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 ...
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Watch a broken-engine ship face a monster wave then vanish
The USS Cyclops was a massive Navy collier carrying heavy manganese ore when it left Barbados in 1918 with a cracked engine and 309 people on board. Its final message said all was well, but after that ...
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Why America’s greatest naval disappearance may have been a disaster of cargo, command, and stability
In March 1918, the USS Cyclops vanished between Barbados and Baltimore with 309 people aboard and thousands of tons of ...
One of the greatest unsolved naval mysteries of the 20th century involved the disappearance of the USS Cyclops in March 1918. On board were several Southern California seamen, including Henry M. Davis ...
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