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- Walchensee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
- Wangerooge: Wangerooge class (Type 722) tug
- Weißenburg: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1891
- Weiden: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
- Weihe: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1972
- Weihe: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Weilheim: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 and recommissioned 1978 to 1995
- Weilheim: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
- Wels: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Werra: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
- Werra: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
- Weser: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
- Westensee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
- Westerwald: Westerwald class (Type 760) ammunition transport ship
- Westfalen: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
- Wettin: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1900
- Wetzlar: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
- Wetzlar: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1995
- Widder HSK 3: 16,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Wiesbaden: Wiesbaden class light cruiser, launched 1915
- Wiesel: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1984
- Wiesel: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Wildschwan: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1964
- Wilhelm Bauer: Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U2549
- Wilhelm Heidkamp: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
- Wittelsbach: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1900
- Wolf: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1975
- Wolf: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Wolfgang Zenker: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
- Wolfsburg: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
- Worms: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
- Wörth: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1892
- Württemberg: 7,800 ton Sachsen class armored frigate, launched 1878
- Württemberg: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, not completed
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