Sentence:  Twice each year, the Russian Navy sent out such ships to provision Russian whalers in the Sea of Okhotsk. In sailing toward the supposed Russian ship, the "Abigail'''s captain, Ebenezer Nye, was hoping for a <WSD>gam</WSD> with the ship's officers ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A social gathering of whalers (whaling ships).