Got the Cyclops today!

[maillemaker]

Today I hit a convoy that had a ship that showed up in the scope as "Replenishment". Turns out it is the Cyclops, which is a "ghost ship"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cyclops_%28AC-4%29

I saw a Youtube video that shows this ship with a skull in a window. I did not see that through the periscope.

1 mag Torpedo sank it though. Good for like 14,000 tons.

Steve

[bigboywooly]

Wasnt the ghost ship
That sails alone and cant be sunk

What you sunk was the Cyclops-type Collier

[Jimbuna]

The Cyclops type collier

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2680/cyclopstypecollier.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/cyclopstypecollier.jpg/)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7720/cyclopstypecollier2.jpg (http://img230.imageshack.us/i/cyclopstypecollier2.jpg/)

[maillemaker]

That's the one!

Steve

[RConch]

Is that the one that went missing in the "Bermuda Triangle"?

[Zedwardson]

There is a ghost ship? :yeah:

Yes, the original boat went down in the Triangle, thought due it being overloaded and worn out equipment leading to a loss in a storm. Also out of the four ships of that class, three where lost in storms, the other one became the first American Aircraft Carrier and later a seaplane tender (and sunk by japan IIRC)