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  2. Charles W. Morgan (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Charles W. Morgan has served as a museum ship since the 1940s and is now an exhibit at the Mystic Seaport museum in Mystic, Connecticut. She is the world's oldest surviving (non-wrecked) merchant vessel, the only surviving wooden whaling ship from the 19th century American merchant fleet (of an estimated 2,700 built), [ 7 ] and second to USS ...

  3. Nantucket shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    The 'Charles W. Morgan', New Bedford, Massachusetts 1841. Video tour of the last wooden hulled whaling ship afloat in the United States, February, 2008. Finding the Mighty Whale, Eighteenth Century Nantucket Whaling and the Development of Environmental Knowledge, by Nathan Tristan Adams, MA thesis (University of British Columbia), August 2010.

  4. Charles Waln Morgan - Wikipedia

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    Charles Waln Morgan (September 14, 1796 – April 7, 1861) was a whaling industry executive, banker and businessman. At his peak in the whaling industry, he owned fourteen whaling ships, one of which was named after him, the Charles W. Morgan .

  5. List of oldest surviving ships - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.

  6. How whaling ventures in the 1800s shaped venture capital as ...

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    It’s hard to know much about someone born 228 years ago, but we know quite a bit about Charles W. Morgan. Morgan was a Quaker with five siblings and resplendent penmanship, and he was a partner ...

  7. List of longest wooden ships - Wikipedia

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    Charles W. Morgan: 1841–1926 Oldest surviving merchant ship and last surviving wooden whaling ship. She was restored after being nearly destroyed in a fire and is currently displayed in Mystic, Connecticut. 33 m (108 ft) 6 m (20 ft) Windeward Bound: 1992– A replica of an 1848 Boston schooner, based in Hobart, Tasmania. 32.46 m (106 ft 6 in ...