cruise, sailing
cargo, container, factory, hospital, supply, transport, whaling
a factory ship that is equipped for freezing and canning

civilian, commercial (esp. AmE), merchant, passenger
military, naval, navy, troop
enemy
amphibious, landing, surface
missiles from surface ships

ocean-going
wooden
passing
The crew was rescued by a passing ship.

pirate, slave
an 18th-century slave ship

fleet

board, come aboard, come on board, go aboard, go on board
be aboard, be on board
sail
manoeuvre/maneuver, pilot, steer
moor
The ship is now permanently moored in Buenos Aires.

command
build, launch
load, unload
The ship had already been unloaded.

load sth onto, unload sth from
The dockers were loading the cargo onto the ship.

christen, name
abandon
The captain gave the order to abandon ship.

go down with
The captain went down with his ship.

scuttle, sink, torpedo
attack, damage, destroy
jump
Some of the crew jumped ship (= left it illegally) and disappeared.

carry sb/sth
a ship carrying more than a thousand people

arrive, dock
anchor
The ship anchored in the bay.

be at anchor, lie at anchor
Their ship lay at anchor in the bay.

depart, go, leave, put out to sea, put to sea, sail, set sail
be wrecked, run aground
capsize
go down, sink
collide with sth, hit sth
be equipped for/with sth

aboard a/the ship, on a/the ship, on board a/the ship
They are now on a ship bound for New York.

by ship
There was no time to send the goods by ship.

ship bound for, ship for, ship to

the bow of a ship, the deck of a ship, the stern of a ship
the captain of a ship, the crew of a ship

Ship is used with these nouns as the object:
merchandise