USS WILLIAM A. IRVIN
Site — Duluth, Minnesota
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/uss-william-a-irvin-duluth-minnesota/

The ore boat that became a museum—and reportedly kept its dead.

A site in Duluth, Minnesota, USS William A. Irvin is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The ore boat that became a museum—and reportedly kept its dead. The presences in its file go unnamed: the sailor, the record says. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.

Irvin is the '38 — the 'flagship' that's the US Steel, the '13,856 tons' that's the record. The 'Hulett' is the unloaders — the '2 hours 55 minutes' that's the unbroken, the '611 feet' that's the queen. The '40 years' is the career — the 'uneventful' that's the survived, the '1978' that's the laid up.
The 'Haunted Ship' is the October — the 'chains' that's the clang, the 'bearded' that's the vanish. The 'museum' is the '86 — the 'Minnesota Slip' that's the moored, the 'Aerial Bridge' that's the neighbor. Irvin is the queen — the 'dignitaries' that's the carried, the 'elegance' that's the ore boat.
The file keeps USS Irvin: the 1938 flagship, the unbroken record, the 40 years, and the Haunted Ship.
USS William A. Irvin is the archive's Duluth file — the ore queen's ghost.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
USS William A. Irvin is the archive's Duluth file — the record's ship.
A freighter keeps its clangs — the file's suggestion being that Irvin's hold is the haunted: the 'chains' that's the noise, the 'record' that's the standing, and the 'October' that's the scares.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: The sailor is reportedly seen. The site in Duluth, Minnesota gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.
  source: USS Irvin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_William_A._Irvin)
· [Investigation claim] apparition: Reported figures in the engine room. USS William A. Irvin in Duluth, Minnesota carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The claim comes from paranormal investigation work: suggestive results, no accepted proof. Sources including 'USS Irvin' keep the claim in circulation. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.
  source: USS Irvin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_William_A._Irvin)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· [1938] The 1938 ship and the museum are documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'USS Irvin'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· USS Irvin — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_William_A._Irvin

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