# List of ships of World War II (V)

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 (V) :
| Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| V7 | Romanian Naval Forces | V7 | river gunboat | | 1943 | Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 37 mm AA cannon and four machine guns, to Soviet Union September 1944 |
| V8 | Romanian Naval Forces | V7 | river gunboat | | 1943 | Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 37 mm AA cannon and four machine guns, fate unknown |
| V12 | Romanian Naval Forces | Project 1125 | river gunboat | | 1943 | Damaged captured Soviet warship, rebuilt at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 76 mm gun in a standard T-34 turret and up to 5 machine guns, to Soviet Union September 1944 |
| Väinämöinen | Finnish Navy | Väinämöinen | coastal defence ship | 3,900 | 29 April 1932 | To Soviet Union 29 May 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| Valiant | Royal Navy | Queen Elizabeth | battleship | 31,000 | 13 January 1916 | Scrapped 1950 |
| Valleyfield | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 7 December 1943 | Paid off 7 May 1944 |
| Van Galen (I) | Royal Netherlands Navy | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,680 | 20 February 1929 | Sunk 10 May 1940 |
| Van Galen (II) | Royal Netherlands Navy | N | destroyer | 1,801 | 20 February 1942 | Struck October 1956 |
| Van Ghent | Royal Netherlands Navy | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,680 | 31 May 1928 | Ran aground and was scuttled 15 February 1942 |
| Van Kinsbergen | Royal Netherlands Navy | Van Kinsbergen | sloop | 1,760 | 24 August 1939 | Decommissioned 29 May 1959, sold for scrap 19 February 1974 |
| Van Nes | Royal Netherlands Navy | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,337 | 12 March 1931 | Sunk 17 February 1942 |
| Vancouver | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 20 March 1942 | Paid off 26 June 1945 |
| Vântul | Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30 | 1943 | |
| Vardar | Royal Yugoslav Navy | Sava | river monitor | 580 | 15 April 1920 | Scuttled 11 April 1941 |
| Vârtejul | Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30 | 1944 | |
| Vasilefs Georgios | Hellenic Navy Kriegsmarine | G | destroyer | 1,350 | 15 February 1939 | Captured, became ZG3 Hermes (Germany) 21 March 1942, scuttled 7 May 1943 |
| Vasilissa Olga | Hellenic Navy | G | destroyer | 1,350 | February 1939 | Sunk 26 September 1943 |
| Vedenia | Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30 | 1943 |
| Veinticinco de Mayo | Argentine Navy | Veinticinco de Mayo | heavy cruiser | 6,800 | 18 July 1931 | Scrapped 1962 |
| Vella Gulf | United States Navy | Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 10,900 | 9 April 1945 | Scrapped 1971 |
| Venerable | Royal Navy | Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 17 January 1945 | Paid off April 1947 |
| Vengeance | Royal Navy | Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 15 January 1945 | Paid off 1952 |
| Venus | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 28 August 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| Verbena | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 December 1940 | |
| Veronica | Royal Navy United States Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 18 February 1941 | To USA as Temptress 16 February 1942, to UK 26 August 1945 |
| Verulam | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 10 December 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| Vervain | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 9 June 1941 | 20 February 1945 |
| Vetch | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 11 August 1941 | |
| Vicksburg | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 12 June 1944 | Scrapped 1964 |
| Victoriaville | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 11 November 1944 | Paid off 31 December 1973 |
| Victorious | Royal Navy | Illustrious | aircraft carrier | 23,000 | 29 May 1941 | Scrapped 1969 |
| Videla | Chilean Navy | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | | Discarded 1960 |
| Viforul | Romanian Naval Forces | Vosper | motor torpedo boat | 32 | 1940 | Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, sunk by Soviet mines in November 1941 |
| Viforul | Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30 | 1944 | |
| Vigilant | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 22 December 1942 | Paid off 1963, Scrapped 6 June 1965 |
| Vijelia | Romanian Naval Forces | Vosper | motor torpedo boat | 32 | 1940 | Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, sunk by Soviet mines in November 1941 |
| Vijelia | Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30 | 1943 | |
| Ville de Quebec | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 24 May 1942 | Paid off 6 July 1945 |
| Vincennes (CA-44) | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,400 | 24 February 1937 | Sunk 9 August 1942 |
| Vincennes (CL-64) | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 21 January 1944 | Sunk as target 1966 |
| Vindex | Royal Navy | Nairana | escort carrier | 13,671 | 3 December 1943 | Paid off 1947, scrapped August 1971 |
| Vindictive | Royal Navy | Hawkins | repair ship | 9,394 | 1 October 1918 | Former seaplane carrier and cruiser, paid off 8 September 1945 |
| Violet | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 3 February 1941 | 10 February 1946 |
| Virago | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 5 November 1943 | Scrapped 1965 |
| Viscolul | Romanian Naval Forces | Vosper | motor torpedo boat | 32 | 1940 | Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, to Soviet Union September 1944 |
| Vittorio Veneto | Regia Marina | Littorio | battleship | 41,000 | 28 April 1940 | Scrapped 1948 |
| Voroshilov | Soviet Navy | Kirov | heavy cruiser | 7,880 | 20 June 1940 | Scrapped 1960s |
| Volage | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | 26 May 1944 | Scrapped 1977 |
| Vulcanul | Romanian Naval Forces | Vedenia | motor torpedo boat | 30 | 1944 | |