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With 15 Officers, 57 Pas sengers and 221 Men, Nothing Has Been Reported. WEATHER NOT VERY BAD Naval Collier Was Equipped with a Wireless and Could Easily Re port Herself, WASHINGTON, May .The Nav val collar Cyclops is proving a mys tery of the ocean without paraded, when one considers the huge num ber of people aboard of her and the fact that the weather conditions have not been sufficiently stormy to cause her Juns from that ‘source. Officials are stil trying to work out the puzzle. ‘The Navy Depart ment has given out the following statement . “The U. S, 8. Cyclops, Navy col lier of 19,000 cc displacement, loaded with a cargo of mangas, and with a personnel on board 15 officers and 221 men of Me crew and AT passengers ly overdue ytoan Athuntig port since March 13. shal aakt reported et one of the West I ndian Islands on March 4 and since her departure from that part no trace of her nor any information concern ing her has been obtained. Radio calls to the Cyclops from all possible points have her made and vessels sent in search of her along her probable route and areas in which she might be with no success, Weather Has Not Been Bad No well fouled reason can be given to explain the Cyclops being overdue, as no nulle communication with or trace of her has been had since leaving the West Indian port. The weather in the area in which the yousel mins have passed has not been bad and could hardly have giv en the Cyclops trouble. While a raider or submarine could be respon sible for heroes there have been no reports that would indicate the presence of either in the locality in which the Cyclops was. One Engine Injured T1 was known tut one of the two engines of the Cyclops was injured and that she was proceeding at a reduced speed with one engine com pounded. This act would have no effect on her ability to communicate by radio, for even her main en gines were crippled or even totally fisabled the ship would still be ca pable of using her radio plant. Tha weaver for the Cyclops #till continues, but the Navy Department feels extremely cnsious for her sal ty. Lieut. Commander Worley in Command Lieut. Commander G. W. Worley, United States Naval Reserve Force, was in command of the Cyclops. The Cyclow was butt at the ship yard of Willian Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia; the keel laid June 2, 1909; she was launched May 7, 1910, and commissioned November 7, 1910 She had a displacement of 1,200 tons: length over all, 542 feet; best 85 feet; mean ‘raft, loaded 27 feet +8 inches; and cost $923,000,
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Juneau Alaska Daily Empire
Juneau, Alaska, US
Sat, May 11, 1918
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