Swampscott officials said they will remove a dead whale that was already towed out to sea after first washing ashore in Marblehead three weeks ago. The deceased humpback whale washed ashore in Swampscott Tuesday morning after being dropped more than 50 miles off the coast in late April.

A 65,000 pound, 42-foot long humpback whale carcass washed up on a beach in Swampscott on Tuesday morning, less than three weeks after the same whale carcass washed up on a beach in Marblehead.

The humpback whale carcass that had washed ashore in Marblehead more than two weeks ago has ended up on a shore in Swampscott. The whale was identified as the same one by the markings on its body.

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A humpback whale washed ashore in Swampscott, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. The whale washed up on a beach not far from the Marblehead line. The harbormaster confirmed that it is the same whale that washed ashore near Preston Beach in Swampscott a few weeks ago and was towed out to sea.