Loss At Sea
Proteus was lost at sea to an unknown cause sometime after 23 November 1941. There are no German U-boat claims for this vessel. One outlandish theory is that the vessel's disappearance can be attributed to the Bermuda Triangle.
A memorial listing of her crew can be found at the CWGC Halifax Memorial. A Canadian website suggests Proteus's possible fate.
Two of Proteus's three sister-ships, Cyclops and Nereus, also vanished without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle area while doing similar duty during World War I and World War II, respectively. Her third sister-ship, Jupiter, was converted into the very first U.S aircraft carrier and renamed Langley.
Read more about this topic: USS Proteus (AC-9)
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