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[dramatic music]

- It just looks like
a bomb went off.

♪ ♪

- Whatever sank the "Cyclops"

was quick, it was tragic,
and it was catastrophic.

♪ ♪

narrator:
Tonight

on "The Bermuda Triangle:
Into Cursed Waters"...

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

narrator: The team
is racing the clock...

- We have two storms
closing in on us.

narrator:
To solve the biggest

Bermuda Triangle mystery
of them all.

♪ ♪

- Over 300 people disappeared.

- This could be "Cyclops."

- That is a significant wreck.

♪ ♪

narrator: Was she a victim
of a deadly predator?

- There's massive damage
to the stern.

narrator: Or did something
drive her crew mad?

- Potentially psychiatric
symptoms, schizophrenia.

♪ ♪

- This makes no sense.

♪ ♪

narrator:
There is a place

that evokes fear
and fascination.

♪ ♪

Bounded by Florida,
Bermuda, and Puerto Rico,

the Bermuda Triangle
has swallowed countless ships,

planes, and people.

♪ ♪

Now an elite team
is on the hunt...

- Dive, dive, dive.

narrator:
And making big finds.

- We've discovered
"Challenger."

narrator:
Their secret weapon...

a wreck map
decades in the making.

♪ ♪

- These are dangerous dives.

- Oh!

- Any sane person
would not be doing this.

narrator:
Their mission...

solve the mystery
of the Bermuda Triangle

one wreck at a time.

- Dude, are you seeing this?

- Mother Nature is gonna
take these wrecks away.

The clock is ticking.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- A huge
Bermuda Triangle mystery

that we've been
chasing for a long time

is 65 miles offshore.

♪ ♪

narrator:
Wreck hunter Jimmy Gadomski

and his dive team are hustling

to load gear
for a midnight sail.

- We're gonna sleep
on the boat on the way out,

if you call that sleep.

♪ ♪

By the time we get on the site,
the sun should be coming up.

♪ ♪

narrator:
Their destination...

an unidentified shipwreck
off the Virginia coast.

It's called
JT's Mystery Wreck.

♪ ♪

First discovered 17 years ago

and never fully explored,

it's long been
on Mike Barnette's radar.

- This is a massive
shipwreck on the bottom.

And it had a lot of very unique
and curious features on it.

♪ ♪

narrator: The team thinks

it's a strong suspect

for the Bermuda Triangle's
single deadliest incident...

♪ ♪

The loss of the USS "Cyclops."

- The USS "Cyclops"
holds this special place

in the Bermuda Triangle.

♪ ♪

Over 300 people
disappeared without a trace.

It was the greatest
loss of life

for any U.S. Navy ship
outside of combat.

♪ ♪

narrator:
March 1918.

It's about one year

after the U.S.
entered World War I.

The USS "Cyclops"
is a 540-foot freighter

carrying manganese,
a heavy ore used to make steel

for America's war effort.

♪ ♪

- The "Cyclops" traveled
to Rio de Janeiro

with about 10,000 tons of coal

in exchange for 11,000 tons
of manganese ore.

♪ ♪

- The "Cyclops"
put in to Barbados,

and when they left
on March 4th,

they gave basically
an all-clear,

and they were heading
for Baltimore.

And that was
the last time anyone

ever heard of the "Cyclops."

♪ ♪

narrator: The U.S. Navy spent
months searching for the ship

without finding
one piece of debris.

President Woodrow Wilson said,
"Only God and the sea

know what happened
to the great ship."

♪ ♪

- Whatever sank the "Cyclops"
was quick, it was tragic,

and it was catastrophic.

♪ ♪

narrator:
Wild speculation began

almost as soon
as the ship was lost.

- There are
some pretty crazy ideas

on how "Cyclops" disappeared,

from giant squids to meteorites
falling from the sky

and destroying the ship.

- There was even rumors
of the first German U-boats

making their way
across the Atlantic

and setting up shop
in the Caribbean.

♪ ♪

narrator: The conventional
theory is that the "Cyclops"

was lost somewhere in the
heart of the Bermuda Triangle.

But with no hard evidence,
it's possible the ship escaped

and made it further
north than anyone realized.

