# List of cruisers of World War II

The heavy cruiser was designed for long range, high speed, and heavy calibre naval guns. The first heavy cruisers were built in 1915, although it only became a widespread classification following the London Naval Treaty in 1930. The heavy cruiser's immediate precursors were the light cruiser designs of the 1910s and 1920s; the US 8-inch 'treaty cruisers' of the 1920s were originally classed as light cruisers until the London Treaty forced their redesignation. Heavy cruisers continued in use until after World War II.
The German Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe ("armored ships"), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the German Reichsmarine in nominal accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. The class is named after the first ship of this class to be completed (Deutschland). All three ships were launched between 1931 and 1934, and served with Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. During the war, they were reclassified as heavy cruisers.
The British press began referring to the vessels as pocket battleships, in reference to the heavy firepower contained in the relatively small vessels; they were considerably smaller than contemporary battleships, though at 28 knots, were slower than battlecruisers. And although their displacement and scale of armor protection was that of a heavy cruiser, they were armed with guns larger than the heavy cruisers of other nations. Deutschland-class ships continue to be called pocket battleships in some circles. The development of the anti-aircraft cruiser began in 1935 when the Royal Navy re-armed HMS Coventry and HMS Curlew. Torpedo tubes and 6-inch (152 mm) low-angle guns were removed from these World War I light cruisers and replaced by ten 4-inch (102 mm) high-angle guns with appropriate fire-control equipment to provide larger warships with protection against high-altitude bombers.
A tactical shortcoming was recognized after completing six additional conversions of C-class cruisers. Having sacrificed anti-ship weapons for anti-aircraft armament, the converted anti-aircraft cruisers might need protection themselves against surface units. New construction was undertaken to create cruisers of similar speed and displacement with dual-purpose guns. Dual-purpose guns offered good anti-aircraft protection with anti-surface capability for the traditional light cruiser role of defending capital ships from destroyers. The first purpose built anti-aircraft cruiser was the British Dido class, completed shortly before the beginning of World War II. The US Navy Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruisers (CLAA) were designed to match capabilities of the Royal Navy. Both Dido and Atlanta carried torpedo tubes.
The quick-firing dual-purpose gun anti-aircraft cruiser concept was embraced in several designs completed too late to see combat including USS Worcester and USS Roanoke completed in 1948 and 1949, two De Zeven Provinciën-class cruisers completed in 1953, De Grasse and Colbert completed in 1955 and 1959, and HMS Tiger, HMS Lion and HMS Blake completed between 1959 and 1961.
The List of ships of World War II 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 World War II, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.

## List

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List of cruisers of World War II :
| Ship | Operator | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Abdiel | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 15 April 1941 | sunk 10 September 1943 |
| Abrek | Soviet Navy | Kazarskii | torpedo cruiser | 535 | 23 September 1897 | rated as a destroyer by World War II, scrapped 1948 |
| Abukuma | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | 6 May 1925 | Sunk 26 October 1944 |
| Achilles | Royal New Zealand Navy | Leander | light cruiser | 6,985 | 10 October 1933 | sold to India 5 July 1948 as Delhi, scrapped 1978 |
| Adelaide | Royal Australian Navy | Birmingham | light cruiser | 5,560 | 5 August 1922 | scrapped 1949 |
| Admiral Graf Spee | Kriegsmarine | Deutschland | heavy cruiser | 14,650 | 6 January 1936 | scuttled 17 December 1939 |
| Admiral Hipper | Kriegsmarine | Admiral Hipper | heavy cruiser | 15,910 | 25 April 1939 | Scuttled 2 May 1945 |
| Admiral Scheer | Kriegsmarine | Deutschland | heavy cruiser | 13,440 | 12 November 1934 | sunk 9 April 1945 |
| Adventure | Royal Navy | | minelayer cruiser | 6,740 | 2 October 1926 | reclassified as repair ship 1944, sold for scrap 1947 |
| Agano | Imperial Japanese Navy | Agano | light cruiser | 6,547 | 31 October 1942 | sunk 17 February 1944 |
| Ajax | Royal Navy | Leander | light cruiser | 7,220 | 3 June 1935 | Scrapped 1949 |
| Alaska | United States Navy | Alaska | large cruiser | 29,779 | 17 June 1944 | scrapped 1960 |
| Alberico da Barbiano | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Alberto di Giussano) | light cruiser | 6,467 | 9 June 1931 | sunk 13 December 1941 |
| Alberto di Giussano | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Alberto di Giussano) | light cruiser | 6,467 | 5 February 1931 | sunk 13 December 1941 |
| Algérie | French Navy | | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 15 June 1934 | scuttled 27 November 1942, scrapped 1951 |
| Almirante Brown | Argentine Navy | Veinticinco de Mayo | heavy cruiser | 6,800 | 18 July 1931 | scrapped 1962 |
| Almirante Cervera | Spanish Navy | Almirante Cervera | light cruiser | 7,475 | 15 September 1927 | stricken 1966 |
| Almirante Grau | Peruvian Navy | Almirante Grau | scout cruiser | 3,100 | 10 August 1907 | stricken 1958 |
| Amsterdam | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 8 January 1945 | sold for scrap 11 February 1972 |
| Aoba | Imperial Japanese Navy | Aoba | heavy cruiser | 8,300 | 20 September 1927 | sunk 28 July 1945, raised and scrapped 1946-1947 |
| Apollo | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 12 February 1944 | scrapped November 1962 |
| Arcona | Kriegsmarine | Gazelle | light cruiser | 2,663 | 12 May 1903 | scuttled 3 May 1945, scrapped 1948 |
| Arethusa | Royal Navy | Arethusa | light cruiser | 5,220 | 23 May 1935 | scrapped 1950 |
| Argonaut | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 8 August 1942 | scrapped 1955 |
| Ariadne | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 9 October 1943 | scrapped June 1965 |
