List of ships of World War II (M)

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
Macdonough  United States Navy Farragut destroyer 1,365 15 March 1935 scrapped 1947
MacKenzie Benson destroyer 1,620 21 November 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974
Macoma  Royal Netherlands Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 1 April 1944 transferred to merchant service post-war
Macomb  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 26 January 1942 to Japan 1954, to Taiwan 1970, scrapped 1980
Maddox Gleaves destroyer 1,630 31 October 1942 sunk 10 July 1943
Madison  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 6 August 1940 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969
Madras  Royal Indian Navy Bathurst corvette 1,025 12 May 1942 Decommissioned 1960
Madura Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Magog  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 7 May 1944 paid off 20 December 1944
Mahan  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 18 September 1936 sunk 7 December 1944
Mahratta  Royal Navy M destroyer 1,920 28 July 1942 sunk 25 February 1944
El Mahrousa  Egyptian Navy yacht 3,417 1865
Makassar Strait  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 27 April 1944 decommissioned 9 August 1946, scrapped 1961
Makin Island Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 9 May 1944 decommissioned 19 April 1946, scrapped 1947
Malaya  Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth battleship 31,000 1 February 1916 decommissioned 1944, scrapped 1948
Mallow Flower corvette 925 2 July 1940 11 January 1944
Manila Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 10 July 1943 decommissioned 31 July 1946, scrapped 1959
Manligheten  Swedish Navy Äran coastal defence ship 3,650 paid off 1950
Mansfield  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,190 23 October 1940 paid off 22 June 1944
Manxman Abdiel minelayer 2,650 20 June 1941 scrapped 1971
Maori Tribal destroyer 2,020 2 January 1939 sunk 12 February 1942
Maplin Pegasus fighter catapult ship 1932
Marblehead  United States Navy Omaha light cruiser 7,050 8 September 1924 scrapped 1946
Marcílio Dias  Brazilian Navy Marcílio Dias destroyer 1,500 29 November 1943 Decommissioned 22 August 1972
Marcus Island  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 26 January 1944 decommissioned 12 December 1946, scrapped 1960
Marguerite  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 20 November 1940
Marigold Flower corvette 925 28 February 1941 9 December 1942
Mariz e Barros  Brazilian Navy Marcilio Dias destroyer 1,500 29 November 1943 Decommissioned 22 August 1972
Marjoram  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 cancelled 23 January 1941
Marne M destroyer 1,920 2 December 1941 scrapped 1970
Marocain  United States Navy
 Free French Naval Forces		 Cannon destroyer escort 1,240 29 February 1944 to Free French 29 February 1944, decommissioned May 1964
Marseillaise  French Navy La Galissonniere light cruiser 7,600 10 October 1937 scuttled 27 November 1942
Marshal Ney  Royal Navy Marshal Ney monitor 6,700 scrapped in 1957
Marshal Soult Marshal Ney monitor 6,700 scrapped July 1946
Marsuinul  Royal Romanian Navy Marsuinul submarine 860 submerged July 1943 captured by the Soviet Union August 1944, scrapped after the war
Martin  Royal Navy M destroyer 1,920 sunk 10 November 1942
Maryland  United States Navy Colorado battleship 32,600 21 July 1921 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959
Mashona  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 28 March 1939 sunk 28 May 1941
Mason  United States Navy Evarts destroyer escort 1,140 20 March 1944 Scrapped 1947
Massachusetts South Dakota battleship 37,970 12 May 1942 Decommissioned 27 March 1947, museum ship
Matabele  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 25 January 1939 sunk 17 January 1941
Matane  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 22 October 1943 paid off 11 February 1946
Matanikau  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 22 May 1944 decommissioned 11 October 1946, scrapped 1960
Matapedia  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 9 May 1941 paid off 16 June 1945
Matchless  Royal Navy M destroyer 1,920 12 February 1942 paid off 12 February 1942
Maunder Special Service Ship 5,072 1919 paid off March 1941
