to 2006 Weihe: submarine chaser : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1972 : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 and recommissioned 1978 to 1995 : (Type 332) minehunter Weimar: minesweeper : 10,500 ton , launched 1891 Weisswasser: minesweeper Welle: experimental craft : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) Werdau: submarine chaser (tender): (Type 401) tender : (Type 404) replenishment ship : (Type 401) tender Weser: fishery protection vessel, minesweeper tender : gunboat, launched 1860 : gunboat, launched 1876 Wespe: training vessel; Wespe-class : (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned : (Type 760) ammunition transport ship : 19,000 ton , launched 1908 Westfalen: seaplane tender : 12,000 ton , launched 1900 : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1995 : 16,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser Widder: minesweeper; Schütze-class : light cruiser, launched 1915 : , launched 1917, not completed : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1984 : (Type 143A) fast attack craft : Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1964 : Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine Wilhelm Bauer: submarine tender Wilhelm-Bauer-class Wilhelm Florin (815): torpedo boat : Type 1936 destroyer Wilhelm Leuschner (824): torpedo boat Wilhelm Pieck (S61): training ship Wilhem-Pieck-Stadt Guben (323): minesweeper Willi Bänsch (844): torpedo boat Willi Bänsch (831): torpedo boat Wische: Ohre-class Wismar: Project 4 Wismar (214: submarine chaser Wismar (241): corvette : 12,000 ton , launched 1900 Wittensee: tanker; Klasse 763 Wittow (E661): supply ship Wittstock (315): minesweeper : gunboat, launched 1860 : gunboat, launched 1878 : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1975 : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned Wolfgang Thiess (866): torpedo boat : Type 1934A destroyer : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000 Wolgast: minesweeper Wolgast (V811): minesweeper : (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963 : 10,500 ton , launched 1892 : 7,800 ton , launched 1878 : 29,000 ton , not completed Wurzen: minesweeper Y : 10,000 ton armored cruiser, launched 1904 Z : 12,000 ton , launched 1901 Zander (A45): salvage tug : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) Zeitz: minesweeper Zeitz (314): minesweeper Zephir: torpedo boat, Tug Zerbst (335): minesweeper Zick, Norwegian captured in 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot. :