From TheDay.com. A crowd lined the waterfront of the Mystic Seaport H.B. DuPont Preservation Shipyard as the whale ship Charles W. Morgan arrived from her permanent berth at Chub’s Wharf to the shipyard Monday. Oct. 20, 2008, in preparation for the next stage in the restoration of the 1841 vessel. The Morgan, the oldest wooden whaling ship built in the United States still afloat, is one of four floating National Historic Landmarks at the seaport and will be hauled out of the water the beginning of November for a three-year restoration.