UNOLS Ship Codes courtesy of researchvessels.org
(UNOLS file link: http://www.researchvessels.org/nodc_by_name.txt)
| ShipCode | Ship | Remarks |
| 32Y5 | VINSON, CARL | CVN-70 |
| 74VR | VIRAGO | |
| 32VI | VIRAZON | |
| 3129 | VIREO | |
| 57VU | VIRGILIO URIBE | |
| 32V4 | VIRGINIA | |
| 3186 | VIRGINIA KEY | |
| 317G | VIRGINIA LEE | |
| 32VS | VIRGINIAN SEA | |
| 58VI | VIRGO | |
| 34VT | VIRTANIEMI L/V | |
| 41VM | VISHVA MARC | |
| 41VN | VISHVA NANDIN | (ATSQ) |
| 41VP | VISHVA PRAFULLA | (ATVB) |
| 31VT | VITAL | |
| 90BC | VITEBSK | callSign UJLN |
| 61VT | VITI | |
| 9053 | VITIAZ | 1873-89 VIA OCL |
| 15AA | VITOCHA | callSign LZGM |
| 90UV | VITSE-ADMIRAL VORONTSOV | OCL REQUEST |
| 48AK | VITTORIO VENETO | |
| 90VI | VITYAZ | BEFORE 12/81 |
| 90VT | VITYAZ | AFTER 12/81 |
| 904G | VIUGA | OCL REQUEST |
| 32F9 | VIVA | callSign LACU2 |
| 58VA | VIVA | callSign LACU2 |
| 35VV | VIVA AMERICA | (3FYD4) FORMERLY M/V PACIFIC LINK (3FYD4) |
| 32VV | VIVIAN ANN | |
| 907P | VIZIR | OCL REQUEST |
| 90V1 | VJYUN | ICES REQUEST 22Sep47 to 09Aug49 |
| 90V4 | VLADIMIR KOCHETOV | ICES REQUEST 15May37 to 23May38 |
| 902B | VLADIMIR PARSHIN | UINF |
| 906Q | VLADIMIR RAVRAISKIY | OCL REQUEST |
| 90YD | VNUSHITELNIY | OCL REQUEST |
| 062M | VOELKLINGEN | |
| 31VO | VOGE | |
| 31VZ | VOGELGESANG | |
| 90FO | VOJAKI | OCL |
| 64VL | VOLANS | |
| 90DT | VOLGO-BALT 135 | callSign UMAC |
| 90DF | VOLGONEFT-261 | callSign UJGA |
| 90VB | VOLNA | |
| 90VR | VOLNA | ICES REQUEST small vessel |
| 907V | VOLNY VETER | OCL REQUEST |
| 90DA | VOLODARSK | |
| 58VS | VOLSTAD SENIOR | 1965 |
| 907C | VOLZHANIN | OCL REQUEST |
| 58VO | VON | |
| 06VP | VON PODBIELSKI | |
| 90VO | VORONOV | |
| 904W | VOROVSKY | OCL REQUEST |
| 64VO | VOS | |
| 90VS | VOSKHOD | FORMERLY "SNL-2" |
| 90V3 | VOSROZHDENIE | OCL 7670 |
| 90EM | VOSTOK | OCL |
| 35VO | VOYAGER | OCL REQUEST |
| 32VY | VOYAGER | (TUNA BOAT) |
| 09VO | VOYAGER | |
| 90VQ | VOZROZHDENIYE | (UBKT) |
| 90V5 | VRD-1245 | ICES REQUEST 04My90 to 25Jun90 |
| 3174 | VREELAND | |
| 91VR | VRYSTAAT | |
| 90VD | VSEVOLOD BERYEZKIN | (UVMJ) Pre-1992 |
| RUVD | VSEVOLOD BERYEZKIN | (UVMJ) 1992-ON |
| 9083 | VTR-24 | OCL REQUEST |
| 90VM | VULKANOLOG | (UQGP) |
