| 41. | At age 17 ( in 1850 ), he joined the crew of a whaling ship.
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| 42. | On the trip aboard a whaling ship, Hanks died.
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| 43. | Japanese whaling ships are allowed to hunt whales of different species for ostensibly scientific purposes.
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| 44. | William H . Allen, another son of Groton, spent 25 years commanding a whale ship.
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| 45. | Only 29, Pollard was one of the youngest men ever to command a whaling ship.
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| 46. | The whaling ships, sent far into the Southern Atlantic, seldom if ever turned a profit.
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| 47. | Aboard whaling ships, he watched, photographed and measured whales.
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| 48. | In 1857, New Bedford had 329 registered whaling ships.
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| 49. | The next year, the American whaling ship George Henry spotted an unknown and apparently unmanned ship.
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| 50. | Likely, they were in fact abandoned whaling ships.
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