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==Bermuda Triangle connection==

==Bermuda Triangle connection==

The loss of USS ''Cyclops'' with all 306 crew and passengers, without a trace, is one of the sea's unsolved mysteries, and is often "credited" to the [[Bermuda Triangle]].  In his 1975 book ''The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved'', author [[Lawrence Kusche]] investigated this mystery. He revealed that in 1968 a Navy diver off Norfolk, Virginia reported finding the wreck of an old ship in about 300 feet of water, stating that the bridge "appeared to be on stilts." He was later shown a picture of ''Cyclops'' (which had that peculiar bridge structure) and was convinced it was the ship he had seen. This would have put ''Cyclops'' to within 60 miles of the Virginia Capes - she was actually sighted on March 9 by a merchant vessel, S.S. ''Amalco'' near the Capes - and into the teeth of a major storm that hit the area on March 9-10, 1918, a storm recorded in history but never mentioned by the various Triangle authors.  This storm, which had earlier done extensive damage between Indiana and Washington, D.C., and combined with ''Cyclop's'' unusual cargo of manganese, may have sunk her.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=XSgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Popular+Science+1931+plane&hl=en&ei=XeARTe7ZJ4alnQf84KjpDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q&f=true</ref>

The loss of USS ''Cyclops'' with all 306 crew and passengers without a trace is one of the sea's great unsolved mysteries, and is often "credited" to the [[Bermuda Triangle]].  In his 1975 book ''The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved'', author [[Lawrence Kusche]] investigated this mystery. He revealed that in 1968 a Navy diver off Norfolk, Virginia reported finding the wreck of an old ship in about 300 feet of water, stating that the bridge "appeared to be on stilts." He was later shown a picture of ''Cyclops'' (which had that peculiar bridge structure) and was convinced it was the ship he had seen. This would have put ''Cyclops'' to within 60 miles of the Virginia Capes - she was actually sighted on March 9 by a merchant vessel, S.S. ''Amalco''<ref>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1918-04-19/ed-1/seq-11/</ref> near the Capes - and into the teeth of a major storm that hit the area on March 9-10, 1918, a storm recorded in history but never mentioned by the various Triangle authors.  This storm, which had earlier done extensive damage between Indiana and Washington, D.C., and combined with ''Cyclop's'' unusual cargo of manganese, may have sunk her.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=XSgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Popular+Science+1931+plane&hl=en&ei=XeARTe7ZJ4alnQf84KjpDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q&f=true</ref>

Most who link the disappearance to the Bermuda Triangle cite the fact that the vessel disappeared having sent out no distress signal. However, ship-board communications were in their infant stages in 1918, and it would not be unusual for a vessel, sinking fast, to have little or no opportunity at a distress call.<ref>http://byerly.org/BTcyclops_death_list.htm</ref>  To date, no trace of the wreckage has been found.

Most who link the disappearance to the Bermuda Triangle cite the fact that the vessel disappeared having sent out no distress signal. However, ship-board communications were in their infant stages in 1918, and it would not be unusual for a vessel, sinking fast, to have little or no opportunity at a distress call.<ref>http://byerly.org/BTcyclops_death_list.htm</ref>  To date, no trace of the wreckage has been found.