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Ernest M. McSorley (September 29, 1912 – November 10, 1975) was the last captain of the lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald.Captain McSorley perished along with the other 28 members of his crew when the ship sank in the Canadian side of Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Kristof was born in Laurel, Maryland, on November 19, 1942. [3]Kristof participated in multiple undersea expeditions with Canadian explorers Joseph MacInnis and Phil Nuytten, including the exploration of the Breadalbane, the world's northernmost known shipwreck, and the 1995 expedition to recover the bell from the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. [4]
Arthur M. Anderson was following (and in contact with) SS Edmund Fitzgerald the night of 10 November 1975, issuing the first distress call. SS Arthur M. Anderson, launched in 1952, is still running. She had the last contact with Edmund Fitzgerald before the latter sank, and was the first would-be rescue vessel to search for Edmund Fitzgerald.
With the 50th anniversary of the sinking approaching on Nov. 10, 2025, organizers are looking for 17 teams of four swimmers to take part in a 17-stage relay and documentary on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.