| 90FC | VYACHESLAV FROLOV | (ESGG) 1978 |
| 90VN | VYANDRA | SRT R8002 |
| 90V6 | VYDVIZHENETZ | ICES REQUEST 18Aug33 to 25Dec38 |
| 906G | VYKHMA | OCL REQUEST |
| 26VL | VYL L/V | |
| 901X | VYSOKOGORSK | (UOKB) 1991 |
| 31L7 | W. A. LEE | |
| 18MO | W. A. MOORE | |
| 32CB | W. B. COBB | |
| 64WB | W. BEUKELSZ | |
| 31X9 | W. C. LAWE | |
| 18RK | W. E RICKER | |
| 32PH | W. E. PHIPPS | |
| 18ED | W. EDWARD | |
| 61SW | W. J. SCOTT | |
| 316W | W. K. BROOKS | |
| 31K8 | W. KEITH | |
| 18WS | W. M. STEWART | |
| 31RJ | W. R. RUSH | |
| 3172 | W. S. SIMS | |
| 32S1 | W. SCORESBY | |
| 74WS | W. SCORESKY | |
| 31QW | W. V. PRATT | callSign NWVP |
| 31WW | W. W. WELSH | |
| 32Y6 | WABASH | AOR-5 |
| 312Z | WACCAMAW | callSign NHNF |
| 31WC | WACHUSETT | |
| 31XL | WADDELL | |
| 31W4 | WADLEIGH | |
| 32Y7 | WADSWORTH | FFG-9; callSign NASW |
| 31W7 | WAGNER | |
| 09WK | WAIKARE | |
| 09WI | WAIMEA | callSign SWKH |
| 31WG | WAINWRIGHT | |
| 49LU | WAKA HARUSAN MARU | |
| 49WK | WAKABA | |
| 49WC | WAKACHIBA MARU | callSign JLHB |
| 49BZ | WAKASA | |
| 49X5 | WAKASHIO | |
| 49WM | WAKASHIO MARU | |
| 49WA | WAKATAKA MARU | callSign JGWV |
| 49WE | WAKATAKE MARU | JDVE |
| 491P | WAKATAKE MARU | callSign JDVE |
| 49WT | WAKATORI MARU | |
| 49WP | WAKAYAMA | |
| 49RD | WAKAZURA | |
| 49WZ | WAKAZURU | |
| 32WI | WAKE ISLAND | |
| 74WK | WAKEFUL | |
| 31Q6 | WALDRON | |
| 31WA | WALKE | |
| 31WL | WALKER | |
| 745M | WALKERTON | |
| 31L6 | WALLACE L. LIND | |
| 31W3 | WALLER | |
| 64WA | WALRUS | |
| 07WB | WALTER BARTH | FISHERIES VESSEL |
| 06KW | WALTER KOERTE | CallSign DBCE (4/27/1957 -1/25/1984) |
| 06HW | WALTHER HERWIG | USE 06WH |
| 06WH | WALTHER HERWIG | JAN. 73 |
| 06NI | WALTHER HERWIG III | OCL REQUEST CallSign DBFR 12-1-1993 to present |
| 062X | WALTHER VON LEDEBUR | |
| 31WB | WALTON | |
| 33WA | WALTON SMITH | Univ. of Miami |
| 11AC | WANDELAAR | |
| 09WN | WANGANELLA | |
| 06WA | WANGEROOGE | callSign DCRL |
| 32WA | WANTUCK | |
| 31XZ | WARBLER | |
| 32ZP | WARLORD | (TUNA BOAT) |
| 06NJ | WARNEMUENDE-STEG | OCL REQUEST coastal station 1-1-1991 to present |
| 09WR | WARRAMUNGA | |
| 09WA | WARREEN | |
| 09WG | WARREGO | |
| 31WR | WARRINGTON | |
| 32UI | WARRIOR II | callSign WYZ7375 |
