1943, to UK 31 May 1943
Dobler  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 17 May 1943 scrapped 1946
Doherty  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 6 February 1943 scrapped 1946
Donaldson  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 1 December 1943 scrapped 1946
Doneff  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 10 June 1943 scrapped 1947
Donnell  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 26 June 1943 damaged August 1943 and converted to power barge, scrapped 1946
Doran  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 4 August 1942 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973
Dorsey  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,150 16 September 1918 grounded in typhoon, 9 October 1945
Dortch  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 7 August 1943 to Argentina 1961, scrapped 1977
Douglas  Royal Navy Admiralty destroyer flotilla leader 1,610 2 September 1918 scrapped 20 March 1945
Douglas A. Munro  United States Navy Butler destroyer escort 1,350 11 July 1944 decommissioned 1960, sunk as target 1966
Douglas H. Fox  United States Navy Sumner destroyer 2,200 26 December 1944 to Chile 1974, sunk as target 1998
Douglas L. Howard  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,250 29 July 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974
Downes  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 15 January 1937 destroyed 7 December 1941 but "rebuilt," scrapped 1948
Doyle  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 27 January 1943 decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1972
Doyle C. Barnes  United States Navy Butler destroyer escort 1,350 13 July 1944 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973
Drache  Kriegsmarine minelayer 1,870 17 April 1941 captured from Yugoslav, Zmaj, sunk 22 September 1944
Dragon  Royal Navy
 Poland		 Danae class cruiser 4,850 August 1918 damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944
Drava  Royal Yugoslav Navy Enns river monitor 536 15 April 1920 sunk 12 April 1941
Drayton  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 1 September 1936 scrapped 1947
Drexler  United States Navy Sumner destroyer 2,200 14 November 1944 sunk 28 May 1945
Dristigheten  Swedish Navy Dristigheten seaplane carrier 3,445 5 September 1901 paid off 13 June 1947
Drottning Victoria  Swedish Navy Sverige coastal defence ship 7,125 12 March 1921 paid off 22 March 1957, scrapped 1959
Drum  United States Gato class submarine 1,525 surfaced 1 November 1941 decommissioned 1967; museum at Mobile, Alabama
Drumheller  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 13 September 1941 paid off 11 July 1945
Duffy  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 5 August 1943 scrapped 1947
Dufilho  United States Navy Butler destroyer escort 1,350 21 July 1944 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Duguay-Trouin  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces		 Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser 7,250 2 November 1926 decommissioned 9 March 1952
Duke of York  Royal Navy King George V battleship 35,000 28 February 1940 scrapped 1957
Duluth  United States Navy Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 18 September 1944 scrapped 1960
Dulverton  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 September 1941 scuttled on 13 November 1943
Duncan (I)  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 16 April 1942 sunk 12 October 1942
Duncan (II)  United States Navy Gearing destroyer 2,250 25 February 1945 decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1980
Dundas  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 1 April 1942 paid off 17 July 1945
Dundee  Royal Navy Shoreham Sloop 1,060 31 March 1933 Torpedoed and sunk 15 September 1940
Dunedin  Royal Navy Danae class cruiser 4,850 19 November 1918 lost 24 November 1941
Dunkerque  French Navy Dunkerque battleship 26,500 15 April 1937 scuttled 27 November 1942
Dunlap  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 12 June 1937 scrapped 1948
Dunvegan  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 9 September 1941 paid off 3 July 1945
Dunvegan Castle  Royal Navy Armed merchant cruiser 15,007 7 September 1939 sunk 28 August 1940
Dupleix  French Navy Suffren class heavy cruiser 10,000 7 July 1932 scuttled 27 November 1942
Du Pont  United States Navy Wickes destroyer 1,150 30 April 1919 scrapped 1947
Duquesne  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces		 Duquesne class heavy cruiser 10,000 6 December 1928 condemned 1955
Durban  Royal Navy Danae-class cruiser 4,850 1 November 1921 "Gooseberry" breakwater blockship, 9 June 1944
Durant  United States Navy Edsall destroyer escort 1,250 17 February 1944 decommissioned 1964, scrapped 1974
Durik  United States Navy Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 16 November 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967
Dyess  United States Navy Gearing destroyer 2,250 21 May 1945 scrapped 1981
Dyson  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 30 December 1942 to West Germany 1960, scrapped 1982

References

  1. ↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
  2. ↑ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
  4. ↑ Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Lambert and Brown 2008, p. 65.
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