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Cyclops

USS Cyclops

Sunk

United States Navy

TypeAuxiliary
WarFirst World War
Main guns4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns

Navy collier that disappeared in March 1918 between Barbados and Baltimore with 306 people aboard; no trace was ever found.

USS Cyclops (1910-1918); Anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City. Photo: Photograph was taken by the New York Navy Yard., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Launched7 May 1910
Commissioned1 May 1917
Displacement19,360 long tons (19,671 t) full
Length542 ft (165 m)
Speed15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement236 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

7 May 1910

Fate

Sunk

Lost at sea, March 1918