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Generate rescue ship names for a starship rescue cutter, medical frigate, salvage tug or sea lifeboat, from Second Dawn and Mercy's Reach to RSV Beacon of Hope, Saint Elmo and Hold My Coffee.

About rescue ship names

A rescue ship's name is the first thing a frightened crew hears on the radio, so the best ones promise something: help, light, a way home. Navies have long named hospital ships for what they offer, which is why the United States Navy has sailed a Mercy, a Comfort, a Solace, a Relief, a Repose and a Sanctuary. Sailors' patrons are the other source. Saint Elmo and Saint Nicholas are patrons of seafarers and Saint Christopher of travelers, and all three sit as easily on a starship rescue cutter as on a lifeboat.

This list of 1,000 names leans toward space: rescue cutters, medical frigates and salvage tugs for a science fiction game or story, with a smaller share for sea lifeboats and coast guard cutters. It mixes sixteen styles, among them mercy and haven names, beacons and lighthouses, guardians and watches, saints, rescuers of myth, medical terms, tug and salvage words, working animals, hope in other languages, registry prefixes with hull numbers, and the dry jokes that tired crews paint on the hull.

A few real and fictional vessels appear as style anchors and are labeled in brackets, such as RMS Carpathia (real rescue ship, 1912). The rest are meant for your own ship, though a common phrase may also be in use on a real hull.

How to choose rescue ship names

  • Match the name to the job: mercy and medical names (Golden Hour, Clean Bill of Health) suit a hospital ship, short hard-working ones (Tow Line, Heavy Lifter) suit a salvage tug, and fast ones (Hard Burn, Quick Response) suit a rescue cutter.
  • Say the name as a radio call before you settle on it. "This is Second Dawn, we have you on our scope" has to sound calm and stay clear over a bad channel, which favors two to four syllables.
  • Use a prefix and a number for a service with many hulls. SAR is the real abbreviation for search and rescue and CGC marks a coast guard cutter; RSV, MSV and the other prefixes are this list's own conventions, so rename them to fit the navy, guild or company of your setting.
  • Keep joke names for crews who have earned them. Hold My Coffee or Sorry We're Late suits a veteran tug crew in a light-hearted campaign and falls flat in a grim one.
  • For a fleet, pick one theme per class: saints for hospital ships, seabirds for cutters, draft animals for tugs. A reader then knows a ship's role from its name alone.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a good name for a rescue spaceship?

A good rescue ship name tells people in trouble what is coming: help, light or a way home. Names such as Mercy's Reach, Last Light Home and Never Too Late do that in two or three words. Keep it short enough to say clearly in a distress call.

What do RSV and SAR mean in these names?

They are registry prefixes in the style of real ship prefixes. SAR is the real abbreviation for search and rescue, and CGC is short for Coast Guard cutter. The rest are made up for this list: RSV for rescue and salvage vessel, MSV for medical support vessel, HSV for hospital support vessel, ERV for emergency response vessel, STV and ST for salvage and tow craft, and DSRV for deep space rescue vehicle, borrowed from the real deep submergence rescue vehicle. Examples are RSV Beacon of Hope and SAR-7, and you can change the letters to fit your own setting.

Are the real ships in the list marked?

The ones that appear under their full real names are. Nine real vessels and six fictional ones from film, television and books carry a label in brackets as style anchors, for example USNS Mercy (real hospital ship) and Thunderbird 2 (Thunderbirds). Ten names honor historical figures of medicine and relief work, from Hippocrates to Clara Barton, the way navies name ships for people. Every other name is meant for your own ship, though plain words such as Solace and Refuge have served on real hospital ships, and a phrase like Good Samaritan may well be painted on a real hull too.

Can I use these names for a sea lifeboat or coast guard cutter?

Yes. A smaller share of the list is made for the sea: seabirds such as Storm Petrel and Guillemot, surf and tide names, and station-style names like Hollow Bay Lifeboat. Many of the mercy, beacon and saint names work on water as well as in space. Real lifeboats are often named for the people who funded them, a style this list leaves alone.

