# List of ships of World War II (M)

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 (M) :
| Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Macdonough | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 15 March 1935 | scrapped 1947 |
| MacKenzie | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 21 November 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1974 |
| Macoma | Royal Netherlands Navy | Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 1 April 1944 | transferred to merchant service post-war |
| Macomb | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 26 January 1942 | to Japan 1954, to Taiwan 1970, scrapped 1980 |
| Maddox | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 31 October 1942 | sunk 10 July 1943 |
| Madison | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 6 August 1940 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969 |
| Madras | Royal Indian Navy | Bathurst | corvette | 1,025 | 12 May 1942 | Decommissioned 1960 |
| Madura | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
| Magog | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 7 May 1944 | paid off 20 December 1944 |
| Mahan | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 18 September 1936 | sunk 7 December 1944 |
| Mahratta | Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 28 July 1942 | sunk 25 February 1944 |
| El Mahrousa | Egyptian Navy | | yacht | 3,417 | 1865 | |
| Makassar Strait | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 27 April 1944 | decommissioned 9 August 1946, scrapped 1961 |
| Makin Island | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 9 May 1944 | decommissioned 19 April 1946, scrapped 1947 |
| Malaya | Royal Navy | Queen Elizabeth | battleship | 31,000 | 1 February 1916 | decommissioned 1944, scrapped 1948 |
| Mallow | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 2 July 1940 | 11 January 1944 |
| Manila Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 10 July 1943 | decommissioned 31 July 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| Manligheten | Swedish Navy | Äran | coastal defence ship | 3,650 | | paid off 1950 |
| Mansfield | Royal Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,190 | 23 October 1940 | paid off 22 June 1944 |
| Manxman | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer | 2,650 | 20 June 1941 | scrapped 1971 |
| Maori | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 2 January 1939 | sunk 12 February 1942 |
| Maplin | Royal Navy | Pegasus | fighter catapult ship | | 1932 | |
| Marblehead | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 8 September 1924 | scrapped 1946 |
| Marcílio Dias | Brazilian Navy | Marcílio Dias | destroyer | 1,500 | 29 November 1943 | Decommissioned 22 August 1972 |
| Marcus Island | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 26 January 1944 | decommissioned 12 December 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| Marguerite | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 20 November 1940 | |
| Marigold | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 28 February 1941 | 9 December 1942 |
| Mariz e Barros | Brazilian Navy | Marcilio Dias | destroyer | 1,500 | 29 November 1943 | Decommissioned 22 August 1972 |
| Marjoram | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | | cancelled 23 January 1941 |
| Marne | Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 2 December 1941 | scrapped 1970 |
| Marocain | United States Navy Free French Naval Forces | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 29 February 1944 | to Free French 29 February 1944, decommissioned May 1964 |
| Marseillaise | French Navy | La Galissonniere | light cruiser | 7,600 | 10 October 1937 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Marshal Ney | Royal Navy | Marshal Ney | monitor | 6,700 | | scrapped in 1957 |
| Marshal Soult | Royal Navy | Marshal Ney | monitor | 6,700 | | scrapped July 1946 |
| Marsuinul | Royal Romanian Navy | Marsuinul | submarine | 860 submerged | July 1943 | captured by the Soviet Union August 1944, scrapped after the war |
| Martin | Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | | sunk 10 November 1942 |
| Maryland | United States Navy | Colorado | battleship | 32,600 | 21 July 1921 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Mashona | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 28 March 1939 | sunk 28 May 1941 |
| Mason | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 20 March 1944 | Scrapped 1947 |
| Massachusetts | United States Navy | South Dakota | battleship | 37,970 | 12 May 1942 | Decommissioned 27 March 1947, museum ship |
| Matabele | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 25 January 1939 | sunk 17 January 1941 |
| Matane | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 22 October 1943 | paid off 11 February 1946 |
| Matanikau | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 22 May 1944 | decommissioned 11 October 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| Matapedia | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 9 May 1941 | paid off 16 June 1945 |
