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| Ship | Country | Class and type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Wahoo | United States | Gato class submarine | 1,525 surfaced | 15 May 1942 | Sunk 11 October 1943 |
| Wainwright | USA | Sims class destroyer | 1,570 | 15 April 1940 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
| Walke | USA | Sims class destroyer | 1,570 | 27 April 1940 | sunk 15 November 1942 |
| Ward | United States | Wickes class destroyer | 1,190 | 24 July 1918 | Sunk 7 December 1944 |
| Warramunga | Australia | Tribal class destroyer | 2,020 | 23 November 1942 | scrapped 1963 |
| Warrington | USA | Somers class destroyer leader | 1,850 | 9 February 1938 | foundered in hurricane 13 September 1944 |
| Warspite | UK | Queen Elizabeth class battleship | 31,000 | 8 March 1915 | scrapped 1950 |
| Washington | USA | North Carolina class battleship | 35,000 | 15 May 1941 | Decommissioned 27 June 1947, scrapped 1960 |
| Wasp CV-7 | USA | aircraft carrier | 14,700 | 25 April 1940 | sunk 15 September 1942 |
| Wasp CV-18 | USA | Essex class fleet carrier | 30,800 | 24 November 1943 | decommissioned 1 July 1972 and scrapped |
| Welles | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 16 August 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1969 |
| Welshman | UK | Abdiel class minelayer | 2,650 | 25 August 1941 | torpedoed 1 February 1943 |
| West Virginia | USA | Colorado class battleship | 31,500 | 1 December 1923 | Decommissioned 9 January 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Whaddon | UK | Hunt class destroyer | 1,000 | 28 February 1941 | broken up April 1959 |
| Wicher | Poland | Wicher class destroyer | 1,400 | 13 July 1930 | sunk 3 September 1939 |
| Wichita | USA | Wichita class heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 16 February 1939 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Widder | Germany | Auxiliary cruiser | 16,800 | 30 November 1939 | became repair ship Neumark 1941 |
| Wiley | USA | Fletcher class | 2,050 | 22 February 1945 | decommissioned 9 August 1946 |
| Wilkes | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 22 April 1941 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Wilkes-Barre | USA | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 1 July 1944 | sunk as target 1972 |
| Wilhelm Heidkamp | Germany | Type 1936 destroyer | 3,400 | 10 June 1939 | sunk 10 April 1940 |
| Wilson | USA | Benham class destroyer | 1,500 | 5 July 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
| Winslow | USA | Porter class destroyer leader | 1,850 | 17 February 1937 | scrapped 1959 |
| Wisconsin | USA | Iowa class battleship | 45,000 | 16 April 1944 | decommissioned 1958, recommissioned 1988, decommissioned 30 September 1991; museum ship Norfolk, Virginia |
| Wolf | Germany | 1924 Raubtier class torpedo boat | 1,320 | 15 November 1928 | sunk 8 January 1941 |
| Wolfgang Zenker | Germany | Type 1934A destroyer | 3,100 | 2 July 1938 | scuttled 13 April 1940 |
| Woodworth | USA | Benson class destroyer | 1,620 | 30 April 1942 | to Italy 1951, scrapped 1971 |
| Woolsey | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 7 May 1941 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974 |
| Worden | USA | Farragut class destroyer | 1,365 | 15 January 1935 | sunk 12 January 1943 |
| Wrestler | UK | Admiralty W class destroyer | 1,188 | 15 May 1918 | mined 6 June 1944, scrapped July 1944 |
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