| 32WB | WARRNAMBOOL | |
| 49WS | WASHI | |
| 54WA | WASHINGTON | ELVZ5 Container Ship |
| 32W3 | WASHINGTON | |
| 35WA | WASHINGTON | OCL REQUEST |
| 06WN | WASHINGTON | RadioCallSign DPER |
| 32WM | WASHINGTON MAIL | |
| 3139 | WASHINGTON STANDARD | |
| 32Y8 | WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT | |
| TTAP | WASP | |
| 3152 | WASP | |
| 49FR | WATAKE | OCL REQUEST (02/1971 to 02/1984) |
| 31WV | WATCHMAN | |
| 74WF | WATERWITCH | OCL request; OCL code 7652 |
| 09WT | WATTAMOLLA | |
| 313W | WATTS | |
| 314W | WAXHILL | |
| 74WA | WEATHER ADVISER | |
| 74WE | WEATHER EXPLORER | |
| 74WM | WEATHER MONITOR | |
| 74WO | WEATHER OBSERVER | |
| 74WC | WEATHER RECORDER | |
| 74WR | WEATHER REPORTER | |
| 74WV | WEATHER SURVEYOR | |
| 74WW | WEATHER WATCHER | |
| 320G | WEATHERBIRD | AGOR (Weatherbird I and Weatherbird II) |
| 31W5 | WEATHERFORD | |
| 541B | WEATHERLY | |
| 32WC | WECOMA | callSign WSD7079 |
| 31WX | WEDDERBURN | |
| 06NK | WEDEL/ELBE | OCL REQUEST river station |
| 09WE | WEERUTTA | |
| 06AC | WEGA | |
| 062L | WEILHEIM | |
| 313I | WEISS | |
| 61WE | WELLINGTON | |
| 74WB | WELLINGTON EXPRESS | Call Sign MWSD3 |
| 492B | WELLINGTON MARU | JITV |
| 74EU | WELLPARK | |
| 32WD | WENDY | (TUNA BOAT) |
| 34WE | WERKKOMATALA L/S | |
| 062T | WERRA | |
| 06WE | WESER | L/V |
| 06WD | WESER EXPRESS | |
| 06NL | WESERMUENDE | OCL REQUEST CallSign DEOO trawler |
| 32W6 | WESHANIC | |
| AGWM | WEST MOOR | V2PM |
| 312W | WEST POINT | |
| 18WD | WESTERLY WIND | OCL REQUEST |
| 18WC | WESTERN CRUSADER | |
| 31WF | WESTERN FLYER | |
| 54WL | WESTERN LION | A8BN |
| 18WP | WESTERN PRODUCER | |
| 06WF | WESTFALIA | |
| 11WH | WEST-HINDER | |
| 32Y9 | WESTPORT | |
| 3195 | WESTWARD | |
| 321K | WESTWARD VENTURE | callSign KHJB |
| 31WE | WESTWIND | |
| BHWB | WESTWOOD BELINDA | callsign C6CE7 |
| 58WE | WESTYE EGEBERG | 1897 |
| 062K | WETZLAR | |
| 58WH | WHALE | |
| 35WH | WHARF C.P.C. POINTE NOIRE | |
| 32WE | WHEELING | |
| 32Z1 | WHIDBY ISLAND | LSD-41 |
| 18WW | WHIP THE WIND | |
| 317H | WHIPPLE | |
| 31WP | WHIPPOORWILL | |
| 32YI | WHIPSAW | |
| 74WI | WHIRLWIND | |
| 74WY | WHITBY | |
| 32Z2 | WHITE PLAINS | AFS-4 |
| 32WR | WHITE STAR | (TUNA BOAT) |
