Second World War · 1939–1945

United States Navy

106 ships covered here, in 23 battles.

Battleships 11

USS Arizona

Sunk

USA

Battleship · Pennsylvania class

12 × 14″ guns in 4 triple turrets

Launched 1915 · 1 battle

USS California

Survived

USA

Battleship · Tennessee class

12 × 14″ guns in 4 triple turrets

Launched 1919 · 1 battle

USS Maryland

Survived

USA

Battleship · Colorado class

8 × 16″ guns

Launched 1920 · 1 battle

USS Nevada

Survived

USA

Battleship · Nevada class

10 × 14″ guns

Launched 1914 · 1 battle

USS North Carolina

Survived

USA

Battleship · North Carolina class

9 × 16″ guns

Launched 1940 · 2 battles

USS Oklahoma

Sunk

USA

Battleship · Nevada class

4 × 14″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1914 · 1 battle

USS Pennsylvania

Survived

USA

Battleship · Pennsylvania class

12 × 14″ guns in 4 triple turrets

Launched 1915 · 1 battle

USS South Dakota

Survived

USA

Battleship · South Dakota class

9 × 16″ guns

Launched 1941 · 2 battles

USS Tennessee

Survived

USA

Battleship · Tennessee class

12 × 14″ guns in 4 triple turrets

Launched 1919 · 1 battle

USS Washington

Survived

USA

Battleship · North Carolina class

9 × 16″ guns

Launched 1940 · 1 battle

USS West Virginia

Survived

USA

Battleship · Colorado class

8 × 16″ guns

Launched 1921 · 1 battle

Aircraft carriers 6

USS Enterprise

Survived

USA

Aircraft carrier · Yorktown class

8 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 5 battles

USS Hornet

Sunk

USA

Aircraft carrier · Yorktown class

8 × 5″ guns

Launched 1940 · 3 battles

USS Lexington

Sunk

USA

Aircraft carrier · Lexington class

8 × 8″ guns in 4 twin turrets

Launched 1925 · 1 battle

USS Saratoga

Survived

USA

Aircraft carrier · Lexington class

8 × 8″ guns in 4 twin turrets

Launched 1925 · 1 battle

USS Wasp

Sunk

USA

Aircraft carrier

8 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

USS Yorktown

Sunk

USA

Aircraft carrier · Yorktown class

8 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 2 battles

Escort carriers 3

USS Chenango

Survived

USA

Escort carrier · Sangamon class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

USS Guadalcanal

Survived

USA

Escort carrier · Casablanca class

1 battle

USS Suwannee

Survived

USA

Escort carrier · Sangamon class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

Heavy cruisers 15

USS Astoria

Sunk

USA

Heavy cruiser · New Orleans class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1933 · 3 battles

USS Chester

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser · Northampton class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1929 · 1 battle

USS Chicago

Sunk

USA

Heavy cruiser · Northampton class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1930 · 3 battles

USS Houston

Sunk

USA

Heavy cruiser · Northampton class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1929 · 3 battles

USS Louisville

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser · Northampton class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1930 · 1 battle

USS Minneapolis

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser · New Orleans class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1933 · 3 battles

USS New Orleans

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser · New Orleans class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1933 · 3 battles

USS Northampton

Sunk

USA

Heavy cruiser · Northampton class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1929 · 3 battles

USS Pensacola

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser · Pensacola class

10 × 8″ guns in 2 triple and 2 twin turrets

Launched 1929 · 2 battles

USS Portland

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser · Portland class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1932 · 5 battles

USS Quincy

Sunk

USA

Heavy cruiser · New Orleans class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1935 · 1 battle

USS Salt Lake City

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser · Pensacola class

10 × 8″ guns in 2 triple and 2 twin turrets

Launched 1929 · 1 battle

USS San Francisco

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser · New Orleans class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1933 · 2 battles

