Charles W. Morgan
American whaling ship built in 1841 in Mystic, Connecticut. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Charles W. Morgan is an American whaling ship built in 1841 that was active during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Ships of this type were used to harvest the blubber of whales for whale oil which was commonly used in lamps. Charles W. Morgan has served as a museum ship since the 1940s, and is an exhibit at the Mystic Seaport museum in Mystic, Connecticut. She is the world's oldest surviving merchant vessel, the only surviving wooden whaling ship from the 19th century American merchant fleet, and the second-oldest seaworthy vessel in the world after USS Constitution. Charles W. Morgan was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT |
| County | New London County |
| Listed | Nov 13, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000804 |
| Type of place | whaler, preserved watercraft |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT |
| Coordinates | 41.36219, -71.96518 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Touro Synagogue National Historic Site · 35 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in New London County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000804. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.