List of ships of World War II (O)
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 |
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O'Brien | ![]() |
Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 2 March 1940 | sunk 19 October 1942 |
Oakland | Atlanta | light cruiser | 6,000 | 17 July 1943 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1959 | |
Oakley | ![]() |
Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 7 May 1942 | |
Oakville | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 18 November 1941 | paid off 20 July 1945 |
Obdurate | ![]() |
O | minelayer destroyer | 1,540 | 3 September 1942 | paid off 1948, scrapped 1965 |
Obedient | O | minelayer destroyer | 1,540 | 30 October 1942 | paid off 1957, scrapped 1962 | |
Oberon | Odin | submarine | 1,922 | 24 August 1927 | paid off 5 July 1944 | |
Ocean | Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 8 August 1945 | scrapped May 1962 | |
Odin | Odin | submarine | 2,038 | 21 December 1929 | Sunk 14 June 1940 | |
Offa | O | destroyer | 1,540 | 20 September 1941 | scrapped 1959 | |
Ōi | ![]() |
Kuma | light cruiser | 5,100 | 10 October 1921 | sunk by USS Flasher 19 July 1944 |
Okinoshima | minelayer | 4,290 | 30 September 1936 | sunk 12 May 1942 | ||
Oklahoma | ![]() |
Nevada | battleship | 29,000 | 2 May 1916 | sunk 7 December 1941; raised and sunk under tow 1947 |
Oklahoma City | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 22 December 1944 | converted to missile cruiser 1960, sunk as target 1999 | |
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya | ![]() |
Gangut | battleship | 23,000 | 3 June 1909 | scrapped 1959 |
Oldenburg | ![]() |
minelayer | 1,141 | 13 September 1943 | former water tanker Garigiliano captured from Italy[5] | |
Olympus | ![]() |
Odin | submarine | 2,038 | 14 June 1930 | sunk 8 May 1942 |
Omaha | ![]() |
Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 24 February 1923 | Scrapped February 1946 |
Ommaney Bay | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 11 February 1944 | scuttled 4 January 1945 | |
Onslaught | ![]() |
O | destroyer | 1,540 | 19 June 1942 | scrapped 1977 |
Onslow | O | destroyer | 1,540 | 8 October 1941 | paid off April 1947 | |
Ontario | ![]() |
Minotaur | light cruiser | 8,800 | July 1944 | laid up 15 October 1958 |
Opportune | ![]() |
O | minelayer destroyer | 1,540 | 14 August 1942 | paid off 1954, scrapped 1955 |
Orchis | Flower | corvette | 925 | 29 November 1940 | 21 August 1944 | |
Ordronaux | ![]() |
Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 13 February 1943 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
Orillia | ![]() |
Flower | corvette | 925 | 25 November 1940 | paid off 2 July 1945 |
Orella | ![]() |
Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | ||
Oribi | ![]() |
O | destroyer | 1,540 | 5 July 1941 | paid off 1 January 1946 |
Orion | Leander | light cruiser | 7,000 | 18 January 1934 | scrapped 1949 | |
Orion | ![]() |
auxiliary cruiser | 15,700 | 9 December 1939 | sunk 4 May 1945 | |
Orkney | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 18 April 1944 | paid off 22 January 1946 |
Orpheus | ![]() |
Odin | submarine | 2,038 | 23 September 1930 | Sunk 19 June 1940 |
Orwell | O | minelayer destroyer | 1,540 | 17 October 1942 | ||
Orzeł | ![]() |
Orzeł | submarine | 1,100 | 2 February 1939 | sunk 11 June 1940 |
Oscar II | ![]() |
Oscar II | coastal defence ship | paid off 1950, scrapped 1974 | ||
Osiris | ![]() |
Odin | submarine | 2,038 | 25 January 1929 | paid off 7 March 1945 |
Oswald | Odin | submarine | 2,038 | 1 May 1929 | Sunk 1 August 1940 | |
Ottawa | ![]() |
C | destroyer | 1,375 | 15 June 1938 | sunk 14 September 1942 by U-91 |
Otus | ![]() |
Odin | submarine | 2,038 | 5 July 1929 | paid off March 1946 |
Otway | Odin | submarine | 1,922 | 15 June 1927 | paid off 1945 | |
Ouragan | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bourrasque | destroyer | 1,319 | 19 January 1927 | to Poland 17 July 1940, to Free French 30 April 1941, scrapped 7 April 1949 |
Outremont | ![]() |
River | frigate | 1,445 | 27 November 1943 | paid off 7 June 1965 |
Owen Sound | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 17 November 1943 | 19 July 1945 | |
Oxley | ![]() |
Odin | submarine | 1,922 | 1 April 1927 | sunk by friendly fire 10 September 1939 |
Oxlip | Flower | corvette | 925 | 28 December 1941 | ||
Ōyodo | ![]() |
Ōyodo | light cruiser | 11,433 | 28 February 1943 | sunk 25 July 1945 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Hulls Listed by Name". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007.
- ^ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- ^ "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War". The National Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Oldenburg (Minelayer 1934-1952)". German-navy.de.
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