NELSON HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL TREE PLAQUE
ON MARCH 1, 1918 HIS SHIP CYCLOPS SAILED FOR BALTIMORE FROM BARBADOS B.W.I. HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND NO TRACE OF THE CYCLOPS, A COLLIER SHIP, HAS EVER BEEN FOUND. RUMOR SAYS THE GERMAN CAPTAIN TOWED THE SHIP, WITH ALL HANDS ABOARD, BACK TO GERMANY.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Park Tree Memorial Plaques
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
WORLD WAR I
Year Dedicated:
REDEDICATED 2009
Photograph By:
MICHAEL HERRICK
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