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A: 46 names

  • About Time
  • Aceso
  • Ad Astra Per Aspera
  • Adrift No Longer
  • Africa Mercy (real hospital ship)
  • After the Rain
  • After the Storm
  • Aid Station
  • Air Enough
  • Aiuto
  • Ajuda
  • Albatross
  • Alcestis Returned
  • All Hands
  • All the Way Home
  • Aloha
  • Alpine Mastiff
  • Always Ready
  • Amal
  • Ambulance Tender 8
  • Androcles
  • Andromeda Unchained
  • Angel Flight Three
  • Angel of the Lanes
  • Angel on Your Shoulder
  • Angel Six
  • Another Sunrise
  • Answered Prayer
  • Answering the Call
  • Any Port
  • Apoapsis Ambulance
  • Apothecary
  • Apple a Day
  • Ararat
  • Archangel Michael
  • Archangel Raphael
  • Are We There Yet
  • Ariadne's Thread
  • Arion's Dolphin
  • Asclepius
  • Asha
  • Assembly Station
  • Auxilium
  • Avalon Ferry
  • Avicenna
  • Ayuda

B: 51 names

  • Back Again
  • Back From the Brink
  • Back in One Piece
  • Balm of Gilead
  • Bar Crossing
  • Barrel and Collar
  • Bastion of Calm
  • Beaver
  • Bedside Manner
  • Bell Buoy
  • Bellwether
  • Belt Runner
  • Belt Warden
  • Benedictus
  • Benefactor
  • Benevolence
  • Benvenuto
  • Better Late Than Never
  • Bienvenida
  • Big Friendly Tug
  • Bill to Follow
  • Block and Tackle
  • Bloodhound
  • Blue Sky Again
  • Boat Hook
  • Bollard Pull
  • Bon Secours
  • Bona Fortuna
  • Bonfire on the Headland
  • Bonne Chance
  • Border Collie
  • Bow Oar
  • Brand New Day
  • Brandy Barrel
  • Breach Sealed
  • Break of Day
  • Breakwater
  • Breath of Life
  • Breathe Normally
  • Breeches Buoy
  • Brendan the Navigator
  • Bright Spot
  • Brizo
  • Broad Shoulders
  • Brother's Keeper
  • Buen Viaje
  • Buena Ventura
  • Bulldozer
  • Burn for Home
  • Burning Bright
  • Busy Beaver

C: 73 names

  • Caduceus
  • Call and Response
  • Callisto Lifeboat
  • Callsign Halo Orbit
  • Callsign Lantern
  • Callsign Shepherd Moon
  • Callsign Solar Wind
  • Calm After
  • Camel Train
  • Canal Horse
  • Candle in the Dark
  • Cape Cutter
  • Cape Farewell Station
  • Capstan
  • Capsule Recovery
  • Caretaker
  • Caritas
  • Carrier Pigeon
  • Carrier Wave
  • Carry Them Gently
  • Castor and Pollux
  • Cavalry
  • CGC Farallon Light
  • CGC Juniper Shoal
  • CGC Sandpiper Key
  • CGC Stormfinch
  • Champion of Strays
  • Channel Marker
  • Chapel of the Stranded
  • Charity's Wake
  • Charted Waters
  • Chiron
  • Chiron's Pupil
  • Christopher's Crossing
  • Cislunar Cutter
  • City of Hellas

C, continued

  • City of New Enceladus
  • City of Tycho
  • Clara Barton
  • Clean Bill of Health
  • Cleaner Wrasse
  • Clear Channel
  • Clear Skies
  • Clemency
  • Clement's Anchor
  • Clementia
  • Close Escort
  • Closing Vector
  • Clydesdale
  • Coastwatcher
  • Come-Along
  • Comet Tail Tow
  • Common Cause
  • Compassion
  • Consolation
  • Constant Companion
  • Convalescence
  • Convalescent Home
  • Cork Jacket
  • Corpsman Up
  • Could Be Worse
  • Country Doctor
  • Courage of Phobos
  • Coxswain
  • Crash Couch
  • Critical Care
  • Crow's Nest
  • Curlew
  • Custodian
  • Cutter Sierra Two
  • Cutting It Close
  • Cutting Torch
  • Cycle the Lock

