Congratulations to PortSide New York and the tanker Mary Whalen, which has been deemed eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places!   The Mary Whalen is a 172’ long coastal tanker built by the John H. Mathis Company, of Camden NJ in 1938.   PortSide New York is an innovative non-profit  which provides educational, cultural, and social service programs for the community and runs an H2O Arts program that offers talks, walks, concerts, readings, movies, ship tours and performing arts.   And at the center of it all is the good ship Mary Whalen.