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  2. Gam (nautical term) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Category:Whaling ships - Wikipedia

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    Admiral Cockburn (1814 ship) Adventure (1804 ship) African Queen (1797 ship) HMS Alderney (1757) Alexander (1801 ship Shields) Allison (1795 ship) USS Amazon; Amelia (1795 ship) Amelia Wilson (1809 ship) USS American (1861) Amity (1801 ship) Amphitrite (1789 ship) Andrew Marvel (1812 ship) Ann Alexander (ship) Anna Augusta (1801 ship) Antarctic ...

  4. Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia

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    Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799.On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.

  5. Nisshin Maru - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    On a nautical chart with depths indicated in fathoms, it appears as a broad area with many "14" notations. broadhorn An alternate term for a flatboat. broadside 1. One side of a vessel above the waterline. 2. All the guns on one side of a warship or mounted (in rotating turrets or barbettes) so as to be able to fire on the same side of a warship.

  7. Chart a Course: Famous Ships You Can Visit Across ... - AOL

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    It acted as both a cargo ship, carrying close to 10 million pounds of tea between 1870 and 1877, and a training ship, and was known as one of the fastest ships of its time.

  8. List of hull classifications - Wikipedia

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    A heavily modified or repurposed ship may receive a new symbol, and either retain the hull number or receive a new one. Also, the system of symbols has changed a number of times since it was introduced in 1907, so ships' symbols sometimes change without anything being done to the physical ship.

  9. List of fictional ships - Wikipedia

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    USS United States – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (A US Navy aircraft carrier was to have had that name, but the ship was cancelled.) America, 2001 USS America – nuclear-powered attack submarine (Three former and one current US Navy ships share that name, none of them a submarine.) Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope. HMS Calypso; HMS Dido ...