D: 42 names

  • Daymark
  • Dayside
  • Dead Ship Tow
  • Debris Dodger
  • Deep Breaths
  • Defender of the Lost
  • Deliverance
  • Delta-V to Spare
  • Deo Gratias
  • Dependable
  • Derelict Hunter
  • Designated Driver
  • Deucalion
  • Deucalion's Ark
  • Devotion
  • Did Somebody Call
  • Dioscuri
  • Dispensary
  • Distress Call
  • Do No Harm
  • Dock Hand
  • Docking Collar
  • Doctor on Call
  • Dolphin Escort
  • Don't Go Anywhere
  • Don't Mention It
  • Don't Panic Yet
  • Double Time
  • Dove Returning
  • Draft Ox
  • Drag Anchor
  • Dragon Slayer Retired
  • Drift Chaser
  • Dry Land
  • DSRV Deepreach
  • DSRV Lamprey
  • DSRV Long Arm
  • DSRV Remora
  • Dum Spiro Spero
  • Dustoff
  • Duty and Devotion
  • Duty of Deimos

E: 32 names

  • Early Light
  • Ebb and Flow
  • Ebisu
  • Eddystone
  • Eider
  • Eir
  • Eleos
  • Elephant Matriarch
  • Elizabeth Blackwell
  • Elmo's Blessing
  • Elpis
  • Ember Carried Far
  • Empty Chair Filled
  • Endeavor
  • Enduring Hope
  • ERV First Call
  • ERV Hasten
  • ERV Quickstep
  • ERV Turnabout
  • Escape Pod Shepherd
  • Escort Duty
  • Esperança
  • Espoir
  • Eurydice Ascending
  • Evac Lead
  • Evacuation Route
  • Ever Ready
  • Ever Watchful
  • Everyday Miracle
  • Everyone Aboard
  • Express Delivery
  • Extraction Point

F: 47 names

  • Failte
  • Fair Claim
  • Faithful Friend
  • Faithful Hound
  • Familiar Faces
  • Familiar Stars
  • Famous Last Words
  • Far Haven
  • Fashionably Late
  • Fast Mover
  • Ferryman's Saint
  • Festina Lente
  • Fetch
  • Fides
  • Field Dressing
  • Field Surgeon
  • Finder's Fee
  • Finders Keepers
  • Fireboat Cascade
  • Firm Footing
  • First Aid
  • First Gleam
  • First on Scene
  • First Response
  • Fish Hawk
  • Flare Seen
  • Flight Surgeon
  • Flip and Burn
  • Flock Tender
  • Flood Tide
  • Flotsam
  • Fog Signal
  • Foghorn
  • Follow My Lamps
  • Following Sea
  • Forbearance
  • Force Ten
  • Fresh Start
  • Fresnel
  • Friend in Need
  • Friend Indeed
  • Friend of All Stations
  • Friend of the Fleet
  • Friendly Face
  • Friends of Europa
  • Full Burn Inbound
  • Full Recovery

G: 43 names

  • Gaff and Line
  • Galahad's Quest
  • Gale Warning
  • Galen
  • Gallant
  • Gallantry
  • Ganymede Volunteer
  • Gatekeeper
  • Gentle Breeze
  • Gentle Giant
  • Gentle Persuasion
  • Gift of Many Hands
  • Gift of the Belt Miners
  • Gift of the Dockworkers
  • Gift of the Fishing Fleet
  • Gift of Tomorrow
  • Glimmer
  • Global Mercy (real hospital ship)
  • Glowworm
  • Golden Hour
  • Golden Retriever
  • Good Dog
  • Good Girl
  • Good Neighbor
  • Good Samaritan
  • Good Seal
  • Good Shepherd
  • Goodwill
  • Grace Under Pressure
  • Grapple
  • Grappling Iron
  • Gravity Assist
  • Great Northern Diver
  • Green Tara
  • Greywater Lifeboat
  • Guanyin
  • Guardian Angel
  • Guide Dog
  • Guiding Light
  • Guillemot
  • Gullskerry
  • Gute Besserung
  • Gute Reise

