# List of ships of World War II (W)

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 (W) :
| Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Wager | Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 April 1944 | paid off January 1946 |
| Wahoo | United States Navy | Gato | submarine | 1,525 surfaced | 15 May 1942 | Sunk 11 October 1943 |
| Wainwright | United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 15 April 1940 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
| Wake Island | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 7 November 1943 | scrapped April 1946 |
| Wakeful | Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 17 February 1944 | scrapped 5 July |
| Walke | United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 27 April 1940 | sunk 15 November 1942 |
| Wallflower | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 7 March 1941 | |
| Ward | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer | 1,190 | 24 July 1918 | Sunk 7 December 1944 |
| Warrior | Royal Navy | Colossus | aircraft carrier | 18,300 | 2 April 1945 | paid off 1970, scrapped 1971 |
| Warramunga | Royal Australian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 23 November 1942 | scrapped 1963 |
| Warrington | United States Navy | Somers | destroyer leader | 1,850 | 9 February 1938 | foundered in hurricane 13 September 1944 |
| Warspite | Royal Navy | Queen Elizabeth | battleship | 31,000 | 8 March 1915 | scrapped 1950 |
| Wasa | Swedish Navy | Äran | coastal defence ship | 3,650 | 1901 | paid off 1940, scrapped 1961 |
| Washington | United States Navy | North Carolina | battleship | 35,000 | 15 May 1941 | Decommissioned 27 June 1947, scrapped 1960 |
| Waskesiu | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 16 June 1943 | paid off 29 January 1946 |
| Wasp (I) | United States Navy | | aircraft carrier | 14,700 | 25 April 1940 | sunk 15 September 1942 |
| Wasp (II) | United States Navy | Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 24 November 1943 | decommissioned 1 July 1972 |
| Welles | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 16 August 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1969 |
| Welshman | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer | 2,650 | 25 August 1941 | sunk 1 February 1943 |
| Wensleydale | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 20 October 1942 | constructive loss 11 December 1944 |
| Wentworth | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 7 December 1943 | paid off 10 October 1945 |
| Wessex | Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 11 May 1944 | paid off January 1946 |
| West Virginia | United States Navy | Colorado | battleship | 31,500 | 1 December 1923 | Decommissioned 9 January 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| West York | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 6 October 1944 | 9 July 1945 |
| Wetaskiwin | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 17 December 1940 | paid off 19 June 1945 |
| Weyburn | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 November 1941 | paid off 22 February 1943 |
| Whaddon | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,000 | 28 February 1941 | broken up April 1959 |
| Wheatland | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 3 November 1941 | paid off 19 June 1945, scrapped 20 September 1959 |
| Whelp | Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 25 April 1944 | paid off January 1946 |
| Whirlwind | Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 1943 | foundered 29 October 1974 |
| Whitby | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 6 June 1944 | 16 July 1945 |
| White Plains | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 15 November 1943 | scrapped 29 July 1958 |
| Wicher | Polish Navy | Wicher | destroyer | 1,400 | 13 July 1930 | sunk 3 September 1939 |
| Wichita | United States Navy | Wichita | heavy cruiser | 10,000 | 16 February 1939 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| Widder | Kriegsmarine | | auxiliary cruiser | 16,800 | 30 November 1939 | became repair ship Neumark 1941 |
| Willem van der Zaan | Royal Netherlands Navy | Willem van der Zaan | minelayer | 1,407 | 21 August 1939 | decommissioned 27 February 1970, sold for scrap 6 October 1970 |
| Wiley | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 22 February 1945 | decommissioned 9 August 1946 |
| Wilkes | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 22 April 1941 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
| Wilkes-Barre | United States Navy | Cleveland | light cruiser | 11,800 | 1 July 1944 | sunk as target 1972 |
| William D. Porter | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 6 July 1943 | sunk 10 June 1945 |
| Willowherb | Royal Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 30 August 1943 | paid off 11 June 1946 |
| Wilson | United States Navy | Benham | destroyer | 1,500 | 5 July 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
| Wilton | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 18 February 1942 | paid off 19 June 1945, scrapped 1959 |
| Windflower | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 20 October 1940 | to Canada 15 May 1941, sunk 7 December 1941 |
| Windham Bay | United States Navy | Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 3 May 1944 | scrapped February 1961 |
| Windrush | Royal Navy Free French Naval Forces | River | frigate | 1,370 | February 1944 | to France February 1944 as Découverte; decommissioned 1959 |
| Winslow | United States Navy | Porter | destroyer | 1,850 | 17 February 1937 | scrapped 1959 |
| Wisconsin | United States Navy | Iowa | battleship | 45,000 | 16 April 1944 | decommissioned 30 September 1991; museum ship |
| Witte de With | Royal Netherlands Navy | Admiralen | destroyer | 1,337 | 20 February 1930 | Scuttled 2 March 1942 |
| Wizard | Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 30 March 1944 | scrapped 1967 |
| Wolf | Kriegsmarine | Raubtier | torpedo boat | 1,320 | 15 November 1928 | sunk 8 January 1941 |
| Woodruff | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 7 April 1941 | |
| Woodstock | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 1 May 1942 | paid off 27 January 1945 |
| Woodworth | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 30 April 1942 | to Italy 1951, scrapped 1971 |
| Woolsey | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 7 May 1941 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1974 |
| Worden | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 15 January 1935 | sunk 12 January 1943 |
| Wrangler | Royal Navy | W | destroyer | 1,710 | 14 July 1944 | to South Africa after war |
| Wrestler | Royal Navy | Admiralty W | destroyer | 1,188 | 15 May 1918 | mined 6 June 1944, scrapped July 1944 |