The Whaleboat Project - Long Island Seaboat & Eco Center

Come in and view the construction of a replica 1776 armed whaleboat, commemorating Port Jefferson's history in the American Revolution!

During the American War for Independence Long Island Sound was the scene of many engagements involving whaleboats. The Loyalists (Tories) from Long Island raided the Connecticut shore and the rebels (Patriots) from Connecticut returned the compliment even going as far overland to the Great South Bay. In present day, the United States Navy (USN) employs mechanically propelled double-ended ships' boats about 26' long that are called whaleboats. Considering the missions of the USN it is extremely unlikely that these boats are ever used in the pursuit and capture of whales.Thus, the term whaleboat simply describes a useful type of double-ended boat whose ancestors may very well have been used in the whale fishery.

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