H: 69 names

  • Hailing Port
  • Halfway Home
  • Hallelujah
  • Hand Across the Void
  • Harambee
  • Harbor Lantern
  • Hard Burn
  • Hard Dock
  • Haulaway
  • Hauling Home
  • Have You Tried Turning It Off
  • Haven Bound
  • Hawser
  • Healer's Art
  • Healing Hands
  • Heartbeat
  • Hearth and Home
  • Heave Ho
  • Heavy Lifter
  • Heimkehr
  • Heliopause Hail
  • Helmet Lamp
  • Helmsman's Promise
  • Helping Hand
  • Henry Dunant
  • Here Comes the Cavalry
  • Heron on the Bar
  • High Water Mark
  • Hippocrates
  • Hippocratic Oath
  • Hjelp
  • HMHS Britannic (real hospital ship)
  • Hoffnung
  • Hohmann Be Hanged

H, continued

  • Hold My Coffee
  • Hollow Bay Lifeboat
  • Home Before Dark
  • Home by Morning
  • Home Is the Sailor
  • Home Port
  • Home Under Tow
  • Homecoming
  • Homefire
  • Homeward Leg
  • Homing Pigeon
  • Homing Signal
  • Honest Effort
  • Honeybee
  • Honeyguide
  • Hope in Hard Vacuum
  • Hope of Ganymede
  • Hope Springs
  • Hope Unbroken
  • Hosanna
  • Hospital Ship 12 Lullaby
  • House Call
  • HSV Benediction
  • HSV Cradle
  • HSV Gentle Tide
  • HSV White Rose
  • Huddle
  • Hulk Hauler
  • Hull 0451 Persistence
  • Hull 112 Patience
  • Hull Breach Medic
  • Hull Patch
  • Husky Team
  • Hygiea Station Cutter
  • Hygieia

I: 13 names

  • Iapetus Ridge Station
  • Iaso
  • In the Nick of Time
  • In Tow
  • Infirmary
  • Inner Door
  • Inshore Rescue
  • Intensive Care
  • Intercept Course
  • Io Relay Lifeboat
  • Iris
  • Isis Pelagia
  • It Was Like That When We Arrived

J: 5 names

  • Jenner
  • Jetsam
  • Journey's End
  • Jump Leads
  • Just Passing Through

K: 16 names

  • Kangaroo Pouch
  • Kannon
  • Kedge
  • Keep Calm and Vent Slowly
  • Keeper of the Flame
  • Keeper of the Lanes
  • Kelpie Sound Lifeboat
  • Kettle's On
  • Kibo
  • Kindness of Strangers
  • Kiss of Life
  • Knight Errant
  • Knock on the Airlock
  • Konpira
  • Kuiper Patrol
  • Kyrie

L: 48 names

  • Labrador
  • Lady of the Lake
  • Lagan
  • Lagrange Lifeguard
  • Lamp in the Window
  • Lamp Trimmer
  • Landfall
  • Landmark
  • Landseer
  • Lane Clearer
  • Lane Warden
  • Lantern Rock Station
  • Last Light Home
  • Last Shuttle Out
  • Launch Window
  • Laus Deo
  • Lazaretto
  • Lead Dog
  • Lead Mare
  • Leading Light
  • Least Time
  • Ledge Runner
  • Lend a Hand
  • Leucothea
  • Leucothea's Veil
  • Lewis and Clark (Event Horizon)
  • Life Ring
  • Life Support
  • Lifeboat 23 Dandelion
  • Lifeboat Nine
  • Light Left On
  • Light the Way
  • Lighthouse Keeper
  • Lightship
  • Lightship Meridian
  • Lister
  • Lit Window
  • Litter Bearer
  • Little Giant
  • Long Awaited
  • Long Haul
  • Long Watch
  • Longshoreman
  • Lookout
  • Lost and Found
  • Loyalty
  • Lux in Tenebris
  • Lyle Gun

M: 39 names

  • Machaon
  • Mag Clamp
  • Magnificat
  • Mama Bear
  • Manu's Boat
  • Many Hands
  • Many Happy Returns
  • Mariner's Chapel
  • Mary Seacole
  • Masthead Lookout
  • Matching Velocity
  • Matsya
  • Mayday Answered
  • Medevac 11 Swallow
  • Medevac Angel
  • Medevac Two
  • Mercy of the Belt
  • Mercy's Reach
  • Messenger Dove
  • Middle Watch
  • Mighty Mite
  • Mind How You Go
  • Mind the Gap
  • Miners' Benevolent
  • Ministering Angel
  • Miracle Worker
  • Misericordia
  • Mooring
  • Morning Watch
  • Mostly Fine
  • Mother Goose
  • Mother Hen
  • Mountain Dog
  • MSV Clean Room
  • MSV Fair Hand
  • MSV Quiet Ward
  • MSV Recovery
  • Mule Train
  • Muster Point