| Armando Diaz | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Cadorna) | light cruiser | 5,321 | 29 April 1933 | sunk 25 February 1941 |
| Asama | Imperial Japanese Navy | Asama | armoured cruiser | 9,560 | 18 March 1899 | scrapped 1947 |
| Ashigara | Imperial Japanese Navy | Myōkō | heavy cruiser | 13,300 | 20 August 1929 | Sunk 8 June 1945 |
| Astoria (CA-34) | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 28 April 1934 | sunk 9 August 1942 Battle of Savo Island |
| Astoria (CL-90) | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 17 May 1944 | sold for scrap 12 January 1971 |
| Atago | Imperial Japanese Navy | Takao | heavy cruiser | 14,616 | 30 March 1932 | sunk 23 October 1944 |
| Atlanta (CL-51) | United States Navy | Atlanta | light cruiser | 6,718 | 24 December 1941 | sunk 13 November 1942 |
| Atlanta (CL-104) | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 3 December 1944 | sunk as target 1 October 1970 |
| Attilio Regolo | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | 15 May 1942 | ceded to France as Châteaurenault 1948, scrapped 1979 |
| Augusta | United States Navy | Northampton | heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 30 January 1931 | Scrapped 1960 |
| Aurora | Soviet Navy | Pallada | protected cruiser | 6,731 | 29 July 1903 | In 1957 became a museum ship. |
| Aurora | Royal Navy | Arethusa | light cruiser | 5,270 | 12 November 1937 | to Republic of China as Chung King 19 May 1948, defected to Communist China 25 February 1949 |
| Australia | Royal Australian Navy | County (Kent) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 24 April 1928 | sold for scrap 25 January 1955 |
| Azuma | Imperial Japanese Navy | | armoured cruiser | 9,131 | 28 July 1900 | struck 1941, scrapped 1946 |
| Bahia | Brazilian Navy | Bahia | scout cruiser | 3,050 | 21 May 1910 | lost 4 July 1945 |
| Baltimore | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 15 April 1943 | decommissioned 1956, scrapped 1972 |
| Bałtyk | Polish Navy | | training cruiser | 7,995 | 15 February 1899 | captured by Germany 19 September 1939 and converted to barrack ship, scrapped 1942 |
| Bari | Regia Marina | Pillau | light cruiser | 3,284 | 14 December 1914 | sunk 28 June 1943 |
| Bartolomeo Colleoni | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Alberto di Giussano) | light cruiser | 6,467 | 10 February 1932 | sunk 19 July 1940 |
| Belfast | Royal Navy | Town (Edinburgh) | light cruiser | 10,635 | 5 August 1939 | museum ship since 21 October 1971 |
| Bellona | Royal Navy | Dido (Bellona) | light cruiser | 5,950 | 29 October 1943 | scrapped 1959 |
| Berk-i Satvet | Turkish Navy | Peyk-i Şevket | torpedo cruiser | 775 | 13 November 1907 | Scrapped 1946 |
| Bermuda | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Fiji) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 21 August 1942 | scrapped 1965 |
| Berwick | Royal Navy | County (Kent) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 12 July 1927 | scrapped 1948 |
| Biloxi | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 31 August 1943 | sold for scrap 5 March 1962 |
| Birmingham | Royal Navy | Town (Southampton) | light cruiser | 9,770 | 18 November 1937 | scrapped 1960 |
| Birmingham | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 29 January 1943 | sold for scrap 12 November 1959 |
| Bistrița | Royal Romanian Navy | Bistrița | coastguard cruiser | 100 | 1888 | Used as river gunboat after the war, scrapped 1950's |
| Black Prince | Royal Navy | Dido (Bellona) | light cruiser | 5,950 | 30 November 1943 | scrapped 1962 |
| Blanco Encalada | Chilean Navy | | protected cruiser | 3,435 | 1895 | struck 19 December 1945 |
| Blücher | Kriegsmarine | Admiral Hipper | heavy cruiser | 15,910 | 20 September 1939 | sunk 9 April 1940 |
| Boise | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,767 | 12 August 1938 | to Argentina as ARA Nueve de Julio January 1951, scrapped 1983 |
| Bolzano | Regia Marina | | heavy cruiser | 10,890 | 19 August 1933 | sunk 21 June 1944 |
| Bonaventure | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 24 May 1940 | sunk 31 March 1941 |
| Boston | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 30 June 1943 | converted to missile cruiser 1955, decommissioned 1970, scrapped 1975 |
| Bremerton | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 29 April 1945 | decommissioned 29 July 1960, scrapped 1974 |
| Brooklyn | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,767 | 30 September 1937 | to Chile as O'Higgins January 1951, sunk under tow 1992 |
| Caio Mario | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | Never commissioned | launched 17 August 1941, captured by Germany and converted as floating oil tank, scuttled 1944 |
| Cairo | Royal Navy | C (Carlisle) | light cruiser | 4,200 | 24 September 1919 | lost 12 August 1942 |
| Calcutta | Royal Navy | C (Carlisle) | light cruiser | 4,200 | 21 August 1919 | lost 1 June 1941 |
| Caledon | Royal Navy | C (Caledon) | light cruiser | 4,180 | 6 March 1917 | scrapped 1948 |
| Calypso | Royal Navy | C (Caledon) | light cruiser | 4,180 | 6 March 1917 | scrapped January 1948 |
| Canarias | Spanish Navy | Canarias | heavy cruiser | 10,670 | September 1936 | scrapped 1977 |
| Canberra | Royal Australian Navy | County (Kent) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 10 July 1928 | scuttled 9 August 1942 |
| Canberra | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 14 October 1943 | converted to missile cruiser 1956, decommissioned 1970, scrapped 1980 |
| Capetown | Royal Navy | C (Carlisle) | light cruiser | 4,200 | 10 April 1922 | Scrapped June 1946 |
| Caradoc | Royal Navy | C (Caledon) | light cruiser | 4,180 | 15 June 1917 | scrapped 1946 |
| Cardiff | Royal Navy | C (Ceres) | light cruiser | 4,290 | 25 June 1917 | scrapped 1946 |
| Carlisle | Royal Navy | C (Carlisle) | light cruiser | 4,200 | 11 November 1918 | constructive total loss 9 October 1942, scrapped 1948 |
| Caroline | Royal Navy | C (Caroline) | light cruiser | 4,200 | 4 December 1914 | used as floating establishment 1924-2009, decommissioned 2011, preserved as museum ship |
| Ceres | Royal Navy | C (Ceres) | light cruiser | 4,290 | 1 June 1917 | scrapped 1946 |
| Ceylon | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Ceylon) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 13 July 1943 | to Peru as BAP Coronel Bolognesi 1960, scrapped 1985 |
| Chacabuco | Chilean Navy | | protected cruiser | 4,500 | 1902 | discarded 1952 |
