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Allied warship classes

Class	Type	# ships

LST	Tank landing ships	1156
	Tugs	1115
YMS	Minesweepers	633
SC-497	Submarine chasers	443
PC-461	Patrol crafts	352
ELCO 80'	Motor torpedo boats	346
Flower	Corvettes	262
Higgins 78'	Motor torpedo boats	217
Fletcher	Destroyers	175
River	Frigates	161
Vosper 72'	Motor torpedo boats	136
Admirable	Minesweepers	131
Bangor	Minesweepers	128
Isles	MS Trawlers	128
Algerine	Minesweepers	123
Balao	Submarines	118
M (Malyutka)	Submarines	111
Buckley	Destroyer Escorts	102
Gearing	Destroyers	98
Auk	Minesweepers	95
Clemson	Destroyers	88
John C. Butler	Destroyer Escorts	87
SC (Scuka)	Submarines	87
Cannon	Destroyer Escorts	86
Edsall	Destroyer Escorts	85
Flower (rev.)	Corvettes	82
Loch	Frigates	82
Wickes	Destroyers	79
S	Destroyers	78
Captain	Frigates	78
Gato	Submarines	77
Tacoma	Frigates	75
Bar	Boom Defence Vessels	74
Evarts	Destroyer Escorts	73
Bristol	Destroyers	72
Castle	Corvettes	72
Sumner	Destroyers	70
Accentor	Minesweepers	70
T	Destroyers	68
Town	Destroyers	66
A	Minesweepers	64
U	Submarines	61
Bathurst	Minesweepers	60
PCS-1376	Patrol crafts	59
S (Stalinec)	Submarines	51
Casablanca	Escort carriers	50
Crosley	High speed transports	50
Lapwing	Minesweepers	49
ELCO 77'	Motor torpedo boats	49
Patrol Craft Escort	Patrol crafts	48
Hunt (Type II)	Escort destroyers	44
V	Destroyers	44
Admiralty V & W	Destroyers	43
Abnaki	Fleet tugs	38
Tench	Submarines	35
Modified Black Swan	Sloops	34
Hunt (Type III)	Escort destroyers	33
Active	Patrol vessels	33
LSM	Medium landing ships	33
Aloe	Net tenders	32
Barnegat	Seaplane tenders	31
S-1	Submarines	30
Ailanthus	Net tenders	30
Lake	Minesweepers	29
Navajo	Fleet tugs	28
Project 7	Destroyers	28
Cleveland	Light cruisers	28
Tribal	Destroyers	27
Bay	Frigates	26
Essex	Aircraft carriers	26
L (Leninec)	Submarines	25
Hunt	Minesweepers	25
P	Submarines	25
Benson / Gleaves	Destroyers	24
Repeat Bogue	Escort carriers	24
Ashtabula	Oilers	23
Favourite	Rescue Tugs	23
Commencement Bay	Escort carriers	23
Ameer	Escort Carriers	23
R-1	Submarines	22
Rudderow	Destroyer Escorts	22
Halcyon	Minesweepers	21
Assurance	Rescue Tugs	21
Colony	Frigates	21
D	Light cruisers	21
Beachy Head	Repair Ships	21
Hunt (Type I)	Escort destroyers	20
Dance	ASW Trawlers	20
Tree	MS Trawlers	20
H	Submarines	19
Casa Grande	Dock landing ships	19
Merchantile Conversion	Escort Carriers	19
Diver	Salvage vessels	19
Gabbiano	Corvettes	19
Basset	MS Trawlers	18
Bogue	Escort carriers	18
Mahan	Destroyers	18
Project 7u	Destroyers	18
Adroit	Minesweepers	18
Baltimore	Heavy cruisers	18
Battle	Destroyers	18
Huckins 78'	Motor torpedo boats	18
Saint	Rescue Tugs	18
Bagaduce	Fleet tugs	17
O	Submarines	17
Argo	Patrol vessels	17
Novik	Destroyers	17
Redoutable	Submarines	17
N	Destroyers	16
B	Submarines	16
Cohoes	Net tenders	15
Kil	Patrol vessels	15
Admiralty Modified W	Destroyers	15
