| Name | Date Lost | Vessel | Area | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waage, Bob | 11/4/1978 | Epic | S Kodiak | Capsized, sank |
| Wackwitz, Robert | 10-6-1885 | Amethyst | Saint Lawrence Is | Disappeared |
| Wade, Ben A | 8/17/1913 | State of California | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wag, Hans | 11/11/1929 | Kanatak | N Gulf of Alaska | Disappeared |
| Wagner, Eloise | 2/24/1906 | Centennial | Aleutians | Disappeared |
| Wagner, Frank | 10-6-1892 | Helen Mar | Chukchi Sea | Crushed in ice |
| Wagner, Mrs. Orville | 7/9/1958 | Sunmore | Lituya Bay | Tidal Wave |
| Wagner, Orville | 7/9/1958 | Sunmore | Lituya Bay | Tidal Wave |
| Waite, Frank Loren | 10/29/1987 | Boat | Sitka area | Overboard |
| Walderhaug, Hans | 11/1/1922 | Morengen | NE Gulf of Alaska | Disappeared |
| Walker, A | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Walker, A W | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Walker, Bruce | 7/29/2012 | Elaine B | Southeast | Heart Attack |
| Walker, G | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Walker, Joe | 10/26/1985 | Skiff | Southeast | Drowned |
| Walker, LeCrissa "Jinx" | 10/26/1985 | Skiff | Southeast | Drowned |
| Walker, Matthew | 1/18/1916 | Onward Ho | NE Gulf of Alaska | Disappeared |
| Walker, Moses | 10-6-1885 | Amethyst | Saint Lawrence Is | Disappeared |
| Wallace, Charles H | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wallace, Jonathan | 4/14/2009 | Evelyn O | Kodiak dock | Unknown |
| Wallace, Thomas | 10-6-1892 | Helen Mar | Chukchi Sea | Crushed in ice |
| Waller, Ole | 11/13/1905 | Nellie Coleman | NE Gulf of Alaska | Disappeared |
| Walsh, M | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Walsh, Ron | 4/22/1975 | Home Made Skiff | Prince William Sound | Drowned |
| Wangen, Robert | 5/19/1981 | Bering Scout | Nunivak Is. area | Disappeared |
| Ward, C C | 3-7-1896 | Lincoln | N Kodiak | Disappeared |
| Ward, John M | 10/10/1967 | Panoceanic Faith | S Gulf of Alaska | Flooded, sank |
| Ward, Miss Lila | 8/17/1913 | State of California | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Ward, Mrs E C | 8/17/1913 | State of California | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Ware, Maz E | 10/10/1967 | Panoceanic Faith | S Gulf of Alaska | Flooded, sank |
| Wares, George W | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Warren, Edward | 11/27/1949 | Salmora | Kodiak area | Disappeared |
| Warren, George | 3-3-1889 | James A Hamilton | Alaska | Disappeared |
| Watson, Charles Edward | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Watson, Clyde | 4/10/1986 | Roughneck | Southeast | Capsized, sank |
| Watson, Ole Edward | 6/25/1976 | Sea Scout | NW Kodiak | Overboard |
| Weaver, Gustave | 4-25-1896 | Edward E Webster | S Kodiak | Disappeared |
| Weber, James | 6/26/1991 | Betty B | Aleutians | Capsized, sank |
| Weber, Mrs H | 6-28-1898 | Jessie | Kuskokwim River | Flooded, sank |
| Weber, Reverend H | 6-28-1898 | Jessie | Kuskokwim River | Flooded, sank |
| Weber, Rev. H child | 6-28-1898 | Jessie | Kuskokwim River | Flooded, sank |
| Webster, Robin "Cowboy" | 12/6/2007 | Provider | Kodiak Dock | Drowned |
| Weismantel, Scott | 4/22/1999 | Sea Wolf | N Kodiak | Overboard |
| Welcome, Clyde | 1/31/1960 | Fearless | E Kodiak | Flooded, sank |
| Welsh, Joe | 9/26/1906 | Columbian | Yukon River | Fire |
| Welsh, Lee | 7/25/1987 | Binky | Southeast | Capsized, sank |
| Wend, E A | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wendt, E T | 9/27/1932 | Nevada | Aleutians | Grounded,lost |
| West, Brenda | 7/25/1976 | Miller's Bay | Southeast | Disappeared |
| West, Judy | 7/25/1976 | Miller's Bay | Southeast | Disappeared |
| West, Robert | 7/25/1976 | Miller's Bay | Southeast | Disappeared |
| Westerlund, C | 5/12/1912 | Haydn Brown | N Gulf of Alaska | Grounded,lost |
| Westvik, H | 1/18/1916 | Onward Ho | NE Gulf of Alaska | Disappeared |
| Wetche, Fred | 11/15/1959 | Dixie | NE Gulf of Alaska | Grounded,lost |
| Wetche, Fred Jr | 11/15/1959 | Dixie | NE Gulf of Alaska | Grounded,lost |
| Wever, Bill | 2/3/2000 | Kodiak Dock | Kodiak area | Diving accident |
| Wheeldon, Edward George | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wheeler, Frank | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wheeler, J L | 4-13-1895 | George R White | S Kodiak | Disappeared |
| Wheeler, Michael | 3/3/1989 | Ocean Hope II | SW Kodiak | Disappeared |
| White, Frank Maynaird | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| White, Jack | 3/3/1989 | Ocean Hope II | SW Kodiak | Disappeared |
