List of ships of World War II (E)

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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List of ships of World War II (E)
Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Eagle  Royal Navy aircraft carrier 22,600 26 February 1924 sunk 11 August 1942
Earle  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 1 September 1942 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1970
Eastview  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 3 June 1944 paid off 17 January 1946
Eberle  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 4 December 1940 Transferred to Greece, 22 January 1951, scrapped 1972
Echo  Royal Navy
 Hellenic Navy
E destroyer 1,405 22 October 1934 to Greece as Navarion 5 April 1944, scrapped April 1956
Edgehill  Royal Navy Special Service Ship 4,702 sunk 29 June 1940
Edinburgh Town light cruiser 11,500 6 July 1939 lost 2 May 1942
Edison  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 31 January 1941 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966
Edmundston  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 21 October 1941 paid off 16 June 1945
Edwards  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 18 September 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Effingham  Royal Navy Hawkins heavy cruiser 9,750 2 July 1925 wrecked 18 May 1940
Eggesford Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 21 January 1943 paid off 1946
Eglantine  Royal Norwegian Navy Flower corvette 925 29 August 1941 scrapped June 1969
Eglinton  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 28 August 1940 paid off 1945, scrapped 1956
Eidsvold  Royal Norwegian Navy Eidsvold coastal defence ship 4,233 1 March 1901 sunk 9 April 1940
El Amir Farouq  Egyptian Navy patrol vessel 1,441 1936 sunk 22 October 1948
El Dorado  United States Navy Mount McKinley amphibious command ship 7,350 25 August 1944 Decommissioned 8 November 1972, scrapped 1976
Ellet Benham destroyer 1,500 17 February 1939 scrapped 1947
Elli  Hellenic Navy Chao Ho protected cruiser 2,115 November 1913 sunk 15 August 1940
Ellyson  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 28 November 1941 to Japan 1954, scrapped 1970
Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta  Regia Marina Duca d'Aosta light cruiser 8,450 13 July 1935 ceded to USSR 1949, renamed Kerch, scrapped in 1960s
Emden  Kriegsmarine light cruiser 5,600 October 1925 scuttled 3 May 1945
Emerald  Royal Navy Emerald light cruiser 7,580 14 January 1926 scrapped July 1948
Émile Bertin  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces
light cruiser 5,886 28 January 1935 scrapped 1959
Emmons  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 5 December 1941 sunk 6 April 1945
Emperor  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 11,400 6 August 1943 paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946
Empire Activity Empire merchant aircraft carrier 14,250 29 September 1942 20 October 1945
Empire Audacity Empire merchant aircraft carrier 11,000 20 June 1941 Sunk 21 December 1941
Empire MacAlpine Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 14 April 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryname
Empire MacAndrew Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 7 July 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryheen
Empire MacCabe Empire merchant aircraft carrier 9,000 November 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Escort
Empire MacCallum Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 22 December 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Alpha Zambesi
Empire MacColl Empire merchant aircraft carrier 9,000 November 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Pilot
Empire MacDermott Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 31 March 1944 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed La Cumbre
Empire MacKay Empire merchant aircraft carrier 9,000 5 October 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Swordfish
Empire MacKendrick Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 December 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Granpond
Empire MacMahon Empire merchant aircraft carrier 9,000 December 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed Naninia
Empire MacRae Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 20 September 1943 Returned to merchant service 1947, renamed Alpha Zambesi
Empress Ruler escort carrier 7,800 9 August 1943 paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946
Endicott  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 25 February 1943 decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1970
England Buckley destroyer escort 1,400 10 December 1943 sold and broken up, 26 November 1946
Enterprise  Royal Navy Emerald light cruiser 7,580 7 April 1926 scrapped April 1946
Enterprise  United States Navy Yorktown aircraft carrier 25,100 12 May 1938 decommissioned 1947,scrapped 1959
Entre Rios  Argentine Navy Buenos Aires destroyer 1,375
Erebus  Royal Navy Erebus monitor 8,000 2 September 1916 Scrapped July 1946
Erica Flower corvette 925 9 August 1940 sunk 9 February 1943
Ericsson  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 13 March 1941 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1970
Eridge  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 28 February 1941 scrapped 1946
Eritrea  Regia Marina sloop 2,200 1937 ceded to France 1948, renamed Francis Garnier, expended as target 1966
Eskdale  Royal Norwegian Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 31 July 1942 sunk 14 April 1943
Eskimo  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 30 December 1938 scrapped 1949
Essex  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 31 December 1942 decommissioned 30 June 1969, scrapped 1975
Ettrick  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
River frigate 1,445 11 July 1943 to Canada 29 January 1944, paid off 30 May 1945
Eugenio di Savoia  Regia Marina Duca d'Aosta light cruiser 8,750 16 January 1936 ceded to Greece 1950, renamed Elli, scrapped 1973
Evertsen  Netherlands Admiralen destroyer 1,337 12 April 1928 Destroyed, 1 March 1942
Exeter  Royal Navy York heavy cruiser 8,390 23 July 1931 sunk 1 March 1942
Exmoor (I) Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 18 October 1940 sunk by E-boat S-30, 25 February 1941
Exmoor (II) Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 18 October 1941 November 1945
Explorer United States Coast and Geodetic Survey survey ship 1,800 Spring 1940 decommissioned 1968[5][6][7][8]
Express  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
E destroyer 1,405 29 May 1934 Transferred to RCN June 1943 as Gatineau, paid off 1955
Eyebright  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
Flower corvette 925 26 November 1940 to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 17 June 1945

References

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  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. ^ NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Explorer
  6. ^ Annual Report of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1942, p. 71, at noaa.gov NOAA Central Library: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual Reports
  7. ^ Annual Report of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1943, p. 7, at noaa.gov NOAA Central Library: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual Reports
  8. ^ Annual Report of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1945, p. 10, at noaa.gov NOAA Central Library: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual Reports

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