List of ships of World War II (K)

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]

Ships of World War II

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Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Kadashan Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 18 January 1944 decommissioned 14 June 1946, scrapped 1959
Kaga  Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier 38,200 1 November 1929 sunk 4 June 1942
Kaganovich  Soviet Navy Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) heavy cruiser 8,200 6 December 1944
Kako  Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka heavy cruiser 7,950 31 July 1926 sunk 10 August 1942
Kaiyō aircraft carrier 13,600 23 November 1943 former troop transport; scrapped 1 September 1946
Kalinin Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 27 November 1943 decommissioned 15 May 1946, scrapped 1947
Kalinin  Soviet Navy Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) heavy cruiser 8,200 31 December 1942
Kalk  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 17 October 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969
Kamloops  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 17 March 1941 paid off 27 June 1945
Kamsack Flower corvette 925 4 October 1941 paid off 22 July 1945
Kanaris  Hellenic Navy Hunt destroyer 1,050 10 August 1942 paid off 1959, scrapped 1960
Kandahar  Royal Navy K destroyer 1,690 10 October 1939 sunk 20 December 1941
Karachi  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Karlsruhe  Kriegsmarine K light cruiser 6,650 6 November 1929 sunk 9 April 1940
Kasaan Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 4 December 1943 decommissioned 6 July 1946, scrapped 1960
Kashii  Imperial Japanese Navy Katori light cruiser 6,180 15 July 1941 sunk 12 January 1945
Kashima Katori light cruiser 6,180 31 May 1940 struck 5 October 1945; scrapped 1947
Kashmir  Royal Navy K destroyer 1,690 26 October 1939 sunk 23 May 1941
Katori  Imperial Japanese Navy Katori light cruiser 6,180 20 April 1940 sunk 18 February 1944
Katsuragi Unryū aircraft carrier 17,150 15 October 1944 Scrapped 1947
Kearny  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 13 September 1940 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Keith  Royal Navy B destroyer 1,350 20 March 1931 sunk 1 June 1940
Kelly K destroyer 1,690 23 August 1939 sunk 23 May 1941
Kelvin K destroyer 1,690 27 November 1939 scrapped 1949
Kempenfelt W destroyer 1,710 25 October 1943 paid off January 1946
Kendrick  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 12 September 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1966
Kenogami  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 29 June 1941 paid off 9 July 1945
Kent  Royal Navy County heavy cruiser 9,750 25 June 1928 scrapped January 1948
Kenya Fiji light cruiser 8,000 27 September 1940 scrapped 1962
Khartoum K destroyer 1,690 6 November 1939 sunk 23 June 1940
Khedive Ruler escort carrier 11,400 25 August 1943 paid off 19 July 1946, scrapped 1975
Kidd  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,500 23 April 1943 decommissioned 1964, museum ship at Baton Rouge, LA
Kilkis  Hellenic Navy Mississippi battleship 13,000 1 February 1908 former USS Mississippi (BB-23); sunk 23 April 1941
Kimberley  Royal Navy K destroyer 1,690 21 February 1940 scrapped 1949
King George V King George V battleship 35,000 11 December 1940 decommissioned and scrapped 1949
Kingcup Flower corvette 925 30 December 1940
Kingston K destroyer 1,690 14 September 1939 constructive total loss 11 April 1942
Kinu  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagara light cruiser 5,088 10 November 1922 sunk 26 October 1944
Kinugasa Aoba heavy cruiser 9,000 30 September 1927 sunk 13 November 1942
Kipling  Royal Navy K destroyer 1,690 22 December 1939 sunk 11 May 1942
Kirishima  Imperial Japanese Navy Kongō battlecruiser 36,600 19 April 1915 sunk 15 November 1942
Kirkland Lake  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 21 August 1944 paid off 14 December 1945
Kirov  Soviet Navy Kirov (Project 26) heavy cruiser 7,880 23 September 1938 scrapped 1974
Kiso  Imperial Japanese Navy Kuma light cruiser 5,100 29 January 1921 20 March 1944; sunk by USN aircraft west of Cavite
Kistna  Royal Indian Navy Black Swan sloop 1,350 26 August 1943 Scrapped 1980
Kitakami  Imperial Japanese Navy Kuma light cruiser 5,100 15 April 1921 30 November 1945; scrapped
Kitchener  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 28 June 1942 paid off 11 July 1945
Kitkun Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 15 December 1943 decommissioned 19 April 1946, scrapped 1947
Knapp Fletcher destroyer 2,500 16 September 1943 Decommissioned: 4 March 1957, scrapped 1972
Knight Gleaves destroyer 1,630 23 June 1942 decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1967
Kokanee  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 6 June 1944 paid off 21 December 1945
Köln  Kriegsmarine K light cruiser 6,650 January 1930 sunk 3 March 1945
Komet auxiliary cruiser 7,500 2 June 1940 sunk 14 October 1942
Kondor Raubvogel torpedo boat 1,290 15 July 1927 decommissioned 28 June 1944
Kongō  Imperial Japanese Navy Kongō battlecruiser 36,600 16 August 1913 sunk 21 November 1944
Königsberg  Kriegsmarine K light cruiser 6,650 17 April 1929 sunk 10 April 1940, at Bergen, Norway
Kormoran auxiliary cruiser 19,900 9 October 1940 scuttled, 19 November 1941
Kortenaer  Royal Netherlands Navy Admiralen destroyer 1,680 3 September 1928 sunk 27 February 1942
Kountouriotis  Hellenic Navy Kountouriotis destroyer 1,389 1933 decommissioned 1946
Krakowiak  Polish Navy Hunt destroyer 1,050 28 May 1941 returned to RN September 1946, scrapped March 1959.
Krasnoye Znamya  Soviet Navy Krasnoye Znamya gunboat 1,735 1897 Sunk on 18 November 1942, raised, decommissioned in 1960
Krasny Kavkaz Kraznyi Kavkaz cruiser 7,560 25 January 1932 Sunk as a target 1956
Krasnyi Krym Krasnyi Krym cruiser 6,800 1 July 1928 Sunk as target in 1959
Kujawiak  Polish Navy Hunt destroyer 1,050 17 June 1941 sunk 16 June 1942
Kula Gulf  United States Navy Commencement Bay escort carrier 10,900 12 May 1945 scrapped 1971
Kuma  Imperial Japanese Navy Kuma light cruiser 5,550 31 August 1920 10 March 1944, sunk by HMS Tally-Ho west of Penang
Kumano Mogami heavy cruiser 13,440 31 October 1931 sunk 15 November 1944
Kwajalein  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 7 June 1944 decommissioned 16 August 1946, scrapped 1961

References
  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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