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[[Image:Uss cyclops.JPG|300px|thumb|300px|right|USS Cyclops]]
{{Ship
| name=USS ''Cyclops'' (AC-4)
| image=Uss cyclops.JPG
| caption=
| flag-raw=[[File:48 star flag.png|40px]] [[Image:US Naval Jack 48 stars.png|30px]]
| flag-caption=
| owner=
| built=William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company<br/>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| authorized=
| keellaid=
| launched=7 May 1910
| commissioned=1 May 1917
| retired=
| status=Lost at sea<br/>9-10 March 1918
| type=Collier<br/>''Proteus''-class
| displ=19,360 t
| length=542 ft
| beam=65 ft
| draft=27 ft 8 in
| speed=15 knots
| test=
| armament=
| crew=236 officers and men
| troops=
| pass=
|}
}}
'''USS ''Cyclops''''' was one of four [[USS Proteus (AC-9)|''Proteus''-class]] [[collier]]s built for the [[United States Navy]] prior to [[World War I]], and the second ship to bear the name. The loss of the ship and 306 crew and passengers without a trace sometime after March 4, 1918 remains the single largest loss of life in the history of the Navy not directly involving combat.
'''USS ''Cyclops''''' was one of four [[USS Proteus (AC-9)|''Proteus''-class]] [[collier]]s built for the [[United States Navy]] prior to [[World War I]], and the second ship to bear the name. The loss of the ship and 306 crew and passengers without a trace sometime after March 4, 1918 remains the single largest loss of life in the history of the Navy not directly involving combat.