{"id":230,"date":"2012-02-20T17:26:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T17:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sealitsearchable\/?p=230"},"modified":"2022-06-23T21:24:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:24:08","slug":"chase-owen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/searchablesealit\/c\/chase-owen\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase, Owen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Owen<\/a><\/em>by Thomas Farel Heffernan<\/em> (2000)<\/p>\n

CHASE, OWEN (1796-1869). Author of Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship<\/em> Essex, of Nantucket <\/em>(1821), Owen Chase was first mate of the Essex<\/em> when it was stove and sunk by a whale in the Pacific Ocean, 20 November 1820. The unprecedented whale attack and the three-month survival at sea of some of the crew made the event a legend. In Chapter 45 of Moby-Dick<\/em> Herman Melville says that he saw Owen Chase (apparently a faulty recollection on Melville’s part), met Owen’s son at sea, and read a copy of the Narrative<\/em> borrowed from Owen’s son. The Narrative<\/em> is the main dramatic source for the ending of Moby-Dick<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A native of Nantucket, Chase was one of five brothers to serve as whaling captains. His first ship after the Essex<\/em> was the Winslow<\/em> in 1825, and his next command the Charles Carroll<\/em>. Chase was married four times and is buried on Nantucket next to three of his wives.<\/p>\n

Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship<\/em> Essex, of Nantucket <\/em>(1821)<\/p>\n

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