Ghost ship

The mysteriously derelict schooner *Carroll A. Deering*, as seen from the Cape Lookout lightship on 28 January 1921 (US Coast Guard)

A ghost ship, also known as a phantom ship, is a vessel with no living crew aboard; it may be a fictional ghostly vessel, such as the Flying Dutchman, or a physical derelict found adrift with its crew missing or dead, like the Mary Celeste.^[1]^[2] The term is sometimes used for ships that have been decommissioned but not yet scrapped, as well as drifting boats that have been found after breaking loose of their ropes and being carried away by the wind or the waves.

^ Hicks, Brian (2004). Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew. Random House Digital. pp. 5–6. ISBN 0345463919. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ Grenon, Ingrid (2010). Lost Maine Coastal Schooners: From Glory Days to Ghost Ships. The History Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1596299566. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

[1] Hicks, Brian (2004). Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew. Random House Digital. pp. 5–6. ISBN 0345463919. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

[2] Grenon, Ingrid (2010). Lost Maine Coastal Schooners: From Glory Days to Ghost Ships. The History Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1596299566. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

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