JT's Mystery Wreck
lies on the ship's

intended route to Baltimore.

Initial sonar readings suggest
the wreck is over 500 feet,

making it a candidate
for "Cyclops."

Intriguingly,
a sailor on another ship

supposedly saw
"Cyclops" in a storm

near this exact location.

Many doubt
that sighting took place.

But what if it were true?

- Discovering the "Cyclops"
would be huge.

And this could be
the "Cyclops."

We don't know.

♪ ♪

narrator: But before
they even hit the water,

the mission faces challenges.

♪ ♪

There are two hurricanes
gaining strength

around the Bermuda Triangle.

♪ ♪

And those storms have already
put the team a man down.

Lead wreck hunter
Mike Barnette

is stuck back in Tampa
trying to protect his house.

- We got Hurricane Idalia
bearing right down at us.

And you never know
if these are gonna take

a left or right turn
at the last second.

narrator: Mike's decades of
research and instant analysis

are invaluable.

So, to stay in the fight,
Mike will be connected

to the team via satellite...

if his power doesn't go out.

- It's gonna be frustrating,
but I'm hoping we'll get

some good data out of this.

♪

narrator: But those storms
are also a looming threat

to the dive team off Virginia.

- So we have a two-day
weather window right now

before that
second storm from Florida

gets up here
and comes down on us.

♪ ♪

narrator:
After a seven-hour journey,

the RV "Explorer II"
has reached the target.

Captain Ross Baxter
has a clear reading

of a wreck on the ocean floor.

- There's something here.

- Looks like a big wreck.

♪ ♪

- We're in about
275 feet of water,

and the structure comes up

slightly shallower
than 250 feet.

So I'm super excited to get
in the water and dive this.

♪ ♪

narrator:
In Mike's absence,

Jimmy's called on two trusted
wreck divers for backup...

underwater imaging specialist
Evan Kovacs

and salvage diver John Baker.

- Jimmy and I
have been diving together

for about five years now.

- When you get
to these depths,

there's not a lot of people
that you could call out to.

♪ ♪

- The conditions
out here today

are pretty good, considering
we are literally in the middle

of two hurricanes
converging.

♪ ♪

- So, on a new shipwreck,

we're always looking
for those key features,

like what's the length?

What kind of machinery
is on the boat?

We could have the wreck
written on the bow.

So that's a key place to start
looking for any kind of clues.

♪ ♪

narrator: Since the seafloor
here is 275 feet down,

Jimmy decides on 30 minutes
of bottom time to explore,

which will require
about a 90-minute

decompression ascent.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

narrator: They follow
the shot line down.

♪

narrator: After descending
for three minutes,

Jimmy's light catches
something beneath him...

♪ ♪

narrator:
A wall of metal.

♪ ♪

Jimmy catches sight
of what could be

a collapsed cargo hold.

♪ ♪

narrator:
They swim...

♪ ♪

And swim.

♪ ♪

They don't know
whether they're going

to the stern or the bow.

♪ ♪

All they know for now is,

this ship...

is huge.

narrator:
Three elite wreck divers

are off the coast of Virginia,

exploring a massive shipwreck

275 feet below the surface

that may be
the Bermuda Triangle's

single deadliest
disappearance...

the USS "Cyclops."

[dramatic music]

narrator: After swimming some
200 feet in one direction,

they're still not sure
if they're headed

to the bow or the stern.

♪ ♪

Then there are the openings
to cargo holds.

Those indicate
this was a freighter,

just like "Cyclops."

♪ ♪

Jimmy swims above
metal rails on the deck,

possibly a remnant
of the cranes

that once towered
over "Cyclops."

♪ ♪

John Baker pries loose
a large porthole.

It may hold telltale clues
to ID this ship.

narrator: He attaches it
to a lift bag

and sends it up
to the surface.

♪ ♪

- The glass
is completely intact.

It's amazing
that something like that

is so well preserved.

♪

Based on what I'm seeing,

I would say definitely
probably closer

to World War I
than World War II, for sure.

Really looks old.

