Maritime Museum of San Diego - historic vessels with reported paranormal activity

The Maritime Museum of San Diego preserves historic vessels including the Star of India, HMS Surprise, and the steam ferry Berkeley at its berth on San Diego’s Embarcadero. Museum staff, volunteers, and visitors have reported anecdotal unexplained noises, apparitions, and sensations aboard several of the ships; these accounts have appeared in local media and been the subject of occasional paranormal investigations. The reports are part of the museum’s contemporary lore and are treated as anecdotal and debated rather than scientifically verified.