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maillemaker 05-16-10 12:57 AM

Got the Cyclops today!
 
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 05-16-10 05:58 AM

Wasnt the ghost ship
That sails alone and cant be sunk

What you sunk was the Cyclops-type Collier

Jimbuna 05-16-10 07:33 AM

The Cyclops type collier

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2...ypecollier.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7...pecollier2.jpg

maillemaker 05-16-10 09:55 AM

That's the one!

Steve

RConch 05-16-10 11:40 AM

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

Zedwardson 05-16-10 01:50 PM

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)


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