L'Adroit	Destroyers	14
Elan	Minesweepers	14
Escambia	Oilers	14
Grimsby	Sloops	13
Owasco	Cutters	13
M	Minesweepers	13
King Salvor	Salvage vessels	13
La Melpomène	Torpedo boats	13
E	Light cruisers	13
Fiji	Light cruisers	13
RD	Minesweepers	12
Bourrasque	Destroyers	12
Sims	Destroyers	12
K (Katjusa)	Submarines	12
Shakespearian	MS Trawlers	12
Moorburn	Mooring vessels	12
R	Submarines	12
Arras	Gunboats	11
L	Submarines	11
Net	Boom Defence Vessels	11
Omaha	Light cruisers	11
F	Destroyers	11
Parkgate	Barrage / Gate vessels	11
Suamico	Oilers	11
Attacker	Escort Carriers	11
Mersey	MS Trawlers	11
G	Destroyers	11
I	Destroyers	11
Dido	Light cruisers	11
Admiralty S	Destroyers	11
Robust	Tugs	10
Sargo	Submarines	10
Shenandoah	Destroyer tenders	10
ELCO 70'	Motor torpedo boats	10
Benham	Destroyers	10
Colossus	Aircraft Carriers	10
Requin	Submarines	10
Banff	Sloops	10
Q	Destroyers	10
Llewellyn	Minesweepers	10
Kingfisher	Patrol vessels	9
Independence	Light fleet carriers	9
Minotaur	Light cruisers	9
Military	ASW Trawlers	9
Eagle	Aircraft Carriers	9
Dispenser	Salvage vessels	9
Diane	Submarines	9
K	Destroyers	9
Bolster	Salvage vessels	9
Chanticleer	Submarine rescue vessels	9
Black Swan	Sloops	8
Bustler	Rescue Tugs	8
Porpoise	Submarines	8
Le Hardi	Destroyers	8
Farragut	Destroyers	8
Jan van Amstel	Minesweepers	8
Ashland	Dock landing ships	8
Patoka	Oilers	8
Bagley	Destroyers	8
Fish	ASW Trawlers	8
Admiralen	Destroyers	8
Hill	ASW Trawlers	8
Cimarron	Oilers	8
Ch	Destroyers	8
J	Destroyers	8
Co	Destroyers	8
O-1	Submarines	8
Cr	Destroyers	8
Z	Destroyers	8
Porter	Destroyers	8
Round Table	MS Trawlers	8
Bougainville	Colonial sloops	8
W	Destroyers	8
CA	Destroyers	8
Treasury	Cutters	7
Fulton	Submarine tenders	7
Kent	Heavy cruisers	7
New Orleans	Heavy cruisers	7
Brooklyn	Light cruisers	7
Spica	Torpedo boats	7
Moray Firth	Repair Ships	7
Chacal	Large destroyers	7
O 21	Submarines	7
Tambor	Submarines	6
Henrique Dias	ASW Trawlers	6
Gar	Submarines	6
La Galissonniere	Light cruisers	6
Envoy	Rescue Tugs	6
Salmon	Submarines	6
S-42	Submarines	6
Perch	Submarines	6
Guepard	Large destroyers	6
D (Dekabrist)	Submarines	6
Aigle	Large destroyers	6
Algonquin	Cutters	6
Vauquelin	Large destroyers	6
West	Tugs	6
Royal Sovereign	Battleships	6
Le Fantasque	Large destroyers	6
Abdiel	Minelayers	6
Kanawha	Oilers	6
Jaskolka	Minesweepers	6
Northampton	Heavy cruisers	6
Charles Lawrence	High speed transports	6
Kennebec	Oilers	6
Saphir	Submarines	6
Iowa	Battleships	6
Moorgate	Barrage / Gate vessels	6
C	Destroyers	6
Para	Torpedo boats	6
L'Espoire	Submarines	6
Sleipner	Destroyers	6
Agosta	Submarines	6
Carioca	Minelayers	6
Leander	Light cruisers	6
Minerve	Submarines	6
Moor	Mooring vessels	6
Anchor	Salvage vessels	6
Admiralty Leader	Destroyers	6
Havant	Destroyers	6
Trinculo	Mooring vessels	5
Brigand	Rescue Tugs	5
Dixie	Destroyer tenders	5
Folkestone	Sloops	5
A (AG)	Submarines	5
Somers	Destroyers	5
