# List of ships of World War II (N)

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 (N) :
| Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Nabob | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Ruler | escort carrier | 11,400 | 7 September 1943 | Crewed by RCN, paid off 10 October 1944, scrapped December 1977 |
| Nachi | Imperial Japanese Navy | Myōkō | heavy cruiser | 13,380 | | sunk 5 November 1944 |
| Nagara | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | | lost 7 August 1944 |
| Nagato | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagato | dreadnought | 42,850 | 25 November 1920 | sunk as target 29 July 1946 |
| Nagpur | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
| Nairana | Royal Navy | Nairana | escort carrier | 14,280 | 12 December 1943 | to Netherlands 23 March 1946, scrapped 1971 |
| Najaden | Royal Danish Navy | Najaden | torpedo boat | 782 | 1947 | |
| Naka | Imperial Japanese Navy | Sendai | light cruiser | 7,100 | 1925 | sunk 17 February 1944 |
| Nanaimo | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 April 1941 | paid off 28 September 1945 |
| Napanee | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 12 May 1941 | paid off 12 July 1945 |
| Napier | Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 28 November 1940 | 25 October 1945 |
| Narbada | Royal Indian Navy | Black Swan | sloop | 1,250 | | Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Jhelum |
| Narcissus | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 17 July 1941 | |
| Nashville | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,475 | 6 June 1938 | sold to Chile 1951 (Capitan Prat) |
| Nasik | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
| Nassau | United States Navy | Bogue | escort carrier | 11,400 | 20 August 1942 | decommissioned 28 October 1946, scrapped June 1961 |
| Nasturtium | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 September 1940 | |
| Natal | South African Navy | Loch | frigate | 1,435 | 9 March 1945 | Decommissioned 1 September 1965 |
| Natoma Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 14 October 1943 | decommissioned 20 May 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| Natori | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | | lost 18 August 1944 |
| Natsuzuki | Imperial Japanese Navy | Akizuki | destroyer | 2,700 | 8 April 1945 | scrapped after the war |
| Nehenta Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 3 January 1944 | decommissioned 15 May 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| Nelson | Royal Navy | Nelson | battleship | 34,000 | 10 September 1927 | decommissioned February 1948, scrapped March 1949 |
| Nelson | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 26 November 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| Nene | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 8 April 1943 | to Canada 4 June 1944, paid off 11 June 1945 |
| Nepal | Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 29 May 1942 | paid off 22 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955 |
| Neptune | Royal Navy | Leander | light cruiser | 7,000 | 23 February 1934 | lost 19 December 1941 |
| Nestor | Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 12 February 1941 | scuttled 15 June 1942 |
| Nevada | United States Navy | Nevada | battleship | 29,000 | 11 March 1916 | decommissioned 29 July 1946; sunk as a target 31 July 1948 |
| New Glasgow | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 22 December 1943 | paid off 30 January 1967 |
| New Jersey | United States Navy | Iowa | battleship | 57,271 | 23 May 1943 | decommissioned 1991. museum ship |
| New Mexico | United States Navy | New Mexico | battleship | 33,000 | 20 May 1918 | Scrapped November 1947 |
| New Orleans | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 12 April 1933 | Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| New Waterford | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 21 January 1944 | paid off 2 December 1966 |
| New Westminster | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 31 January 1942 | paid off 21 June 1945 |
| New York | United States Navy | New York | battleship | 27,000 | 15 April 1914 | decommissioned 29 August 1946, sunk as target 8 July 1948 |
| Newark | Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 26 November 1940 | scrapped February 1947 |
| Newfoundland | Royal Navy | Fiji | light cruiser | 8,800 | 21 January 1943 | sold to Peru 1959, renamed Almirante Grau |
| Newmarket | Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 26 November 1940 | scrapped September 1945 |
| Newport | Royal Norwegian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | March 1942 | June 1942, returned to RN |
| Niagara | Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 September 1940 | paid off 27 May 1946 |
| Niblack | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 August 1940 | Sold 16 August 1973 and broken up for scrap |
| Nicholson | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 3 June 1941 | to Italy 1951, sunk as target 1975 |
| Niedersachsen | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer | 1,794 | 20 December 1943 | former French transport Guyane, sunk by HMS Upstart 15 February 1944 |
| Nields | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 15 January 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Niels Juel | Royal Danish Navy | Niels Juel | coastal defence ship | 3,400 | 23 May 1923 | beached 29 August 1943, captured by Germany, sunk 3 May 1945 |
| Nigella | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 25 February 1941 | |
| Nigeria | Royal Navy | Fiji | light cruiser | 8,000 | 23 September 1940 | sold to India 29 August 1957, renamed Mysore |
| Ning Hai | Republic of China Navy | | light cruiser | 2,200 | | became Ioshima (Japan) |
| Niobe | Kriegsmarine | Holland | anti-aircraft cruiser | 4,100 | 1 March 1941 | former Dutch cruiser Gelderland, sunk Kotka 16 July 1944 |
| Nizam | Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 19 December 1940 | paid off 17 October 1945, sold for scrap 1955 |
| Noordbrabant | Royal Netherlands Navy | Holland | cruiser | 4,033 | 1 March 1900 | Scuttled 17 May 1940 |
| Nootka | Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 1,927 | 9 August 1946 | built and launched during the war, paid off 6 February 1964 |
| Norge | Royal Norwegian Navy | Eidsvold | coastal defence ship | 4,230 | 7 February 1901 | sunk 9 April 1940 |
| Norman | Royal Australian Navy | N | destroyer | 1,773 | 29 September 1941 | paid off October 1945, sold for scrap 1958 |
| North Carolina | United States Navy | North Carolina | battleship | 35,000 | 9 April 1941 | decommissioned 27 June 1947, museum ship |
| Northampton | United States Navy | Northampton | heavy cruiser | 9,050 | 17 May 1930 | lost 1 December 1942 |
| Noshiro | Imperial Japanese Navy | Agano | light cruiser | 6,650 | | Sunk 26 October 1944 |
| Norsyd | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 22 December 1943 | 25 June 1945 |
| North Bay | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 25 October 1943 | 5 June 1945 |
| Nubian | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 6 December 1938 | scrapped 1949 |
| Nürnberg | Kriegsmarine | | light cruiser | 6,980 | 2 November 1935 | transferred to Soviet Union as Admiral Makarov, scrapped 1960 |
| Nymfen | Royal Danish Navy | Najaden | torpedo boat | 782 | 1947 | |
| Nymphe | Kriegsmarine | Tordenskjold | coastal defence ship | 3,858 | 21 March 1898 | former Tordenskjold, captured by Germany 9 April 1940, scrapped 1948 |