♪ ♪

narrator: With just minutes
left on the dive clock,

Jimmy finally reaches
the end of the ship.

narrator: The bow emerges
in front of him.

♪ ♪

narrator: There's no ship name
to be seen.

Jimmy calls out
something else...

narrator:
Rivets...

♪ ♪

Another clue
to the ship's age.

Metal ship hulls
were held together with rivets

before World War II,
when the faster

and stronger process of
welding steel was introduced.

♪ ♪

Jimmy gives
the thumbs-up signal,

indicating the dive is over.

♪ ♪

[lift whirring]

♪ ♪

- It's big.
It's a big, big, big wreck.

I don't know, we probably
traveled 300, 400 feet.

- You could tell, like,
a lot of the walls

were just kind of
caving in and stuff.

♪ ♪

narrator: The team dials in
shipwreck guru Mike Barnette.

- Looks like we have
a freighter

sitting on the bottom,
but we got a huge wreck.

We didn't even cover
the whole thing.

- Any initial impressions?

A riveted hull, welded hull?

- I think the impression
was riveted.

narrator: The riveted hull
and that porthole

both confirm this wreck
is from the early 1900s...

♪ ♪

Like "Cyclops."

- Did you happen to see
any obvious signs of cargo?

- No obvious signs of cargo,
but it seems like

the cargo holds
are very low-lying.

narrator:
"Cyclops" was carrying

11,000 tons of manganese ore.

♪

The team saw no sign
of the heavy ore.

♪ ♪

That doesn't mean
it wasn't there.

♪ ♪

- I mean, if it's
manganese, though,

you know,
that ore, it's so dense.

If it's pancaked down, maybe
it's covered up a little bit.

narrator: A closer look
at the cargo holds

may reveal whether
manganese is present.

Mike also wants the team
to get to the stern,

or rear section of the ship.

He believes that area will
hold the richest evidence.

- This is a big wreck.

And if you didn't see
any machinery, obviously,

it seems to me,
it'd be aft machinery.

So all the engine, the boilers
will be in the stern,

which is consistent
with, you know, the "Cyclops"

and other colliers.
- Yeah.

narrator:
A collier is a freighter

built to carry coal

but capable
of transporting other ores.

♪ ♪

Along with the age
and the size,

everything is lining up.

But if this is "Cyclops,"

how did she end up
in this watery grave?

♪ ♪

Jimmy calls out to the team's
research muscle...

[line trilling]

David O'Keefe
and Wayne Abbott.

- Hey, Jimmy,
I'm here with Wayne.

How'd the dive go?

- Really?

- But the one question
I know Dave and I have

is the location.

I mean, you're off of Virginia
right now, right?

♪ ♪

narrator: If "Cyclops" passed
through the Bermuda Triangle

along its intended path,
it could lie here.

♪ ♪

And then there's the fact
that at least one person

claimed to see her
in this area.

- There was an alleged
sighting of the "Cyclops"

by a crew member
on the "Amolco,"

which was a molasses carrier.

And apparently
he sighted it on March 9th

making for Baltimore.

Now, the interesting part is,
if true,

this would put the "Cyclops"
four days ahead of schedule.

narrator:
Making that kind of time

would have dangerously
strained the ship's engines.

- And if that's the case,
then it would take

a real hard-driving
kind of captain

to make the crew push
that vessel that far.

- Well, if there's one captain
that would push his crew,

that would be Worley.

♪ ♪

narrator: George Worley was
the captain of the "Cyclops."

And ever since he disappeared
with his ship,

some have blamed him.

♪ ♪

It's thought he pushed
the ship so hard,

the engines broke down...

♪ ♪

Leaving "Cyclops"
unable to ride out

heavy seas and storms.

♪

Some pin the blame on the
ship's cargo of manganese ore.

If mishandled,
manganese dust is combustible.

And there was another theory
in 1918...

German U-boats
had come to the U.S. coast,

and "Cyclops"
was their first victim.

Dave and Wayne will dig
into these theories.

♪ ♪

narrator: It will be
a few hours more

until the dive team's
rested enough

to make another deep dive.

♪ ♪

So Jimmy makes the call
to utilize another tool

in the team's kit...
the ROV,

a remotely operated vehicle
with a camera.

