DOOR COUNTY (NBC 26) — The schooner F.J. King was built in 1867 and sank off the coast of Bailey’s Harbor in 1886.

We spoke with the WUAA to learn more about their recent discovery, watch below: ‘We just couldn’t believe it’: F.J. King "ghost ship" schooner, found after 139 years

"We really didn’t think we were gonna find it, the F.J. King. I mean, she was something of a ghost ship," Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association President, Brendon Baillod said.

Baillod says the F.J. King became known as a ghost ship after fishermen claimed to pull up pieces of it and a lighthouse keeper swore he saw its masts.

"Commercial fishermen had claimed to have snagged her and brought up pieces in their nets, but when people went out to the site, there was nothing there," Baillod said.

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