List of ships of World War II (F)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falke |  Kriegsmarine | Raubvogel | torpedo boat | 1,290 | 15 August 1927 | sunk 15 June 1944 |
| Fall River |  United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 17,200 | 1 July 1945 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| Fanning | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 8 October 1937 | scrapped 1948 | |
| Fanshaw Bay | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 9 December 1943 | decommissioned 14 August 1946, scrapped 1959 | |
| Farenholt | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 2 April 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 | |
| Farndale |  Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 27 April 1941 | scrapped 1962 |
| Farragut | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 18 June 1934 | scrapped 1947 |
| Fencer | Royal Navy | Attacker | escort carrier | 14,400 | 20 February 1943 | paid off 21 December 1945, sold as a merchant ship; scrapped 1975 |
| Fennel | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 16 January 1941 | to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 12 June 1945 |
| Fergus | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 18 November 1944 | 14 July 1945 |
| Fernie | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | 29 May 1940 | paid off 1947 |
| Fidelity | Special Service Ship | 2,456 | 24 September 1940 | sunk 30 December 1942 | ||
| Fiji | Fiji | light cruiser | 8,000 | 5 May 1940 | sunk 22 May 1941 | |
| Finisterre | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 11 September 1945[5] | paid off 1965, scrapped 1967 | |
| Fitch | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 3 February 1942 | decommissioned 1956, sunk as target 1973 |
| Fiume |  Regia Marina | Zara | heavy cruiser | 11,500 | 1931 | sunk 29 March 1941 |
| Fletcher | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,100 | 30 June 1942 | Decommissioned 1 August 1969, scrapped 1972 |
| Fleur de Lys | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 August 1940 | 14 October 1941 |
| Flint | United States Navy | Atlanta | light cruiser | 6,000 | 31 August 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| Flores |  Royal Netherlands Navy | Flores | gunboat | 1,457 | 25 March 1926 | scrapped November 1968 |
| Flusser | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 1 October 1936 | scrapped 1948 |
| Forrest Hill | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 1 December 1943 | 9 July 1945 |
| Fort Erie | River | frigate | 1,445 | 27 October 1944 | paid off 26 March 1965 | |
| Foch |  French Navy | Suffren | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 15 August 1931 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Folkestone | Royal Navy | Folkestone | sloop | 1,045 | 25 June 1940 | scrapped 22 May 1947 |
| Formidable | Illustrious | aircraft carrier | 23,000 | 24 November 1940 | scrapped 1953 | |
| Forrest | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 13 January 1942 | scrapped 1946 |
| Fort Erie | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 27 October 1944 | paid off 26 March 1965 |
| Fortune | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | F | destroyer | 1,405 | 27 April 1935 | to Canada as Saskatchewan 31 May 1943, mined 21 June 1944 |
| Foxhound | V | destroyer | 1,405 | 6 June 1935 | Transferred to RCN 8 February 1944 as Qu'Appelle, paid off 26 May 1946 | |
| Frankford | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 31 March 1943 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973 |
| Franklin | Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 31 January 1944 | Decommissioned 17 February 1947, scrapped 1964 | |
| Fraser | Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,375 | 17 February 1937 | sunk in a collision 25 June 1940 |
| Frazier | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 30 July 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Frederick C. Davis | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,200 | 14 July 1943 | sunk 24 April 1945 | |
| Fredericton | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 8 December 1941 | paid off 14 July 1945 |
| Freesia | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 November 1940 | |
| Fresia |  Chilean Navy | H | submarine | 441 | 1917 | scrapped 1945 |
| Fridtjof Nansen |  Royal Norwegian Navy | patrol ship | 1,575 | 29 May 1931 | ran aground and sank 8 November 1940 | |
| Fritillary | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 1 November 1941 | |
| Frobisher | Hawkins | heavy cruiser | 9,750 | 20 September 1924 | sold for scrap March 26, 1949 | |
| Frome | Royal Navy Free French Naval Forces | River | frigate | 1,370 | 3 March 1944 | to Free French 3 March 1944 as Escarmouche, paid off 1960 |
| Frontenac | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 26 October 1943 | 22 July 1945 |
| Fu An |  Republic of China Navy | gunboat | 1,900 | |||
| Fubuki |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Fubuki | destroyer | 1,750 | 10 August 1928 | sunk 11 October 1942 |
| Fujinami | Yūgumo | destroyer | 2,520 | 31 July 1943 | sunk 10 January 1945 | |
| Fumizuki | Mutsuki | destroyer | 1,315 | 3 July 1926 | sunk 18 February 1944 | |
| Furious | Royal Navy | Glorious | aircraft carrier | 22,400 | 14 October 1917 | scrapped 1948 |
| Furutaka | Imperial Japanese Navy | Furutaka | heavy cruiser | 9,150 | 31 March 1926 | sunk 20 December 1942 |
| Fury | Royal Navy | F | destroyer | 1,405 | 10 September 1934 | mined 21 June 1944, not repaired |
| Fusō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Fusō | dreadnought | 34,700 | 18 November 1915 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Fuyutsuki | Akizuki | destroyer | 2,700 | 30 April 1944 | scrapped and converted to breakwater 1948 |
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.
- ^ Listed as active, prior to the end of the war, in the Navy List July 1945. Great Britain: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1945.
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