A ship control system that includes a ship and an input device, in which the ship includes an actuator having a function of generating thrust for the ship and a function of generating a moment in the ship, a first operation unit configured to receive an input operation from a ship operator, and a ship control device configured to activate the actuator, the input device includes a second operation unit configured to receive an input operation from the ship operator, the ship control device includes a first operation mode and a second operation mode, a moment is generated in the ship on the basis of the input operation received by the first operation unit in the first operation mode, the actuator is activated on the basis of the input operation received by the second operation unit in the second operation mode, and the ship control device executes bow direction feedback control of the ship on the basis of a deviation between a target bow direction and an actual bow direction of the ship in the second operation mode.