>tl;dr: The English language, and thus its culture, derives from languages where the word "ship" is female, so it's natural to refer to one as such. This is no

>tl;dr: The English language, and thus its culture, derives from languages where the word "ship" is female, so it's natural to refer to one as such. This is not a sufficient explanation, as the same thing must apply to many or most nouns in the English language, which we don't use gendered pronouns for now. It's also not a summary of the answer linked to, which says it's more likely due to a tradition of male mariners naming ships for important women in their lives