# List of ships of World War II (S)

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 (S) :
| Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Sackville | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 December 1941 | paid off 8 April 1946 |
| Safari | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 14 March 1942 | sank under tow 8 January 1946 |
| Saginaw Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 2 March 1944 | decommissioned 19 June 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| Saguenay | Royal Canadian Navy | A | destroyer | 1,337 | 21 May 1931 | paid up July 1945 |
| Sahib | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 13 May 1942 | sunk 24 April 1943 |
| Saint John | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 13 December 1943 | paid off 27 November 1945 |
| Saintes | Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 27 September 1946 | paid off May 1962, scrapped 1972 |
| Sakura | Imperial Japanese Navy | Matsu | destroyer | 1,262 | 25 November 1944 | sunk by mine 11 July 1945 |
| Salamaua | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 26 May 1944 | decommissioned 9 May 1946, scrapped 1947 |
| Salerno Bay | United States Navy | Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 10,900 | 19 May 1945 | scrapped October 1961 |
| Salisbury | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 5 December 1940 | to Canada September 1942, paid off 10 December 1943, scrapped 1944 |
| Salmon | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 670 | 8 March 1935 | sunk 9 July 1940 |
| Salt Lake City | United States Navy | Pensacola | heavy cruiser | 9,100 | 11 December 1929 | sunk as target 1948 |
| Salvia | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 20 September 1940 | sunk on 24 December 1941 by U-568 |
| Samphire | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 June 1941 | 30 January 1943 |
| Sampson | United States Navy | Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 19 August 1938 | scrapped 1946 |
| Samuel B. Roberts | United States Navy | Butler | destroyer escort | 1,370 | 28 April 1944 | sunk 25 October 1944 during the Battle off Samar |
| San Diego | United States Navy | Atlanta | light cruiser | 6,000 | 10 January 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| San Francisco | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 10 February 1934 | Decommissioned 10 February 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| San Giorgio | Regia Marina | San Giorgio | heavy cruiser | 10,167 | 1 July 1910 | decommissioned 22 January 1941 |
| San Jacinto | United States Navy | Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 15 November 1943 | decommissioned 1 March 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| San Juan | Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | 23 March 1938 | Discarded 1973 |
| San Juan | United States Navy | Atlanta | light cruiser | 6,000 | 28 February 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1961 |
| San Luis | Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | 23 March 1938 | Discarded 3 May 1971 |
| Sangamon | United States Navy | Sangamon | escort carrier | 24,275 | 25 August 1942 | decommissioned 24 October 1945, scrapped August 1960 |
| Santa Cruz | Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | 26 September 1938 | Discarded 1973 |
| Santa Fe | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 24 November 1942 | scrapped 1959 |
| Santee | United States Navy | Sangamon | escort carrier | 24,275 | 24 August 1942 | decommissioned 21 October 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| São Paulo | Brazilian Navy | Minas Geraes | battleship | 19,200 | 12 July 1910 | Sold 1951 |
| Saracen | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 27 June 1942 | sunk 14 August 1943 |
| Saratoga | United States Navy | Lexington | aircraft carrier | 33,000 | 16 November 1927 | sunk as a target 1946 |
| Sargent Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 9 March 1944 | decommissioned 23 June 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| Saskatoon | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 9 June 1941 | paid off 25 June 1945 |
| Satterlee | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 July 1943 | Decommissioned 16 March 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Satyr | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 8 February 1943 | to French Navy February 1952 |
| Saumarez | Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 1 July 1943 | scrapped 1950 |
| Sava | Royal Yugoslav Navy | Temes | river monitor | 440 | 15 April 1920 | paid off 1962 |
| Savage | Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 8 June 1943 | scrapped 1962 |
| Savannah | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,475 | 10 March 1938 | scrapped 1966 |
| Savo Island | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 3 February 1944 | decommissioned 12 December 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| Saxifrage | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 February 1942 | |
| Sceptre | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | April 1943 | paid off February 1947 |
| Scharnhorst | Kriegsmarine | Scharnhorst | battleship | 32,000 | 7 January 1939 | sunk 26 December 1943 |
| Schlesien | Kriegsmarine | Deutschland | battleship | 14,218 | 5 May 1908 | blown up 4 May 1945 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Kriegsmarine | Deutschland | battleship | 14,218 | 6 July 1908 | scrapped after 1946 |
| Shubrick | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 7 February 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Scipione Africano | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) | 3,750 | September 1942 | to France as war reparations 1947; struck 1961; scrapped 1979 |
