In 1975, the Singapore navy, now an independent force from the
British, took delivery of an old American transport vessel, the USS
Holmes County, renamed RSS Endurance. It was not long before
strange happenings began occurring aboard the ship. Several of the
men reported seeing a black sailor walking about in the engine
room, however, no black sailors served in the Singapore navy.
Neither was this a singular occurrence, and several more sightings
were reported by others of this mysterious ghostly figure. Some say
that the sailor was an American who died aboard the Holmes County
during the Second World War. The chief engineer even remarked that
he considered the figure an extra hand! To this day, however, the
official line is, the Singapore Navy does not believe in
ghosts.