L.C. Richmond
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L.C. Richmond was a whaling vessel of 341 tons, active in the Pacific by 1834. It ended its career, captained by Martin Malloy as part of the Stone Fleet in 1861, when it was intentionally sunk to block the harbor at Charleston, SC.
[edit] References
- Mary Malloy. The Old Sailor's Lament: Recontextualizing Melville's Reflections on the Sinking of the Stone Fleet. The New England Quarterly vol. 64 no. 4 (Dec 1991) pp. 633-642
