Tuesday, 1 September 2009

The Constellation, Baltimore

Now a floating museum in the city's Inner Harbor, the 1797 frigate was once a flagship of the U.S. Navy. Among the more storied ghosts are a former captain and a crewman who was put to death ("strapped to a gun and blown to bits") for falling asleep while on watch. "(The captain's) own feelings of guilt about this execution perhaps caused him to remain aboard."

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