Star of India and Maritime Museum ghost stories

The Star of India is an iron-hulled sailing ship restored and displayed at the Maritime Museum of San Diego; the museum is located on San Diego’s Embarcadero. Crew and visitor anecdotes and local ghost tours have long included claims of unexplained sounds and apparitions aboard the Star of India and other historic vessels in the museum’s collection. These stories appear in regional accounts of maritime folklore and are treated as anecdotal rather than verified. The ship itself is a documented historic vessel and museum exhibit.