- Getting the ROV
in the water

is basically
saving us a whole dive.

We get more of the layout
of the ship,

and we know right where to go.

♪ ♪

narrator: Back on land,
Wayne and David investigate

the theory that Captain Worley
pushed the "Cyclops" too hard.

♪ ♪

Historian Marvin Barrash
has a very personal

connection to the lost ship.

- Great to see you again.
- Great to see you gentlemen.

narrator: Marvin's great-uncle
Lawrence Merkel

was among
the 309 navy sailors lost

aboard "Cyclops."

- One of the things
we want to ask you about

is Captain Worley...

- Mm.
- And his personality.

- I think he was always
pushing the ship and the crew.

All these ships were
the supply ships or fuel ships.

It's gritty, dirty work,
dangerous work.

He would have to be
a tough sort of officer

to keep things in line
and to deliver on time,

which is the ultimate goal.

narrator: But that goal may
have come at a terrible cost.

A maintenance report reveals
"Cyclops" was already dealing

with engine trouble
in the weeks

leading up to her
disappearance.

If Worley drove the engines
to a breaking point,

"Cyclops" would have been
a sitting duck

in surging seas.

♪ ♪

So why would Worley
have done this?

Marvin thinks he may have had
a good reason...

German U-boats.

- I do have coordinates

of where one U-boat was sighted

to the east of South America.

- Really?

- There were
congressional hearings

that talked
about a lot of sinkings

off the coast of the U.S.

narrator: According
to Barrash, by March of 1918,

U-boats were sighted
just off the coast of Brazil.

"Cyclops" had just come
from Brazil.

A large U.S. naval vessel

would have been
an attractive prize.

- And this is at the time
"Cyclops" was sailing?

- Yes.

- So we can't rule out
the U-boat either.

♪

narrator: 65 miles
off the coast of Virginia,

the dive boat is anchored
over a mystery wreck

they expect to be
the USS "Cyclops"...

a navy freighter lost
with 309 men

over 100 years ago.

To this day, it remains
the single deadliest

Bermuda Triangle area mystery.

[dramatic music]

- We have a limited time
out here.

We have two storms
closing in on us right now.

♪ ♪

narrator:
The clock is ticking.

The current forecast
gives them

about 10 hours
to explore the site.

The team launches an ROV,

or a remotely operated
vehicle,

to get more intel
on the wreck.

- The ROV
can scope this out for us

prior to getting in the water.

Now when we jump
in the water,

we know exactly where to find
any identifiable features.

♪

narrator: Jimmy, John Baker,
and Evan Kovacs

watch the image
on Ross' computer.

narrator:
The divers could only cover

the front part of the ship
during their first dive.

♪ ♪

Now Captain Ross
maneuvers his ROV

toward the back half
of the wreck.

♪ ♪

- Wow.
- We didn't go that way.

- Nope.

♪ ♪

- That looks like
the raised stanchions

and cross supports of that.
- Sure does.

narrator: The USS "Cyclops"
had 24 distinctive cranes

used for loading heavy ore.

♪ ♪

This structure could be
part of a crane.

But there only seems
to be one.

- That just might be
one of the only ones

that's, like, left
on the wreck.

Maybe the others are laying
in the sand, maybe.

- Mm-hmm.

♪ ♪

narrator: Ross sends the ROV
inside a cargo hold.

♪ ♪

- Look at this.

- Yeah.

- It's an interesting-looking
hold, fellas.

I hate to say it, but, like,
you'd put ore in there.

- Yeah.

♪ ♪

narrator:
The "Cyclops" was carrying

11,000 tons of manganese,

but there's still
no sign of it.

Mike Barnette theorized that
the dense ore may be hidden,

sitting low
inside the cargo holds.

Evan Kovacs sees
another possibility.

- Maybe 'cause it's listed,
something settled,

but you saw how it all slopes.
- Yep.

♪ ♪

narrator: The ROV proceeds
slowly toward the stern...

some 200 feet.

But...

♪ ♪

All it finds is a mess...

♪ ♪

Of bent and broken metal.

♪ ♪

- Things are pretty banged up
back here, I can tell you that.

