1) Ahab 1) Ahab or his craft 2) Ahab or his ship 3) Ahab was one 4) Captain Ahab 5) Captain ahab or his ship 6) Hartford skater 7) Ishmael or Queequeg 8) Ishmael or Starbuck 9) Ishmael, by profession 10) Jack 11) Jack-tar 12) Mariner 13) Moby-Dick vessel 14) Old Hartford skater 15) Old salt 16) One hoping for a big catch 
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized ship, designed for whaling, the catching and/or processing of whales. The former includes the whale catcher – a steam or diesel-driven vessel with a harpoon gun mounted at its bow. The latter includes such vessels as the sail or steam-driven whaleship of the 16th to early 20th century and the floating fa...
• (n.) One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size. • (n.) A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
the blue shark (q.v.) or certain gray sharks of the family Carcharhinidae. See carcharhinid.
Whal'er noun A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery. 
[n] - a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales 2. [n] - a ship engaged in whale fishing
whaling ship noun a ship engaged in whale fishing