In 1918, the USS Cyclops departed the Caribbean carrying 309 crew and passengers and never arrived at its destination. No distress signal was sent, no wreckage was recovered, and the weather along its ...
On March 4, 1918, the USS Cyclops, then the largest fuel ship in the U.S. Navy, departed Barbados on what should have been ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the way home, the collier stopped in Barbados for coal. After that, the trail goes bad. Cyclops didn't steam into Baltimore. No ...
The ship's last message: "Weather Fair, All Well." ...
The telegram was dated April 14, 1918; the time stamped 2:34 a.m. It was addressed to Henry E. Battle, a prominent physician in Andalusia, Ala. The contents would cause Battle’s wife, Jessie, to go ...
"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Cyclops served the U.S. Navy's Naval Overseas Transport Service, supplying coal to major seaports used by ...