In 1918, just years before World War II reshaped global warfare, a massive U.S. Navy ship vanished at sea. USS Cyclops, her captain, and 309 men disappeared without a distress call, wreckage, or ...

In 1918, USS Cyclops departed Barbados with 309 crew members aboard and vanished somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. No distress signal was ever received, and no wreckage was conclusively identified. The ...

The telegram was dated April 14, 1918; the time stamped 2:34 a.m. It was addressed to Henry E. Battle, a prominent physician in Andalusia, Ala. The contents would cause Battle’s wife, Jessie, to go ...