When the cargo ship USS Cyclops vanished in 1918, fuse suspected that decades later, it

would become the most famous casualty of the alleged Bermuda Triangle.

Any number of alternate theories has been put forward to explain the disappearance, but

none has held up to any scrutiny.

Here is what we actually know.

The USS Cyclops is up next on Skeptoid.

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I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Finding the USS Cyclops.

It was March of 1918, and Naval Warfare in the Atlantic Theater was in full swing.

Although the Americans had only been in the war for a little less than a year, their

role in resupplying the allies by ship across the Atlantic was a crucial one.

And supplying those supply ships were the equally crucial colliers, like the USS Cyclops,

which brought tons of coal to a thirsty fleet every day.

But this time, the massive bulk carrier was doing an odd job, transporting a load of

manganese ore from Brazil to Baltimore, for use in the manufacture of munitions.

It was a route that passed inevitably through the heart of the Bermuda Triangle.

And when Cyclops disappeared completely, somewhere along that 5,000-kilometer journey, it passed

out of the realm of naval lore and into the annals of the paranormal.

Today we're going to study the disappearance of the Bermuda Triangles' most famous victim.

She was a monster, 165 meters long, with a displacement of 19,360 long tons, the unit

used for warships.

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