How can the largest ship in the US navy disappear without a trace? This is a question that was on the minds of many people in March 1918, when a coal transport ship, the USS Cyclops, was lost on a voyage between the West Indies to Baltimore.
A century has passed, the question is still not answered.
The Cyclops is nearly 550 feet long, with a crew of 306 people and 11 thousand tons of manganese in it. He has sailed since 1910, traveled the Baltic Sea, the Caribbean and Mexico, sending coal to the world and helping refugees.
However, in 1917, when America was involved in World War I, the Cyclops became a valuable asset for the navy - tasked with transporting troops and coal to fuel other ships.
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In March 1918, the ship was given a new cargo: tons of solid manganese used in steel making. Cyclops left Brazil with the fragile metals, then sailed to Barbados to supply supplies before making a long trip to Baltimore.
The last message from this ship is quite simple: "The weather is good, everything is going smoothly". However, his journey on the ninth day, was very strange. Since that time, no one in the Cyclops has ever been seen or heard from - vanished without an emergency warning.
In an article published several years after the disappearance of the ship, Santa Fe magazine described the strangeness of the incident. "Normally, wood scraps or buoys from lost ships can be found after an accident, but that isn't the case with Cyclops," they wrote.
"He disappeared as if there were sea monsters or giants that immediately took him to the depths of the sea. This theory is reinforced by the absence of an emergency call to ask for help as happens if the ship will sink, "he added.
Over the decades, there have been a number of sensational theories regarding the disappearance of the Cyclops. Including those who say that he was one of 100 ships and aircraft that mysteriously disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.
Are these ships 'eaten' by sea monsters, carried by UFOs, or drowned by storms?
"The loss of the Cyclops has become one of the most puzzling mysteries in naval history. All attempts to find it were unsuccessful, "the US navy wrote in its official statement.
Even so, some people are still loyal to the Cyclops investigation - especially those who have personal connections with the ship. Marvin Barrash is a descendant of firefighters who also lost the Cyclops.
For more than ten years, Barrash has been trying to uncover his mysteries - collecting records from the navy, ship logs, and blackened manganese ore.
"However, the existence of the ship was completely swept away without a trace. Not like lost in battle, but just vanished from the face of the Earth, "he said.
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Barrash has his own hypothesis about what happened to the giant ship. Starting from the damage to the engine, the crew is not used to the new cargo, and large waves that roll the ship and its passengers into the sea forever.
All of that, he said, was related to the Cyclops which might pass over the Puerto Rico trench - the deepest part of the Atlantic that is adjacent to the Bermuda Triangle.
Although the opportunity is small, Barrash hopes that the ship can be found, considering that underwater exploration technology is now getting better. In recent years, shipwrecks have been found thanks to this technology. Maybe, Cyclops could be the next one.
"I just want him found. I want 306 victims to rest in peace. Also so that their families can be relieved. Everyone definitely needs certainty, "concluded Barrash.
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