---
title: "Get current ship"
method: GET
path: "/characters/{character_id}/ship"
tags: ["Location"]
---

# Get current ship

`GET /characters/{character_id}/ship`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://esi.evetech.net`
- URL: `https://esi.evetech.net/characters/{character_id}/ship`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Authorization code: `https://login.eveonline.com/v2/oauth/authorize`
  - Token URL: `https://login.eveonline.com/v2/oauth/token` scopes: `esi-location.read_ship_type.v1`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/evemonk/apis/eve-stable-infrastructure-esi-tranquility/docs/characters/:character_id/ship/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Get the current ship type, name and id

## Path parameters

- `character_id` integer, required

## Headers

- `Accept-Language` 'en' | 'de' | 'fr' | 'ja' | 'ru' | 'zh' | 'ko' | 'es'
- `If-None-Match` string
- `X-Compatibility-Date` '2025-12-16', date, required
- `X-Tenant` string

## Response `200`

OK

- CharactersCharacterIdShipGet
  - `ship_item_id` integer, required: Item id's are unique to a ship and persist until it is repackaged. This value can be used to track repeated uses of a ship, or detect when a pilot changes into a different instance of the same ship type.
  - `ship_name` string, required
  - `ship_type_id` integer, required

## Other responses

- `default`: Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/evemonk/apis/eve-stable-infrastructure-esi-tranquility.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/evemonk/apis/eve-stable-infrastructure-esi-tranquility/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/evemonk/apis/eve-stable-infrastructure-esi-tranquility/revisions/7bad2f0024dd?raw)