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===Disappearance=== The ship put to sea from [[Rio de Janeiro]] on 16 February 1918, and entered [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]] on 20 February. Two days later, she departed for [[Baltimore]], Maryland, with no stops scheduled, carrying the manganese ore. The ship was thought to be overloaded when she left Brazil, as her maximum capacity was {{convert|8000|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}. Before leaving port, Commander Worley had submitted a report that the starboard engine had a cracked cylinder and was not operative. This report was confirmed by a survey board, which recommended, however, that the ship be returned to the United States. She made an unscheduled stop in [[Barbados]] because the water level was over the [[Load line (watercraft)|Plimsoll line]], indicating that it was overloaded,<ref name="Strange" /> but investigations in Rio proved the ship had been loaded and secured properly.<ref name="bermuda-triangle.org">{{cite web|url= http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/cyclops_pg3.html|title=USS ''Cyclops'' (page 3)|first=Gian J.|last=Quasar|access-date=4 March 2012}}</ref> ''Cyclops'' then set out for Baltimore on 4 March, and was rumored to have been sighted on 9 March by the [[molasses]] tanker ''Amolco'' near Virginia,<ref name="Strange" /> but this was denied by ''Amolco''{{'}}s captain.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/q_a.html|first=Gian J.|last=Quasar|title=Frequently Asked Questions|access-date=4 March 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1918-04-19/ed-1/seq-11/;words=Amolco?date1=1918&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1918&proxtext=Amolco+&y=12&x=14&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0 However, see ''The Washington Times'' 19 April 1918, page 11, column 2]</ref> Additionally, because ''Cyclops'' was not due in Baltimore until 13 March,<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/cyclops_pg2.html|title=USS ''Cyclops'' (page 2)|first=Gian J.|last=Quasar|access-date=4 March 2012}}</ref> the ship was highly unlikely to have been near Virginia on 9 March, as that location would have placed her only about a day from Baltimore. In any event, ''Cyclops'' never arrived in Baltimore, and no wreckage of the ship has ever been found.<ref name="usnsh-c/cyclops.htm">[https://web.archive.org/web/20000511215309/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cyclops.htm USN Ships–USS Cyclops (1910–1918)]</ref><ref>[https://numa.net/expeditions/cyclops/ What possibly could have been wreckage of the Cyclops may have been accidentally found in 1968 NUMA report]</ref>
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