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No bodies were recovered. Her capacity will be 26, tons and her speed up to 16 miles per hour. AP The deck and cockpit of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Pinterest The iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior during a hurricane-like storm on the night of Nov. Fred Stonehouse, U. Coast Guard Father Theodore J. Marie, Mich. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. In the case of the Edmund Fitzgerald bodies, they all went down with the ship and never came back up.
During a expedition to the wreck, divers finally found the body of a crewmember for the first time. Memorials are held annually on November 10 to commemorate the lives lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald and throughout the Great Lakes.
A replica engraved with the names of the lost crew was returned to the ship. Marie, Michigan. It was pretty new technology back then. I lived in that area at the time. Not much money went into water transportation safety. This song has always fascinated me. But for some reason I always thought it was just made up. Never thought it was a real occurrence. I guess the internet is good for something.
That is some cold water. I have been on a lake with water temp at 40 deg. God rest the souls of the Captain and crew. Does anyone know how to find the ships manifest giving crew and captain names? Packed to the brim with ore pellets, the ship headed out to a steel mill on Zug Island near Detroit, Michigan.
Anderson , a cargo ship operated by Captain Jesse Cooper. The two ships were in radio contact throughout their journeys. The National Weather Service had issued gale advisories for that day, but the ships pressed on.
The National Weather Service had upped their gale advisories to an official storm warning. The storm whipped up winds of over kilometers per hour—nearly as strong as a hurricane—and waves up to 11 meters high. Winter storms on the Great Lakes are mighty. Cautious of the storm, both ships' captains decided to take a northerly course across Lake Superior, between Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula. There, the highlands of the Canadian shoreline would protect their vessels from the fierce winds and waves.
Later, both ships arced southeast towards the shelter of Whitefish Point. Until this time, winds had been coming from the northeast. Canadian land sheltered the ships from the worst of the storm. However, the tempestuous weather was worsening and the wind changed directions, now blasting in from the northwest. The ships were no longer protected. By early afternoon, the Fitzgerald and the Anderson were approaching Michipicoten Island.
Despite the increasingly violent weather, they passed safely. Captain Cooper recalled that the Fitzgerald came dangerously close to Six Fathom Shoal, a shallow, treacherous bedrock ridge just north of the island. Around p. A fence rail was down. Two vents had been lost or damaged. Worst of all, there was an uneven distribution of weight crossways on the vessel. Such an imbalance is often caused by water entering the side compartments of a ship after rough weather or a collision.
Captain McSorley asked Captain Cooper to stay close and help him with radar plots until the ships reached Whitefish.
The two captains stayed in touch throughout the afternoon, sharing navigational information. By p. The storm had reached its climax. The Anderson was being thrust about like a toy boat in a bathtub. The Fitzgerald was nowhere to be seen. This was becoming more and more difficult, however.
Captain McSorley's last message was, "We are holding our own. The Fitzgerald sent no distress signals before sinking. It did not return. Clark called the Fitzgerald at p.
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