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Lagoda
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“There is a half-scale model of the whaling ship Lagoda in the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The original ship was built in 1826, converted to a whaling ship in 1841, and broken up in 1899. The model, commissioned in 1916, is the world's largest ship model.”
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Smithsonian MagazineFeb 3

Fervent Fans of 'Moby-Dick' Flock to This Massachusetts City to Read the Book Cover to Cover

Once the whaling capital of the world, New Bedford remembers Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece with an annual reading marathon

Large model of a whaling ship

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