
World's last surviving wooden whaling ship is launching in Conn. after $7M ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
World's last surviving wooden whalingshipis launching in Conn. after $7M...Minneapolis Star TribuneTheship, a National Historic Landmark, made 37 voyages over 80 years across every ocean in the world from the heyday to the waning days of whaling. It developed a reputation early on as a luckyship, surviving storms and avoiding Confederate raids.