Our host sounds like its Don Ameche

Generally speaking, during the early 20th century overnight steamboat passenger tickets & stateroom accommodations were sold at the steamers' piers, on board the vessels and at agencies such as railroad stations, travel agents, etc. [The Joy Line was not privileges to have their tickets sold at New Haven RR stations]. Also, passenger tickets & stateroom accommodations were sold to passengers after the boats left the dock. There was much more to process of ticket sales & ticket collections at the time. This was a long time before the use of computers, so the exact number of tickets sold would not be known at time of sailing & definitely not the names of those who purchased passage on the steamers. Like railroad tickets, that were purchased at that time, a certain number of tickets were "assigned" to each sales location. At the time of the sinking of the LARCHMONT, the New Haven Railroad had its own inter-station telephone & telegraph system to have some control over sales & distribution of railroad tickets. At the time, the Joy Line had nothing even close to the NH Railroad ticket operation, was poorly run with minimal concern for passenger safety, not even having wireless-telegraph equipment on board their vessels. Prior to the sinking of the LARCHMONT, the Joy Line was basically a "fast buck" operation. The LARCHMONT had about 100 staterooms plus free berths for passengers, being mid-winter, doubt she was carrying more than 300 passengers on a Monday night. The sinking of the Str. LARCHMONT was a tragedy, nothing funny about it.👎

Sad this is gone like forever 😢

So when the Boeing 707 came to be, Pan Am airlines tried its best to mimic the accommodations of luxury ships such as this; Passengers were accustomed to being treated and pampered as it was the overall experience that mattered as much as the end destination.

Wonder how many quoits or horseshoes went overboard ? !

That’s so foreign to many of us who grew up from the mid 1960’s onward…a ticker tape parade for the Captain (Commodore) of a civil ship.

God bless my four grandparents. Growing up they were very patriotic to the United States as well as my parents. My father who is a world war two hero.

The ferocity of the lakes is unchallenged

And now this beautiful ship is going to be rotting away at the bottom of the ocean.

The average age passenger appears to be 75, going on 90

Nice!!!

Bellissima nave

This man is lying or with holding information if you can't see it then shame on you

History repeats itself. Immigration limitations, hate and mistreatment immigrants. The melting pot may be done but the salad bowl looks great.

And which great Atlantic Liner will continue to attract the public while this wreak spends its time as a home for fish?

My Grandfather served as Gunner's mate 2nd class aboard the USS Birmingham. He didn't tell very many stories about his time aboard, but the several times he referred to that vessel he called her the Bloody Birmingham,. The greatest generation ever to serve this country. 🦅🇺🇲🎖️

I will never understand why the family of the crew do not want the wreck dived. Yes it won't bring them back but if it could reveal why the ship sank it should be allowed. If indeed it sank in 10 seconds, the crew and maybe even Captain McSorley didn't know why. They would want to know. We owe it to them. But alas what do I know? 🤷‍♂️

I knew Michael Schumacher was a great driver, I had no idea he wrote documentaries. /s

She fractured her hull at the sixth fathom shoals the taken on water. The hit by 2 rogue haves with the Anderson Cooper stated the were hit with. The first wave caused her nose to hit the bottom and the second caused her to break in two.

So cool and great to see

I must have been about six years old when I went on Port Welcome ( Im now 63) and Bob McAllister was doing a show with all his characters including Mike Fury and Professor Fingleheimer. The harbor sure has changed and been built up. I wonder whatever happened to Port Welcome ( little toot) as we used to call it

I wish I could find more information about my great grandmother who came here in 1909. She was only 9 years old and was "sponsored" by an Italian mob family and put into a textile factory outside of Philly. I can only imagine how this journey was for her. She spoke of those years with anger and fear. It is so hard to find information about her history.

Born in Bermuda and the first time I came to the states was on the Queen of Bermuda. Our parents made sure we were awake to see the Statue of Liberty

Seen a lot of scary things in my time but looking at broken bent windows of the Edmund Fitzgerald is freaky knowing men had been standing there.😢

My great grandparents and grandmother came here from Calabria Italy after the 1908 earthquake. This video tells me we the USA didn’t treat them very well. A lot of Italians worked in coal mines in West Virginia. We sold them fairytales.

