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Thursday, February 02, 2017

Ghost ship found off Hatteras 96 years ago today remains an unsolved mystery

A five-masted schooner slammed into shoals off Hatteras 96 years ago today with sails fully engaged – and not one soul on board.

Only a healthy six-toed cat greeted the Coast Guardsmen sent to the rescue.

The Carroll A. Deering has been known ever since as the “ghost ship.”

“This is still one of the great unsolved maritime mysteries,” said Joe Schwarzer, director of the North Carolina Maritime Museums. “There are any number of potential explanations for it.”

At least five government agencies, including the Coast Guard and the FBI, investigated the wreck while family members and locals could only speculate about what happened.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was the first cruise line for dead democrat voters.

Anonymous said...

My father worked for Seacoast Products years ago it had been a shipyard in Siloam now known as Riverside Drive Extended. One of their ships the Fenwick Island also sunk off of Cape Hattaras years ago 14 men on board and 7 died. Just another example of how treacherous Cape Hattaras is.

Anonymous said...

Definitely voluntary.

Anonymous said...


Bush's fault then; Trump's fault now! /sarc