Mauritius Fiji light cruiser 8,000 1 January 1941 scrapped 1965
Maury  United States Navy Gridley destroyer 1,590 5 August 1938 scrapped 1946
Maxim Gorky  Soviet Navy Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) heavy cruiser 8,200 25 October 1940 Decommissioned Feb. 1956
Maya  Imperial Japanese Navy Takao heavy cruiser 13,350 30 June 1932 Sunk 23 October 1944
Mayflower  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Flower corvette 925 28 November 1940 to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 31 May 1945
Mayo  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 18 September 1940 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Mayrant Benson destroyer 1,500 13 September 1939 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
McCall Gridley destroyer 1,590 22 June 1938 scrapped 1947
McCalla Gleaves destroyer 1,630 27 May 1942 to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1973
McCook Gleaves destroyer 1,630 15 March 1943 decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973
McDougal Porter destroyer 1,850 23 December 1936 scrapped 1949
McLanahan Benson destroyer 1,620 19 December 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974
Meade Benson destroyer 1,620 22 June 1942 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973
Medway  Royal Navy submarine tender 14,650 July 1929 sunk 30 June 1942
Melbreak Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 10 October 1942 paid off and scrapped 1956
Melvin  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,050 24 November 1943 Decommissioned 13 January 1954, scrapped 1975
Memphis Omaha light cruiser 7,050 17 December 1925 scrapped 1947
Mendip  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 12 October 1940 paid off 20 May 1946, scrapped 1972
Mendoza  Argentine Navy Mendoza destroyer 1,570 Discarded 30 April 1962
Meon  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 River frigate 1,445 31 December 1943 to Canada 7 February 1944, paid off 23 April 1945
Meredith  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 1 March 1941 sunk 15 October 1942
Mervine Gleaves destroyer 1,630 17 June 1942 decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1969
Meteor  Royal Navy M destroyer 1,920 12 August 1942
Meynell Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 10 December 1940 scrapped 1978
Miami  United States Navy Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 28 December 1943 scrapped 1962
Miaoulis  Hellenic Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 25 November 1942 paid off 1959, scrapped 1960
Michel  Kriegsmarine auxiliary cruiser 10,900 7 September 1941 sunk 17 October 1943
Micmac  Royal Canadian Navy Tribal destroyer 1,927 18 September 1945 built and launched during war, paid off 31 March 1964
Middleton  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 10 January 1943 scrapped February 1958
Midland  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 17 November 1941 paid off 15 July 1945
Might  United States Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 22 December 1942 9 October 1945
Mignonette  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 7 May 1941
Mikuma  Imperial Japanese Navy Mogami heavy cruiser 13,440 29 August 1935 Sunk 6 June 1942
Milne  Royal Navy M destroyer 1,935 6 August 1942
Milwaukee  United States Navy
 Soviet Navy		 Omaha light cruiser 7,050 20 June 1923; to USSR as Murmansk 20 April 1944 scrapped 10 December 1949
Mimico  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 8 February 1944 18 July 1945
Mimosa  French Navy Flower corvette 925 11 May 1941 9 June 1942
Minas Geraes  Brazilian Navy Minas Geraes dreadnought 19,200 6 January 1910 Decommissioned 20 September 1953
Minegumo  Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio destroyer 1,961
Minneapolis  United States Navy New Orleans heavy cruiser 9,950 19 May 1934 Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959
Miralda  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 January 1944 returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Marisa
Misiones  Argentine Navy Buenos Aires destroyer 1,375 Discarded 3 May 1971
Misoa  Royal Navy Maracaibo landing ship, tank 4,193 11 August 1941 paid off March 1945
Mission Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 26 May 1943 decommissioned 21 February 1947, scrapped 1959
Mississippi New Mexico battleship 32,000 25 January 1917 decommissioned 1956 (for scrap)
