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At least 214 whalers were
working in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The first one to ZS 1788 all
the way up to 1878 with

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schooners like the FW Moore and
others. For now, I'm not

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going to throw any names out
but we only know of one whaler

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that definitely sank in the
Gulf of Mexico and this seems

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to be about the right size.
We're looking at what was the

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remains of the ship so that all
of the wood is is deteriorated

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away. We're seeing an artifact
pile around and ballast stones

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around the anchor but this is
the wreck. No doubt, this is a

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whaler and it was lost while
inactive trade. And here's the

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tryworks. It is the tryworks is
where whale blubber was

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rendered into oil. Again, it
was not plaqued in the name on

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the back. Documented, take a
look at it but I have a

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suspicion as to who this might
be.