Impetus	Tugs	5
Wind	Icebreakers	5
Bellona	Light cruisers	5
London	Heavy cruisers	5
Queen Elizabeth	Battleships	5
Rollicker	Rescue Tugs	5
Pre	Boom defence vessels	5
King George V	Battleships	5
Cairo	Light cruisers	5
Prototypes	Submarine chasers	5
Ceres	Light cruisers	5
Mattaponi	Oilers	5
Argonaute	Submarines	5
Unknown class	Armed Yachts	5
Chiwawa	Oilers	5
Perla	Submarines	5
K XIV	Submarines	5
Southampton	Light cruisers	5
Kenneth Whiting	Seaplane tenders	5
Assistance	Repair Ships	5
Animoso	Torpedo boats	5
Dromedary	Tugs	5
Avenger / Charger	Escort carriers	5
Kidonia	Torpedo boats	4
Aixos	Minelayers	4
Sangamon	Escort carriers	4
Fundy	Minesweepers	4
Ardent	Gunboats	4
Arbe	Minesweepers	4
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26bis)	Heavy cruisers	4
Klondike	Destroyer tenders	4
Falmouth	Sloops	4
Vulcan	Repair ships	4
Chamois	Minesweepers	4
Director	Rescue Tugs	4
Alliance	Tugs	4
Shoreham	Sloops	4
Haida	Cutters	4
Arethusa	Light cruisers	4
24	Sloops	4
Aegir	Submarine tenders	4
Gridley	Destroyers	4
Gerard Callenburgh	Destroyers	4
Osage	Vehicle landing ships	4
Circé	Submarines	4
Caldwell	Destroyers	4
Axe	MS Trawlers	4
Atlanta	Anti-aircraft cruisers	4
Soldati (1st series)	Destroyers	4
Oakland	Anti-aircraft cruisers	4
S-4	Submarines	4
Z 5	Torpedo boats	4
P 611	Submarines	4
Currituck	Seaplane tenders	4
Proteus	Submarines	4
South Dakota	Battleships	4
Aetos	Destroyers	4
K VIII	Submarines	4
Kondouriotis	Destroyers	4
Suffren	Heavy cruisers	4
Alcyon	Torpedo boats	4
O 12	Submarines	4
Duguay-Trouin	Light cruisers	3
O 9	Submarines	3
Penguin	Submarine rescue vessels	3
Yorktown	Aircraft carriers	3
Altair	Gunboats	3
Midway	Aircraft Carriers	3
Sevastopol	Battleships	3
Douwe Aukes	Minelayers	3
Bittern	Sloops	3
Amphion	Repair ships	3
Egret	Sloops	3
Leningrad (Project 1)	Flotilla leaders	3
Minsk (Project 38)	Flotilla leaders	3
Illustrious	Aircraft Carriers	3
Barracuda	Submarines	3
P (Pravda)	Submarines	3
Acciaio	Submarines	3
Attilio Regolo	Light cruisers	3
Sirene	Submarines	3
Kaweah	Oilers	3
Goffredo Mameli	Submarines	3
Ariane	Submarines	3
Fratelli Bandiera	Submarines	3
Caledon	Light cruisers	3
Colorado	Battleships	3
New Mexico	Battleships	3
S-3	Submarines	3
Cavendish	Light cruisers	3
Soldati (2nd series)	Destroyers	3
Marcilio Dias	Destroyers	3
Giuseppe Cesare Abba	Torpedo boats	3
Alaska	Large cruisers	3
Gruno	Gunboats	3
Tupy	Submarines	3
Perth	Light cruisers	3
Giuseppe La Masa	Torpedo boats	3
Bretagne	Battleships	3
K XI	Submarines	3
Tangier	Seaplane tenders	3
Gloucester	Light cruisers	3
Prince	Armed Merchant Cruisers	3
Shakespeare	Destroyers	3
Somme	Gunboats	3
Oriani	Destroyers	3
Wilk	Submarines	3
G 13	Torpedo boats	3
Fogal 58'	Motor torpedo boats	2
Roberts	Monitors	2
Azio	Minelayers	2
Fisher 58'	Motor torpedo boats	2
Nimble	Rescue Tugs	2
Dobbin	Destroyer tenders	2
Mackerel	Submarines	2
Sonoma	Fleet tugs	2
Kirov (Project 26)	Heavy cruisers	2
