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Herman Melville titles Chapter 53 of Moby-Dick, "The Gam."After explaining that the word does not appear in dictionaries, he gives his own definition: GAM. Noun - A social meeting of two (or more) Whale-ships, generally on a cruising- ground; when, after exchanging hails, they exchange visits by boats' crews: the two captains remaining, for the time, on board of one ship, and the two chief ...
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The whale recovered, swam several hundred yards forward of the ship, and turned to face the ship's bow. [ 20 ] I turned around and saw him about one hundred rods [500 m or 550 yards] directly ahead of us, coming down with twice his ordinary speed of around 24 knots (44 km/h), and it appeared with tenfold fury and vengeance in his aspect.
The ship was based in Japan in Shimonoseki harbor [8] and was owned by Tokyo-based Kyodo Senpaku, which is a subsidiary of the Institute of Cetacean Research. [9] Minke whales, including a 1-year-old juvenile, being loaded aboard Nisshin Maru.
With the later development of the slipway at the ship's stern, whale catchers were able to transfer their catch to factory ships operating in the open sea. [ 1 ] Previous to that was the whaleship of the 16th to early 20th centuries, driven first by sail and then by steam.
She was rebuilt over a period of six months and put back into service as a whale oil factory ship, re-entering service on 8 October 1951 under the name Tonan Maru. [22] [2] She served in the whaling fleet until 1968, becoming the longest-serving Japanese factory ship. [23] Tonan Maru was scrapped in April 1971. Her aft portion and funnel, which ...
Charles W. Morgan 2022 in Mystic. Charles W. Morgan (often referred to simply as "the Morgan") was a whaling ship named for owner Charles Waln Morgan (1796–1861). He was a Philadelphian by birth; he moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1818 and invested in several whalers over his career. [8]
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