Historic whaleship hauled for maintenance
July 19, 2021 12:00 am
• Last Updated: July 20, 2021 5:46 pm
Spectators watch as staff from the Mystic Seaport Museum raise the historic whalehip Charles W. Morgan from the waters of the Mystic River in the shiplift cradle at the Henry B. duPont Preservation shipyard for maintenance Monday, July 19, 2021. The Morgan, a national historic landmark that was built in 1841 in New Bedford and is the last wooden whaleship of its kind in the world, will be out of the water for about a month for regularly scheduled maintenance. The Morgan was last out of the water for maintenance in 2016. The Morgan, and the museum's other large historic vessels -- the Joseph Conrad and the L.A. Dunton -- are on a three-year rotation for being hauled out for maintenance. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
With a crowd lining the waterfront, the staff at Mystic Seaport Museum moved the historic wooden whaleship Charles W. Morgan from its berth at Chubbs Wharf at the museum's north end to the Henry B. duPont Shipyard at the south end for a maintanenance interval.
The Morgan, a national historic landmark and the last vessel of its kind in the world, will be out of the water for about a month for the regularly scheduled maintenance.
The Morgan was last out of the water for maintenance in 2016. The Morgan, and the museum's other large historic vessels — the Joseph Conrad and the L.A. Dunton — are on a three-year rotation for being hauled out for maintenance.
Visitors at Mystic Seaport Museum watch as museum staff ease the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan into the Mystic River away from Chubbs Wharf en route to the Henry B. duPont Preservation shipyard to be hauled out for maintenance Monday, July 19, 2021. The Morgan, a national historic landmark and the last wooden whaleship of its kind in the world, will be out of the water for about a month for regularly scheduled maintenance. The Morgan was last out of the water for maintenance in 2016. The Morgan, and the museum's other large historic vessels _ the Joseph Conrad and the L.A. Dunton _ are on a three-year rotation for being hauled out for maintenance. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Staff at the Mystic Seaport Museum guide the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan into the shiplift at the the Henry B. duPont Preservation shipyard so it can be hauled out for maintenance Monday, July 19, 2021. The Morgan, a national historic landmark and the last wooden whaleship of its kind in the world, will be out of the water for about a month for regularly scheduled maintenance. The Morgan was last out of the water for maintenance in 2016. The Morgan, and the museum's other large historic vessels _ the Joseph Conrad and the L.A. Dunton _ are on a three-year rotation for haul out and maintenance. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Shipwright and diver Greg See, front, consults with shiplift engineer Scott Noseworthy, back center, and rigger Matt Otto, on the position of the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan in the Henry B. duPont Preservation shipyard shiplift as it is hauled out for maintenance on Monday, July 19, 2021. The Morgan, a national historic landmark and the last wooden whaleship of its kind in the world, will be out of the water for about a month for regularly scheduled maintenance. The Morgan was last out of the water for maintenance in 2016. The Morgan, and the museum's other large historic vessels _ he Joseph Conrad and the L.A. Dunton _ are on a three-year rotation for haul out and maintenance. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Jim Carlton, right, professor and director emeritus of the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program, shows his team some of the marine life scraped from the hull of the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan after the staff at the Mystic Seaport Museum hauled the Morgan out at the Henry B. duPont Preservation shipyard for maintenance on Monday, July 19, 2021. The Morgan, a national historic landmark and the last wooden whaleship of its kind in the world, will be out of the water for about a month for regularly scheduled maintenance. The Morgan was last out of the water for maintenance in 2016. The Morgan, and the museum's other large historic vessels _ he Joseph Conrad and the L.A. Dunton _ are on a three-year rotation for haul out and maintenance. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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