# List of ships of World War II (D)

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 (D) :
| Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Dahlgren | United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 6 January 1920 | scrapped 1946 |
| Dahlia | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 21 March 1941 | |
| Dale | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 17 June 1935 | scrapped 1947 |
| Dale W. Peterson | United States Navy | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 17 February 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Dallas | United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | 29 October 1920 | scrapped 1945 |
| Daly | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 24 October 1942 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1976 |
| Damon M. Cummings | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 29 June 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| Daniel | United States Navy | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 24 January 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974 |
| Daniel A. Joy | United States Navy | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 28 April 1944 | scrapped 1966 |
| Daniel T. Griffin | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 9 June 1943 | to Chile 1966 |
| Darby | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 15 November 1943 | sunk as target 1970 |
| Dasher | Royal Navy | Attacker | escort carrier | 8,200 | 2 July 1942 | sunk 27 March 1943 |
| Dashiell | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 20 March 1943 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1975 |
| Dauntless | Royal Navy | Danae | cruiser | 4,850 | 10 April 1918 | scrapped 1946 |
| Dauphin | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 17 May 1941 | paid off 20 June 1945 |
| David W. Taylor | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 18 September 1943 | to Spain 1957, scrapped 1987 |
| Davis | United States Navy | Somers | destroyer | 1,850 | 9 November 1938 | scrapped 1947 |
| Davison | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 11 September 1942 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1973 |
| Dawson | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 October 1941 | paid off 19 June 1945 |
| Day | United States Navy | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 10 June 1944 | |
| Dayton | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 7 January 1945 | scrapped 1962 |
| Decatur | United States Navy | Clemson | destroyer | 1,200 | August 1922 | scrapped 1945 |
| Decker | United States Navy Republic of China Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 3 May 1943 | to Republic of China as Tai Ping 28 August 1945; sunk in action 1954 |
| Decoy | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | D | destroyer | 1,375 | 4 April 1933 | Transferred to RCN 12 April 1943 as HMCS Kootenay, paid off 26 October 1945 |
| Deede | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 29 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| De Haven (I) | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 21 June 1942 | sunk 1 February 1943 |
| De Haven (II) | United States Navy | Allen M. Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 31 March 1944 | to South Korea 1973, scrapped 1993 |
| Delhi | Royal Navy | Danae | cruiser | 4,850 | June 1919 | scrapped 1948 |
| DeLong | United States Navy | Rudderow | destroyer escort | 1,450 | 31 December 1943 | sunk as target 1970 |
| Delphinium | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 15 November 1940 | |
| Dempsey | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 23 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Dennis | United States Navy | John C. Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 20 March 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
| Dennis J. Buckley | United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 2 March 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
| Dent | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 9 September 1918 | scrapped 1946 |
| Denver | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 15 October 1942 | scrapped 1960 |
| De Ruyter | Netherlands | De Ruyter | cruiser | 7,822 | 3 October 1936 | sunk 28 February 1942 |
| Derwent | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 24 April 1942 | scrapped 1947 |
| Despatch | Royal Navy | Danae | cruiser | 4,850 | 2 June 1922 | scrapped 1946 |
| Detroit | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 31 July 1923 | scrapped 1946 |
| Deutschland | Kriegsmarine | Deutschland | heavy cruiser | 12,100 | 1 April 1933 | renamed Lützow |
| Devonshire | Royal Navy | County | cruiser | 9,750 | 18 March 1929 | scrapped December 1954 |
| Dewey | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 14 October 1934 | scrapped 1946 |
| Diana | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | D | destroyer | 1,375 | 21 December 1932 | Transferred to RCN 6 September 1940 as Margaree, sunk in 22 October 1940 |
| Dianella | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 6 January 1941 | |
| Dianthus | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 17 March 1941 | |
| Dickerson | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 3 September 1919 | sunk 4 April 1945 |
| Diomede | Royal Navy | Danae | cruiser | 4,850 | 24 April 1922 | scrapped 1946 |
| Dionne | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 16 July 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Dittany | Royal Navy United States Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 7 March 1943 | to US as Beacon 7 March 1943, to UK 31 May 1943 |
| Dobler | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 17 May 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
| Doherty | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 6 February 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
