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=== The Disappearance ===
After departing Barbados on March 4, the USS Cyclops was never seen again. No distress call was transmitted. No wreckage was located despite an extensive search of the entire route between Barbados and the Chesapeake Bay. No survivors were found. The vessel, its crew of 309, and its entire cargo of manganese ore vanished completely.

The final communication was a brief, routine message: '''"Weather fair. All well."'''

President Woodrow Wilson later said: '''"Only God and the sea know what happened to the great ship."'''