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SS Edmund Fitzgerald, upbound and in ballast Design and construction The sinking led to changes in Great Lakes shipping regulations and practices that included mandatory survival suits, depth finders, positioning systems, increased freeboard, and more frequent inspection of vessels. Gordon Lightfoot made it the subject of his 1976 hit song 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' after reading an article, 'The Cruelest Month', in the November 24, 1975, issue of Newsweek. The disaster is one of the best known in the history of Great Lakes shipping. Edmund Fitzgerald may have been swamped, suffered structural failure or topside damage, experienced shoaling, or suffered from a combination of these. The exact cause of the sinking remains unknown, though many books, studies, and expeditions have examined it. Anderson was, 'We are holding our own.' Her crew of 29 perished, and no bodies were recovered. One of the worst seas I've ever been in.' However, no distress signals were sent before she sank Captain McSorley's last (7:10 p.m.) message to Arthur M. Anderson: 'I have a bad list, lost both radars. Marie, Ontario-a distance Edmund Fitzgerald could have covered in just over an hour at her top speed.Įdmund Fitzgerald previously reported being in significant difficulty to Arthur M. Shortly after 7:10 p.m., Edmund Fitzgerald suddenly sank in Canadian (Ontario) waters 530 feet (88 fathoms 160 m) deep, about 17 miles (15 nautical miles 27 kilometers) from Whitefish Bay near the twin cities of Sault Ste. By the next day, the two ships were caught in a severe storm on Lake Superior, with near hurricane-force winds and waves up to 35 feet (11 m) high. En route to a steel mill near Detroit, Edmund Fitzgerald joined a second taconite freighter, SS Arthur M. McSorley in command, she embarked on her ill-fated voyage from Superior, Wisconsin, near Duluth, on the afternoon of November 9, 1975.

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Ĭarrying a full cargo of ore pellets with Captain Ernest M.

Her size, record-breaking performance, and ' DJ captain' endeared Edmund Fitzgerald to boat watchers. Clair and Detroit rivers (between lakes Huron and Erie), and entertaining spectators at the Soo Locks (between Lakes Superior and Huron) with a running commentary about the ship. Captain Peter Pulcer was known for piping music day or night over the ship's intercom while passing through the St. As a workhorse, she set seasonal haul records six times, often breaking her own record.

Navy aircraft detecting magnetic anomalies, and found soon afterwards to be in two large pieces.įor 17 years, Edmund Fitzgerald carried taconite iron ore from mines near Duluth, Minnesota, to iron works in Detroit, Toledo, and other Great Lakes ports. She was located in deep water on November 14, 1975, by a U.S. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there.

SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. Single fixed pitch 19.5 ft (5.9 m) propeller

Conversion to oil fuel and the fitting of automated boiler controls over the winter of 1971–72.

Coal fired Westinghouse Electric Corporation steam turbine at 7,500 shp (5,600 kW).

711 ft (217 m) between perpendiculars.

Lost with all hands (29 crew) in a storm, November 10, 1975 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance CompanyĬolumbia Transportation Division, Oglebay Norton Company of Cleveland, Ohioįitz, Mighty Fitz, Big Fitz, Pride of the American Side, Toledo Express, Titanic of the Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald, president of Northwestern Mutual

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