Who drive a ship is called?

Originally Answered: What do we call someone that drives a ship? Typically, the captain. He is the commanding officer of the people who direct the ship. He has a number of people who help drive the ship, but you could generally refer to someone like that as a helmsman. Sometimes the term crewman is used as well.



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