| Matchless | Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 12 February 1942 | Decommissioned Apr 1946. Sold, Turkish Navy Aug 1957. Scrapped 1971 |
| Maunder | Royal Navy | | Special Service Ship | 5,072 | 1919 | paid off March 1941 |
| Mauritius | Royal Navy | Fiji | light cruiser | 8,000 | 1 January 1941 | scrapped 1965 |
| Maury | United States Navy | Gridley | destroyer | 1,590 | 5 August 1938 | scrapped 1946 |
| Maxim Gorky | Soviet Navy | Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) | heavy cruiser | 8,200 | 25 October 1940 | Decommissioned Feb. 1956 |
| Maya | Imperial Japanese Navy | Takao | heavy cruiser | 13,350 | 30 June 1932 | Sunk 23 October 1944 |
| Mayflower | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 28 November 1940 | to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 31 May 1945 |
| Mayo | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 18 September 1940 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Mayrant | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,500 | 13 September 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
| McCall | United States Navy | Gridley | destroyer | 1,590 | 22 June 1938 | scrapped 1947 |
| McCalla | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 27 May 1942 | to Turkey 1949, scrapped 1973 |
| McCook | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 15 March 1943 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973 |
| McDougal | United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 23 December 1936 | scrapped 1949 |
| McLanahan | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 19 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974 |
| Meade | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 22 June 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973 |
| Medway | Royal Navy | | submarine tender | 14,650 | July 1929 | sunk 30 June 1942 |
| Melbreak | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 10 October 1942 | paid off and scrapped 1956 |
| Melvin | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 November 1943 | Decommissioned 13 January 1954, scrapped 1975 |
| Memphis | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 17 December 1925 | scrapped 1947 |
| Mendip | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | 12 October 1940 | paid off 20 May 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Mendoza | Argentine Navy | Mendoza | destroyer | 1,570 | | Discarded 30 April 1962 |
| Meon | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 31 December 1943 | to Canada 7 February 1944, paid off 23 April 1945 |
| Meredith | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 1 March 1941 | sunk 15 October 1942 |
| Mervine | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 17 June 1942 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1969 |
| Meteor | Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 12 August 1942 | |
| Meynell | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 10 December 1940 | scrapped 1978 |
| Miami | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 28 December 1943 | scrapped 1962 |
| Miaoulis | Hellenic Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 25 November 1942 | paid off 1959, scrapped 1960 |
| Michel | Kriegsmarine | | auxiliary cruiser | 10,900 | 7 September 1941 | sunk 17 October 1943 |
| Micmac | Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 1,927 | 18 September 1945 | built and launched during war, paid off 31 March 1964 |
| Middleton | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 10 January 1943 | scrapped February 1958 |
| Midland | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 17 November 1941 | paid off 15 July 1945 |
| Might | United States Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 22 December 1942 | 9 October 1945 |
| Mignonette | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 7 May 1941 | |
| Mikuma | Imperial Japanese Navy | Mogami | heavy cruiser | 13,440 | 29 August 1935 | Sunk 6 June 1942 |
| Milne | Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,935 | 6 August 1942 | |
| Milwaukee | United States Navy Soviet Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 20 June 1923; to USSR as Murmansk 20 April 1944 | scrapped 10 December 1949 |
| Mimico | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 8 February 1944 | 18 July 1945 |
| Mimosa | French Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 11 May 1941 | 9 June 1942 |
| Minas Geraes | Brazilian Navy | Minas Geraes | dreadnought | 19,200 | 6 January 1910 | Decommissioned 20 September 1953 |
| Minegumo | Imperial Japanese Navy | Asashio | destroyer | 1,961 | | |
| Minneapolis | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 19 May 1934 | Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Miralda | Royal Navy | Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 16,000 | January 1944 | returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Marisa |
| Misiones | Argentine Navy | Buenos Aires | destroyer | 1,375 | | Discarded 3 May 1971 |
| Misoa | Royal Navy | Maracaibo | landing ship, tank | 4,193 | 11 August 1941 | paid off March 1945 |
