The latest edition of this work has been brought to publication with the generous assistance of Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest.

Naval Institute Press

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© 2009 by Eric Mills

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Mills, Eric, 1959–

The spectral tide : true ghost stories of the U.S. Navy / Eric Mills.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Ghosts—United States—Anecdotes. 2. Parapsychology—United States—Anecdotes. 3. United States. Navy—History—Anecdotes. 4. United States—History, Naval—Anecdotes. 5. Seafaring life—United States—History—Anecdotes. I. Title.

BF1472.U6M55 2009

133.10973—dc22

2009027762

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