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The Largest Ship the U.S. Navy Ever Lost. No Wreck. No Signal.

The captain of the largest ship ever lost by the U.S. Navy was sailing under a fake name — born in Germany, suspected of wartime sympathies — and he vanished with 309 men before anyone could question him. The USS Cyclops is a 542-foot Navy collier, hauling manganese ore north through the Caribbean.

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