[Bull Snipe]

The word among the West Virginia crewmen was that the compartment was haunted. Over the course of the next couple of years, crewmen would hear knocking from inside that compartment, open the WTD and find no one in the space. My dad, who served on WV during the war,knew several sailors that swore up and down the compartment was haunted.

[Blue Jays]

Hopefully your dad and those other surviving crewman took solace the American spirits among them were benevolent protectors who were there to help them!