American whaler Lagoda hailed according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 26 August 1848

 The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846

An item reported that the American whaling ship South America in the Japan Sea spoke on 8 June the American whaler Lagoda of New Bedford 2 whales this season, lost 15 crew members due to desertion taking 3 boats with them.