Moby-Dick destroyed Ahab's whaling boat.
The first crew member of the Pequod to sight a whale was the lookout, Gabriel.
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The first to sight Moby Dick is Captain Ahab, the captain of the Pequod. He spots the white whale from the masthead of the ship and becomes obsessed with hunting him down throughout the novel.
The Pequod is destroyed by the white whale, Moby Dick.
The crewmember slipped and fell into the hole in the ehad of the whale, and the whale had broke loose and went into the ocean.
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The ship's name - "Pequod" .
When the Pequod approaches Moby-Dick the whale puts a crack in the boat with his flank.
Captain Ahab is riding the storm with the Pequod, the whaling ship, in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
Toward the end of the book Captain Ahab finally manages to harpoon the white whale. The Pequod wasn't a strong enough vessel to withstand the strength of the whale, so it sank.
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He attacks the ship.