- Like, twisted, almost.
- Yeah.

- Looking at this,
the bow is pretty much intact

compared to this.

- I'm at 35%,
so I'm just gonna bug out.

- Yep.

narrator:
With batteries low,

Ross drives the ROV
back to the surface.

The wreck remains
a strong match for "Cyclops,"

as long as they can confirm
the presence of manganese ore

and find the other cranes.

♪ ♪

But now there's a new mystery.

♪ ♪

What catastrophe
destroyed her stern?

- This wreck, it's so big.

There's so much ground
to cover.

We absolutely need to get
on the bottom for another dive.

narrator: The destruction
suggests combat damage.

♪ ♪

Could it be the result...

♪ ♪

Of a U-boat attack?

♪ ♪

Dave rushes to meet
Richie Kohler,

a legendary wreck diver

whose specialty
is German U-boats.

♪ ♪

- Our divers have found a wreck
off of Virginia

which is over 500 feet
in length.

- That's a big ship.
- Yeah, it is.

One of the hypotheses
we're working on is,

this could be "Cyclops."

- That is a significant wreck.

- Big ship, cargo vessel,
First World War.

And the reason we think
it's war-related

is because the stern
is essentially gone.

- Well, if it was
combat-related

and it's World War I,

the only way that could have
happened was by U-boat.

And the way that a U-boat
would damage a ship

is one
of three different ways...

torpedo, which is most obvious,

the deck gun,

and the third is mines.

German U-boats were used
to lay minefields

off the coast
of the United States

and were actually
very successful.

♪ ♪

narrator: But Richie
spots holes in the theory

that a German U-boat
took out the "Cyclops."

♪ ♪

- If it was a German U-boat
and they torpedoed it,

well, then there
would have been a record.

The Germans kept
meticulous records.

There are no records that says

a U-boat attacked
the "Cyclops."

And although the Germans
were laying minefields,

they wouldn't do it
until April.

narrator: And "Cyclops"
went missing in March 1918,

a month before
the first U-boats

reached American shores,

at least according
to the official record.

- So, if a U-boat didn't cause
this kind of damage

that we have on this wreck,

what possibly could, then?

narrator: The team
is over a 500-foot wreck

that they suspect may be
one of the biggest

Bermuda Triangle area
disappearances...

the USS "Cyclops,"

which steamed
into the Triangle in 1918

and vanished.

While the size
and position of the wreck

suggest it's "Cyclops,"
there is a problem.

"Cyclops" was carrying
manganese ore,

and the dive team has not
found any on the wreck.

But there may be
good reason for this.

[dramatic music]

Wayne Abbott meets
with Dr. Tomás Guilarte

of Florida International
University,

a manganese expert.

- Our divers,
they looked into a hold,

and on the first investigation,
it looked empty.

After 100 years,
would it still be intact?

- It would dissolve.

So the likelihood
that there will be

manganese ore in the ship
after 100 years is very low.

♪ ♪

narrator: So the mystery ship
could still be "Cyclops."

And not only that;
Tomás thinks the manganese

could have played
a role in her loss.

- First of all,
it's very dense.

And if you don't have
the correct distribution,

it could potentially tip
the ship one way or the other.

♪ ♪

narrator: Colliers
like "Cyclops" were designed

to carry coal, not manganese.

Coal is lighter.

♪ ♪

Manganese is so dense,

it must be carefully
distributed across the ship.

If the center of gravity
was too low,

the heavy ore would act
like a pendulum,

making "Cyclops" susceptible

to dangerous pitching
in heavy seas.

♪

But that's not the only danger
that manganese poses.

- The second thing is the fact
that it's so combustible.

- Can it explode?

- If you're
in a confined space,

it could potentially explode.

♪ ♪

narrator:
If improperly stowed,

ground manganese ore
can create fine dust particles

which, when exposed to air,
become dangerously explosive.

♪ ♪

Then Guilarte
reveals something

the team didn't know.

- The interesting thing about
manganese is that it's toxic.

♪ ♪

narrator: The health risks
of inhaling manganese

were well-known
in the early 20th century.

It had a name...mine madness.

