Owen Chase
American sailor
Died when: 71 years 151 days (857 months)Star Sign: Libra
Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 – March 7, 1869) was first mate of the whaler Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank on 20 November 1820.
Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex.This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick.
Chase was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Phebe (Meader) and Judah Chase.
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