| Chao Ho | Republic of China Navy | Chao Ho | protected cruiser | 2,707 | 21 February 1912 | sunk 28 September 1937 |
| Charybdis | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 3 December 1941 | sunk 23 October 1943 |
| Chervona Ukraina | Soviet Navy | Admiral Nakhimov | light cruiser | 7,480 | 21 March 1927 | sunk 12 November 1941, raised 3 November 1947, used as target 1950-1980 |
| Chester | United States Navy | Northampton | heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 24 June 1930 | scrapped 1959 |
| Chicago (CA-29) | United States Navy | Northampton | heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 9 March 1931 | sunk 30 January 1943 |
| Chicago (CA-136) | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 10 January 1945 | converted to missile cruiser 1964, decommissioned 1980, scrapped 1992 |
| Chikuma | Imperial Japanese Navy | Tone | heavy cruiser | 15,200 | 30 May 1939 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Chōkai | Imperial Japanese Navy | Takao | heavy cruiser | 15,781 | 30 June 1932 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Cincinnati | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 1 January 1924 | scrapped 1946 |
| Clas Fleming | Swedish Navy | | minelayer cruiser | 1,550 | 23 February 1914 | Scrapped 1960 |
| Claudio Druso | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | Never commissioned | laid down 27 September 1939, construction stopped June 1940, scrapped 1941-1942 |
| Claudio Tiberio | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | Never commissioned | laid down 28 September 1939, construction stopped June 1940, scrapped 1941-1942 |
| Cleopatra | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 5 December 1941 | scrapped 1958 |
| Cleveland | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 15 June 1942 | sold for scrap 18 February 1960 |
| Colbert | French Navy | Suffren | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 4 March 1931 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Colombo | Royal Navy | C (Carlisle) | light cruiser | 4,200 | 18 June 1919 | scrapped 1948 |
| Columbia | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 29 July 1942 | sold for scrap 18 February 1959 |
| Columbus | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 8 June 1945 | converted to missile cruiser 1962, decommissioned 1975, scrapped 1977 |
| Concord | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 3 November 1923 | scrapped 1947 |
| Cornelio Silla | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | Never commissioned | launched 28 June 1941, captured by Germany and never completed, sunk July 1944 |
| Cornwall | Royal Navy | County (Kent) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 8 May 1928 | sunk 5 April 1942 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | Peruvian Navy | Almirante Grau | scout cruiser | 3,100 | 10 August 1907 | stricken 1958 |
| Coventry | Royal Navy | C (Ceres) | light cruiser | 4,290 | 21 February 1918 | lost 14 September 1942 |
| Cuba | Cuban Navy | | light cruiser | 2,023 | 1911 | stricken 1971 |
| Cumberland | Royal Navy | County (Kent) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 23 February 1928 | scrapped 1959 |
| Curacoa | Royal Navy | C (Ceres) | light cruiser | 4,290 | 18 February 1918 | lost 2 October 1942 |
| Curlew | Royal Navy | C (Ceres) | light cruiser | 4,290 | 14 December 1917 | lost 26 May 1940 |
| Dalmacija | Royal Yugoslav Navy Regia Marina Kriegsmarine | Gazelle | light cruiser | 2,963 | 25 June 1900 | captured by Italy as Cattaro 25 April 1941, captured by Germany as Niobe September 1943, ran aground and destroyed December 1943, scrapped 1952 |
| Danae | Royal Navy Polish Navy | Danae | light cruiser | 4,850 | 22 July 1918 | to Poland as ORP Conrad 4 October 1944, scrapped March 1948 |
| Dauntless | Royal Navy | Danae | light cruiser | 4,850 | 22 November 1918 | scrapped 1946 |
| Dayton | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 7 January 1945 | sold for scrap 6 April 1962 |
| De Ruyter | Royal Netherlands Navy | | light cruiser | 6,442 | 3 October 1936 | sunk 28 February 1942 |
| Delhi | Royal Navy | Danae | light cruiser | 4,850 | 7 June 1919 | scrapped 1948 |
| Denver | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 15 October 1942 | sold for scrap 4 February 1960 |
| Despatch | Royal Navy | Danae | light 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 | 12,430 | 1 April 1933 | renamed Lützow January 1940, sunk as target 22 July 1947 |
| Devonshire | Royal Navy | County (London) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 18 March 1929 | scrapped 12 December 1954 |
| Diadem | Royal Navy | Dido (Bellona) | light cruiser | 5,950 | 6 January 1944 | to Pakistan as Babur February 1956, scrapped 1985 |
| Dido | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 30 September 1940 | scrapped 1957 |
| Diomede | Royal Navy | Danae | light cruiser | 4,850 | 22 October 1922 | scrapped 1946 |
| Dorsetshire | Royal Navy | County (Norfolk) | heavy cruiser | 10,035 | 30 September 1930 | sunk 5 April 1942 |
| Dragon | Royal Navy Polish Navy | Danae | light cruiser | 4,850 | 16 August 1918 | to Poland 15 January 1943, scuttled 20 July 1944 as Gooseberry breakwater blockship |
| Duguay-Trouin | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | Duguay-Trouin | light cruiser | 7,249 | 2 November 1926 | decommissioned 29 March 1952 |
| Duluth | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 18 September 1944 | sold for scrap 14 November 1960 |
| Dunedin | Royal Navy | Danae | light cruiser | 4,850 | 13 September 1919 | sunk 24 November 1941 |
| Dupleix | French Navy | Suffren | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 7 July 1932 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Duquesne | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | Duquesne | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 6 December 1928 | sold for scrap 27 July 1956 |
| Durban | Royal Navy | Danae | light cruiser | 4,850 | 1 November 1921 | scuttled 9 June 1944 as Gooseberry breakwater blockship |
| Edinburgh | Royal Navy | Town (Edinburgh) | light cruiser | 10,635 | 6 July 1939 | sunk 2 May 1942 |
| Effingham | Royal Navy | Hawkins | heavy cruiser | 9,860 | 2 July 1925 | wrecked 18 May 1940 |
| Elli | Hellenic Navy | Chao Ho | protected cruiser | 2,115 | November 1913 | sunk 15 August 1940 |
| Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Duca d'Aosta) | light cruiser | 8,317 | 13 July 1935 | ceded to USSR as Z15 2 March 1949, renamed Stalingrad, later Kerch, scrapped 1960s |
