{"id":1398582,"date":"2022-03-24T13:44:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398582"},"modified":"2022-03-24T13:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:44:41","slug":"whale-hunting-ship-found-in-gulf-of-mexico-nearly-two-centuries-after-going-down-in-treacherous-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whale-hunting-ship-found-in-gulf-of-mexico-nearly-two-centuries-after-going-down-in-treacherous-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale Hunting Ship Found In Gulf Of Mexico \u2014 Nearly Two Centuries After Going Down In Treacherous Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhale-hunting-ship-found-in-gulf-of-mexico-nearly-two-centuries-after-going-down-in-treacherous-storm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/abandoned-ship.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A 207-year-old whaling ship has been found resting in the Gulf of Mexico, thought to be the only whaling ship to go down in the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ship was found by the joint efforts of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SEARCH Inc, and other scientists. The ship, called the Industry, sank on May 26, 1836, after 20 years at sea hunting whales. It ran into a storm that broke open its hull and destroyed its masts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe whaling brig was built in 1815 in Westport, Massachusetts, and hunted whales across the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico for 20 years,\u201d NOAA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news-release\/noaa-partners-discover-wreck-of-207-year-old-whaling-ship\">explained<\/a>. \u201cIt is the only whaling ship known to have been lost in the Gulf of Mexico out of 214 whaling voyages from the 1780s to the 1870s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It added that the crew of Industry would likely have been hunting sperm whales, a valuable commodity at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dr. James Delgado, senior vice president of SEARCH, was in charge of the shoreside scientists involved in the investigation. According to NOAA, the discovered wreck was determined \u201clikely\u201d to be the Industry by Scott Sorset, a marine archeologist with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and SEARCH archeologist Michael Brennan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat there were so few artifacts on board was another big piece of evidence it was <\/span><span>I<\/span><span>ndustry<\/span><span>,\u201d Sorset explained. \u201cWe knew it was salvaged before it sank.\u201d Prior to it sinking to the bottom of the Gulf, four anchors and over 200 barrels of oil had been rescued from the 64 foot long ship by a Massachusetts based whaling ship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those involved in the discovery also pointed out that the crew of the ship included both black and Native Americans. William Cuffe, son of black whaler, abolitionist, and merchant Paul Cuffe, worked on the Industry as a navigator.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cToday we celebrate the discovery of a lost ship that will help us better understand the rich story of how people of color succeeded as captains and crew members in the nascent American whaling industry of the early 1800s,\u201d NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad stated. \u201cThe discovery reflects how African Americans and Native Americans prospered in the ocean economy despite facing discrimination and other injustices.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Elizabeth, another whaling ship, rescued the crew of the Industry as it was going down and brought the crew back to Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis was so fortunate for the men onboard,\u201d Delgado said. \u201cIf the Black crewmen had tried to go ashore, they would have been jailed under local laws. And if they could not pay for their keep while in prison, they would have been sold into slavery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ship, which was constructed in Westport, Massachusetts, was found using a remote operated vehicle (ROV) to search the seafloor around where experts suspected the ship was lying. On February 25, 2022, scientists and archeologists aboard the Okeanos Explorer found the wreck of the Industry using the ROV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Spinrad noted that the find was important for understanding America\u2019s maritime history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is also an example of how important partnerships of federal agencies and local communities are to uncovering and documenting our nation\u2019s maritime history,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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