| 32Z3 | WHITE SUMAC | WLM-540 |
| 32WH | WHITEFOOT | |
| 48WH | WHITEHEAD II | MV (IXVZ) |
| 18WT | WHITEHORSE | MEDS REQUEST CallSign CGAZ |
| 32W8 | WHITEHURST | |
| 74WT | WHITETHORN | callSign GMHC |
| 18WH | WHITETHROAT | |
| 31WH | WHITING | callSign WTEW |
| 32WL | WHITLEY | |
| 32WN | WHITMAN | |
| 32Z4 | WICHITA | AOR-1 |
| 32WK | WICKERSHAM | |
| 3132 | WIDGEON | |
| 67WI | WIECZNO | |
| 32W2 | WIECZNO | |
| 11AB | WIELINGEN | |
| 06WI | WIENERTOR | |
| 34WI | WIKINGEN | |
| 33WS | WILFRED SYKES | WC5932 |
| 181C | WILFRED TEMPLEMAN | callSign CGDV |
| CYAB | WILHELM SHULTE | P3EU |
| 06NM | WILHELMINA | OCL REQUEST trawler |
| 31WU | WILHOITE | |
| 319W | WILKES | |
| 31X2 | WILKINSON | |
| 32Z5 | WILLAMETTE | AO-180 |
| 64WS | WILLEBROD SNELLIUS | |
| 641Q | WILLEMSTAD | |
| 74HE | WILLIAM HERDMAN | |
| 06GM | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | |
| 20WI | WILLIAMS | |
| 32WS | WILLIAMS | |
| 742H | WILTON | |
| 31W6 | WILTSIE | |
| 35WI | WINARETTA | |
| 31WD | WINDWARD | |
| 35WS | WINNARETTA SINGER | |
| 06WS | WINNARETTA SINGER | |
| 31WO | WINNEBAGO | |
| 31WI | WINONA | callSign VRUG7 |
| 31WQ | WINTER QUARTER L/S | |
| 91WI | WINTERBERG | ZSPP |
| 32WT | WINTLE | |
| 319R | WIRE | |
| 32W1 | WISEMAN | |
| 06CB | WISMAR | |
| 32WF | WITCHDOT | |
| 31WK | WITEK | |
| 74WZ | WIZARD | |
| 325W | WM. SEIVERLING | |
| 35WO | WOALEDEN | |
| 64WO | WODAN | callSign OPBV |
| 062D | WOLFSBURG | |
| 09F2 | WOLLONGONG | COASTAL STATION |
| 317N | WOLVERINE | |
| 743M | WOLVERTON | P-1193 |
| 74WD | WOODLARK | |
| 31KX | WOODPECKER | |
| 32Z7 | WOODRUSH | WLB-407 |
| 3151 | WOODS HOLE F/S | |
| 31ZW | WOODSON | |
| 32W9 | WOOLSEY | |
| 09WO | WOOMERA | |
| 24TX | WOONG PO | |
| 31WN | WORDEN | |
| 36BP | WORLD NOBILITY | |
| 54AU | WORLD NOBILITY | |
| 54AV | WOTAN | |
| 743N | WOTTON | M-1195 |
| 318W | WRB 101 | |
| 3142 | WRB 102 | |
| 31W2 | WREN | callSign J8GO2 |
| 31QY | WYANDOT | |
| 32WY | WYMAN | |
| 32WO | WYOMING | callSign D5WD |
| 29XA | XAUEN | |
| 76X5 | XIANG YANG HONG | |
| 76XA | XIANG YANG HONG 01 | |
| 76X2 | XIANG YANG HONG 02 | |
| 76X3 | XIANG YANG HONG 03 | callSign BNVB |
| 76X4 | XIANG YANG HONG 04 | |
| 76XB | XIANG YANG HONG 05 | BNTA |