| Emden | Kriegsmarine | | light cruiser | 5,300 | 15 October 1925 | scuttled 3 May 1945, scrapped 1949 |
| Emerald | Royal Navy | Emerald | light cruiser | 7,580 | 14 January 1926 | scrapped July 1948 |
| Émile Bertin | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | | light cruiser | 5,886 | 28 January 1935 | scrapped October 1959 |
| Enterprise | Royal Navy | Emerald | light cruiser | 7,580 | 7 April 1926 | scrapped April 1946 |
| Etna | Regia Marina | Etna | light cruiser | 5,900 | Never commissioned | originally ordered by Royal Thai Navy in 1938 as Taksin, requisitioned by Italy in 1941, never completed |
| Eugenio di Savoia | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Duca d'Aosta) | light cruiser | 8,317 | 16 January 1936 | ceded to Greece as Elli 1950, scrapped 1973 |
| Euryalus | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 30 June 1941 | scrapped 1959 |
| Exeter | Royal Navy | York | heavy cruiser | 8,390 | 23 July 1931 | sunk 1 March 1942 |
| Fall River | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 1 July 1945 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| Fiji | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Fiji) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 5 May 1940 | sunk 22 May 1941 |
| Fiume | Regia Marina | Zara | heavy cruiser | 11,500 | 23 November 1931 | sunk 29 March 1941 |
| Flint | United States Navy | Atlanta (Oakland) | light cruiser | 6,718 | 31 August 1944 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| Foch | French Navy | Suffren | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 15 August 1931 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Frobisher | Royal Navy | Hawkins | heavy cruiser | 9,860 | 20 September 1924 | scrapped 26 March 1949 |
| Furutaka | Imperial Japanese Navy | Furutaka | heavy cruiser | 7,100 | 31 March 1926 | sunk 12 October 1942 |
| Fylgia | Swedish Navy | | armoured cruiser | 4,300 | 21 June 1907 | sold for scrap 1957 |
| Galatea | Royal Navy | Arethusa | light cruiser | 5,220 | 14 August 1935 | sunk 14 December 1941 |
| Galicia | Spanish Navy | Almirante Cervera | light cruiser | 7,475 | 30 August 1925 | stricken February 1970 |
| Gambia | Royal Navy Royal New Zealand Navy | Crown Colony (Fiji) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 21 February 1942 | scrapped 1968 |
| General Belgrano | Argentine Navy | Giuseppe Garibaldi | armoured cruiser | 6,100 | 8 October 1898 | struck 8 May 1947, sold for scrap 1953 |
| George Leygues | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | La Galissonnière | light cruiser | 7,600 | 15 November 1937 | scrapped 1959 |
| Georgios Averof | Hellenic Navy | Pisa | armoured cruiser | 9,450 | 16 May 1911 | Decommissioned 1951, museum ship |
| Giovanni delle Bande Nere | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Alberto di Giussano) | light cruiser | 6,467 | 27 April 1931 | sunk 1 April 1942 |
| Giulio Germanico | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | 19 January 1956 | launched 26 July 1941, scuttled by Germany 28 September 1943, raised and completed by Italian Navy as San Marco 19 January 1956, decommissioned 1971 |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Duca degli Abruzzi) | light cruiser | 11,170 | 20 December 1937 | converted to missile cruiser 1961, scrapped 1972 |
| Glasgow | Royal Navy | Town (Southampton) | light cruiser | 9,100 | 9 September 1937 | paid off November 1956 |
| Gloire | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | La Galissonnière | light cruiser | 7,600 | 15 November 1937 | scrapped 1958 |
| Gloucester | Royal Navy | Town (Gloucester) | light cruiser | 9,400 | 31 January 1939 | sunk 22 May 1941 |
| Gorizia | Regia Marina | Zara | heavy cruiser | 11,900 | 31 December 1931 | sunk 1943 |
| Gotland | Swedish Navy | | seaplane cruiser | 4,750 | 14 December 1934 | Scrapped 1963 |
| Guam | United States Navy | Alaska | large cruiser | 29,779 | 17 September 1944 | scrapped 1961 |
| Haguro | Imperial Japanese Navy | Myoko | heavy cruiser | 13,300 | 25 April 1929 | sunk 16 May 1945 |
| Hai Chen | Republic of China Navy | Hai Yung | protected cruiser | 2,680 | 21 September 1898 | scuttled 25 September 1937, salvaged and scrapped 1964 |
| Hai Chi | Republic of China Navy | Hai Chi | protected cruiser | 4,232 | 10 May 1899 | scuttled 11 August 1937 |
| Hai Chou | Republic of China Navy | Hai Yung | protected cruiser | 2,680 | 24 August 1898 | scuttled 25 September 1937, salvaged and scrapped 1960 |
| Hai Yung | Republic of China Navy | Hai Yung | protected cruiser | 2,680 | 27 July 1898 | scuttled 11 August 1937 |
| Hamidiye | Turkish Navy | | protected cruiser | 3,904 | 15 April 1904 | paid off March 1947, sold for scrap on 10 September 1964 |
| Hawaii | United States Navy | Alaska | large cruiser | 29,779 | Never commissioned | launched 3 November 1945, construction stopped at 82.4% completion, scrapped 1959 |
| Hawkins | Royal Navy | Hawkins | heavy cruiser | 9,860 | 25 July 1919 | scrapped 21 August 1947 |
| Helena (CL-50) | United States Navy | Brooklyn (St. Louis) | light cruiser | 10,000 | 18 September 1939 | sunk 6 July 1943 |
| Helena (CA-75) | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 4 September 1945 | decommissioned 1963, scrapped 1975 |
| Hekla | Royal Danish Navy | Hekla | light cruiser | 1,301 | 1891 | stricken 1954 |
| Hermione | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 25 March 1941 | sunk 16 June 1942 |
| Hirado | Imperial Japanese Navy | Chikuma | protected cruiser | 5,040 | 17 June 1912 | stricken 1 April 1940, scrapped January 1947 |
| Hobart | Royal Australian Navy | Leander (Amphion) | light cruiser | 6,980 | 28 September 1938 | scrapped 1962 |
| Honolulu | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,767 | 15 June 1938 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Houston (CA-30) | United States Navy | Northampton | heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 17 June 1930 | sunk 1 March 1942 |
| Houston (CL-81) | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 20 December 1943 | sold for scrap 1 June 1961 |
| Indianapolis | United States Navy | Portland | heavy cruiser | 9,800 | 15 November 1932 | sunk 30 July 1945 |
| Ibuki | Imperial Japanese Navy | Ibuki | heavy cruiser | 12,030 | Never commissioned | launched 21 May 1943, converted to light aircraft carrier December 1943, scrapped 22 September 1946 |
