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This bark (whaling) was built in 1876 in Bath, ME.
Historical Notes
This vessel did two whaling voyages: 1888, 1890.
In 1894-1895 this vessel was on a voyage to Herschel Island.
In 1898 this vessel left Unalaska with a cargo of 300 barrels of whale oil and 2,000 pounds of bone. "The whaling bark John and Winthrop, Capt. W. T. Shorey, owned by the world's only Negro whaling company, transferred operations from the Arctic to the Japanese coast. New England Negroes, largely courageous and freedom-loving escapees from the slave states of the deep south, earned an important place in the history of early American whaling and the Temple iron, a classic tool of the old-time whaling trade, was developed by a New Bedford Negro blacksmith named Temple. However, the John and Winthrop was unique in being entirely owned and largely officered by men of this race." (Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1909, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 147.)
Owners & Masters
In 1910 she was owned by San Francisco CA USA interests.
Masters
Captain A.T. Simmons (1894-1896);
References
- Bockstoce, John R. (1977)
- New York Times September 7, 1898
- www.nmdl.org ↗
- Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1909, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 147
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1910)
