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7 KILLER SHIPS GET 393 WHALES. 7 KILLER SHIPS GET 393 WHALES BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 7. (AP)—First of the American Pacific Whaling company fleet of seven killer ships to return from the season's hunt, the Tanginak arrived at Winter Haven in Lake Washington here today after bagging 42 whales off K...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1935
Subjects:
American Pacific Whaling company
seven
killer ships
return
season's hunt
Tanginak
Winter Haven
Lake Washington
whales off
Kodiak island
Captain Albert Barron
master
catch
mammals
Akutan
whaling station
Ketchikan
Northwest,Pacific > History > 20th Century
United States > Fishing Commercial > 20th Century
Haven Lake
Pacific
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Summary:7 KILLER SHIPS GET 393 WHALES. 7 KILLER SHIPS GET 393 WHALES BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 7. (AP)—First of the American Pacific Whaling company fleet of seven killer ships to return from the season's hunt, the Tanginak arrived at Winter Haven in Lake Washington here today after bagging 42 whales off Kodiak island. Her master, Captain Albert Barron, reported the fleet's total catch was 393 of the huge mammals. Four sister ships left the Akutan whaling station for home Saturday and two sailed from Ketchikan yesterday

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