Claim: SS Cyprus was built in Lorain, she was owned by the Lackawanna Steamship Company and a marine trade publication described Cyprus as a very seaworthy vessel.
Evidence: Cyprus was built in Lorain, Ohio and launched 17 August 1907. She was owned by the Lackawanna Steamship Company, (a subsidiary of Pickands Mather and Company) and based out of Fairport, Ohio, northeast of Cleveland, on Lake Erie. A marine trade publication described Cyprus as a very seaworthy vessel in an article published after her sinking.