Work continues on the whaleship Charles W. Morgan
Shipwrights Matt Barnes, left, and Jamie Kirschner work to install the port side bow hawsepipe on the whaleship Charles W. Morgan Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship remaining and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence as well as a National Historic Landmark, was re-launched in July of 2013 and will embark on its 38th voyage, a tour of historic New England ports, this summer.
Lead shipwright Rob Whalen pounds the heel band onto the jibboom for the whaleship Charles W. Morgan Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship remaining and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence as well as a National Historic Landmark, was re-launched in July of 2013 and will embark on its 38th voyage, a tour of historic New England ports, this summer.
Shipwright Kevin Dwyer works on finish carpentry in the captain's cabin on board the whaleship Charles W. Morgan Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship remaining and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence as well as a National Historic Landmark, was re-launched in July of 2013 and will embark on its 38th voyage, a tour of historic New England ports, this summer.
Rigger Haley Gove marlines the collar of the main royal stay for the whaleship Charles W. Morgan Tuesday, April 1, 2014 in the rigging loft at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship remaining and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence as well as a National Historic Landmark, was re-launched in July of 2013 and will embark on its 38th voyage, a tour of historic New England ports, this summer.
Visitors aboard the whaleship Charles W. Morgan look out over the waterfront Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship remaining and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence as well as a National Historic Landmark, was re-launched in July of 2013 and will embark on its 38th voyage, a tour of historic New England ports, this summer.
Rigger Haley Gove marlines the collar of the main royal stay for the whaleship Charles W. Morgan Tuesday, April 1, 2014 in the rigging loft at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship remaining and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence as well as a National Historic Landmark, was re-launched in July of 2013 and will embark on its 38th voyage, a tour of historic New England ports, this summer.
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