Writings by Rev Dr Theresa F Koch MS Through out history there
are legends and tales of Phantom or should I say Ghost Ships
still sailing about in the world’s waters. Captain Kidd’s ship
is said to sail around the New England coast. The old pirate is
still looking for buried treasure. Another pirate ship that of
Jean Lafitte has appeared of Galveston, Texas. That is where
Lafitte’s ship is supposed to have sunk in the 1820s. In the
nineteenth century an American ship named Dash vanished at sea.
The ghost of the ship is supposed to return to port every so
often. Its mission is to pick up the souls of crew members’
families after they Not all legends of Phantom ships are about
the ocean though as one might believe. The Great Lakes are
extremely dangerous. Storms there blow up very suddenly. Sailors
say that lake storms can be worse than those on the open sea.
Many, many ships have been sunk in the Great Lakes. Some have
completely disappeared-except for a ghost which is seen
occasionally. The best known of the