Whaling
Whaling ships are usually equipped with a slipway at the back, in order to haul harpooned whales onto the main deck, where the whale usually is flenced.
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Famous quotes containing the word whaling:
“The only thing that was dispensed free to the old New Bedford whalemen was a Bible. A well-known owner of one of that city’s whaling fleets once described the Bible as the best cheap investment a shipowner could make.”
—For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)