This is an old whaling ship at Hawaii's Maritime Museum.
"Whaling" means "hunting whales".
Whaling was the biggest industry in Hawaii 100 years ago.
In the background is the clock tower, which is a Honolulu landmark.
This blog is mainly to explain a different English language expression every day. Sometimes I post other stuff. I also have a YouTube channel which is mostly about computer software: https://www.youtube.com/englishspacedog