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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank at 7:20 pm during a storm in Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, taking the 29-member crew with it. [38] Singer Gordon Lightfoot would later write a ballad about the ship's demise. [39] Lev Leshchenko revived "Den Pobedy", one of the most popular World War II songs in the Soviet Union.
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 ...
The 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, taking with it its 29-member crew, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.
Edmund Fitzgerald United States: The lake freighter sank in Lake Superior near Whitefish Bay with the loss of all 29 aboard. The wreck was found in two pieces on the bottom by a remotely operated underwater vehicle in 1976.
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 marked a major turning point in the shipping industry.