Hagoth was a Nephite shipbuilder active around 55 B.C. His shipyard stood on the borders of the land Bountiful, by the land Desolation, adjacent to the narrow neck of land leading into the land northward. Described as “an exceedingly curious man,” he built “an exceedingly large ship” and launched it into the west sea (Alma 63:5). Many Nephites, including women and children, boarded the ship with provisions and sailed northward (Alma 63:6).
In the following year Hagoth built other ships, and the first ship returned, took on more people and provisions, and set out again for the land northward (Alma 63:7). This company “were never heard of more,” supposed to have drowned at sea; a further ship also sailed forth, and the record states that its destination was unknown (Alma 63:8). In the thirty and ninth year of the reign of the judges, Corianton, the son of Alma2, sailed to the land northward in a ship to carry provisions to the people who had gone there (Alma 63:10).