whaling ships
Harpoon-bearing vessels
Whaling ships are vessels designed or used for hunting whales.
These ships historically carried crews on months-long voyages, processing whale carcasses at sea for oil and other products.
Nantucket was once home to the world's largest whaling fleet.
The industry declined after petroleum replaced whale oil, and international bans ended most commercial whaling.
- Moby-DickEpic whaling novel
- Nantucket sleighrideHarpooned whale towing whaleboats
- flensingRemoving whale fat
- harpoonerOne who throws barbed spears
- scrimshawEngraved whale ivory art
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- NantucketCisco, Main Street, whaling, whalers, scrimshaw
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
- voyagesvoyage, sea voyage, cruise, passage, crossing