| Scorpion | Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 May 1943 | paid off 16 August 1945 |
| Scourge | Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 July 1943 | to Netherlands 1 February 1946 |
| Scylla | Royal Navy | Dido | anti-aircraft cruiser | 5,600 | 12 June 1942 | declared constructive total loss 23 June 1944, scrapped May 1950 |
| Sea Cliff | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 26 September 1944 | paid off 28 November 1945 |
| Seadog | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 24 September 1942 | paid off 24 December 1947 |
| Sealion | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 670 | 16 March 1934 | scuttled 13 March 1945 |
| Sea Nymph | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 3 November 1942 | paid off 1945; scrapped 1948 |
| Searcher | Royal Navy | Ruler | escort carrier | 14,400 | 3 April 1943 | paid off 1945; sold 1952; scrapped April 1976 |
| Sea Rover | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 7 July 1943 | paid off October 1949 |
| Seawolf | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 670 | 12 March 1936 | scrapped 1946 |
| Seeadler | Kriegsmarine | Raubvogel | torpedo boat | 1,290 | 1 May 1927 | sunk 13 May 1942 |
| Selfridge | United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 25 November 1936 | scrapped 1947 |
| Semmes | United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,250 | 21 February 1920 | scrapped 25 November 1946 |
| Sendai | Imperial Japanese Navy | Sendai | light cruiser | 5,195 | 29 April 1924 | sunk 2 November 1943 |
| Seraph | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 27 June 1942 | paid off 25 October 1962 |
| Serapis | Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 1943 | to Netherlands in October 1943 as Piet Hein; broken up 1962 |
| Serrano | Chilean Navy | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | 1928 | 1962 |
| Seydlitz | Kriegsmarine | Enlarged Admiral Hipper | heavy cruiser | 14,680 | not completed | became Weser (Germany) |
| Sęp | Polish Navy | Orzeł | submarine | 1,100 | 16 April 1939 | decommissioned 15 September 1969 |
| Shah | Royal Navy | Ruler | escort carrier | 11,400 | 27 September 1943 | paid off 7 February 1946 |
| Shakespeare | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 10 July 1942 | paid off 14 July 1946 |
| Shamrock Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 15 March 1944 | decommissioned 6 July 1946, scrapped 1958 |
| Shangri-La | United States Navy | Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 15 September 1944 | decommissioned 30 July 1971, scrapped 1988 |
| Shark | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 670 | 31 December 1934 | sunk 6 July 1940 |
| Shaw | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 18 September 1936 | scrapped 1946 |
| Shawinigan | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 September 1941 | sunk 25 November 1944 |
| Shediac | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 8 July 1941 | paid off 28 August 1945 |
| Sherbrooke | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 5 June 1941 | paid off 28 June 1945 |
| Shillong | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
| Shinano | Imperial Japanese Navy | | aircraft carrier | 64,800 | 19 November 1944 | sunk 29 November 1944 |
| Shin'yō | Imperial Japanese Navy | | aircraft carrier | 17,500 | 15 November 1943 | sunk 17 November 1944 |
| Shipley Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 21 March 1944 | decommissioned 28 June 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| Shōhō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Zuihō | aircraft carrier | 11,260 | 30 November 1941 | sunk 8 May 1942 |
| Shōkaku | Imperial Japanese Navy | Shōkaku | aircraft carrier | 25,675 | 8 August 1941 | sunk 19 June 1944 |
| Siboney | United States Navy | Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 10,900 | 14 May 1945 | scrapped 1971 |
| Sibyl | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 16 August 1942 | scrapped 1948 |
| Sickle | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 1 December 1942 | likely sunk June 1944 |
| Sikh | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 12 October 1938 | sunk 17 January 1941 |
| Simoom | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 30 December 1942 | sunk November 1943 |
| Sims | United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 1 August 1939 | sunk 7 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea |
| Sioux | Royal Canadian Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 September 1943 | paid off 30 October 1963 |
| Sirdar | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 20 September 1943 | scrapped 1965 |
| Sirène | French Navy | Sirène | submarine | 599 | 12 March 1927 | Scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Sitkoh Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 28 March 1944 | decommissioned 27 July 1954, scrapped 1960 |
| Skagerak | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer | 1,281 | 1940 | former Norwegian merchant ship Skagerrak I; sunk 20 January 1944 by Bristol Beaufighters of No. 489 Squadron RNZAF |
| Skeena | Royal Canadian Navy | A | destroyer | 1,350 | 10 June 1931 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Ślązak | Polish Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 9 May 1942 | paid off 28 September 1946. |
| Slinger | Royal Navy | Ruler | escort carrier | 8,333 | 11 August 1943 | paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1969/70 |
| Sluys | Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 30 September 1946 | paid off 1953 |
