| THE AMERICAN VICTORY SHIP |
| LOCATED IN THE PORT OF TAMPA FLORIDA, THE SS AMERICAN VICTORY SHIP IS A WONDERFUL HISTORIC REMEMBERANCE OF TIMES GONE BY. THIS SHIP SERVED IN BOTH WWII AND THE KOREAN CONFLICT, AND HAS BEEN BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED TO MUSEUM LIKE STANDARDS. SHE IS STILL FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND IS HOST TO SEVERAL SPECIAL CRUISES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHICH ARE OPEN TO THE PAYING PUBLIC AND ARE A REAL TREAT INDEED. COMISSIONED AND UTILIZED AS A MERCHANT MARINER, THE AMERICAN VICTORY SHIP WAS USED BRIEFLY TO TRANSPORT AN UNDISCLOSED AMMOUNT OF DEAD SOLDIERS BACK TO THE UNITED STATES FROM OVER-SEAS. SHE WAS ALSO USED AS A HOSPITAL SHIP FOR A PEROD OF TIME, IN ADDITION TO SERVING OTHER NON-COMBATIVE MILITARY FUNCTIONS. AS A PARANORMAL VENUE, THE SHIP AS OF LATE, HAS BECOME A HAUNTED PLACE DE'-JEUR WHICH MEANS THAT EVERY PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR WITHIN 200 MILES HAS CRAWLED OVER THIS SHIP ONE BY ONE IN RECENT MONTHS. - IS THIS GOOD? MAYBE YES, PROBABLY NOT. BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE. AS WITH MOST ALL PLACES PURPORTED TO BE HAUNTED TO THE POINT OF FAME, USUALLY IT TURNS OUT TO BE AN OVER-HYPED DISAPPOINTMENT, AND NOT WORTH YOUR TIME. THIS WASN'T THE CASE WITH THE SS VICTORY SHIP, ALTHOUGH THE SHIP ECHOES SOUNDS AND VOICES FROM NEARBY CLUBS AND RESTAURANTS, AND ANY EVP TAKEN FROM THIS SITE IS QUESTIONABLE TO THE POINT OF IN-ADMISSABILITY. THE SHIP IS STILL A RARE TREAT TO VISIT AND WORTH ANYONE'S TIME. ARE THERE GHOSTS ON THIS SHIP? MAYBE. MAYBE NOT. IT FEELS CREEPY, AND THERE ARE 100 CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE GOING ON EVERY MINUTE AS THE SHIP'S MASSIVE 500 FOOT LONG HULL COOLS AFTER THE SETTING SUN. WE EXPERIENCED SUCH RAPID COOLING THAT IT MADE BREEZES THROUGHOUT THE SHIP WHICH SOME FLEDGLING INVESTIGATORS THOUGHT WERE GHOSTS, BUT ALAS WERE NOT. IF THERE IS A GHOST, IT'S HIDING FROM THE MASSES OF INVESTIGATORS -BIG TIME. AND, OF COURSE, SHE KICKS OUT A THOUSAND AND ONE DUST ORBS WHICH ARE DUST. NOT GHOSTS. THERE ARE SOUNDS GALORE, AND THAT OLD SHIP CREAKY-NESS INHERENT IN ALL SHIPS OF HER VINTAGE. WE HAD ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE SHIP. IT WAS MUCHO CREEPY, AND ONE OF THE BEST AND COOLEST TIMES WE'VE EVER HAD, BUT EVEN THOUGH IT FELT GHOSTY, THERE JUST WASN'T ANYTHING TO REPORT THAT WASN'T DE-BUNKABLE. SURE, IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IT'S HAUNTED, AND WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THE SOUNDS FROM THE CLUB NEXT DOOR AND FROM THE WATER BELOW THAT TRANSMIT VOICES FOR MILES ARE GHOSTS, THAT'S GREAT. BUT WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING OTHER THAN CONTAMINATED SOUND, LOTS OF DUST, AND IMPRESSIONABLE, NAIVE GHOST HUNTERS RUNNING AMUCK ON THE DECKS. BUT, SHE IS WONDERFULLY HISTORIC, AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME ABOARD THIS FINE VESSEL. COME FOR THE HISTORY, AS SHE'S A GREAT SHIP, AND WHILE YOU'RE THERE, MAYBE SOMETHING WILL REACH OUT TO YOU! |
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