| Ioshima | Imperial Japanese Navy | Ioshima | light cruiser | 2,200 | 10 June 1944 | sunk 23 September 1937 as Ning Hai, raised by Japan in 1938, reclassified as Kaibōkan in 1944, sunk by USS Shad on 19 September 1944 |
| Isuzu | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | 15 August 1923 | sunk 7 April 1945 |
| Iwate | Imperial Japanese Navy | Izumo | armoured cruiser | 9,274 | 18 March 1901 | sunk 25 July 1945, scrapped 1946-1947 |
| Izumo | Imperial Japanese Navy | Izumo | armoured cruiser | 9,353 | 25 September 1900 | sunk 28 July 1945, scrapped 1947 |
| Jacob van Heemskerk | Royal Netherlands Navy | Tromp | flotilla leader | 4,064 | 16 September 1939 | decommissioned 1969 |
| Jamaica | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Fiji) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 29 June 1942 | scrapped 1960 |
| Java | Royal Netherlands Navy | Java | light cruiser | 6,670 | 1 May 1925 | sunk 27 February 1942 |
| Jean de Vienne | French Navy | La Galissonnière | light cruiser | 7,600 | 10 February 1937 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Jeanne d'Arc | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | | training cruiser | 6,496 | 14 August 1931 | scrapped 1965 |
| Jintsu | Imperial Japanese Navy | Sendai | light cruiser | 7,100 | 31 July 1925 | sunk 13 July 1943 |
| Juneau | United States Navy | Atlanta | light cruiser | 6,718 | 14 February 1942 | sunk 13 November 1942 |
| Kaganovich | Soviet Navy | Kirov (Project 26bis2) | light cruiser | 8,267 | 6 December 1944 | renamed as Lazar Kaganovich 3 August 1945, later as Petropavlovsk 3 August 1957, scrapped 1960s |
| Kako | Imperial Japanese Navy | Furutaka | heavy cruiser | 7,100 | 31 July 1926 | sunk 10 August 1942 |
| Kalinin | Soviet Navy | Kirov (Project 26bis2) | light cruiser | 8,267 | 31 December 1942 | struck 12 April 1963 |
| Karlsruhe | Kriegsmarine | Königsberg | light cruiser | 7,700 | 6 November 1929 | sunk 9 April 1940 |
| Kashii | Imperial Japanese Navy | Katori | light cruiser | 5,890 | 15 July 1941 | sunk 12 January 1945 |
| Kashima | Imperial Japanese Navy | Katori | light cruiser | 5,890 | 31 May 1940 | struck 5 October 1945, scrapped 1947 |
| Kasuga | Imperial Japanese Navy | Giuseppe Garibaldi | armoured cruiser | 7,578 | 7 January 1904 | sunk 18 July 1945, salvaged and scrapped 1948 |
| Katori | Imperial Japanese Navy | Katori | light cruiser | 5,890 | 20 April 1940 | sunk 18 February 1944 |
| Kent | Royal Navy | County (Kent) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 25 June 1928 | scrapped 1948 |
| Kenya | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Fiji) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 27 September 1940 | scrapped 1962 |
| Kinu | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | 10 November 1922 | sunk by USN aircraft, Sibuyan Sea 26 October 1944 |
| Kinugasa | Imperial Japanese Navy | Aoba | heavy cruiser | 8,300 | 30 September 1927 | sunk 14 November 1942 |
| Kirov | Soviet Navy | Kirov (Project 26) | light cruiser | 7,765 | 23 September 1938 | sold for scrap 22 February 1974 |
| Kiso | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kuma | light cruiser | 5,100 | 4 May 1921 | sunk 13 November 1944 |
| Kitakami | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kuma | light cruiser | 5,100 | 15 April 1921 | struck 30 November 1945, scrapped 1946-1947 |
| Köln | Kriegsmarine | Königsberg | light cruiser | 7,700 | 15 January 1930 | sunk 3 March 1945 |
| Königsberg | Kriegsmarine | Königsberg | light cruiser | 7,700 | 17 April 1929 | sunk 10 April 1940 |
| Komintern | Soviet Navy | Bogatyr | light cruiser | 6,340 | July 1905 | sunk as breakwater 10 October 1942 |
| Krasny Kavkaz | Soviet Navy | Admiral Nakhimov | light cruiser | 7,441 | 25 January 1932 | sunk as a target 1950s |
| Krasny Krym | Soviet Navy | Svetlana | light cruiser | 6,731 | 1 July 1928 | scrapped 1959 |
| Kronshtadt | Soviet Navy | Kronshtadt | heavy cruiser | 39,034 | Never commissioned | laid down 30 November 1939, 10.6% complete June 1941, scrapped 24 March 1947 |
| Kreuzer M | Kriegsmarine | M | light cruiser | 8,366 | Never commissioned | laid down 1 November 1938, broken up on slip 1942–1943 |
| Kreuzer N | Kriegsmarine | M | light cruiser | 8,366 | Never commissioned | laid down 1938, broken up on slip 1942–1943 |
| Kreuzer O | Kriegsmarine | M | light cruiser | 8,366 | Never commissioned | laid down 10 March 1939, broken up on slip 1942–1943 |
| Kuma | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kuma | light cruiser | 5,100 | 31 August 1920 | sunk 11 January 1944 |
| Kumano | Imperial Japanese Navy | Mogami | heavy cruiser | 13,440 | 31 October 1931 | sunk 15 November 1944 |
| La Argentina | Argentine Navy | | light cruiser | 6,500 | 12 April 1939 | discarded 1974 |
| La Galissonnière | French Navy | La Galissonnière | light cruiser | 7,600 | 1 January 1936 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Lamotte-Picquet | French Navy | Duguay-Trouin | light cruiser | 7,249 | 5 March 1927 | sunk 12 January 1945 |
| Latona | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 4 May 1941 | sunk 25 October 1941 |
| Leander | Royal New Zealand Navy | Leander | light cruiser | 6,985 | 24 March 1933 | returned to UK 8 May 1944, scrapped 1950 |
| Leipzig | Kriegsmarine | Leipzig | light cruiser | 8,000 | 8 October 1931 | scuttled 11 July 1946 |
| Little Rock | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 17 June 1945 | converted to missile cruiser 1960, preserved as museum ship since 1 June 1977 |
| Liverpool | Royal Navy | Town (Gloucester) | light cruiser | 9,400 | 2 November 1938 | paid off 1952 |
| London | Royal Navy | County (London) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 31 January 1929 | scrapped 22 January 1950 |
| Los Angeles | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 22 July 1945 | decommissioned 1963, scrapped 1975 |
| Louisville | United States Navy | Northampton | heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 15 January 1931 | scrapped 1959 |
| Luigi Cadorna | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Cadorna) | light cruiser | 5,239 | 11 August 1933 | scrapped 1951 |
| Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Duca degli Abruzzi) | light cruiser | 11,170 | 1 December 1937 | decommissioned January 1961, scrapped 1972 |
| Macon | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 26 August 1945 | decommissioned 1961, scrapped 1973 |
