box@box:~$ sudo gdisk /dev/sdc
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.6

The protective MBR's 0xEE partition is oversized! Auto-repairing.

Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): p
Disk /dev/sdc: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB
Model: Generic         
Sector size (logical/physical): 512/4096 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 954C8903-2CD3-4EF4-B907-632776F3A1BC
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 3874242669 sectors (1.8 TiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            2048          309247   150.0 MiB   EF00  EFI system partition
   2          309248          571391   128.0 MiB   0C01  Microsoft reserved ...
   3      3874785280      3876812799   990.0 MiB   2700  
   4      3876812800      3904253951   13.1 GiB    2700  
   5      3904256000      3907004415   1.3 GiB     2700  

Command (? for help): d
Partition number (1-5): 1

Command (? for help): d
Partition number (2-5): 2

Command (? for help): d
Partition number (3-5): 3

Command (? for help): d
Partition number (4-5): 4

Command (? for help): d
Using 5

Command (? for help): c
No partitions

Command (? for help): n
Partition number (1-128, default 1): 
First sector (34-3907029134, default = 2048) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 
Last sector (2048-3907029134, default = 3907029134) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 
Current type is 8300 (Linux filesystem)
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): 
Changed type of partition to 'Linux filesystem'

Command (? for help): w

Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!

Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): Y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sdc.
The operation has completed successfully.

box@box:~$ sudo fdisk -l | grep "sdc"
Disk /dev/sdc: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
/dev/sdc1   2048 3907029134 3907027087  1.8T Linux filesystem
box@box:~$ sudo cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdc1
WARNING: Device /dev/sdc1 already contains a 'vfat' superblock signature.

WARNING!
========
This will overwrite data on /dev/sdc1 irrevocably.

Are you sure? (Type 'yes' in capital letters): YES
Enter passphrase for /dev/sdc1: 
Verify passphrase: 

box@box:~$ sudo cryptsetup open /dev/sdc1 hd_swap
Enter passphrase for /dev/sdc1: 

box@box:~$ sudo fdisk -l | grep hd_swap
Disk /dev/mapper/hd_swap: 1.82 TiB, 2000381091328 bytes, 3906994319 sectors

box@box:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/hd_swap
mke2fs 1.46.2 (28-Feb-2021)
Creating filesystem with 488374272 4k blocks and 122332032 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 1af577e5-48a0-470d-a510-ddb9bc3c9935
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
    32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 
    4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968, 
    102400000, 214990848

Allocating group tables: done                            
Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (262144 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done      

box@box:~$ mkdir -pv /media/box/hd_swap
mkdir: created directory '/media/box/hd_swap'
box@box:~$ sudo mount /dev/mapper/hd_swap /media/box/hd_swap -v
mount: /dev/mapper/hd_swap mounted on /media/box/hd_swap.