List of ships of World War II (N)

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
Nabob  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Ruler escort carrier 11,400 7 September 1943 Crewed by RCN, paid off 10 October 1944, scrapped December 1977
Nachi  Imperial Japanese Navy Myōkō heavy cruiser 13,380 sunk 5 November 1944
Nagara Nagara light cruiser 5,088 lost 7 August 1944
Nagato Nagato dreadnought 42,850 25 November 1920 sunk as target 29 July 1946
Nagpur  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Nairana  Royal Navy Nairana escort carrier 14,280 12 December 1943 to Netherlands 23 March 1946, scrapped 1971
Najaden  Royal Danish Navy Najaden torpedo boat 782 1947
Naka  Imperial Japanese Navy Sendai light cruiser 7,100 1925 sunk 17 February 1944
Nanaimo  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 26 April 1941 paid off 28 September 1945
Napanee Flower corvette 925 12 May 1941 paid off 12 July 1945
Napier  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 28 November 1940 25 October 1945
Narbada  Royal Indian Navy Black Swan sloop 1,250 Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Jhelum
Narcissus  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 17 July 1941
Nashville  United States Navy Brooklyn light cruiser 9,475 6 June 1938 sold to Chile 1951 (Capitan Prat)
Nasik  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Nassau  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 11,400 20 August 1942 decommissioned 28 October 1946, scrapped June 1961
Nasturtium  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 26 September 1940
Natal  South African Navy Loch frigate 1,435 9 March 1945 Decommissioned 1 September 1965
Natoma Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 14 October 1943 decommissioned 20 May 1946, scrapped 1959
Natori  Imperial Japanese Navy Nagara light cruiser 5,088 lost 18 August 1944
Natsuzuki Akizuki destroyer 2,700 8 April 1945 scrapped after the war
Nehenta Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 3 January 1944 decommissioned 15 May 1946, scrapped 1960
Nelson  Royal Navy Nelson battleship 34,000 10 September 1927 decommissioned February 1948, scrapped March 1949
Nelson  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 26 November 1942 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1969
Nene  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 River frigate 1,445 8 April 1943 to Canada 4 June 1944, paid off 11 June 1945
Nepal  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 29 May 1942 paid off 22 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955
Neptune  Royal Navy Leander light cruiser 7,000 23 February 1934 lost 19 December 1941
Nestor  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 12 February 1941 scuttled 15 June 1942
Nevada  United States Navy Nevada battleship 29,000 11 March 1916 decommissioned 29 July 1946; sunk as a target 31 July 1948
New Glasgow  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 22 December 1943 paid off 30 January 1967
New Jersey  United States Navy Iowa battleship 57,271 23 May 1943 decommissioned 1991. museum ship
New Mexico New Mexico battleship 33,000 20 May 1918 Scrapped November 1947
New Orleans New Orleans heavy cruiser 9,950 12 April 1933 Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959
New Waterford  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 21 January 1944 paid off 2 December 1966
New Westminster Flower corvette 925 31 January 1942 paid off 21 June 1945
New York  United States Navy New York battleship 27,000 15 April 1914 decommissioned 29 August 1946, sunk as target 8 July 1948
Newark  Royal Navy Town destroyer 1,060 26 November 1940 scrapped February 1947
Newfoundland Fiji light cruiser 8,800 21 January 1943 sold to Peru 1959, renamed Almirante Grau
Newmarket Town destroyer 1,060 26 November 1940 scrapped September 1945
Newport  Royal Norwegian Navy Town destroyer 1,190 March 1942 June 1942, returned to RN
Niagara  Royal Canadian Navy Town destroyer 1,190 24 September 1940 paid off 27 May 1946
Niblack  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 1 August 1940 Sold 16 August 1973 and broken up for scrap
Nicholson Gleaves destroyer 1,630 3 June 1941 to Italy 1951, sunk as target 1975
Niedersachsen  Kriegsmarine minelayer 1,794 20 December 1943 former French transport Guyane, sunk by HMS Upstart 15 February 1944[5]
Nields  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 15 January 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Niels Juel  Royal Danish Navy Niels Juel coastal defence ship 3,400 23 May 1923 beached 29 August 1943, captured by Germany, sunk 3 May 1945
Nigella  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 25 February 1941
Nigeria Fiji light cruiser 8,000 23 September 1940 sold to India 29 August 1957, renamed Mysore
Ning Hai  Republic of China Navy light cruiser 2,200 became Ioshima (Japan)
Niobe  Kriegsmarine Holland anti-aircraft cruiser 4,100 1 March 1941 former Dutch cruiser Gelderland, sunk Kotka 16 July 1944
Nizam  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 19 December 1940 paid off 17 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955
Noordbrabant  Royal Netherlands Navy Holland cruiser 4,033 1 March 1900 Scuttled 17 May 1940
Nootka  Royal Canadian Navy Tribal destroyer 1,927 9 August 1946 built and launched during the war, paid off 6 February 1964
Norge  Royal Norwegian Navy Eidsvold coastal defence ship 4,230 7 February 1901 sunk 9 April 1940
Norman  Royal Australian Navy N destroyer 1,773 29 September 1941 paid off October 1945, sold for scrap 1958
North Carolina  United States Navy North Carolina battleship 35,000 9 April 1941 decommissioned 27 June 1947, museum ship
Northampton Northampton heavy cruiser 9,050 17 May 1930 lost 1 December 1942
Noshiro  Imperial Japanese Navy Agano light cruiser 6,650 Sunk 26 October 1944
Norsyd  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 22 December 1943 25 June 1945
North Bay Flower modified corvette 1,015 25 October 1943 5 June 1945
Nubian  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 6 December 1938 scrapped 1949
Nürnberg  Kriegsmarine light cruiser 6,980 2 November 1935 transferred to Soviet Union as Admiral Makarov, scrapped 1960
Nymfen  Royal Danish Navy Najaden torpedo boat 782 1947
Nymphe  Kriegsmarine Tordenskjold coastal defence ship 3,858 21 March 1898 former Tordenskjold, captured by Germany 9 April 1940, scrapped 1948

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.
  5. "Niedersachsen (Minelayer 1934-1944)". German-navy.de.

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