Cincinnati Ghost Ship

They call it the ghost ship of cincinnati but im pretty sure no one ever died on the boat alex miller said.

Cincinnati ghost ship. The ohio river ghost ship about 20 miles or so down river from cincinnati in petersburg ky sits whats known as the ghost ship. The term ghost reflects the haunting decay the echo of what was once a magnificent vessel that sailed through some of our nations most epic eras. Tucked away about 25 miles downstream of cincinnati rests an abandoned ghost ship. Built in 1902 for railroad exec.

The slow choppy waters erratically splash up against the obstruction banging an offbeat rhythm onto an island of rusted steel. Of the historic ship known under the names of celt sachem uss sachem sp 192 uss phenakite pyc 25 sightseer and circle line v or the cincinnati ghost ship. Robert butch miller of cincinnati ohio purchased the ship and sailed it 2600 miles along waterways from new york to this small tributary in kentucky. Roughly 25 miles downstream from cincinnati some of the water diverts to a gap on the southern shore into a creek and up against a ship that seems to have docked for the last time.

Locals have come to know her as cincinnatis ghost ship although the name is somewhat misleading. The celt sachem uss sachem sp 192 uss phenakite pyc 25 sightseer circle line v. The 1901 yacht called the sachem lies like a ghost ship moored in a small tributary off the ohio river in boone county kentucky. As the ohio river flows toward the mississippi its waters make their way through the american midwest.

Before leaving new york harbor the boat was used in madonnas papa dont preach music video in 1986. Dedicated to one of the least know most historical artifact of the united states. Though there arent actually any ghost stories connected to it that that weve heard of this rusted relic does have a lot of history behind it. Shes not actually ohios ghost ship rather shes really kentuckys abandoned ghost ship.

Shes been slowly rusting away in a small creek just a stones throw from cincinnati.