Edmund Fitzgerald

Quite literally the ship was barely able to pass. 10 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald was sailing on Lake Superior with a crew of 29 men according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.

Ss Edmund Fitzgerald Wreck 3d Warehouse

The Edmund Fitzgerald was one of the largest ships on the Great Lakes at the time measuring 729 feet long 39 feet tall and 75 feet wide.

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In the hours after the 728-foot Edmund Fitzgerald abruptly vanished from the radar during a gale on Lake Superior the night of Nov. Edmunds great grandparents William and Julianna had immigrated from Ireland in 1837 and settled on a. The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Edmund Fitzgerald was born in 1895 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. She was located in deep water on November 14 1975 by a US. 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.

Since there were no survivors to provide eyewitness accounts the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains a mystery to many. This 1976 underwater photo shows a close up of the pilot house of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald. This page lists the most common theories.

The Journey Forty-seven years ago on Nov. On April 15 1977 the US. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank during a storm in Lake Superior on November 10 1975.

When launched on June 7 1958 she was the largest ship on North Americas Great Lakes and she remains the largest to have sunk there. A storm came up in the afternoon and. The Fitzgerald an ore carrier sank Nov.

On May 20 1976 the words Edmund Fitzgerald were clearly seen on the stern upside down 535 feet below the surface of the lake. According to a Los Angeles Times obituary Edmund Fitzgerald who died in 1986 was a civic leader in his hometown of Milwaukee. Edmund Fitzgerald set sail on her final journey across Lake Superior carrying 29 men and over 26000 long tons of.

The crew members of the Edmund Fitzgerald never issued a call for help leading many to believe that the onset of the storm was sudden and unexpected. Coast Guard released its official. When launched on June 7 1958 she was the.

He was credited with helping to establish the. The journey ended about 17. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald On November 9 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald pushed across the waters of Lake Superior with a cargo of iron ore.

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29-member crew during a violent fall storm on November 10 1975 just northwest of Whitefish. Days after this intense storm the.

Raising The Anchor Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Detroit Historical Society