November 2, 2008 at 3:52 am
The recent passing of Halloween, and the long running thread about haunted airfields, got me to wondering if any of their floating counterparts are or were reputedly haunted. At least two are:
USS Lexington, CV-16, “The Blue Ghost”
http://www.wintertexansonline.com/ghostguide.htm
http://www.scaryforkids.com/uss-lexington/
USS Hornet, CV-12, “The Grey Ghost”
http://www.hauntedbay.com/features/usshornet.shtml
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~drmiles/ghost_stories.html
Both are Essex-class ships, both are named after carriers lost early in the Pacific War, and both are preserved as museums. And their nicknames…