The Loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[Tweaker]

Today marks the anniversary on November 10, 1975 the bulk freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior with all hands.

The Fitzgerald cleared Superior, Wisconsin, on her last trip on November 9, 1975, with a cargo of 26,116 tons of taconite pellets consigned to Detroit. Traveling down Lake Superior in company with ARTHUR M. ANDERSON of the United States Steel Corporation's Great Lakes Fleet, she encountered heavy weather and in the early evening of November 10th, suddenly foundered approximately 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay (47º North Latitude, 85º 7' West Longitude)

Captain McSorley of the "FITZ" had indicated he was having difficulty and was taking on water. She was listing to port and had two of three ballast pumps working. She had lost her radar and damage was noted to ballast tank vent pipes and he was overheard on the radio saying, "don't allow nobody (sic) on deck." McSorley said it was the worst storm he had ever seen. All 29 officers and crew, including a Great Lakes Maritime Academy cadet, went down with the ship, which lies broken in two sections in 530 feet of water.

[Nick Grana]

You know what they say? Ship Happens. Bad humor. Bad tragedy.
Here are more things that have happened November 10 through out the years:
November 10
The Fitzgerald is among them, of course.
See Storm of the Century with George Clooney? Great movie. Sad ending.
Thanks.

[Sacrinyellow5]

I remember going to the museum when I was younger. It was amazing seeing the lifeboats from the ship and how they were twisted like tin cans.