{"id":38658,"date":"2022-04-01T13:14:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=38658"},"modified":"2022-04-01T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:14:07","slug":"207-year-old-whaling-ship-found-on-the-bottom-of-the-gulf-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2022\/04\/207-year-old-whaling-ship-found-on-the-bottom-of-the-gulf-of-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"207-Year Old Whaling Ship Found on the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA and partners today announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The remains of the 64-foot long, two-masted wooden brig opens a window into a little known chapter of American history when descendants of African enslaved people and Native Americans served as essential crew in one of the nation\u2019s oldest industries.<br \/>\n\u201cBlack and Native American history is American history, and this critical discovery serves as an important reminder of the vast contributions Black and Native Americans have made to our country,\u201d said U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves. \u201cThis 19th century whaling ship will help us learn about the lives of the Black and Native American mariners and their communities, as well as the immense challenges they faced on land and at sea.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news-release\/noaa-partners-discover-wreck-of-207-year-old-whaling-ship\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA and partners today announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The remains of the 64-foot long, two-masted wooden brig opens a window into a little known chapter of American history when descendants of African enslaved people and Native Americans served as essential crew in one of the nation\u2019s oldest industries. \u201cBlack and Native American history is American history, and this critical discovery serves as an important reminder of the vast contributions Black and Native Americans have made to our country,\u201d said U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves. \u201cThis 19th century whaling ship will help us learn about the lives of the Black and Native American mariners and their communities, as well as the immense challenges they faced on land and at sea.\u201d Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38659,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38658\/revisions\/38659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}