Abandoned Ship Blocks Small Harbor For Days, Then A Diver Looks Underneath

Harbormaster Erik Lindgren was the first official to respond. He’d managed the port for nearly two decades and had never seen anything like it. The ship had no running lights, no visible crew, and no flag. Its hull was covered in a thick crust of rust and marine growth that suggested it had been at sea — or at least somewhere exposed to saltwater — for a very long time. The name on the stern had been painted over, though traces of Cyrillic lettering were still faintly visible beneath the grime.