N: 17 names

  • Namaste
  • Never Too Late
  • New Day
  • Newfoundland
  • Night Light
  • Night Nurse
  • Night Watch
  • Nightwatchman
  • Nil Desperandum
  • No Cure No Pay
  • No One Left Behind
  • Nobody Touch Anything
  • North Star Calling
  • Not Again
  • Not Forgotten
  • Nudge
  • Nurse Shark

O: 30 names

  • Ohana
  • Oilskin
  • Old Faithful
  • Old Shep
  • Olive Branch
  • Olympus Slope Rescue
  • On Station
  • On the Double
  • On the Mend
  • One More Morning
  • Oort Outreach
  • Open Arms of Vesta
  • Open Door
  • Open Hatch
  • Orbit Sweeper
  • Orbital Decay Can Wait
  • Orpheus Did Not Look Back
  • Our Lady of Good Voyage
  • Our Lady of Loreto
  • Our Lady of Safe Return
  • Our Lady of the Navigators
  • Out of the Labyrinth
  • Outer Light
  • Outrider
  • Outstretched Hand
  • Over the Bar
  • Overtime Again
  • Ox Team
  • Oxygen Run
  • Oystercatcher

P: 52 names

  • Pack Mule
  • Paean
  • Paid for by the Ice Haulers
  • Patch and Pray
  • Patrol of the Quiet Hours
  • Patron of Lost Causes
  • Patron of Mariners
  • Patron of the Stranded
  • Patron of Travelers
  • Pax
  • Peace Ark (real hospital ship)
  • Penny Collection
  • Per Ardua
  • Percheron
  • Perfectly Under Control
  • Persistence Pays
  • Pharos
  • Pharos of the Belt
  • Picket
  • Pickup Window
  • Pilgrim's Blessing
  • Pilot Tender Alder
  • Pilot Whale
  • Pilot's Friend
  • Ping Received
  • Pit Pony
  • Place at the Table
  • Plan C, Actually
  • Plow Horse
  • Pod Catcher
  • Pod Count Complete
  • Podalirius
  • Pole Star Rising
  • Polestar
  • Porch Light
  • Port in a Storm
  • Positive Seal
  • Posthaste
  • Pressure Holding
  • Pride of Pallas
  • Pride of the Headland
  • Pride of the Shoals
  • Pride of Titan Station
  • Primum Non Nocere
  • Prometheus Unbound
  • Promise Kept
  • Promise of Return
  • Psyche Relief Cutter
  • Pull Together
  • Pulling Boat
  • Put It on the Tab
  • Pyrrha

Q: 5 names

  • Quick Response
  • Quiet Berth
  • Quiet Courage
  • Quiet Mercy
  • Quiet Night

R: 63 names

  • Radiation Shelter
  • Rainbow's End
  • Range Marker
  • Raphael's Companion
  • Rapid Transit
  • Razorbill
  • Read the Manual Next Time
  • Ready and Willing
  • Reason to Hope
  • Recovery Ward
  • Recuperation
  • Red Flare Answered
  • Redder
  • Redeemer
  • Reef Light
  • Refuge
  • Regreso
  • Relief Ship Four
  • Relief Tender Marigold
  • Remedy
  • Remission
  • Remora's Friend
  • Rendezvous
  • Reprieve
  • Rescue 17 Apogee
  • Rescue 42 Bravo
  • Rescue Four
  • Rescuer's Oath
  • Reserve Air
  • Rest Easy
  • Restorative

R, continued

  • Retour
  • Retrieval
  • Retriever
  • Retter
  • Rettung
  • Return Ticket
  • Return to Sender
  • Rhabwar (Sector General)
  • Rigger
  • Ritorno
  • RMS Carpathia (real rescue ship, 1912)
  • Road to Recovery
  • Roadside Assistance
  • Rock of Ages
  • Rocks Awash
  • Rod of Asclepius
  • Room for One More
  • Round Trip
  • Roustabout
  • Rowlock
  • RSV Beacon of Hope
  • RSV Calloway Reach
  • RSV Dawn Runner
  • RSV Far Lantern
  • RSV Halcyon
  • RSV Hand in Hand
  • RSV Kestrel
  • RSV Meridian Grace
  • RSV Perihelion
  • RSV Tireless
  • RSV Unwavering
  • Running Lights

