6. SS Baychimo
Still missing, this ship’s destiny is quite peculiar. After being abandoned in 1931 due to its poor condition, the ship was supposed to sink to the seabed. However, it apparently didn’t. Later, it was occasionally spotted to sail freely; it was last seen around the north-west coast of Alaska in the latter part of the 20th century.
SS Baychimo was a Swedish built steel-hulled cargo steamer. Used as a cargo ship to trade provisions for pelts in the Inuit agreement in the area of Northwest Canada, after departing for its final trade on 1 October 1931, the crew abandoned the ship due to being stuck in pack ice. They saw the ship sailing away and reconciled with the fact it was gone. However, shortly after all men returned on board when Inuit (a group of Eskimos) informed them of the whereabouts of the ship.
Heavily damaged, the ship was considered dangerous. The crew was instructed to provide the cargo by air and left Baychimo on its own. Since then, it was seen numerous times at different locations, which is why it is considered a ghost ship.
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