| 76X6 | XIANG YANG HONG 06 | |
| 76X7 | XIANG YANG HONG 07 | callSign BNPA |
| 76XC | XIANG YANG HONG 08 | callSign BNPB |
| 76AF | XIANG YANG HONG 09 | callSign BNPC |
| 76X8 | XIANG YANG HONG 10 | |
| 76X9 | XIANG YANG HONG 14 | |
| 76AD | XIANG YANG HONG 16 | |
| CUAF | XIPHIAS | |
| 32XI | XIPHIAS | |
| 49YF | YAEYAMA | callSign JCEQ |
| 49YJ | YAHIKO | callSign JQWN |
| 491Q | YAIZU | callSign JIUW |
| 90V7 | YAKOR | ICES REQUEST 01May32 to 01Jun34 |
| 90V8 | YAKOV | ICES REQUEST 17Jun37 to 19Jun37 |
| 90YG | YAKOV GAKKEL | |
| 49X8 | YAKURI MARU | callSign JL5551 |
| 31YA | YAKUTAT | |
| 314Y | YAMACRAW | |
| 49YB | YAMADORI | |
| 08YA | YAMANA | |
| 49FH | YAMASAN NO.11 | OCL REQUEST |
| 49YR | YAMASHIN MARU | |
| 49YA | YAMATO | |
| 21YM | YANG MING 362 | |
| 31YK | YANKEE | |
| 32YA | YANKEE CLIPPER | |
| 06YC | YANKEE CLIPPER | |
| 316Y | YANKTON | |
| 31YQ | YAQUINA | |
| 74YA | YARMOUTH | |
| 31YN | YARNALL | |
| 908N | YAROSLAV IOSSELIANI | OCL REQUEST |
| 09YA | YARRA | |
| 49X6 | YASHIO | |
| 49Y3 | YASHIO MARU | |
| 90WK | YASNOGORSK | OCL REQUEST |
| 903U | YASTREB | OCL REQUEST |
| 49LS | YASUEI | |
| 90DD | YEFIM KRIVOSHEYEV | callSign URJP |
| 20YE | YELCHO | |
| 31YE | YELLOWFIN | |
| 18YK | YELLOWKNIFE | MEDS REQUEST CallSign CGAY |
| 32Z8 | YELLOWSTONE | AD-44 |
| 9028 | YELSK | OCL REQUEST |
| 35YY | YEWENE YEWENE | OCL REQUEST |
| 31YF | YFU-43 | |
| 31YL | YLT 49 | |
| 77YM | YMER | SDIA |
| 315O | YOCONA | |
| 49YD | YODA | |
| 49YO | YODO | |
| 49YK | YOKO-MARU | |
| 49YP | YOKOSUKA | callSign JCOY |
| 57YO | YOLANDA | |
| 22YO | YOLANDA | |
| 49YL | YONAKUNI | JCDS |
| 49YE | YONEYAMA-MARU | |
| 31YT | YORK COUNTY | |
| 32Z9 | YOSEMITE | AD-19 |
| 49YN | YOSHINO | (JLAV) |
| 49RL | YOSHIO MARU No. 18 | OCL REQUEST |
| 49UV | YOSHU MARU | |
| 49D2 | YOSYU | OCL REQUEST |
| 54BN | YOUNG SOLDIER | |
| 3209 | YP 109 | |
| 3382 | YT EUROPA | |
| 58YU | YTRE UTSIRA | |
| 24Y4 | YUB 15 | |
| 49YV | YUBARI | (JESB) |
| 90YU | YUBILEYNYI | |
| 49YC | YUDACHI | |
| 90V9 | YUG | ICES REQUEST 24May52 to 10Apr80 |
| 902Q | YUGSPORIT | OCL REQUEST CallSign UGVO |
| 49YU | YUKARI | callSign JJ3165 |
| 49Y2 | YUKIKAZE | |
| 315V | YUKON | |
| 18UK | YUKON | |
