Selected Book
Stalking the U-boat
USAAF Offensive Antisubmarine Operations in World War II
Schoenfeld, Maxwell Philip
Allied Warships
Check out our new extensive section on all the Allied Warships during WWII in all theatres of the war.Over 21,000 ships
Destroyers |
DD | The biggest threat to the U-boats early in the war was the fully equipped destroyer. |
Destroyer Escorts |
DE | Over 500 commissioned from 1943 - 1945 these became one the most formidable U-boat hunters around. |
Frigates |
From early 1943 these were the mainstream U-boat hunters for the Commonwealth Navies. | |
Escort Carriers |
CVE | 136 of those were commissioned in the war. Some formed very formidable hunter killer groups with several DE's. |
Corvettes | Roughly half of the convoy escort in the North Atlantic were corvettes. Mostly of the Flower class. | |
Sloops | Somewhat similar to the corvettes but better armed and with longer range they were effective U-boat hunters. | |
Cutters | The collective term for US Coast Guard ships | |
A/S Trawlers | These illustrated the sheer desperation the Royal Navy felt when it came to defend against the U-boats. |