I was doing some research on authors in an old paperback I have that I'm rereading. It's The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Sea Stories. Some great writing but in the style of the 1940's -60's. Some well-known names and some unknown to me, hence the search. And you can get a hard cover for $4.00
I found this https://library.csum.edu/c.php?g=708169&p=5400800
It is the California State Maritime Academy list of maritime stories. I just got the list of W authors. There are series that I never heard of just on this page.
Thanks, I saved it to favorites.