S: 195 names

  • Safe and Sound
  • Safe Arrival
  • Safe Conduct
  • Safe Passage
  • Safe Return
  • Safeguard
  • Safekeeping
  • Safely Delivered
  • Safety Tether
  • Saint Anthony
  • Saint Anthony's Finder
  • Saint Bernard
  • Saint Bernard's Pass
  • Saint Brendan
  • Saint Brigid
  • Saint Camillus
  • Saint Christopher
  • Saint Christopher's Medal
  • Saint Clement
  • Saint Elmo
  • Saint Elmo's Fire
  • Saint Florian
  • Saint George's Lance
  • Saint Jude
  • Saint Jude's Errand
  • Saint Julian
  • Saint Luke
  • Saint Michael
  • Saint Nicholas
  • Saint Nicholas of the Lanes
  • Saint Raphael
  • Sainte Anne
  • Salaam
  • Salus
  • Salus Populi
  • Salvage Queen
  • Salvamento
  • Salvor
  • Salvor's Luck
  • Samaritan One
  • Samaritan Twelve
  • Samaritano
  • San Telmo
  • Sanatorium
  • Sanctuary Run
  • Sanderling
  • Santa Barbara
  • Santa Lucia

S, continued

  • SAR Cutter Petrel
  • SAR-12 Swiftwater
  • SAR-21 Longreach
  • SAR-3 Pathfinder
  • SAR-7
  • SAR-9 Windhover
  • Sauvetage
  • Saving Grace
  • Say Ahh
  • Scramble
  • Scrap Merchant
  • Sea of Serenity
  • Search Dog
  • Searchlight
  • Seawall
  • Second Chance
  • Second Dawn
  • Second Opinion
  • Second Wind
  • Secours
  • See You Tomorrow
  • Seeing Eye
  • Seen Worse
  • Selfless
  • Selfless Service
  • Selkie
  • Semmelweis
  • Semper Paratus
  • Sentinel of the Lanes
  • Serum Run
  • Service Before Self
  • Shackleton Rim
  • Shalom
  • Sheepdog
  • Sheet Anchor
  • Shelter From the Storm
  • Shepherd of the Lanes
  • Shield Arm
  • Ship's Surgeon
  • Shire Horse
  • Shoal Light
  • Shoalwater
  • Shore Boat
  • Short Tether
  • Shortest Path
  • Should Have Turned Left
  • Shoulder to the Wheel
  • Shove Off
  • Sigh of Relief

S, continued

  • Sight for Sore Eyes
  • Signal Fire
  • Sinus Rhythm
  • Sister's Keeper
  • Sisu
  • Skerry Light
  • Sled Dog
  • Sleep Well
  • Sleepless Vigil
  • Slingshot
  • Small but Stubborn
  • Small Craft Advisory
  • Small Miracle
  • Smooth Sailing
  • Snug Berth
  • Soccorso
  • Socorro
  • Soft Landing
  • Soft Seal
  • Solace
  • Solid Ground
  • Somebody Has To
  • Sorry We're Late
  • Soteria
  • Sound Patrol
  • Sound Sleep
  • Spacewalk Chaperone
  • Spare Oxygen
  • Speedy Recovery
  • Speranza
  • Spes
  • Spes Bona
  • Spider's Thread
  • Spin Stopper
  • Spinward Relief
  • Spirit of Ceres
  • Spirit of Tharsis
  • Spirit of the North Shore
  • Spirit of the Outer Ring
  • Spirit of the Volunteers
  • Splashdown Crew
  • Splint and Sling
  • Squall Line
  • SS Hope (real hospital ship)
  • ST-14 Bullfrog
  • ST-8 Draft Horse
  • St. Christopher's Burden
  • St. Cosmas
  • St. Damian

