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  2. SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. 47 years later, remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck - AOL

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    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 ...

  4. November on the Great Lakes is deadly. The Edmund Fitzgerald ...

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    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 ...

  5. Ernest M. McSorley - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Between the loss of the Invincible in 1816 and the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, the Whitefish Point area has claimed at least 240 ships. [4] Vessels are funneled through Whitefish Bay downbound and upbound from the Soo Locks. Poor visibility from forest fire smoke, snow squalls, and Lake Superior's notorious fogs had deadly ...

  7. People remember the Edmund Fitzgerald, but the Daniel J ... - AOL

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    The wreck claimed the lives of 28 of its 29 crewman, leaving only Dennis Hale alive. Hale died in 2015 . In an interview for a Free Press documentary in 2014, Hale recounted his survival.

  8. List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes - Wikipedia

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    The schooner disappeared en route to Cleveland with a load of limestone. Both occupants fell overboard and drowned; their bodies washed ashore just west of Cleveland. The ship was discovered in 2016 and identified in 2019. She is the oldest-confirmed shipwreck in Lake Erie. Little Wissahickon: 10 July 1896 Sank off Rondeau Point

  9. The Edmund Fitzgerald sinking is legendary. But the gales of ...

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    The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 marked a major turning point in the shipping industry. The Edmund Fitzgerald sinking is legendary. But the gales of November claimed many more ships.