List of ships of World War II (X)

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.

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List of ships of World War II (X)

Ship	Country or organization	Class	Type	Displacement (tons)	First commissioned	Fate
X2	Royal Navy	Archimede	submarine	1,230	19 March 1934	Former Italian Galileo Galilei, captured by RN on 18 June 1940; paid off January 1946
X3		X	submarine	30	1942	paid off 1945
X4		X	submarine	30	1942	paid off 1945
X5		X	submarine	30	1943	sunk 22 September 1943
X6		X	submarine	30	1943	scuttled 22 September 1943
X7		X	submarine	30	1943	scuttled 22 September 1943
X8		X	submarine	30	1943	scuttled 17 September 1943
X9		X	submarine	30	1943	foundered under tow 16 September 1943
X10		X	submarine	30	1943	scuttled 3 October 1943
X20		X	submarine	30	1944	paid off
X21		X	submarine	30	1944
X22		X	submarine	30	1944	sank in training 7 February 1944
X23		X	submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945
X24		X	submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945
X25		X	submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945
Xanthus	United States Navy	Xanthus	repair ship	5,801	9 May 1945	built as repair ship, armed and served in various capacities; decommissioned 1946
XE1	Royal Navy	XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1945
XE2		XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1945
XE3		XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1945
XE4		XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1945
XE5		XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1945
XE6		XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1945
XE7		XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1952
XE8		XE	submarine	33	1944	sunk as target 1952, recovered 1973; museum ship
XE9		XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1952
XE10		XE	submarine	33		cancelled incomplete 1945
XE11		XE	submarine	33	1944	lost 6 March 1945
XE12		XE	submarine	33	1944	paid off 1952
Xenia	United States Navy	Artemis	attack cargo ship	4,087	28 July 1945	armed combat transport, decommissioned 1962
XT1	Royal Navy	XT	training submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945
XT2		XT	training submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945
XT3		XT	training submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945
XT4		XT	training submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945
XT5		XT	training submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945
XT6		XT	training submarine	30	1944	paid off 1945

References

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