Huh, this guy had YT videos before YT or the Internet existed...very forward thinking.

sinking 9/17/2024

A guy, my sister‘s neighbor works with was at Walmart one day and started talking to a guy in the checkout line who said his second cousins sister on his cousins side, graduated college with a guy who said some boy he grew up with Dad had a boat back in the day😂🤭😝😬🙂‍↔️🧐

Filming this documentary in B&W was also a crime.

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Ericsson..... Dock side

Supposedly, there was a guy who offered a pier at Red Hook New York for her to be kept at for minimal to no cost until she had a plan made for her restoration. Sir, if you're out there, we need to save this icon. She deserves better than to be a rotting hulk on the bottom of the ocean. SS United States Foundation, are you listening?

Nice informative video.

Classic'name'edmund fitzgerald⭐♥️🎇🎇lake superior'is mad,in big ships♨️

That ship broke up on top the water and sank. It's the only thing that makes since? That ship has already been proven to be under engineered and the cook said it was in poor shape. It didn't bottom out. It just broke up and sank. Science has proved this. All the new investigation shows this and proves this is how it happened. I don't believe anything else. If you listen to the radio transmission the Capt of the Fitz never said he had a list to any side. He simply said he had a list. Facts are Facts. The story must be kept straight and told truthfully. It's the only way to show respect to the crew. Not at all trying to say I know it all but the Facts tell the story.

My family came here from Sicily in the early 1900s. Italians where treated worse then slaves in Illinois until the mafia came here and got us protection. It wasn't until around the 20s until we got recognized as normal people. We weren't even considered white. Please next time learn how to pronounce Italian words before saying them in a video.

Rest in peace to the 29 souls that perished on the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Titanic of the Great lakes🙏❤.

love of money or family values , maymaygwashi will ruin your day

Nowadays they turn the shop around in a few hours. Granted they aren’t loading cars. But it’s become more efficient. Can’t wait to dive her.

A marvelous ship and one my aunt and mom sailed on a number of times. I don't think her single-smokestack was in any way successful but it's less offensive when seen from onboard.

"There were no witnesses." There was a witness - The Anderson, but she can't tell what she saw, because the storm blocked her view. When she finally got through the storm to Whitefish Bay, The Fitz was already gone.

My father worked on that for the gerry company and my parents and brother will both engaged on that Ferry. We used to get on the ferry and go over to Newport all the time to go to the movies, just walk around Thames street. My brother and my sister used to have to take it to go to Rogers High School. I miss it dearly. It will always be in my heart forever. I remember as a child sneaking on the ferry thinking we were not going to be seen, but you didn't do anything like that because everybody knew you. We thought we were getting away with something. LOL that is what we used to call downtown.

No way was it hatch covers!!! A fence rail down and 2 vent covers gone the vents were for the ballast tanks taking on water not the cargo holds!!!

@ 43:16 the CG spokesman admits “…the crewmen on the bridge did not have time to put on life jackets…” How would the CG conclude that without evidence of the bodies? Yet none were ever “officially” located…? The current understanding is no more dives are allowed on the wreck. That leaves out the chance for Magnetic Resonance Imaging which would penetrate the hull in any direction and prove any damage to the structure hidden by mud.

Rode it many times.

We proud ITALIANS LEARNED ENGLISH. NO NEED FOR TWO LANGUAGES. ITALIAN PROUD YOU HEARCTHAT BIDEN

We proud ITALIANS LEARNED ENGLISH. NO NEED FOR TWO LANGUAGES. ITALIAN PROUD YOU HEARCTHAT BIDEN

We proud ITALIANS LEARNED ENGLISH. NO NEED FOR TWO LANGUAGES. ITALIAN PROUD YOU HEARCTHAT BIDEN

Hey soul brothers ITALIANS HAD IT ROUGH TOO YET WE STILL LOVE AMERICA GOOBtza heads

It sunk because of it being cut in half and made longer😢