Mike Baker ordered to take ship (6)
I believe the answer is:
embark
'take ship' is the definition.
(to get on a ship)
'mike baker ordered' is the wordplay.
'mike' becomes 'M' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'ordered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'm'+'baker'='mbaker'
'mbaker' is an anagram of 'EMBARK'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for embark that I've seen before include "get on board" , "board production" , "Join ship" , "Set out (on an enterprise)" , "Start" .)