Dead Ship - An American Sailor's Adventure

Author: Traven
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Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Features: American crewman Gales lands ashore for vacation, but upon returning, the ship has already left ahead of schedule. Due to lack of identification, he is repeatedly deported and eventually boards a "dead ship." A dead ship refers to a ship about to be scrapped, where the owner intentionally sinks it during to collect a huge insurance payout, leaving the crew who fail to escape as "dead bodies" on board. The dead ship Gales boards runs aground during, explodes in the boiler, and gradually sinks. He escapes death, grabs a piece of the ship's plank, and drifts at sea in the boundless ocean, with his chances of survival looking extremely slim.