USS Vincennes

Sunk

USA

Heavy cruiser · New Orleans class

9 × 8″ guns in 3 triple turrets

Launched 1936 · 2 battles

USS Wichita

Survived

USA

Heavy cruiser

9 × 8″ guns

Launched 1937 · 1 battle

Light cruisers 11

USS Atlanta

Scuttled

USA

Light cruiser · Atlanta class

16 × 5″ guns in 8 twin mounts

Launched 1941 · 3 battles

USS Boise

Survived

USA

Light cruiser · Brooklyn class

15 × 6″ guns in 5 triple mounts

Launched 1936 · 1 battle

USS Cleveland

Survived

USA

Light cruiser · Cleveland class

12 × 6″ guns

Launched 1941 · 1 battle

USS Columbia

Survived

USA

Light cruiser · Cleveland class

12 × 6″ guns

Launched 1941 · 1 battle

USS Helena

Sunk

USA

Light cruiser · St. Louis class

15 × 6″ guns

Launched 1938 · 3 battles

USS Honolulu

Survived

USA

Light cruiser · Brooklyn class

15 × 6″ guns in 5 triple mounts

Launched 1937 · 2 battles

USS Juneau

Sunk

USA

Light cruiser · Atlanta class

16 × 5″ guns in 8 twin mounts

Launched 1941 · 2 battles

USS Marblehead

Survived

USA

Light cruiser · Omaha class

4 × 6″ guns in 2 twin mounts

Launched 1923 · 1 battle

USS Montpelier

Survived

USA

Light cruiser · Cleveland class

12 × 6″ guns in 4 triple mounts

Launched 1942 · 1 battle

USS Raleigh

Survived

USA

Light cruiser · Omaha class

4 × 6″ guns in 2 twin mounts

Launched 1922 · 1 battle

USS San Juan

Survived

USA

Light cruiser · Atlanta class

16 × 5″ guns in 8 twin mounts

Launched 1941 · 1 battle

Destroyers 54

USS Aaron Ward

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Gleaves class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1941 · 1 battle

USS Alden

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1919 · 1 battle

USS Anderson

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Sims class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

USS Bagley

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Bagley class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 1 battle

USS Barker

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1919 · 1 battle

USS Barton

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Benson class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1942 · 1 battle

USS Benham

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Benham class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1938 · 1 battle

USS Blue

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Bagley class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1937 · 1 battle

USS Buchanan

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Gleaves class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1941 · 1 battle

USS Bulmer

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1920 · 1 battle

USS Cassin

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1935 · 1 battle

USS Chatelain

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Edsall class

3 × 3″ guns

Launched 1943 · 1 battle

USS Cushing

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1935 · 1 battle

USS Downes

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 1 battle

USS Drayton

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 1 battle

USS Duncan

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Gleaves class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1942 · 1 battle

USS Farenholt

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Benson class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1941 · 1 battle

USS Fletcher

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Fletcher class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1942 · 2 battles

USS Gwin

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Gleaves class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1940 · 1 battle

USS Hammann

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Sims class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

USS Helm

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Bagley class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1937 · 1 battle

USS Jarvis

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Bagley class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1937 · 1 battle

USS John D. Edwards

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Wickes class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1919 · 3 battles

USS John D. Ford

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1920 · 3 battles

USS La Vallette

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Fletcher class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1942 · 1 battle

USS Laffey

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Benson class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1941 · 2 battles

USS Lamson

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 1 battle

USS Lansdowne

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Gleaves class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1942 · 1 battle

USS Lardner

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Gleaves class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1942 · 1 battle

USS Maury

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Gridley class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1938 · 1 battle

USS McCalla

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Gleaves class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1942 · 1 battle

USS Monssen

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Gleaves class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1940 · 1 battle

USS Mustin

Scuttled

USA

Destroyer · Sims class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1938 · 1 battle

USS O'Bannon

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Fletcher class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1942 · 1 battle

USS O'Brien

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Sims class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

USS Parrott

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1919 · 2 battles

USS Patterson

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Bagley class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1937 · 1 battle

USS Paul Jones

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1920 · 2 battles

USS Perkins

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1935 · 1 battle

USS Pillsbury

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Edsall class

3 × 3″ guns

Launched 1943 · 1 battle

USS Pillsbury

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1920 · 1 battle

USS Pope

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1920 · 3 battles

USS Porter

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Porter class

8 × 5″ guns in 4 twin mounts

Launched 1935 · 1 battle

USS Preston

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 1 battle

USS Ralph Talbot

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Bagley class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 1 battle

USS Reuben James

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1919 · 1 battle

USS Shaw

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1935 · 1 battle

USS Sims

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Sims class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

USS Smith

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Mahan class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1936 · 1 battle

USS Sterett

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Benham class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1938 · 1 battle

USS Stewart

Survived

USA

Japan

Destroyer · Clemson class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1920 · 2 battles

USS Walke

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Sims class

5 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

USS Ward

Sunk

USA

Destroyer · Wickes class

4 × 4″ guns

Launched 1918 · 1 battle

USS Wilson

Survived

USA

Destroyer · Benham class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

Submarines 1

USS Tarpon

Survived

USA

Submarine · Porpoise class

1 × 4″ gun

Launched 1935 · 1 battle

Auxiliaries 1

USS Neosho

Sunk

USA

Auxiliary · Cimarron class

4 × 5″ guns

Launched 1939 · 2 battles

Target ships 1

USS Utah

Sunk

USA

Dreadnought battleship, then Target ship · Florida class

10 × 12″ guns

Launched 1909 · 1 battle

Transports 3

Almeria Lykes

Sunk

USA

Transport

Launched 1940 · 1 battle

Santa Elisa

Sunk

USA

Transport

Launched 1941 · 1 battle

Stephen Hopkins

Sunk

USA

Transport

1 battle

Other fleets in the Second World War