Warren Massachusetts Schooner [Coas Coulston Howell]
 Warren Massachusetts Schooner [Thorndike Thorndike Ogleby Ravel]
 Warren Massachusetts Sloop [Phillips Barlow]
 Warrior Pennsylvania Ship [De Hart]
 Washington Connecticut Sloop [Deming Rennals]
 Washington Connecticut Sloop [Jauncey]
 Washington Connecticut Sloop [King]
 Washington Maryland Sloop [Burrows]
 Washington Massachusetts Brigantine [Smith Ogleby Wardell]
 Washington Massachusetts Schooner [Boardman Stockman Odiorne Rowe Stockman Clough Preston]
 Washington Massachusetts Ship [Lewis]
 Washington New Hampshire Schooner
 Washington New York Barge [Warner]
 Washington Pennsylvania Schooner [May]
 Washington Pennsylvania Ship [Fletcher]
 Washington Pennsylvania Ship [Josiah]
 Washington Pennsylvania Sloop [Chew]
 Wasp Massachusetts Boat [Thompson]
 Wasp Massachusetts Brigantine [McNeill]
 Wasp Massachusetts Schooner [Somes Somes Sargent Pike Sargent]
 Wasp Rhode Island [unknown] [Greene]
 Wasp Rhode Island [Schooner] [Cornell Briggs]
 Wasp South Carolina Brig [Bulfinch Ferrer]
Wayne Rhode Island [unknown] [see General Wayne]
 Weasel Connecticut Schooner [Fanning]
 Weasel Connecticut Schooner [Johnson Thompson How Spencer]
 Weasel Massachusetts Brigantine [Coombs Johnson]
 Weasel Massachusetts Sloop [Parmenter]
 Weasel Rhode Island [Schooner] [Mauran Wheaton Pain]
Weasell Connecticut Schooner [see Weasel]
Weazle Massachusetts Brigantine [see Weasel]
 Wexford Massachusetts Brigantine [Fletcher]
 Wexford Massachusetts Brigantine [Rathbun]
Wezel Connecticut Schooner [see Weasel]
 Whim Connecticut Brigantine [Conkling]
 White Oak New Hampshire Ship [Ladd]
 Widow Wadman Maryland Schooner [Blackmer]
 Wild Cat Massachusetts Brigantine [Ropes]
Wiley and Minta Maryland Schooner [see Williaminta Maryland Schooner]
 Wilkes Massachusetts Brigantine [Pearce Knight]
 Wilkes Massachusetts Brigantine [Williams]
 Wilkes New Hampshire Sloop [Cadet]
 Wilkes Virginia Brigantine [Cunningham]
Wilks New Hampshire Sloop [see Wilkes New Hampshire Sloop]
 Will and Henry South Carolina Schooner [Eastef]
 William Massachusetts Brigantine [Allen]
 William Massachusetts Schooner [Coit]
 William Massachusetts Ship [Johnson Rowe Fearson]
 William Massachusetts Ship [Rappall]
 William Pennsylvania Ship [Vallance]
 Williaminta Maryland Schooner [Waters Skillirn]
 Willing Massachusetts Schooner [unknown]
 Willing Lass Maryland Brig [Williams]
 Willing Lass Virginia Brig [Williams]
 Willing Maid Massachusetts Schooner [Savage]
 Witch South Carolina Schooner [Spencer]
 Wolf Virginia Ship [Butler]
 Wolfe Massachusetts Sloop [Freeman]
 Wonder Rhode Island [Schooner] [Forrester]
 Wooster Connecticut Sloop [McCleave Staples Peck Brintnall]