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The short answer depends on the Navy. Capital ships generally refer to aircraft carriers, battleships, and battlecruisers. At the beginning of World War 2 in 1939 the following navies had the largest number of capital ships. More ships in all the navies were built later on in the war such as the famous Bismark class or Yamato class battleships.

The British Navy-

Battlecruisers- HMS Hood, Renown, Repulse

Battleships HMS Rodney, Nelson, Ramillies, Resolution, Revenge, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Barham, Malaya, Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, Warspite

Aircraft Carriers- HMS Ark Royal, Courageous, Eagle, Hermes, Victorious, Illustrious, Formidable, Argus

IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy)-

Battlecruisers- Kongo, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna

Battleships- Nagato, Mutsu, Ise, Hyuga, Fuso, Yamashiro

Aircraft Carriers- Kaga, Akagi, Ryujo, Soryu,

Kriegsmarine (German Navy)-

Battlecruisers- Scharnhorst, Gneisenau

Battleships- Schlesien, Schleswig-Holtstein

"Pocket" Battleships- Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer, Lutzow (Deutschland)

Aircraft Carriers- Graf Zeppelin (never completed)

United States Navy-

Battleships- USS New York, Nevada, California, Maryland, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia,

Aircraft Carriers- USS Lexington, Enterprise, Ranger, Saratoga, Yorktown

Regia Marina (Italian Navy)-

Battleships- Conte di Cavour, Littorio, Vittorio Veneto

Aircraft Carriers- Aquila (built but never used in combat)

French Navy-

Battleships- Richelieu, Jean Bart, Dunkerque, Strasbourg, Bretagne, Courbet, Lorraine

Aircraft carriers- Beam

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