| Manchester | Royal Navy | Town (Gloucester) | light cruiser | 9,400 | 4 August 1938 | scuttled 13 August 1942 |
| Manxman | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 20 June 1941 | scrapped October 1972 |
| Marblehead | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 8 September 1924 | scrapped 1946 |
| Mariscal Sucre | Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela | Isla de Luzón | protected cruiser | 970 | 22 September 1887 | scrapped 1940 |
| Marseillaise | French Navy | La Galissonniere | light cruiser | 7,600 | 10 October 1937 | scuttled 27 November 1942 |
| Mauritius | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Fiji) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 4 January 1941 | scrapped 1965 |
| Maxim Gorky | Soviet Navy | Kirov (Project 26bis) | light cruiser | 8,048 | 12 December 1940 | sold for scrap 18 April 1959 |
| Maya | Imperial Japanese Navy | Takao | heavy cruiser | 13,350 | 30 June 1932 | Sunk 23 October 1944 |
| Mecidiye | Turkish Navy | | protected cruiser | 3,485 | 19 December 1903 | paid off 1 March 1947, scrapped 1952-1956 |
| Medusa | Kriegsmarine | Gazelle | light cruiser | 2,617 | 26 July 1901 | scuttled 3 May 1945, scrapped 1948-1950 |
| Memphis | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 17 December 1925 | scrapped 1947 |
| Méndez Núñez | Spanish Navy | Blas de Lezo | light cruiser | 4,780 | 30 August 1924 | struck 1963 |
| Miami | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 28 December 1943 | sold for scrap 20 July 1962 |
| Miguel de Cervantes | Spanish Navy | Almirante Cervera | light cruiser | 7,475 | 10 February 1930 | stricken 1964 |
| Mikuma | Imperial Japanese Navy | Mogami | heavy cruiser | 13,440 | 29 August 1935 | sunk 6 June 1942 |
| Milwaukee | United States Navy Soviet Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 20 June 1923 | loaned to USSR as Murmansk 20 April 1944; returned 16 March 1949; scrapped 10 December 1949 |
| Minneapolis | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 19 May 1934 | Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Mobile | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 24 March 1943 | sold for scrap 16 December 1959 |
| Mogami | Imperial Japanese Navy | Mogami | heavy cruiser | 12,400 | 28 July 1935 | Sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Molotov | Soviet Navy | Kirov (Project 26bis) | light cruiser | 8,048 | 14 January 1941 | renamed Slava 3 August 1957, sold for scrap 4 April 1972 |
| Montcalm | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | La Galissonniere | light cruiser | 7,600 | 15 November 1937 | Decommissioned 1 May 1957 |
| Montpelier | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 9 September 1942 | sold for scrap 22 January 1960 |
| Muzio Attendolo | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Montecuccoli) | light cruiser | 7,405 | 7 August 1935 | sunk 4 December 1942 |
| Myōkō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Myōkō | heavy cruiser | 13,380 | 31 July 1929 | scuttled by Royal Navy 8 June 1946 |
| Naiad | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 24 July 1940 | sunk 11 March 1942 |
| Nachi | Imperial Japanese Navy | Myōkō | heavy cruiser | 13,380 | 28 November 1928 | sunk 5 November 1944 |
| Nagara | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | 21 April 1922 | lost 7 August 1944 |
| Naka | Imperial Japanese Navy | Sendai | light cruiser | 7,100 | 30 November 1925 | sunk 17 February 1944 |
| Nashville | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,767 | 6 June 1938 | to Chile as Capitán Prat January 1951, scrapped 1985 |
| Natori | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | 15 September 1922 | lost 18 August 1944 |
| Navarra | Spanish Navy | | light cruiser | 5,502 | 15 January 1920 | retired 1956 |
| Neptune | Royal Navy | Leander | light cruiser | 7,000 | 23 February 1934 | lost 19 December 1941 |
| New Orleans | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 12 April 1933 | Decommissioned 10 February 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Newcastle | Royal Navy | Town (Southampton) | light cruiser | 9,100 | 5 March 1937 | scrapped August 1959 |
| Newfoundland | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Ceylon) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 21 January 1943 | to Peru as BAP Almirante Grau 1959, scrapped 1979 |
| Nigeria | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Fiji) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 23 September 1940 | to India as INS Mysore 29 August 1957, decommissioned 1985 |
| Niobe | Kriegsmarine | Holland | anti-aircraft cruiser | 4,100 | 15 July 1900 | captured from Dutch as Gelderland 17 May 1940, sunk 16 July 1944 |
| Norfolk | Royal Navy | County (Norfolk) | heavy cruiser | 10,035 | 30 April 1930 | scrapped 1950 |
| Northampton | United States Navy | Northampton | heavy cruiser | 9,050 | 17 May 1930 | lost 1 December 1942 |
| Noshiro | Imperial Japanese Navy | Agano | light cruiser | 6,547 | 30 June 1943 | sunk 26 October 1944 |
| Nürnberg | Kriegsmarine | Leipzig | light cruiser | 8,900 | 2 November 1935 | transferred to Soviet Union as Admiral Makarov 1945, scrapped 1960 |
| O'Higgins | Chilean Navy | | armoured cruiser | 7,796 | 2 April 1898 | scrapped 1958 |
| Oakland | United States Navy | Atlanta (Oakland) | light cruiser | 6,718 | 17 July 1943 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1959 |
| Ōi | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kuma | light cruiser | 5,100 | 10 October 1921 | sunk 19 July 1944 |
| Oklahoma City | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 22 December 1944 | converted to missile cruiser 1960, sunk as target 1999 |
| Oltul | Royal Romanian Navy | Bistrița | coastguard cruiser | 100 | 1888 | Used as river gunboat after the war, scrapped 1950's |
| Omaha | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 24 February 1923 | Scrapped February 1946 |
| Ontario | Royal Canadian Navy | Minotaur | light cruiser | 8,800 | 25 May 1945 | laid up 15 October 1958 |
| Orion | Royal Navy | Leander | light cruiser | 7,000 | 18 January 1934 | scrapped 1949 |
| Ottaviano Augusto | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | Never commissioned | launched 28 April 1941, captured by Germany and never completed, sunk 1 November 1943 |
| Ōyodo | Imperial Japanese Navy | Ōyodo | light cruiser | 11,433 | 28 February 1943 | sunk 25 July 1945 |
