I read somewhere that natural methane released from the sea floor can change the density of water from beneath the ship, changing the buoyancy of the ship itself and cause it to sink
A really odd mystery of the sea. Most likely it turned turtle in a rough sea during a storm, sinking quickly due to it's top-heavy design and it's cargo. Her sister ship became the U.S.S. Langley, our first aircraft carrier. Two other sister ships were similarly lost in World War II without a trace too.
USS Cyclops was a Proteus class, this ship type had serious structural design flaws. Out of four built, three were lost with all hands for no apparent reason.
@PrivateerGWX This comment is very old as is this video, but if youre still wondering what may have happend to this beautiful ship, the captain was believed to be insane and at the time the ship was ran by German sympathizers who constantly beat and humiliated the crew for simple offenses, the loss of the ship was believed to be involved with the crazed captain with multiple personalities and German sympathizer George W Worley
@MrBlackdemon90 Hi Mate, I believe We will find this Ship oneday. All the answers will become known then. The Captain is most certainly the final key as to what happened. Regardless of if he was a crazed German sympathizer or just plain loonytunes. He loaded the Ship wrong from all accounts. Did other crazy things then sailed. The Cyclops will be found someday. Of that I have no doubts. And then all those who lost family on this Great Ship can finally get the answers they seek.
My grandmother's brother went down with the USS Cyclops. He was Valentine Sellers. I plan on going to the memorial in Washington DC next week to see it. I had seen it once when I was very young, but couldn't find it the last time I was in town. Funny though, I can't find a reference to it on the net, It's very close to the WWII Memorial.
I really enjoyed your video, I had heard talk of my grandmothers brother my entire life, and this made it so real.
She was overloaded, had one engine out , and sailed into a storm that wrecked many other ships when she disappered. I really doubt that Lt. Worley handed the Cyclops over to the Germans because the Cyclops was bigger than our battleships of that time, and she would've been recognised when the German navy surrenderd at the end of WW1. Also, the Germans would have waved her surrender under the Allies' noses. Sweet tunes, too.
This was awesome. My Great-grandfater was the boatswain aboard the Cyclops. I still have his Captain's Dress jacket in my closet, and a photo of him wearing it.
Thanks again, I'll make sure other grand-kids see this video.
I read somewhere that there were reports that the ship was overloaded and the captain let a less experienced member of the crew supervise the onloading of cargo. The captain might have failed to check the gross weight limit and may have sailed anyway... Maybe the combination of an overloaded ship and an intense storm were enough to simply capsize the cyclops and sink her???
She also carried a prisoner on board who was being taken back to the states to stand trial for allegedly killing another sailor.
Also, it was not until after the Cyclops disappeared that the Navy realized the Captain was actually a German native. They also found out he changed his German name to an American one after he immigrated to the states in the late 1800's.
There has never been any confirmed U-boat kills for this vessell.
The Navy did know he was German, they found that out when he first enlisted in the US Navy before leaving and then being reenlisted on the USS Cyclops. He Changed his last name to a friends or someone he knew so he could get in.
Interesting... But why would he order more supplies to on already haevily loaded ship? Some witness statements allege that the ship left Barbados and headed south, instead of heading north back to the US. Where was he going???
Some say he was going to meet with a German ship and give them the extra supplies and then head to the states, On the way to the states he may have sailed into a storm. In between Bermuda and Maryland there was a storm March 9th-11th which could have sunk the USS Cyclops.
@PrivateerGWX Yep, and on top of that, they were carrying manganese, which the Cyclops' crew were not trained on. Manganese doesn't behave like coal--like you said, the cargo probably shifted, causing her to capsize and sink.
It has been noted that a very large storm, possibly a hurricane, struck the northeastern U.S. in 1918. It is possible to conclude the heavy waves of this storm simply capsized and sank the Cyclops. The loss of her 2 sister ships almost 20+ years later is also intriguiging. Either this class of ship was built with a hidden flaw, or they simply didn't fair too well in heavy storms.
My Grandfather Ragnar Sjolander was the boatswain on this ship also however he left this ship before it's final journey
TheGina1950 4 months ago
whats the title of the music
TheDarkshadow427 5 months ago
O well had it survived? It would have just died at a later date at the hands of a Uboat crew somewhere..
RFKFANTS67 6 months ago
I read somewhere that natural methane released from the sea floor can change the density of water from beneath the ship, changing the buoyancy of the ship itself and cause it to sink
mariopianist 8 months ago
A really odd mystery of the sea. Most likely it turned turtle in a rough sea during a storm, sinking quickly due to it's top-heavy design and it's cargo. Her sister ship became the U.S.S. Langley, our first aircraft carrier. Two other sister ships were similarly lost in World War II without a trace too.
LePrince1890 1 year ago
USS Cyclops was a Proteus class, this ship type had serious structural design flaws. Out of four built, three were lost with all hands for no apparent reason.
Karagianis 1 year ago
I never intended this to be what it has become.
I only intended a simple Demo of what We,
The Grey Wolves Team,
could do in a simple Game.
The fact that I have seen many post questions and comments,
includeing family that were on board?
Well, I'm stunned.
You all have amazed me.
And I thank you all!