S, continued

  • St. Erasmus
  • St. Francis of Paola
  • St. John of God
  • St. Joseph of Cupertino
  • St. Julian the Hospitaller
  • St. Luke the Physician
  • St. Pantaleon
  • Standing By
  • Standing Offer
  • Standing Watch
  • Star of the Sea
  • Station Boat Charlie
  • Stay Where You Are
  • Steadfast
  • Steady Hand
  • Steady Pulse
  • Steady Signal
  • Steel Cable
  • Stella Maris
  • Sterile Field
  • Stevedore
  • Stitch in Time
  • Stork
  • Storm Anchor
  • Storm Lantern
  • Storm Petrel
  • Stormness Station
  • Stout Rope
  • Stranger's Kindness
  • Stroke Oar
  • Strong Back
  • Strong Pulse
  • Strong Signal
  • STV Atlas Minor
  • STV Hardpull
  • STV Oxbow
  • STV Stubborn
  • Subscription Boat
  • Suffolk Punch
  • Suit Lights in Sight
  • Sunrise Over Syrtis
  • Supper's Waiting
  • Surf Runner
  • Surfboat
  • Surfman
  • Suture
  • Sweep of the Lamp
  • Sweet Relief
  • Swift Return

T: 41 names

  • Take Two and Call Me
  • Te Deum
  • Tender Mercies
  • Tender Six
  • Terms and Conditions Apply
  • The Volunteer
  • There and Back
  • There Goes the Weekend
  • This Had Better Be Good
  • This Won't Hurt a Bit
  • Thorn From the Paw
  • Thruster Pack
  • Thunderbird 2 (Thunderbirds)
  • Thunderbird 4 (Thunderbirds)
  • Tidewrack Point
  • Tikvah
  • Tin Hau
  • Told You So
  • Tomorrow's Promise
  • Tonic
  • Torchbearer
  • Torque Wrench
  • Tourniquet
  • Tow Line
  • Tow Truck
  • Tow Unit 5
  • Trail of Crumbs
  • Transponder Song
  • Trauma Bay
  • Traveler's Blessing
  • Triage
  • Triton Outstation
  • Trojan Point Patrol
  • True Blue
  • Trusty Anchor
  • Tug Delta Nine
  • Tug of War
  • Tugboat Tilly
  • Tumaini
  • Tumble Catcher
  • Turnstone

U: 16 names

  • Ubuntu
  • Umbilical
  • Umoja
  • Under Tow
  • Unit 19 Responding
  • Unity of Purpose
  • Unlooked-For Kindness
  • Unpaid Overtime
  • Unsleeping
  • Until Morning
  • USCGC Tamaroa (real cutter)
  • USCSS Nostromo (Alien)
  • USNS Comfort (real hospital ship)
  • USNS Mercy (real hospital ship)
  • USS Pasteur (Star Trek)
  • Utnapishtim

V: 11 names

  • Vacuum Rated Stretcher
  • Valkyrie's Choice
  • Vaya Con Dios
  • Village Fund
  • Vita Nova
  • Vital Signs
  • Volunteer Crew
  • Volunteer Spirit
  • Volunteers of Vesta
  • Volver
  • Voyage Home

W: 40 names

  • Warden of the Drift
  • Warm Hearth
  • Watch Fire
  • Watch Your Step
  • Watchful Eye
  • Way Home
  • We Left the Light On
  • We Were in the Area
  • Weather Eye
  • Weather Shore
  • Welcome Back
  • Welcome Home
  • Welcome Sight
  • Well Again
  • What Could Go Wrong
  • What Did You Press
  • What Now
  • Which Button Was It
  • Whistle Buoy
  • White Knight
  • White Tara
  • White Ward
  • Who Left the Airlock Open
  • Who's a Good Ship
  • Will-o'-the-Wisp Reformed
  • Willkommen
  • Winch Hand
  • Windbreak
  • Windlass
  • Wingman
  • Within Hailing Range
  • Without Delay
  • Woodcutter's Axe
  • Worker Bee
  • Workhorse
  • Worst Case Scenario
  • Wreck Diver
  • Wreck Master
  • Wrecker's Reef Reformed
  • Wrong Turn at Ceres

Y: 5 names

  • Yard Boss
  • You Called
  • You Owe Us One
  • You Rang
  • You're Welcome

Z: 1 name

  • Zero Relative