| Smilax | Royal Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 21 June 1943 | paid off 9 October 1945 |
| Smiths Falls | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 28 November 1944 | 8 July 1945 |
| Smiter | Royal Navy | Ruler | escort carrier | 7,800 | 20 January 1944 | paid off 6 May 1946, scrapped 1967 |
| Smith | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 19 September 1936 | scrapped 1946 |
| Snapper | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 670 | 25 October 1934 | sunk February 1941 |
| Snowberry | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 November 1940 | paid off 8 June 1945 |
| Snowdrop | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 July 1941 | sold May 1947; scrapped September 1949 |
| Snowflake | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 2 November 1941 | Sold 1947, converted to weather ship; scrapped May 1962 |
| Soemba | Royal Netherlands Navy | Flores | gunboat | 1,457 | 12 April 1926 | scrapped June/July 1985 |
| Soerabaja | Royal Netherlands Navy Imperial Japanese Navy | De Zeven Provinciën | coastal defence ship | 6,530 | 6 October 1910 | Sunk 18 February 1942, salvaged in 1942 by Imperial Japanese Navy and used as a battery ship, sunk in 1943 by Allied aircraft |
| Solebay | Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 25 September 1945 | paid off April 1962, scrapped 1967 |
| Sollum | Egypt | Anchusa | sloop | 1,290 | 1920 | |
| Solomons | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 21 November 1943 | decommissioned 15 May 1946, scrapped 1947 |
| Somali | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 12 December 1938 | sunk 24 September 1942 |
| Somali | Free French Naval Forces | Cannon | destroyer | 1,240 | 9 April 1944 | Disarmed 1956, used as an experimental vessel |
| Somers | United States Navy | Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 1 December 1937 | scrapped 1947 |
| Sorel | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 August 1941 | paid off 22 June 1945 |
| Sōryū | Imperial Japanese Navy | | aircraft carrier | 15,900 | 29 January 1937 | sunk 4 June 1942 |
| South Dakota | United States Navy | South Dakota | battleship | 35,000 | 20 March 1942 | decommissioned 31 January 1947, scrapped 1962 |
| Southampton | Royal Navy | Southampton | light cruiser | 9,100 | 6 March 1937 | bombed and scuttled 11 January 1941 |
| Southdown | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 8 November 1940 | paid off 1946, scrapped 1956 |
| Southwold | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 9 October 1941 | sunk 24 March 1942 |
| Speaker | Royal Navy | Ruler | escort carrier | 8,333 | 20 November 1943 | paid off 25 September 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Spearfish | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 670 | 11 December 1936 | sunk 1 August 1940 |
| Spetsai | Hellenic Navy | Kountouriotis | destroyer | 1,350 | 1933 | decommissioned 1946 |
| Spikenard | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 December 1940 | to Canada 15 May 1941, sunk on 11 February 1942 by U-136 |
| Spiraea | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 27 February 1941 | Sold to Greece as Thessaloniki. August 1945 |
| Spiteful | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 6 October 1943 | scrapped 1963 |
| Splendid | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 8 August 1942 | scuttled 21 April 1943 |
| Sportsman | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 814 | 21 December 1942 | to the French Navy on 8 July 1952 |
| Springbank | Royal Navy | Pegasus | fighter catapult ship | 5,155 | 1940 | sunk 27 September 1941 |
| Springfield | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 10,160 | 9 September 1944 | converted to Providence-class guided missile cruiser 1960, decommissioned 1974, scrapped 1980 |
| Springhill | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 21 March 1944 | paid off 1 December 1945 |
| Sri Ayudhya | Royal Thai Navy | Thonburi | coastal defence ship | 2,350 | 19 July 1938 | sunk 1 July 1951 |
| St Albans | Royal Navy Royal Norwegian Navy Soviet Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 23 September 1940 | to Norway 14 April 1941, to USSR 16 July 1944, scrapped 1949 |
| St. Catharines | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 31 July 1943 | paid off 14 December 1945 |
| St. Clair | Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 1946 |
| St. Croix | Royal Canadian Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | sunk 22 September 1943 |
| St. Francis | Royal Canadian Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,216 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 1945, sank under tow July 1945 |
| St. Kitts | Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 21 January 1946 | paid off 1957, scrapped February 1962 |
| St. Lambert | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 27 May 1944 | 20 July 1945 |
| St. Laurent | Royal Canadian Navy | C | destroyer | 1,375 | 17 February 1937 | paid off 10 October 1945 |
| St. Lo | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 23 October 1943 | ex-Midway; lost in action 25 October 1944 |
| St. Louis | United States Navy | St. Louis | light cruiser | 10,000 | 19 May 1939 | to Brazil as Tamandare 1951, sunk under tow 1980 |
| Saint Paul | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 17,200 | 17 February 1945 | decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1980 |
| St. Pierre | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 28 August 1944 | paid off 22 November 1945 |
| St. Stephen | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 28 July 1944 | paid off 30 January 1946 |
