# List of ships of World War II (K)

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 (K) :
| Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Kadashan Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 18 January 1944 | decommissioned 14 June 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| Kaga | Imperial Japanese Navy | | aircraft carrier | 38,200 | 1 November 1929 | sunk 4 June 1942 |
| Kaganovich | Soviet Navy | Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) | heavy cruiser | 8,200 | 6 December 1944 | |
| Kako | Imperial Japanese Navy | Furutaka | heavy cruiser | 7,950 | 31 July 1926 | sunk 10 August 1942 |
| Kaiyō | Imperial Japanese Navy | | aircraft carrier | 13,600 | 23 November 1943 | former troop transport; scrapped 1 September 1946 |
| Kalinin Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 27 November 1943 | decommissioned 15 May 1946, scrapped 1947 |
| Kalinin | Soviet Navy | Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) | heavy cruiser | 8,200 | 31 December 1942 | |
| Kalk | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 17 October 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1969 |
| Kamloops | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 17 March 1941 | paid off 27 June 1945 |
| Kamsack | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 4 October 1941 | paid off 22 July 1945 |
| Kanaris | Hellenic Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 10 August 1942 | paid off 1959, scrapped 1960 |
| Kandahar | Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 10 October 1939 | sunk 20 December 1941 |
| Karachi | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
| Karlsruhe | Kriegsmarine | K | light cruiser | 6,650 | 6 November 1929 | sunk 9 April 1940 |
| Kasaan Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 4 December 1943 | decommissioned 6 July 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| Kashii | Imperial Japanese Navy | Katori | light cruiser | 6,180 | 15 July 1941 | sunk 12 January 1945 |
| Kashima | Imperial Japanese Navy | Katori | light cruiser | 6,180 | 31 May 1940 | struck 5 October 1945; scrapped 1947 |
| Kashmir | Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 26 October 1939 | sunk 23 May 1941 |
| Katori | Imperial Japanese Navy | Katori | light cruiser | 6,180 | 20 April 1940 | sunk 18 February 1944 |
| Katsuragi | Imperial Japanese Navy | Unryū | aircraft carrier | 17,150 | 15 October 1944 | Scrapped 1947 |
| Kearny | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 13 September 1940 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Keith | Royal Navy | B | destroyer | 1,350 | 20 March 1931 | sunk 1 June 1940 |
| Kelly | Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 23 August 1939 | sunk 23 May 1941 |
| Kelvin | Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 27 November 1939 | scrapped 1949 |
| Kempenfelt | Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 25 October 1943 | paid off January 1946 |
| Kendrick | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 12 September 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1966 |
| Kenogami | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 29 June 1941 | paid off 9 July 1945 |
| Kent | Royal Navy | County | heavy cruiser | 9,750 | 25 June 1928 | scrapped January 1948 |
| Kenya | Royal Navy | Fiji | light cruiser | 8,000 | 27 September 1940 | scrapped 1962 |
| Khartoum | Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 6 November 1939 | sunk 23 June 1940 |
| Khedive | Royal Navy | Ruler | escort carrier | 11,400 | 25 August 1943 | paid off 19 July 1946, scrapped 1975 |
| Kidd | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,500 | 23 April 1943 | decommissioned 1964, museum ship at Baton Rouge, LA |
| Kilkis | Hellenic Navy | Mississippi | battleship | 13,000 | 1 February 1908 | former USS Mississippi (BB-23); sunk 23 April 1941 |
| Kimberley | Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 21 February 1940 | scrapped 1949 |
| King George V | Royal Navy | King George V | battleship | 35,000 | 11 December 1940 | decommissioned and scrapped 1949 |
| Kingcup | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 December 1940 | |
| Kingston | Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 14 September 1939 | constructive total loss 11 April 1942 |
| Kinu | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | 10 November 1922 | sunk 26 October 1944 |
| Kinugasa | Imperial Japanese Navy | Aoba | heavy cruiser | 9,000 | 30 September 1927 | sunk 13 November 1942 |
| Kipling | Royal Navy | K | destroyer | 1,690 | 22 December 1939 | sunk 11 May 1942 |
| Kirishima | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kongō | battlecruiser | 36,600 | 19 April 1915 | sunk 15 November 1942 |
| Kirkland Lake | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 21 August 1944 | paid off 14 December 1945 |
| Kirov | Soviet Navy | Kirov (Project 26) | heavy cruiser | 7,880 | 23 September 1938 | scrapped 1974 |
| Kiso | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kuma | light cruiser | 5,100 | 29 January 1921 | 20 March 1944; sunk by USN aircraft west of Cavite |
| Kistna | Royal Indian Navy | Black Swan | sloop | 1,350 | 26 August 1943 | Scrapped 1980 |
| Kitakami | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kuma | light cruiser | 5,100 | 15 April 1921 | 30 November 1945; scrapped |
| Kitchener | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 28 June 1942 | paid off 11 July 1945 |
| Kitkun Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 15 December 1943 | decommissioned 19 April 1946, scrapped 1947 |
| Knapp | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,500 | 16 September 1943 | Decommissioned: 4 March 1957, scrapped 1972 |
| Knight | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 23 June 1942 | decommissioned 1947, sunk as target 1967 |
| Kokanee | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 6 June 1944 | paid off 21 December 1945 |
| Köln | Kriegsmarine | K | light cruiser | 6,650 | January 1930 | sunk 3 March 1945 |
| Komet | Kriegsmarine | | auxiliary cruiser | 7,500 | 2 June 1940 | sunk 14 October 1942 |
| Kondor | Kriegsmarine | Raubvogel | torpedo boat | 1,290 | 15 July 1927 | decommissioned 28 June 1944 |
| Kongō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kongō | battlecruiser | 36,600 | 16 August 1913 | sunk 21 November 1944 |
| Königsberg | Kriegsmarine | K | light cruiser | 6,650 | 17 April 1929 | sunk 10 April 1940, at Bergen, Norway |
| Kormoran | Kriegsmarine | | auxiliary cruiser | 19,900 | 9 October 1940 | scuttled, 19 November 1941 |
| Kortenaer | Royal Netherlands Navy | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,680 | 3 September 1928 | sunk 27 February 1942 |
| Kountouriotis | Hellenic Navy | Kountouriotis | destroyer | 1,389 | 1933 | decommissioned 1946 |
| Krakowiak | Polish Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 28 May 1941 | returned to RN September 1946, scrapped March 1959. |
| Krasnoye Znamya | Soviet Navy | Krasnoye Znamya | gunboat | 1,735 | 1897 | Sunk on 18 November 1942, raised, decommissioned in 1960 |
| Krasny Kavkaz | Soviet Navy | Kraznyi Kavkaz | cruiser | 7,560 | 25 January 1932 | Sunk as a target 1956 |
| Krasnyi Krym | Soviet Navy | Krasnyi Krym | cruiser | 6,800 | 1 July 1928 | Sunk as target in 1959 |
| Kujawiak | Polish Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 17 June 1941 | sunk 16 June 1942 |
| Kula Gulf | United States Navy | Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 10,900 | 12 May 1945 | scrapped 1971 |
| Kuma | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kuma | light cruiser | 5,550 | 31 August 1920 | 10 March 1944, sunk by HMS Tally-Ho west of Penang |
| Kumano | Imperial Japanese Navy | Mogami | heavy cruiser | 13,440 | 31 October 1931 | sunk 15 November 1944 |
| Kwajalein | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 7 June 1944 | decommissioned 16 August 1946, scrapped 1961 |