The SS Ourang Medan was a reported ghost ship and proposed urban legend of the 1940s. The vessel was supposedly discovered adrift after briefly broadcasting an SOS. The ships that responded to the SOS were reported to have discovered all the crew dead with their eyes open and their faces frozen in shock, as if they were witnessing a horrific scene.

Dec 15, 2015 · Did a mysterious tragedy occur on the S.S. Ourang Medan or is it all just a legend? Depending on which report is accurate, a curious radio message was received by numerous ships traveling along the Straits of Malacca, situated around Sumatra and Malaysia in either June 1947 or as late as February 1948.

Mar 16, 2023 · A ship called the SS Ourang Medan had reportedly exploded near Indonesia after its entire crew died under mysterious circumstances. Different versions of the tale varied slightly, with one even claiming that a lone survivor had washed up on the shore of the Marshall Islands.

A strange radio message sent a search party to find an eerily silent ship manned by a deceased crew, their faces contorted in fear. What happened aboard the Ourang Medan has been a mystery ever since.

Oct 21, 2021 · The Medan wouldn't have been the first ship to meet a mysterious fate; one of the most infamous, the Mary Celeste, was discovered at sea completely devoid of any occupants in 1872.

Nov 3, 2016 · A Dutch freighter, SS Ourang Medan, sent shivers down the spine of the rescue crew that landed on it after they were alerted of its peculiar behavior in 1948.

Oct 9, 2022 · An explosion was so intense that it caused the S.S. Ourang Medan to lift from the ocean's surface and then quickly sink -- the sea claiming all evidence that could have told the tale of what happened that day.

The SS Ourang Medan, infamous for its haunting distress signal, became the center of a maritime mystery. The last known position of the ship was pinpointed using radio directional equipment, prompting the American merchant vessel Silver Star , nearly a day’s journey away, to embark on a rescue mission.

Sep 18, 2023 · Sometime in the 1940s, the crew of the SS Ourang Medan were reportedly found dead, eyes wide open and teeth bared, but what happened aboard this ghost ship? Did it even exist? Read on to find out about one of the twentieth century’s most chilling maritime mysteries.

Oct 26, 2024 · In June 1947, the American vessel Silver Star pulled alongside the strangely silent Dutch merchant ship Ourang Medan. Nothing moved aboard the Dutch ship, and hails went unanswered. All was quiet. Not even the ship’s dog barked.