| Paolo Emilio | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | Never commissioned | laid down 12 October 1939, construction stopped June 1940, scrapped 1941-1942 |
| Pasadena | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 8 June 1944 | sold for scrap 5 July 1972 |
| Penelope | Royal Navy | Arethusa | light cruiser | 5,270 | 13 November 1936 | sunk 18 February 1944 |
| Pensacola | United States Navy | Pensacola | heavy cruiser | 9,100 | 6 February 1930 | sunk as target 1948 |
| Perth | Royal Australian Navy | Leander (Amphion) | light cruiser | 6,980 | 29 June 1939 | former HMS Amphion; sunk 1 March 1942 |
| Peyk-i Şevket | Turkish Navy | Peyk-i Şevket | torpedo cruiser | 775 | 13 November 1907 | Scrapped 1953 |
| Petropavlovsk | Soviet Navy | Admiral Hipper | heavy cruiser | 14,680 | Never commissioned | fought incomplete in siege of Leningrad, renamed as Tallinn 1 September 1944, converted to training ship as Dniepr March 1953, scrapped late 1950's |
| Philadelphia | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,767 | 23 September 1937 | to Brazil as Barroso January 1951, scrapped 1974 |
| Phoebe | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 27 September 1940 | scrapped 1956 |
| Phoenix | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,767 | 3 October 1938 | to Argentina as ARA General Belgrano April 1951, sunk 2 May 1982 |
| Pittsburgh | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 10 October 1944 | decommissioned 1956, scrapped 1974 |
| Pluton | French Navy | | minelayer cruiser | 5,200 | 25 January 1932 | lost 13 September 1939 |
| Pola | Regia Marina | Zara | heavy cruiser | 11,730 | 21 December 1932 | sunk 28 March 1941 |
| Pompeo Magno | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | 4 June 1943 | renamed San Giorgio 1 July 1955, scrapped 1980 |
| Portland | United States Navy | Portland | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 23 February 1933 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| Portsmouth | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 25 June 1945 | sold for scrap 26 February 1974 |
| Primauguet | French Navy | Duguay-Trouin | light cruiser | 7,249 | 1 April 1927 | scuttled 8 November 1942, scrapped 1951 |
| Prinz Eugen | Kriegsmarine | Admiral Hipper | heavy cruiser | 16,700 | 1 August 1940 | to United States as USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300) 5 January 1946, used as target in nuclear tests, capsized 22 December 1946 |
| Providence | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 15 May 1945 | converted to missile cruiser 1959, scrapped 1980 |
| Pueyrredón | Argentine Navy | Giuseppe Garibaldi | armoured cruiser | 6,100 | 4 August 1898 | struck 2 August 1954, sold for scrap 1957 |
| Quincy (CA-39) | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,375 | 9 June 1936 | sunk 9 August 1942 |
| Quincy (CA-71) | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 15 December 1943 | decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1974 |
| Raimondo Montecuccoli | Regia Marina | Condottieri (Montecuccoli) | light cruiser | 7,405 | 30 June 1935 | decommissioned 1964 |
| Raleigh | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 6 February 1924 | scrapped 1946 |
| Reno | United States Navy | Atlanta (Oakland) | light cruiser | 6,718 | 28 December 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1962 |
| Richmond | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 2 July 1923 | scrapped 1946 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | Brazilian Navy | Bahia | scout cruiser | 3,050 | 14 May 1910 | scrapped 1948 |
| Royalist | Royal Navy | Dido (Bellona) | light cruiser | 5,950 | 10 September 1943 | scrapped 1968 |
| Sakawa | Imperial Japanese Navy | Agano | light cruiser | 6,547 | 30 November 1944 | sunk as target 2 July 1946 |
| Salt Lake City | United States Navy | Pensacola | heavy cruiser | 9,100 | 11 December 1929 | sunk as target 1948 |
| San Diego | United States Navy | Atlanta | light cruiser | 6,718 | 10 January 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960 |
| San Francisco | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 10 February 1934 | Decommissioned 10 February 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| San Giorgio | Regia Marina | San Giorgio | heavy cruiser | 10,167 | 1 July 1910 | decommissioned 22 January 1941 |
| San Juan | United States Navy | Atlanta | light cruiser | 6,718 | 28 February 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1961 |
| Santa Fe | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 24 November 1942 | sold for scrap 9 November 1959 |
| Savannah | United States Navy | Brooklyn | light cruiser | 9,767 | 10 March 1938 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| Scipione Africano | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | 23 April 1943 | ceded to France as Guichen 1948, scrapped 1982 |
| Scylla | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 12 June 1942 | scrapped 1950 |
| Seattle | United States Navy | Tennessee | armored cruiser | 14,500 | 7 August 1906 | decommissioned 1946, sold for scrap 1946 |
| Sendai | Imperial Japanese Navy | Sendai | light cruiser | 5,195 | 29 April 1924 | sunk 2 November 1943 |
| Sevastopol | Soviet Navy | Kronshtadt | heavy cruiser | 39,034 | Never commissioned | laid down 5 November 1939, 11.6% complete June 1941, scrapped 24 March 1947 |
| Seydlitz | Kriegsmarine | Admiral Hipper | heavy cruiser | 15,910 | Never commissioned | launched January 1939, construction stopped at 95% completion, converted to aircraft carrier as Weser March 1942, scuttled incomplete 29 January 1945 |
| Sheffield | Royal Navy | Town (Southampton) | light cruiser | 9,100 | 25 August 1937 | scrapped 1967 |
| Shropshire | Royal Navy Royal Australian Navy | County (London) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 24 September 1929 | to Australia 20 April 1943, paid off 10 November 1949, scrapped 20 January 1955 |
| Siretul | Royal Romanian Navy | Bistrița | coastguard cruiser | 100 | 1888 | Used as river gunboat after the war, scrapped 1950's |
| Sirius | Royal Navy | Dido | light cruiser | 5,600 | 6 May 1942 | scrapped 1956 |
| Sussex | Royal Navy | County (London) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 19 March 1929 | scrapped February 1950 |
| Southampton | Royal Navy | Town (Southampton) | light cruiser | 9,100 | 6 March 1937 | scuttled 11 January 1941 |
