Waves crash against the grounded Wanderer, the last whaling ship out of New Bedford, as it leans helplessly off Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. The date was August 26, 1924—its final voyage ended in disaster.
The Wanderer, a 92-foot bark built in 1878, was the last of a long line of New Bedford whalers. It was preparing to head out for another voyage when a violent squall forced it ashore, marking the symbolic end of an era in American maritime history.
Did you know? By the early 20th century, steamships and the petroleum industry had nearly wiped out the whaling trade. New Bedford, once the world’s whaling capital, saw its last whaler lost not at sea—but within sight of home.
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