The 111-year-old Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl docked at Seattle’s Pier 66 on Wednesday as part of a worldwide expedition to promote ocean sustainability research.

The three-masted ship will be in Seattle from Wednesday to Monday as part of One Ocean Expedition, a multiyear voyage visiting 27 ports across three continents while circumnavigating the globe, according to the Port of Seattle. The visit coincides with One Ocean Week, hosted by Washington Maritime Blue.

The 322-foot-long ship is primarily a sail training vessel with 135 crew members. German merchant cadets trained on the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, built in 1914, before it became a Norwegian training ship in 1921.

“Celebrate the past and sail toward the future aboard a ship that has trained sailors for more than a century, s

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