| Spartan | Royal Navy | Dido (Bellona) | light cruiser | 5,950 | 12 July 1943 | sunk 29 January 1944 |
| Springfield | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 9 September 1944 | converted to missile cruiser 1960, decommissioned 1974, scrapped 1980 |
| St. Louis | United States Navy | Brooklyn (St. Louis) | light cruiser | 10,000 | 19 May 1939 | to Brazil as Tamandaré January 1951, sunk under tow 1980 |
| Saint Paul | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 17 February 1945 | decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1980 |
| SP1 | Kriegsmarine | Spähkreuzer | scout cruiser | 5,700 | Never commissioned | laid down 30 August 1941, broken up on slip by 31 July 1943 |
| Suffolk | Royal Navy | County (Kent) | heavy cruiser | 9,850 | 31 May 1928 | scrapped 1948 |
| Suffren | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | Suffren | heavy cruiser | 9,940 | 1 January 1930 | scrapped 1974 |
| Sumatra | Royal Netherlands Navy | Java | light cruiser | 6,670 | 26 May 1926 | scuttled 9 June 1944 as Gooseberry breakwater blockship, sold for scrap 14 February 1951 |
| Superb | Royal Navy | Minotaur | light cruiser | 8,800 | 16 November 1945 | paid off 1957, scrapped 1960 |
| Suzuya | Imperial Japanese Navy | Mogami | heavy cruiser | 15,900 | 31 October 1937 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Swiftsure | Royal Navy | Minotaur | light cruiser | 8,800 | 22 June 1944 | paid off 1958, scrapped 1962 |
| Sydney | Royal Australian Navy | Leander (Amphion) | light cruiser | 6,980 | 24 September 1935 | sunk 19 November 1941 |
| Takao | Imperial Japanese Navy | Takao | heavy cruiser | 13,160 | 31 May 1932 | Sunk 31 July 1945 |
| Tama | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kuma | light cruiser | 5,100 | 29 January 1921 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Taranto | Regia Marina | Magdeburg | light cruiser | 3,184 | 2 June 1925 | former German Strassburg; scuttled 23 September 1943 |
| Tatsuta | Imperial Japanese Navy | Tenryu | light cruiser | 4,350 | 31 May 1919 | Sunk 13 March 1944 |
| Tenryū | Imperial Japanese Navy | Tenryu | light cruiser | 4,350 | 20 November 1919 | Sunk 18 December 1942 |
| Tokiwa | Imperial Japanese Navy | Asama | armoured cruiser | 9,514 | 19 May 1899 | sunk 9 August 1945, scrapped 1947 |
| Toledo | United States Navy | Baltimore | heavy cruiser | 13,600 | 27 October 1946 | decommissioned 1960, scrapped 1974 |
| Tone | Imperial Japanese Navy | Tone | heavy cruiser | 15,200 | 30 November 1938 | sunk 14 July 1945 |
| Topeka | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 23 December 1944 | converted to missile cruiser 1960, scrapped 1975 |
| Tourville | French Navy Free French Naval Forces | Duquesne | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 1 December 1928 | scrapped 1963 |
| Trento | Regia Marina | Trento | heavy cruiser | 10,511 | 3 April 1929 | sunk 14 June 1942 |
| Trenton | United States Navy | Omaha | light cruiser | 7,050 | 19 April 1924 | scrapped 1946 |
| Trieste | Regia Marina | Trento | heavy cruiser | 10,511 | 21 December 1928 | sunk 1943 |
| Trinidad | Royal Navy | Crown Colony (Fiji) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 14 October 1941 | sunk 15 May 1942 |
| Tromp | Royal Netherlands Navy | Tromp | flotilla leader | 3,404 | 18 August 1938 | decommissioned 1955 |
| Tucson | United States Navy | Atlanta (Oakland) | light cruiser | 6,718 | 3 February 1945 | decommissioned 1949, scrapped 1971 |
| Tuscaloosa | United States Navy | New Orleans | heavy cruiser | 9,950 | 17 August 1934 | Decommissioned 13 February 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| Uganda | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Crown Colony (Ceylon) | light cruiser | 8,530 | 3 January 1943 | transferred to RCN 21 October 1944, scrapped 1961 |
| Ulpio Traiano | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | Never commissioned | launched 30 November 1942, sunk 3 January 1943 |
| Veinticinco de Mayo | Argentine Navy | Veinticinco de Mayo | heavy cruiser | 6,800 | 18 July 1931 | scrapped 1962 |
| Vesuvio | Regia Marina | Etna | light cruiser | 5,900 | Never commissioned | originally ordered by Royal Thai Navy in 1938 as Naresuan, requisitioned by Italy in 1941, never completed |
| Vicksburg | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 12 June 1944 | sold for scrap 25 August 1964 |
| 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 | 11,744 | 21 January 1944 | sunk as target 28 October 1969 |
| Vipsanio Agrippa | Regia Marina | Capitani Romani | flotilla leader | 3,750 | Never commissioned | laid down October 1939, construction stopped June 1940, scrapped 1941-1942 |
| Voroshilov | Soviet Navy | Kirov (Project 26) | light cruiser | 7,770 | 20 June 1940 | sold for scrap 2 March 1973 |
| Welshman | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 25 August 1941 | sunk 1 February 1943 |
| Wichita | United States Navy | | heavy cruiser | 10,589 | 16 February 1939 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Wilkes-Barre | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,744 | 1 July 1944 | sunk as target 13 May 1972 |
| Yahagi (1911) | Imperial Japanese Navy | Chikuma | protected cruiser | 5,040 | 27 July 1912 | stricken 1 April 1940, scrapped 31 January 1947 |
| Yahagi (1942) | Imperial Japanese Navy | Agano | light cruiser | 6,547 | 29 December 1943 | sunk 7 April 1945 |
| Yakumo | Imperial Japanese Navy | | armoured cruiser | 9,494 | 20 June 1900 | scrapped 1 April 1947 |
| Yasoshima | Imperial Japanese Navy | Ioshima | light cruiser | 2,200 | 25 September 1944 | sunk 23 September 1937 as Ping Hai, raised by Japan in 1938, reclassified as Kaibōkan in 1944, sunk by US aircraft on 25 November 1944 |
| Yat Sen | Republic of China Navy | | light cruiser | 1,624 | 10 October 1934 | sold for scrap 19 May 1959 |
| Ying Rui | Republic of China Navy | Chao Ho | protected cruiser | 2,460 | 2 December 1911 | sunk 25 October 1937 |
| Yodo | Imperial Japanese Navy | Yodo | protected cruiser | 1,270 | 8 April 1908 | stricken 1 April 1940, scrapped 1945 |
| York | Royal Navy | York | heavy cruiser | 8,250 | 1 May 1930 | constructive loss 26 March 1941, scrapped 1952 |
| Yūbari | Imperial Japanese Navy | | light cruiser | 2,840 | 23 July 1923 | sunk 28 April 1944 |
| Yura | Imperial Japanese Navy | Nagara | light cruiser | 5,088 | 20 March 1923 | lost 25 October 1942 |
| Zara | Regia Marina | Zara | heavy cruiser | 11,500 | 20 October 1931 | sunk 29 March 1941 |