- What kind of symptoms
would you see on somebody?

- Potentially
psychiatric symptoms

similar to schizophrenia,
uncontrollable laughing.

- So it could affect
the decision making

of anybody
who showed these signs.

- Absolutely.

♪ ♪

narrator:
Back on the dive boat,

Jimmy is reviewing
the ROV footage

and taking screen grabs.

- And I was shooting them
back to Barney.

So he's at home
doing the research.

♪ ♪

narrator:
With Hurricane Idalia

now safely north of Tampa,

Mike checks in for an update.

- This is from the ROV.

He just sent me
this frame grab.

This is, he said, the stern,
what's left of it.

♪ ♪

We've got a very large vessel.

Two boilers, and the stern
is all broken up.

♪ ♪

narrator: Mike notices that
the metal is smashed inward,

crushed like a tin can.

It's not bent outward

in a way that would indicate
an explosion.

♪ ♪

Is it possible the damage
came from the ship

smashing into the seafloor
stern-first?

♪ ♪

- Perhaps that would explain

the demolished stern
on this vessel.

♪ ♪

narrator:
The size and layout

still look right
for "Cyclops."

But other aspects
of the images

aren't making sense.

- There are some consistencies

and a lot
of inconsistencies there.

narrator: One feature
draws his attention...

a large winch.

The "Cyclops"
had a winch to hoist

the ship's massive anchors
on heavy chains.

But something
doesn't look right.

- He's coming up
next to the winch.

You can see the gear.

That is so weird.
It's not anchor chain.

It's cable.

Not what you'd be using
out in the Atlantic.

♪ ♪

This makes no sense.
This is very curious.

♪ ♪

narrator: The evidence
is pointing Mike...

towards a bizarre theory.

narrator: 65 miles
off the coast of Virginia...

[dramatic music]

The dive team is trying
to identify a 500-foot wreck.

♪

But with two hurricanes
closing in,

they have less than six hours

before conditions
are bound to deteriorate.

♪ ♪

- I think this weather window
is closing pretty fast.

The swells are getting
bigger by the hour.

♪ ♪

narrator:
It will take the team

at least seven hours
to get to shore.

♪ ♪

So if they're going to ID
this wreck,

they need to go now.

♪ ♪

- Ooh, it's hot.
- Warm yet?

- Yep.
- Very hot.

♪ ♪

narrator: They plan to explore
the back half of the wreck...

narrator:
And hope to find machinery

that could distinguish
this ship.

♪ ♪

Visibility has diminished
substantially

since their last time
in the water.

♪ ♪

The currents
are picking up power

from the approaching
hurricanes.

♪

narrator:
They knew from the ROV

that the back of the ship
was completely destroyed.

♪ ♪

But seeing the scale
of the destruction firsthand

is sobering.

♪ ♪

It looks like
a ten-story building

crushed on the seafloor.

♪ ♪

narrator: The divers
penetrate into the wreck,

looking for more clues.

♪ ♪

They locate part of the ship's
steering mechanism.

♪ ♪

But something is missing.

♪ ♪

There's no sign of any engine.

♪ ♪

They can't even find
a propeller or driveshaft.

♪ ♪

The dive clock runs down,

and the divers make their way
back up to the surface.

♪ ♪

- We did not see an engine.

It's just a mangled mess
in the back.

Not very diagnostic yet.

♪ ♪

- We don't have a prop.

We don't have, like,
the stern section of the ship.

So it's hard to say
where the stern ended

because it seems like
it ended in a debris field.

♪ ♪

- Besides that big
superstructure,

it just looks like
a bomb went off.

narrator: Mike Barnette thinks
the ship hit the seafloor hard

when it sank.

But what can explain
the missing engine?

- Think it'd take
a couple more dives

in order
to figure everything out.

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narrator: But there's no time
for more dives.

- You can see the storms
coming up in the Atlantic.

And this other storm's
coming up from the Gulf.

They're gonna be right on top
of us, so it's time to go.

♪ ♪

narrator:
Back on land,

Mike is on the road
to follow a new hunch.

He thinks he's closing in
on the true identity

of JT's Mystery Wreck.