| 76AC | YUN HAI | |
| 908Q | YUNAYA SMENA | OCL REQUEST |
| 89YU | YUNUS | call sign TC7750 |
| PAYP | YUPEX | 3EET6 |
| 90YE | YURATE | |
| 90GU | YURY GODIN | |
| 49YZ | YURYO MARU No. 8 | OCL REQUEST |
| 49YS | YUSHIO MARU | |
| 49YG | YUUGURE | |
| 35YD | YVES DE KERGUELEN | FPJF |
| 64ZA | ZAANDAM | |
| 90Z1 | ZADORNYI | ICES REQUEST 21Jul65 to 21Nov79 |
| 90ZA | ZAGARINSKY | |
| 902P | ZAGRADITEL | OCL REQUEST |
| 90ZL | ZALANIDHI | |
| 9056 | ZALANIDHI | OCL REQUEST |
| 35BQ | ZAMBEZE | |
| 18ZA | ZANDVOORT | VY3574 |
| 49ZF | ZAO | (8KPB) |
| 32VK | ZAPATA COURIER | |
| 32VL | ZAPATA PATRIOT | |
| 32VU | ZAPATA RANGER | |
| 32VW | ZAPATA ROVER | |
| 904H | ZAPOLIARIE | OCL REQUEST |
| 90B5 | ZAPOROZHETZ | ICES REQUEST 04Aug91 to 27Aug91 |
| 90ZE | ZARNITSA | OCL request; OCL code 7649 |
| 90ZT | ZAVETY ILYITCHA | USBN |
| 90ZN | ZAVITINSK | |
| 76RB | ZE WEN 125 | |
| 35BS | ZEEBRUGGE | |
| 64ZE | ZEEHOND | callSign ORDO |
| 64ZL | ZEELAND | |
| 90Z2 | ZEJYA | ICES REQUEST 05Jun57 to 24May58 |
| 35BV | ZELANDE | |
| 35ZE | ZELEE | |
| 31ZN | ZELIAN | |
| 31ZE | ZELLARS | |
| 90W3 | ZEMCHUG | OCL REQUEST 19th cent "Kliper" type Hydromet Servc |
| 90Z3 | ZENIT | ICES REQUEST 02Jun66 to 01Jul75 RadioCallSign UHYT |
| 49ZE | ZENKO | |
| 49PH | ZENKO MARU | |
| 11ZE | ZENOBE GRAMME | |
| 74ZE | ZEST | |
| 58ZE | ZETA | |
| 76ZK | ZHANG JIA KOU | |
| 9026 | ZHELEZNYAKOV | OCL REQUEST |
| 90WE | ZHELEZNYI POTOK | OCL REQUEST CallSign ERUU |
| 90ZM | ZHEMCHUG | callSign LYDL |
| 90ZU | ZHUVEDRA | |
| 06ZI | ZIETEN | |
| 11ZI | ZINNIA | |
| BHZR | ZION RIO | C6QH8 |
| 18ZS | ZOARCHES | 1932-39 |
| 35ZO | ZODIAC | callSign HO3805 |
| 90ZC | ZODIAK | |
| 641R | ZUIDER KRUIS | |
| 49ZU | ZUIHO | callSign JJ2791 |
| 49X9 | ZUIHO MARU | |
| 49VB | ZUIO MARU | |
| 49JQ | ZUIRYU | JQNY |
| 49RW | ZUIYO MARU | May be same as ZUIO, ZUOI or ZUIHO OCL REQUEST |
| 62ZU | ZULFIQUAR | |
| 49RG | ZUOI MARU | |
| 90ZV | ZVEZDA | |
| 90DU | ZVEZDA AZOVA | |
| 90ZD | ZVEZDA CHERNOMORYA | (UNNP) |
| 90ZK | ZVEZDA KRYMA | (UWGM) |
| 901Z | ZVEZDNIY | |
| 90C6 | ZVEZDNYI | |
| 90ZS | ZVYEZDA SEVASTOPOLYA | UUTU |
| 90Z4 | ZYB | ICES REQUEST 28Nov59 to 25Mar65 |
| 90Z5 | ZYUID | ICES REQUEST 23Sep38 to 17Oct38 |