| White, James | 8/14/1966 | Madre Dolorosa | W Kodiak | Capsized, sank |
| White, John | 5-11-1894 | James Allen | Aleutians | Grounded,lost |
| Whitecross, Victor C | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Whitlock, Ed | 10/26/1964 | Paul L | NE Gulf of Alaska | Grounded,lost |
| Whitney, Frank | 2-5-1898 | Clara Nevada | Southeast | Disappeared |
| Whitney, Hunter | 4-25-1896 | Edward E Webster | S Kodiak | Disappeared |
| Whittaker, Arthur | 9/27/1932 | Nevada | Aleutians | Grounded,lost |
| Whittier, Charles | 12-11-1895 | Seventy-Six | N Kodiak | Disappeared |
| Whitton, David | 4/2/2001 | Arctic Rose | Bering Sea | Disappeared |
| Wholecheese, Greg | 5/31/1987 | River Boat | Koyakuk River | Drowned |
| Wiard, Richard | 4/30/1989 | Cape Douglas | Cape Douglas | Capsized, sank |
| Wick, Mel | 2/14/1985 | Alert | SW Kodiak | Disappeared |
| Wideken, F | 1/8/1980 | John F Miller | Unimak Island | Storm |
| Wiley, Wilton | 11/28/1978 | Makushin | Dutch Harbor | Drowned |
| Wilke, Fred | 9/27/1932 | Nevada | Aleutians | Grounded,lost |
| Wilkes, J R | 8/15/1901 | Islander | Southeast | Grounded,Sank |
| Wilkins, Donald R | 1/9/1992 | Pennsylvania | Gulf of Alaska | Disappeared |
| Wilkinson, B | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wilkinson, C H | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Willard, Daniel G | 6/4/2015 | Andronica skiff | Aleutians | Drowned |
| Williams, Arthur Edward | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Williams, C | 12/7/1904 | Pearl | Sanak Island | Capsized, sank |
| Williams, C D | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Williams, David I | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Williams, George W | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Williams, James | 9/24/1958 | Maxine M | Southeast | Flooded, sank |
| Williams, Michael | 10-6-1885 | Amethyst | Saint Lawrence Is | Disappeared |
| Williams, P | 3/28/1910 | Stanley | Sanak Island | Grounded,lost |
| Williams, Peter | 10-6-1885 | Amethyst | Saint Lawrence Is | Disappeared |
| Williams, R L | 12-29-1876 | Urania | Kodiak area | Disappeared |
| Williams, R W | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Williams, Ray G | 1/9/1992 | Pennsylvania | Gulf of Alaska | Disappeared |
| Williamson, Lloyd | 12/12/1947 | Jerry S | Southeast | Disappeared |
| Willis, Eric | 8/21/1981 | Northern King | Bering Sea | Flooded, sank |
| Wilson, Andrew | 10-6-1892 | Helen Mar | Chukchi Sea | Crushed in ice |
| Wilson, John | 3-3-1889 | James A Hamilton | Alaska | Disappeared |
| Wilson, Joseph | 3-1-1889 | Otter | Alaska | Disappeared |
| Wilson, Miss | 8/17/1913 | State of California | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Winberg, Ronald | 8/14/1966 | Madre Dolorosa | W Kodiak | Capsized, sank |
| Winchell, Mrs Al | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wing, Sit | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Winkler, A S | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wishart, Thomas | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wizera, S | 2/24/1906 | Centennial | Aleutians | Disappeared |
| Wold, Conrad | 11/11/1929 | Kanatak | N Gulf of Alaska | Disappeared |
| Wolf, C L | 3-1-1889 | Otter | Alaska | Disappeared |
| Wolfe, George | 9/27/1932 | Nevada | Aleutians | Grounded,lost |
| Wolshock, Jerome J | 1/12/1943 | USS Worden | Aleutians | War |
| Wong, Kong C | 10/10/1967 | Panoceanic Faith | S gulf of Alaska | Flooded, sank |
| Wood, Bill | 10/15/1977 | Marmot Cape | NE Gulf of Alaska | Capsized, sank |
| Wood, Charles Frederick | 1/12/1943 | USS Worden | Aleutians | War |
| Wood, Ira | 12/3/1916 | Sumner | Southeast | Storm |
| Wood, L | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Woods, John | 9/26/1906 | Columbian | Yukon River | Fire |
| Woodworth, W R | 8/25/1920 | Sea Breeze | Southeast | Fire |
| Wright, Donald E | 10/10/1967 | Panoceanic Faith | S Gulf of Alaska | Flooded, sank |
| Wright, John Harris | 1/12/1943 | USS Worden | Aleutians | War |
| Wright, William | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wu, Zee Ah | 9/27/1932 | Nevada | Aleutians | Grounded,lost |
| Wurgler, Henry | 10/25/1918 | Princess Sophia | Southeast | Grounded,lost |
| Wyatt, Curtis | 5/2/1981 | Yardarm Knot | Bering Sea | Overboard |
| Wyman, W H | 4-14-1895 | Walter A Earle | N Gulf of Alaska | Capsized, sank |
| Wynberg, T | 2/24/1906 | Centennial | Aleutians | Disappeared |
A Comprehensive Accounting of Alaska Shipwrecks and Losses of Life in Alaskan Waters