| Stack | United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 20 November 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
| Stalker | Royal Navy | Attacker | escort carrier | 14,400 | 21 December 1942 | paid off 29 December 1945, sold into merchant service as Riouw |
| Starwort | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 May 1941 | |
| Statice | Royal Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 20 September 1943 | paid off May 1947 |
| Ste. Therese | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 28 May 1944 | paid off 30 January 1967 |
| Steamer Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 4 April 1944 | decommissioned January 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Stellarton | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 29 September 1944 | 1 July 1945 |
| Stembel | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 16 July 1943 | loaned to Argentina as Rosales 1961, scrapped 1982 |
| Sterett | United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 15 August 1939 | scrapped 1947 |
| Sterlet | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 670 | 6 April 1938 | sunk 18 April 1940 |
| Stettler | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 7 May 1944 | paid off 31 August 1966 |
| Stevenson | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1970 |
| Stevenstone | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 18 March 1943 | Scrapped in 1959 |
| Stewart | United States Navy Imperial Japanese Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 15 September 1920 | scuttled 2 March 1942, raised by IJN and recommissioned September 1943 |
| Stier | Kriegsmarine | | auxiliary cruiser | 11,000 | 25 November 1939 | sunk 27 September 1942 |
| Stockton | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 11 January 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
| Stone Town | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 21 July 1944 | paid off 13 November 1945 |
| Stonecrop | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 July 1941 | sold into merchant service May 1947 |
| Stord | Royal Norwegian Navy | S | destroyer | 2,400 | 29 September 1943 | scrapped 1959 |
| Strathadam | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 29 September 1944 | paid off 7 November 1945 |
| Strathroy | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 20 November 1944 | 12 July 1945 |
| Strasbourg | French Navy | Dunkerque | battleship | 26,500 | February 1939 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Stockton | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 11 January 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
| Stord | Royal Norwegian Navy | S | destroyer | 2,400 | 29 September 1943 | scrapped 1959 |
| Stormont | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 27 November 1943 | paid off 9 November 1945 |
| Striker | Royal Navy | Attacker | escort carrier | 10,000 | 29 April 1943 | paid off 12 February 1946, scrapped 1948 |
| Strule | Royal Navy Free French Naval Forces | River | frigate | 1,370 | | to Free French 25 September 1944 as Croix de Lorraine; decommissioned 1961 |
| Sudbury | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 15 October 1941 | paid off 28 August 1945 |
| Suffren | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | Suffren | heavy cruiser | 9,940 | 1 January 1930 | scrapped 1974 |
| The Sullivans | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 4 April 1943 | museum ship |
| Sumatra | Royal Netherlands Navy | Java | light cruiser | 6,670 | 26 May 1926 | scuttled off the coast of Normandy on 9 June 1944 at Ouistreham as part of a "gooseberry" pier to protect an artificial Allied Mulberry harbour built as part of Operation Overlord. |
| Summerside | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 11 September 1941 | paid off 6 July 1945 |
| Sundew | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 September 1941 | to Free French as Roselys; scrapped 1948 |
| Sunfish | Royal Navy | S | submarine | 670 | 2 July 1937 | sunk 27 July 1944 |
| Sunflower | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 25 January 1941 | Scrapped September 1947 |
| Sussexvale | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 29 November 1944 | paid off 30 November 1966 |
| Sutlej | Royal Indian Navy | Black Swan | Sloop | 1,250 | 23 April 1941 | to Indian Navy as INS Sutlej 1947; converted to survey ship 1955; decommissioned 1978; scrapped 1979 |
| Suwannee | United States Navy | Sangamon | escort carrier | 24,275 | 24 September 1942 | decommissioned 8 January 1947; scrapped 1960 |
| Suzuya | Imperial Japanese Navy | Mogami | heavy cruiser | 15,900 | October 1937 | sunk 25 October 1944 during the Battle off Samar |
| Svenner | Royal Norwegian Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 March 1944 | sunk 6 June 1944 |
| Sverige | Swedish Navy | Sverige | coastal defence ship | 6,852 | 14 May 1917 | paid off 30 January 1953, scrapped 1958 |
| Swale | Royal Navy South African Navy | Loch | frigate | 1,370 | | to South Africa 29 July 1945; scrapped February 1955 |
| Swansea | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 4 October 1943 | paid off 14 October 1966 |
| Swanson | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 29 May 1941 | decommissioned 1945, scrapped 1972 |
| Sweetbriar | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 8 September 1941 | Sold July 1946; whale catcher Star IX June 1949; scrapped April 1966 |
| Swift | Royal Navy | S | destroyer | 1,710 | 12 December 1943 | sunk by mine 24 June 1944 |
| Sydney | Royal Australian Navy | modified Leander | light cruiser | 6,980 | 24 September 1935 | lost 19 November 1941 |