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Benicia, California
Suisun Bay Ghost Fleet
The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.
Gdańsk, Poland
Gdańsk Shipyard
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.
31 days of halloween
A Guide to 5 Ghoulish Ghost Ships
Permanently Closed
Petersburg, Kentucky
USS Sachem Ruins
A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."
Brooklyn, New York
The Lehigh Barge and the Waterfront Museum Showboat Barge
Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.
Permanently Closed
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SS United States
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
SS Morro Castle Monument
Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.
Newport News, Virginia
The Mariner's Museum and Park
The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.
Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
Wreck of HMS Bounty
The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.
Micronesia
Ghost Fleet of Truk Lagoon
Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.
Paris, France
Musée National de la Marine
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
Powell River, British Columbia
S.S. Peralta
One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.
Gaddani, Pakistan
Ship Breaking Yard of Gadani
The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.
San Diego, California
USS Recruit
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
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Raised from the Depths, a 16th Century Ship and Her Crew Return to Public View
Portsmouth, England
Mary Rose
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
Permanently Closed
Copenhagen, Denmark
Royal Danish Naval Museum
A museum filled with tiny, adorable versions of the mighty Royal Danish Navy.
San Francisco, California
Pier 22½ & the SFFD Fire Boats
Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.
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