PrivateerGWX 1 year ago
@PrivateerGWX This comment is very old as is this video, but if youre still wondering what may have happend to this beautiful ship, the captain was believed to be insane and at the time the ship was ran by German sympathizers who constantly beat and humiliated the crew for simple offenses, the loss of the ship was believed to be involved with the crazed captain with multiple personalities and German sympathizer George W Worley
MrBlackdemon90 8 months ago
PrivateerGWX 8 months ago
it didn't dissappear. It just sunk and where just too lazy to go out and find it
Randum587 2 years ago 2
My grandmother's brother went down with the USS Cyclops. He was Valentine Sellers. I plan on going to the memorial in Washington DC next week to see it. I had seen it once when I was very young, but couldn't find it the last time I was in town. Funny though, I can't find a reference to it on the net, It's very close to the WWII Memorial.
I really enjoyed your video, I had heard talk of my grandmothers brother my entire life, and this made it so real.
Sheila6325 2 years ago
Um Hi im doin my senior project on the bermuda triangle....and i was wonderin could yu gve me any info abt the USS Cyclops
MeMinnieMouse 2 years ago
She was overloaded, had one engine out , and sailed into a storm that wrecked many other ships when she disappered. I really doubt that Lt. Worley handed the Cyclops over to the Germans because the Cyclops was bigger than our battleships of that time, and she would've been recognised when the German navy surrenderd at the end of WW1. Also, the Germans would have waved her surrender under the Allies' noses. Sweet tunes, too.
keywestredbeard 2 years ago
No-------he was onboard and that's that.
radioboywv 3 years ago
This was awesome. My Great-grandfater was the boatswain aboard the Cyclops. I still have his Captain's Dress jacket in my closet, and a photo of him wearing it.
Thanks again, I'll make sure other grand-kids see this video.
radioboywv 3 years ago 3
Jesus really? Was he discharged before it made its final voyage?
funkagent 3 years ago
I really enjoyed this! As a bit of an amature marine historian, it was very neat to see the Cyclops under way in this fashion..Keep up the great work
cailleanmc 3 years ago
I read somewhere that there were reports that the ship was overloaded and the captain let a less experienced member of the crew supervise the onloading of cargo. The captain might have failed to check the gross weight limit and may have sailed anyway... Maybe the combination of an overloaded ship and an intense storm were enough to simply capsize the cyclops and sink her???
diddy774 3 years ago
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SlavetradeDIE 2 years ago
USS Cyclops of over the regulation cargo weight when she went missing.
alixalex 3 years ago
She also carried a prisoner on board who was being taken back to the states to stand trial for allegedly killing another sailor.
Also, it was not until after the Cyclops disappeared that the Navy realized the Captain was actually a German native. They also found out he changed his German name to an American one after he immigrated to the states in the late 1800's.
There has never been any confirmed U-boat kills for this vessell.
diddy774 3 years ago
The Navy did know he was German, they found that out when he first enlisted in the US Navy before leaving and then being reenlisted on the USS Cyclops. He Changed his last name to a friends or someone he knew so he could get in.
alixalex 3 years ago
Interesting... But why would he order more supplies to on already haevily loaded ship? Some witness statements allege that the ship left Barbados and headed south, instead of heading north back to the US. Where was he going???
diddy774 3 years ago
Some say he was going to meet with a German ship and give them the extra supplies and then head to the states, On the way to the states he may have sailed into a storm. In between Bermuda and Maryland there was a storm March 9th-11th which could have sunk the USS Cyclops.
alixalex 3 years ago
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SlavetradeDIE 2 years ago
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Migueliyo1 3 years ago
Very mysterious, the loss of this ship. Any thoughts on what might have happened Privateer.
asdffd 3 years ago
I tend to believe the samething that happened
to the SS EDMUND FITZGERALD, on Lake Superior,
happened to the USS CYCLOPS.
A rouge wave or waves, may have combined with
the weight of the cargo and caused a
catastrophic sinking.
PrivateerGWX 3 years ago
cyclops was not even half full when she dissappeared though
lonystrad 3 years ago
You need read the full report.
InFact it carried a very heavy load.
In volume? It may have been half.
In weight, which means much more?
It was overloaded.
PrivateerGWX 3 years ago
@PrivateerGWX Yep, and on top of that, they were carrying manganese, which the Cyclops' crew were not trained on. Manganese doesn't behave like coal--like you said, the cargo probably shifted, causing her to capsize and sink.
galoon 1 year ago
It has been noted that a very large storm, possibly a hurricane, struck the northeastern U.S. in 1918. It is possible to conclude the heavy waves of this storm simply capsized and sank the Cyclops. The loss of her 2 sister ships almost 20+ years later is also intriguiging. Either this class of ship was built with a hidden flaw, or they simply didn't fair too well in heavy storms.
diddy774 3 years ago
a sea monster grab them and spit them to north dakota.
darknessvs 3 years ago
I have a question: the model of the Cyclops looks very similar to the ship models from Silent Hunter III. Is this from that game?
Joaquin602001 3 years ago
Yes. It's in the GWX 2.0 release.
This vid is pre GWX 2.0
You will only find it in the Bermuda Triangle
And it is a Ghost Ship with Special effects.
PrivateerGWX 3 years ago
Ah, thanks a lot. :) I'd seen the video before and I posted the comment before I saw the crew roster at the bottom... sorry. :P
Joaquin602001 3 years ago
Metallica-whiskey in the jar
oOoMuzkaoOo 3 years ago
whats the name of the song playing, i like it
kluivert321 4 years ago
Whiskey in the Jar o.
Metallica's version.
PrivateerGWX 3 years ago