Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 412 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 21 July 1847, Date of return 3 July 1849. Number of fur seal skins. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 3,000. Went to California in 1849.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.
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