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	Royal Navy	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	Royal Navy	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	United States Navy	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	United States Navy	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	Royal Navy	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

^ "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.
^ NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Explorer
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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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[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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