THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The USS Olympia is associated with reports of ghostly apparitions and unexplained activity throughout the historic warship. Visitors have described phantom footsteps, shadow figures, mysterious voices, and eerie encounters aboard the vessel.
The USS Olympia was a Navy cruiser from 1895 until 1922, and, now restored, she is stationed as a part of the Independence Seaport Museum. Her violent past as a warship may have led to her various hauntings: shadowy forms, unexplained voices, and spooky apparitions.