Hamul	Destroyer tenders	2
Hunt (Type IV)	Escort destroyers	2
Friponne	Gunboats	2
Long Island/Archer	Escort carriers	2
Wicher	Destroyers	2
New York	Battleships	2
Luigi Settembrini	Submarines	2
Hydra	Minelayers	2
Prins van Oranje	Minelayers	2
Delta	Repair ships	2
Shark	Submarines	2
Caio Duilio	Battleships	2
Implacable	Aircraft Carriers	2
Laertes	Repair ships	2
Cachalot	Submarines	2
Dubuque	Gunboats	2
Littorio	Battleships	2
Poultry	Tugs	2
Flutto	Submarines	2
Kalev	Submarines	2
Bridgewater	Sloops	2
Renown	Battlecruisers	2
Mogador	Large destroyers	2
Burn	Tugs	2
Griffin	Submarine tenders	2
Asheville	Gunboats	2
Narwhal	Submarines	2
Erie	Gunboats	2
Emanuelle Filiberto Duca d’Aosta	Light cruisers	2
Dog	ASW Trawlers	2
Alligator	Tugs	2
Adua	Submarines	2
Catskill	Vehicle landing ships	2
Ronis	Submarines	2
Giuseppe Garibaldi	Light cruisers	2
Dorsetshire	Heavy cruisers	2
Pensacola	Heavy cruisers	2
Busy	Tugs	2
Regele Ferdinand	Destroyers	2
York	Heavy cruisers	2
Marcantonio Bragadin	Submarines	2
Wake	River gunboats	2
Nelson	Battleships	2
General Haller	Gunboats	2
Marashti	Destroyers	2
Tromp	Light cruisers	2
Foca	Submarines	2
Tordenskjold	Coastal defence ships	2
Tennessee	Battleships	2
Raven	Minesweepers	2
Portland	Heavy cruisers	2
Chicopee	Oilers	2
Eidsvold	Coastal defence ships	2
Luzon	River gunboats	2
Java	Light cruisers	2
Minas Gerais	Battleships	2
Nevada	Battleships	2
St. Louis	Light cruisers	2
Flores	Sloops	2
Prototype	Destroyers	2
Bahia	Light cruisers	2
Pennsylvania	Battleships	2
Orion	Submarines	2
Lexington	Aircraft Carriers	2
Kilkis	Coastal defence ships	2
Platino	Submarines	2
Giuseppe Sirtori	Torpedo boats	2
Curtiss	Seaplane tenders	2
Katsonis	Submarines	2
Courbet	Battleships	2
North Carolina	Battleships	2
Nairana	Escort Carriers	2
Maidstone	Submarine Depot Ships	2
Richelieu	Battleships	2
Wyoming	Battleships	2
Hecla	Destroyer Depot Ships	2
Dunkerque	Battlecruisers	2
Orsa	Torpedo boats	2
Vasilefs Georgios	Destroyers	2
Orzel	Submarines	2
Belfast	Light cruisers	2
Niki	Torpedo boats	2
Grom	Destroyers	2
Duquesne	Heavy cruisers	2
O 19	Submarines	2
Thyella	Torpedo boats	2
Courageous	Aircraft Carriers	2
Erebus	Monitors	2
Dubourdieu	Gunboats	2
Admiralty R	Destroyers	1
Wasp	Aircraft Carriers	1
Kidoniai	Torpedo boats	1
Jeanne d'Arc	Light cruisers	1
PT 5	Motor torpedo boats	1
Ranger	Aircraft carriers	1
Pluton	Light cruisers	1
Granit	Gunboats	1
Birmingham	Light cruisers	1
Vedetta	Minesweepers	1
PT 6	Motor torpedo boats	1
Emile Bertin	Light cruisers	1
Nautilus	Minelayers	1
PT 7	Motor torpedo boats	1
Rigel	Minelayers	1
Krakatau	Minelayers	1
Squalo	Submarines	1
Carlo Mirabello	Destroyers	1
Kraznyi Kavkaz	Light cruisers	1
PT 8	Motor torpedo boats	1
Luronne	Gunboats	1
Kraznyi Krim	Light cruisers	1
PT 9	Motor torpedo boats	1
Bogatyr	Light cruisers	1
Valliante	Gunboats	1
Audacity	Escort carriers	1
Glauco	Submarines	1