- And these are exactly
like we see on our wreck.

This is phenomenal.

This is what we see
in the footage.

I mean, Jimmy was scootering
right down this wreck.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

narrator: Mike Barnette
needs to confirm a hunch.

♪ ♪

The team has been diving
a massive wreck

they suspected to be
the USS "Cyclops."

But Mike's analysis
of key details on the wreck

has led him
to a different conclusion

and a different part
of the country.

He has come to Ohio
to examine

the "Colonel
James M. Schoonmaker"...

a Great Lakes bulk carrier.

♪ ♪

- We're seeing everything
that Jimmy and the dive team

saw on their dive.

♪ ♪

Right here, the gantry crane.

This would run
up and down this track

on either side of the vessel

to basically take off
these hatch covers

so it could be loaded
and unloaded.

♪ ♪

Yeah, this is incredible.

♪ ♪

narrator:
Then there's the clue

that first tipped Mike off...

the distinctive winch.

- This is not
what you typically see.

You don't see these kind
of, you know, winches

point off to the side.

♪

narrator: Great Lakes bulk
carriers are long and skinny

to travel through canals.

These winches
wind up steel cables

to hold the ship in the locks.

♪ ♪

- So this was a key feature
that really told me

we're dealing with something
quite unique.

♪ ♪

Now we're seeing it
all together

in the proper context.

♪ ♪

narrator: Mike meets up
with Jimmy, Wayne, and Dave

to share his analysis.

♪ ♪

- This was
a very strange wreck.

So no machinery at all,
no apparent engine.

- What do you mean no engine?

- No engine.
Like, it's not there.

And there's no propulsion.

We couldn't find a prop
or anything in all this debris.

♪ ♪

- Why is it there?

I mean, could this
have been pressed into service

during the Second World War
maybe?

- That's the question
we had, too.

What the hell is this
doing in the Atlantic?

- Yeah, no kidding.

- This is supposed to be
in the Great Lakes.

And so I started
researching vessels.

And so I found
some databases of all

these Great Lakes freighters
going to scrapping yards.

narrator:
These are not databases

one would normally check
for a ship in the Atlantic.

But eventually
they revealed the identity

of JT's Mystery Wreck.

♪ ♪

- So we actually know
the name of this wreck.

It's the "Lac des Iles."

- "Lac des Iles"?
- Yeah.

And she was actually built
in 1805 in Michigan.

♪ ♪

narrator:
From 1905 to 1979,

the "Lac des Iles" hauled
cargo in the Great Lakes.

She was retired from service,

then her engine
and propeller removed.

♪ ♪

On June 1, 1981,
the "Lac des Iles"

was being towed
to Tampico, Mexico,

to serve as a floating
grain warehouse.

The cargo holds were emptied
for the journey south.

♪ ♪

While under tow, she was
caught in bad weather.

♪ ♪

- They kind of worked their way
back closer to Cape Henry

until the battle
was finally lost.

♪ ♪

narrator: She sank stern-first
off the coast of Virginia.

There was no one on board
at the time.

- We have documentation.

All the wreck fixtures,

all the diagnostic
features match,

and now the position matches.

- This is amazing.

♪ ♪

narrator: It's another mission
accomplished for the team.

JT's Mystery Wreck
finally has a name.

♪ ♪

And while they
didn't find "Cyclops"...

♪ ♪

The investigation
opened new inroads

into what
may have taken her out,

including her hazardous
manganese cargo,

which may have
destabilized the ship,

exploded,
or even driven the crew mad.

There's even the possibility
that the skipper

pushed her too hard
and too fast into a storm.

- Well, you know what?

It's not the "Cyclops,"

which would have been
the ultimate.

- Yeah, to say the least.

- Your investigation into this,
Mike and Jimmy,

is amazing.

- This whole experience
has been a roller coaster.

We've identified
JT's Mystery Wreck.

We've solved that mystery.

The mystery of the "Cyclops"
persists.

- Mystery's still out there.

♪ ♪

narrator: The mystery of the
"Cyclops" remains unsolved.

♪ ♪

But the team
will carry on their search

for the mighty ship.

♪ ♪