| Donaldson | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 1 December 1943 | scrapped 1946 |
| Doneff | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 10 June 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Donnell | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 26 June 1943 | damaged August 1943 and converted to power barge, scrapped 1946 |
| Doran | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 4 August 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| Dorsey | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 16 September 1918 | grounded in typhoon, 9 October 1945 |
| Dortch | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 7 August 1943 | to Argentina 1961, scrapped 1977 |
| Douglas | Royal Navy | Admiralty | destroyer flotilla leader | 1,610 | 2 September 1918 | scrapped 20 March 1945 |
| Douglas A. Munro | United States Navy | John C. Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 11 July 1944 | decommissioned 1960, sunk as target 1966 |
| Douglas H. Fox | United States Navy | Allen M. Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 26 December 1944 | to Chile 1974, sunk as target 1998 |
| Douglas L. Howard | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 29 July 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1974 |
| Downes | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 15 January 1937 | destroyed 7 December 1941 but "rebuilt," scrapped 1948 |
| Doyle | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 27 January 1943 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1972 |
| Doyle C. Barnes | United States Navy | John C. Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 13 July 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| Drache | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer | 1,870 | 17 April 1941 | captured from Yugoslav, Zmaj, sunk 22 September 1944 |
| Dragon | Royal Navy Polish Navy | Danae | cruiser | 4,850 | August 1918 | damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944 |
| Drava | Royal Yugoslav Navy | Enns | river monitor | 536 | 15 April 1920 | sunk 12 April 1941 |
| Drazki | Bulgarian Navy | Drazki | torpedo boat | 97 | 1907 | Surviving parts were incorporated in a museum ship at the Naval Museum in Varna under the same name, using the hull of Strogi |
| Drayton | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 1 September 1936 | scrapped 1947 |
| Drexler | United States Navy | Allen M. Sumner | destroyer | 2,200 | 14 November 1944 | sunk 28 May 1945 |
| Dristigheten | Swedish Navy | Dristigheten | seaplane carrier | 3,445 | 5 September 1901 | paid off 13 June 1947 |
| Drottning Victoria | Swedish Navy | Sverige | coastal defence ship | 7,125 | 12 March 1921 | paid off 22 March 1957, scrapped 1959 |
| Drum | United States | Gato | submarine | 1,525 surfaced | 1 November 1941 | decommissioned 1967; museum at Mobile, Alabama |
| Drumheller | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 13 September 1941 | paid off 11 July 1945 |
| Dubrovnik | Royal Yugoslav Navy | Dubrovnik | destroyer | 1,210 | August 1939 | Scuttled by crew on 17 April 1941 |
| Duffy | United States Navy | Evarts | destroyer escort | 1,140 | 5 August 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
| Dufilho | United States Navy | John C. Butler | destroyer escort | 1,350 | 21 July 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
| Duguay-Trouin | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | Duguay-Trouin | light cruiser | 7,250 | 2 November 1926 | decommissioned 9 March 1952 |
| Duilio | Regia Marina | Andrea Doria | battleship | 25,920 | 1915 | 1956 |
| Duke of York | Royal Navy | King George V | battleship | 35,000 | 28 February 1940 | scrapped 1957 |
| Duluth | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 18 September 1944 | scrapped 1960 |
| Dulverton | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | September 1941 | scuttled on 13 November 1943 |
| Duncan (I) | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 16 April 1942 | sunk 12 October 1942 |
| Duncan (II) | United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 25 February 1945 | decommissioned 1971, sunk as target 1980 |
| Dundas | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 1 April 1942 | paid off 17 July 1945 |
| Dundee | Royal Navy | Shoreham | sloop | 1,060 | 31 March 1933 | Torpedoed and sunk 15 September 1940 |
| Dunedin | Royal Navy | Danae | cruiser | 4,850 | 19 November 1918 | lost 24 November 1941 |
| Dunkerque | French Navy | Dunkerque | battleship | 26,500 | 15 April 1937 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Dunlap | United States Navy | Mahan | destroyer | 1,450 | 12 June 1937 | scrapped 1948 |
| Dunvegan | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 9 September 1941 | paid off 3 July 1945 |
| Dunvegan Castle | Royal Navy | | Armed merchant cruiser | 15,007 | 7 September 1939 | sunk 28 August 1940 |
| Dupleix | French Navy | Suffren | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 7 July 1932 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Du Pont | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,150 | 30 April 1919 | scrapped 1947 |
| Duquesne | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | Duquesne | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 6 December 1928 | condemned 1955 |
| Durban | Royal Navy | Danae | cruiser | 4,850 | 1 November 1921 | "Gooseberry" breakwater blockship, 9 June 1944 |
| Durant | United States Navy | Edsall | destroyer escort | 1,250 | 17 February 1944 | decommissioned 1964, scrapped 1974 |
| Durik | United States Navy | Buckley | destroyer escort | 1,400 | 16 November 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1967 |
| Dyess | United States Navy | Gearing | destroyer | 2,250 | 21 May 1945 | scrapped 1981 |
| Dyson | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 30 December 1942 | to West Germany 1960, scrapped 1982 |