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  2. List of ships of World War II - Wikipedia

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    This 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.

  3. List of battleships of World War II - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of ship launches in 1939 - Wikipedia

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    Passenger ship: For Shaw Savill Line. [24] 3 August United Kingdom: William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow: Saint Bernard: Cargo ship: For The Saint Line Ltd. [25] 5 August Norway: Nylands Verksted: Oslo: Otra: Otra-class minesweeper For Royal Norwegian Navy: 15 August United Kingdom: Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock: Clan MacDonald: Cargo ...

  5. Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II emergency shipyard located along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. The shipyard built nearly 600 Liberty and Victory ships between 1941 and 1945 under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. [1] It was closed after the war ended.

  6. List of ship classes of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The List of ship classes of World War II is an alphabetical list of all ship classes that served in World War II.Only actual classes are included as opposed to unique ships (which are still included if they were the only one of a class to be built, for example, HMS Hood was the first of the four planned Admiral-class battlecruisers, but the other three were cancelled).

  7. List of ships of World War II (W) - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Headquarters ship - Wikipedia

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    The first such recognised ship was HMS Bulolo. [1] During the Second World War, four Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) (or LSH(L)s) were commissioned into the Royal Navy. HMS Bulolo - formerly the MV Bulolo requisitioned from Burns Philps. Served as the LSH for Gold during the Normandy Landings.

  9. Japanese destroyer Akizuki (1941) - Wikipedia

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    The Akizuki-class ships were originally designed as anti-aircraft escorts for carrier battle groups, but were modified with torpedo tubes and depth charges to meet the need for more general-purpose destroyers. The ships measured 134.2 meters (440 ft 3 in) overall, with beams of 11.6 meters (38 ft 1 in) and drafts of 4.15 meters (13 ft 7 in). [1]