Homeport Stonington, Connecticut, USA. Rigging bark. Tonnage 170 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Seas. Date of departure 20 July 1843. Date of return 26 May 1845. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 1,000, also 300 barrels whale oil and 2,400 pounds whalebone.
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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