Missouri Iowa battleship 45,000 11 June 1944 decommissioned 1992; museum ship
Mobile Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 24 March 1943 scrapped 1960
Moffett Porter destroyer 1,850 28 August 1936 scrapped 1947
Mogami  Imperial Japanese Navy Mogami heavy cruiser 12,400 1935 Sunk 25 October 1944
Mohawk  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 7 September 1938 sunk 16 April 1941
Molotov  Soviet Navy Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) heavy cruiser 8,200 25 October 1940 decommissioned February 1956
Monaghan  United States Navy Farragut destroyer 1,365 18 April 1935 foundered in typhoon 18 December 1944
Moncton  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 24 April 1942 paid off 12 December 1945
Monkshood  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 31 July 1941
Monnow  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 River frigate 1,445 11 May 1944 to Canada 3 August 1944, paid off 11 June 1945
Monowai  Royal New Zealand Navy armed merchant cruiser 4,925 30 August 1940 Decommissioned 18 June 1943, then landing ship
Monssen  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 14 March 1941 Sunk13 November 1942
Montbretia  Royal Norwegian Navy Flower corvette 925 29 September 1941 sunk 18 November 1942 by U-262
Montcalm  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces		 La Galissonniere light cruiser 7,600 15 November 1937 Decommissioned 1 May 1957
Montclare  Royal Navy submarine tender 21,550 2 June 1942 (former AMC Montclare) scrapped October 1954
Monterey  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 17 June 1943 decommissioned 16 January 1956, scrapped 1971
Evans  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Town destroyer 1,247 23 October 1940 to Canada 1942, paid off 22 June 1944
Montpelier  United States Navy Cleveland light cruiser 11,800 9 September 1942 scrapped 1960
Montreal  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 12 November 1943 paid off 15 October 1945
Montrose  Royal Navy Admiralty flotilla leader 1,530 14 September 1918 scrapped January 1946
Moose Jaw  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 19 June 1941 paid off 8 July 1945
Morava  Royal Yugoslav Navy Körös river monitor 448 15 April 1920 scuttled 11 April 1941
Morden  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 6 September 1941 paid off 29 June 1945
Moreno  Argentine Navy Rivadavia dreadnought 27,720 26 February 1915 scrapped February 1956
Morris  United States Navy Sims destroyer 1,570 5 March 1940 scrapped 1947
Morrison Fletcher destroyer 2,050 tons 18 December 1943 Sunk by kamikazes, 4 May 1945
Möwe  Kriegsmarine Raubvogel torpedo boat 1,213 1 October 1926 sunk 15 June 1944
Moyola  Royal Navy
 Free French Naval Forces		 River frigate 1,370 15 October 1944 to France 15 October 1944, Decommissioned 1961
Mugford  United States Navy Bagley destroyer 1,500 16 August 1937 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
Multan  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Munda  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 8 July 1944 decommissioned 26 April 1946, scrapped 1960
Murasame  Imperial Japanese Navy Shiratsuyu destroyer 1,685 7 January 1937 sunk 4 March 1943
Murphy  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 25 July 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Musashi  Imperial Japanese Navy Yamato battleship 68,200 5 August 1942 sunk 25 October 1944
Musketeer  Royal Navy M destroyer 1,935 18 September 1942 scrapped 1955
Mustin  United States Navy Sims destroyer 1,570 15 September 1939 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
Mutsu  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagato dreadnought 42,850 24 October 1921 sunk 8 June 1943
Muzio Attendolo  Regia Marina Montecuccoli light cruiser 3,184 1935 lost 1942
Myngs  Royal Navy V destroyer 1,830 23 June 1944
Myōkō  Imperial Japanese Navy Myōkō heavy cruiser 13,380 1929 scuttled by Royal Navy 8 June 1946
Myosotis  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 30 May 1941
Myrmidon  Royal Navy
 Polish Navy		 M destroyer 1,920 1941 to Poland as Orkan 18 November 1942, sunk 8 October 1943

References
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  3. "Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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