One really interesting case is the use of the English pronoun "she" to refer to ships (and sometimes countries). This is a rare situation in which English nouns

One really interesting case is the use of the English pronoun "she" to refer to ships (and sometimes countries). This is a rare situation in which English nouns for inanimate objects can still have gender. This usage seems to be in decline, though, and is sometimes seen as sexist. But it's still used, e.g., by the National Parks Service: > Construction began in 1794 and [the USS] Constitution launched on October 21, 1797. She went on her first cruise the next year as the Quasi-War with France emerged. Later she served in engagements with pirates off the Barbary coast in the Mediterranean. [...] She earned the nickname "Old Ironsides" because the cannon fire from enemy ships seemed as if they couldn't penetrate her strong oak hull. Source: https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/ussconst.htm https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/ussconst.htm (Edit: clarified)