As the French fabulist and poet Jean de la Fontaine once wrote, “a person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” This quote quite nicely sums up the Constellation-class program.
The USS Cyclops left Barbados in early March 1918 and was expected to reach Baltimore about nine days later. She never arrived. The last known message attributed to the ship was brief and reassuring: ...
USS Fort Lauderdale has been deployed since August 15 of last year. It was relieved by USS San Antonio, which had completed its previous deployment in April.