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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. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there.
Edmund Fitzgerald United States: 10 November 1975 Sunk in a storm on Lake Superior, Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the largest ships to have sunk in the Great Lakes. The exact cause of the disaster has never been made clear, and has been the subject of much discussion.
This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of shipwrecks of Isle Royale; 0–9. 115 (barge) ... SS Edmund Fitzgerald; SS Emperor; USS Essex (1874) ...
Among the most famous wrecks is the Edmund Fitzgerald, which went down in a fierce November gale on Lake Superior in 1975. But nine years earlier, the Daniel J. Morrell sank on Lake Huron on Nov ...
It holds artifacts from the shipwrecks listed below and has information on the notable wreck of SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, in which all 29 crew were lost. After the Soo Locks opened in 1855 and ship traffic increased on Lake Superior, Whitefish Bay was the site of numerous shipwrecks, often due to hazardous weather
Launched on June 7, 1958, the Fitzgerald became the largest carrier on the Great Lakes until 1971, according to the National Weather Service in Mar 47 years later, remembering the Edmund ...
Stories about the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald were on the front page of Detroit Free Press' Nov. 12, 1975 edition. The ship disappeared on Nov. 10 on Lake Superior and was later found ...
These wreck sites are protected for future generations of sports divers by the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve. [ 28 ] The site is a venue for remembrance of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald , and extends back to the 1816 loss of "the very first ship known to sail on Superior, the sixty-foot trading vessel Invincible," which upended in gale force ...