Chervona Ukraina	Light cruisers	1
V-4	Submarines	1
Gryf	Minelayers	1
Brin	Submarines	1
Tashkent (Project 20)	Flotilla leaders	1
Conte di Cavour	Battleships	1
Wichita	Heavy Cruisers	1
Unicorn	Aircraft Carriers	1
Jan van Brakel	Minelayers	1
Marcello	Submarines	1
Admiral	Battlecruisers	1
Willem van der Zaan	Minelayers	1
Ammiraglio Cagni	Submarines	1
Indomitable	Aircraft Carriers	1
Pro Patria	Minelayers	1
Dolphin	Submarines	1
Sacramento	Gunboats	1
Luigi Cadorna	Light cruisers	1
Argonauta	Submarines	1
L (former British)	Submarines	1
Raimondo Montecuccoli	Light cruisers	1
Sirena	Submarines	1
PC	Patrol crafts	1
Cornwallis	Sloops	1
Project 30	Destroyers	1
Mazur	Torpedo boats	1
Surcouf	Submarines	1
Giorgios Averoff	Armoured cruisers	1
Dunnet	Boom defence vessels	1
Albatre	Gunboats	1
Argus	Aircraft Carriers	1
Panay	River gunboats	1
De Ruyter	Light cruisers	1
Turbine	Destroyers	1
Sampson	Destroyers	1
Navigatori	Destroyers	1
Hermes	Aircraft Carriers	1
Maestrale	Destroyers	1
Ark Royal	Aircraft Carriers	1
Van Kinsbergen	Sloops	1
Ferraris	Submarines	1
Helli	Minelaying cruisers	1
Florida	Battleships	1
Johan Maurits van Nassau	Sloops	1
Activity	Escort Carriers	1
Humaita	Submarines	1
S-48	Submarines	1
Campania	Escort Carriers	1
Curtatone	Torpedo boats	1
Pretoria Castle	Escort Carriers	1
Ville d'Ys	Colonial sloops	1
Z 1	Torpedo boats	1
K V	Submarines	1
Béarn	Aircraft carriers	1
Bangkalan	Minelayers	1
O 16	Submarines	1
Ailette	Gunboats	1
Furious	Aircraft Carriers	1
Soemenep	Minelayers	1
Ariete	Torpedo boats	1
Suippe	Gunboats	1
O 8	Submarines	1
Type VIIC	Submarines	1
Algérie	Heavy cruisers	1
Adventure	Cruiser minelayers	1
O 7	Submarines	1
Eritrea	Sloops	1

Bombs, Torpedoes and Kamikazes (Air Combat Photo History Series)
Lambert, John W.

Books dealing with this subject include:

A Blue Water Navy, WAB Douglas, R. Sarty, M. Whitby et al., 2007
Bombs, Torpedoes and Kamikazes (Air Combat Photo History Series), Lambert, John W., 1997
British and Dominion Warships of World War II, Lenton, H.T.and Colledge, J.J., 1968
British and Empire Warships of the Second World War, Lenton, H.T., 1998
British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18, N/A, 1977
British Warships of the Second World War, Roberts, John, 2001
British Warships since 1945, Critchley, Mike, 1982
The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939-1945, Darlington, Robert and McKee, Fraser M., 1998
The Design & Construction of British Warships 1939-1945, Brown, David K., 1996
German Warships of the Second World War, Lenton, H.T., 1975
German Warships of World War I, Friedman, Norman and Gardiner, Robert, 1992
German Warships of World War II, Taylor, J.C., 1968
German Warships, 1815-1945, Gröner, Erich, 1990
Italian Warships of World War II, Fraccaroli, Aldo, 1978
Jane's World War II Warships, Ireland, Bernard, 1999

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