Vessels and Terminology | New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford Whaling Museum Ship - "Pencil and watercolor on paper by Joseph Bogart Hersey, American (fl. ca, 1843-51), [Ship Corinthian of New London], from Hersey;’s journal aboard the bark Samuel and Thomas of Provincetown, MA, John Swift master, September 12, 1846-April 13, 1848. KWM #364."