Got the Cyclops today!

maillemaker · 05-16-10, 12:57 AM

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

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?

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)

05-16-10, 12:57 AM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	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

05-16-10, 05:58 AM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Wasnt the ghost ship That sails alone and cant be sunk What you sunk was the Cyclops-type Collier __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

05-16-10, 07:33 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The Cyclops type collier __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-16-10, 11:40 AM	#5
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	Is that the one that went missing in the "Bermuda Triangle"? __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

05-16-10, 09:55 AM	#4
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	That's the one! Steve

05-16-10, 01:50 PM	#6
Zedwardson Sparky Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 154 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	There is a ghost ship? 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)