It is called "christening" the ship.
When a ship is named, it is "christened."
His trusty ship is called the Migrator! ~Drew672
Her ship was called 'The Revenge'.
Rockhopper's ship is called the Migrator.
His ship was called Centre Thorvald Viking Ship.
Rockhopper's ship is called the Migrator.
She was part of the ship called the "Revenge".
WRONG ANSWER below. Ships by tradition are not given male names and are always referred to with female names and pronouns. It was considered bad luck to give a male name to a ship, but on the other hand women were also not allowed to board a ship.
The name of french ship that brought slaves to Mobile was called The Africane ship
it was called the whaling ship tera noa
George bass's ship was called the reliance
William dampiers ship was called the Roebuck
As the name implies, it was a fleet of ships, not a ship.