Northwest History. Fishing Commercial. Deep Sea Fish & Fishing.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: marine note; papers; Sailed; Aberdeen; Moran; Tanginak; Bering sea; Waterfront; observers; commented; whalers; Arousing; attention; maritime circles; departure; killer; ships; summer; North Pacific; Aleutians; quiet; contrast; whaling; mighty industry; famed; song; story; Herman Melville; Moby Dick; vessels; Unimak; Paterson; Kodiak; sail; tiny; remnant; frequent wrecks; Japanese shores; factor; Commodore Perry; opening; Japan; historians; small-time business; glamour; Prices; whale oil; better; dropped; William Schupp; president; American Pacific Whaling company; owners; Antarctic; big business; Northwest,Pacific > History > 20th Century; United States > Fishing Commercial > 20th Century; Bering Sea; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/114590

WHALERS LEAVE FOR BERING SEA: Glamour Erased From Fleet Of Once-Mighty Ships. WHALERS LEAVE FOR BERING SEA Glamour Erased From Fleet of Once-Mighty Ships SEATTLE, April 2.4 (AP) —A marine note appeared in the papers this week: Sailed: Aberdeen, Moran, Tanginak, 10 A. M., Bering sea. Waterfront observers commented that the "whalers are leaving." Arousing little attention even in maritime circles, the, departure of the tiny "killer" ships for a summer in the North Pacific near the Aleutians was quiet—a wide contrast from the days when whaling was a mighty industry famed in song and story, the days of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Three more vessels, the Unimak, Paterson and Kodiak, will sail within a few days. Business Small Now The tiny remnant of the once mighty fleet whose frequent wrecks on Japanese shores was a factor in Commodore Perry's "opening" of Japan, historians say, is now a small-time business, one from which glamour seems gone. "Prices for whale oil are a little better now than a year ago, although they've dropped the past month," said business-like William Schupp, president of the American Pacific Whaling company, owners of the fleet. "We may have a good season." "Whaling in the Antarctic? That's big business, compared to ours."