tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344139789383160789.post5727678757891271916..comments2024-01-16T19:48:03.327+10:00Comments on paleric: CHAMORRO WHALER NAMESpalerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08018059430051734875noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4344139789383160789.post-51317199711012553712015-08-28T08:53:12.014+10:002015-08-28T08:53:12.014+10:00Did you know one of those old time whaling ships i...Did you know one of those old time whaling ships is still around? The Charles W. Morgan visited Guam six times and on at least one of those trips four men joined the ship.<br /><br />The Morgan is at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. She was built in 1841 and made 37 voyages, many to the Pacific. They recently rebuilt her and she sailed on her 38th voyage from Mystic up to Boston and back.<br /><br />I often think of how hard it must have been for those men to join a whaling ship and leave their families knowing they were unlikely to ever be able to come home. I like to think the men who left on those ships settled somewhere and started Chamorro communities in the home countries of the ships they joined.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186494746933498008noreply@blogger.com