Homeport New London, Connecticut. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 70 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 17 July 1844. Date of return 8 January 1846. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 200. Also whale oil and bone.
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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