| Mission Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 26 May 1943 | decommissioned 21 February 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Mississippi | United States Navy | New Mexico | battleship | 32,000 | 25 January 1917 | decommissioned 1956 (for scrap) |
| Missouri | United States Navy | Iowa | battleship | 45,000 | 11 June 1944 | decommissioned 1992; museum ship |
| Mobile | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 24 March 1943 | scrapped 1960 |
| Moffett | United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 28 August 1936 | scrapped 1947 |
| Mogami | Imperial Japanese Navy | Mogami | heavy cruiser | 12,400 | 1935 | Sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Mohawk | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 7 September 1938 | sunk 16 April 1941 |
| Molotov | Soviet Navy | Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) | heavy cruiser | 8,200 | 25 October 1940 | decommissioned February 1956 |
| Monaghan | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 18 April 1935 | foundered in typhoon 18 December 1944 |
| Moncton | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 24 April 1942 | paid off 12 December 1945 |
| Monkshood | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 31 July 1941 | |
| Monnow | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 11 May 1944 | to Canada 3 August 1944, paid off 11 June 1945 |
| Monowai | Royal New Zealand Navy | | armed merchant cruiser | 4,925 | 30 August 1940 | Decommissioned 18 June 1943, then landing ship |
| Monssen | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 14 March 1941 | Sunk13 November 1942 |
| Montbretia | Royal Norwegian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 29 September 1941 | sunk 18 November 1942 by U-262 |
| Montcalm | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | La Galissonniere | light cruiser | 7,600 | 15 November 1937 | Decommissioned 1 May 1957 |
| Montclare | Royal Navy | | submarine tender | 21,550 | 2 June 1942 (former AMC Montclare) | scrapped October 1954 |
| Monterey | United States Navy | Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 17 June 1943 | decommissioned 16 January 1956, scrapped 1971 |
| Evans | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,247 | 23 October 1940 | to Canada 1942, paid off 22 June 1944 |
| Montpelier | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 9 September 1942 | scrapped 1960 |
| Montreal | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 12 November 1943 | paid off 15 October 1945 |
| Montrose | Royal Navy | Admiralty | flotilla leader | 1,530 | 14 September 1918 | scrapped January 1946 |
| Moose Jaw | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 June 1941 | paid off 8 July 1945 |
| Morava | Royal Yugoslav Navy | Körös | river monitor | 448 | 15 April 1920 | scuttled 11 April 1941 |
| Morden | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 September 1941 | paid off 29 June 1945 |
| Moreno | Argentine Navy | Rivadavia | dreadnought | 27,720 | 26 February 1915 | scrapped February 1956 |
| Morris | United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 5 March 1940 | scrapped 1947 |
| Morrison | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 tons | 18 December 1943 | Sunk by kamikazes, 4 May 1945 |
| Möwe | Kriegsmarine | Raubvogel | torpedo boat | 1,213 | 1 October 1926 | sunk 15 June 1944 |
| Moyola | Royal Navy Free French Naval Forces | River | frigate | 1,370 | 15 October 1944 | to France 15 October 1944, Decommissioned 1961 |
| Mugford | United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 16 August 1937 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
| Multan | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
| Munda | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 8 July 1944 | decommissioned 26 April 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| Murasame | Imperial Japanese Navy | Shiratsuyu | destroyer | 1,685 | 7 January 1937 | sunk 4 March 1943 |
| Murphy | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 25 July 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Musashi | Imperial Japanese Navy | Yamato | battleship | 68,200 | 5 August 1942 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Musketeer | Royal Navy | M | destroyer | 1,935 | 18 September 1942 | scrapped 1955 |
| Mustin | United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 15 September 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
| Mutsu | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagato | dreadnought | 42,850 | 24 October 1921 | sunk 8 June 1943 |
| Muzio Attendolo | Regia Marina | Montecuccoli | light cruiser | 3,184 | 1935 | lost 1942 |
| Myngs | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 23 June 1944 | |
| Myōkō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Myōkō | heavy cruiser | 13,380 | 1929 | scuttled by Royal Navy 8 June 1946 |
| Myosotis | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 May 1941 | |
| Myrmidon | Royal Navy Polish Navy | M | destroyer | 1,920 | 1941 | to Poland as Orkan 18 November 1942, sunk 8 October 1943 |