Thank you for sharing.

FWIW: If memory serves... The voice in th vintage video section at the start of this video is that of Howard Viken and is probably from the WCCO AM 830 news.

That pretty gal following you around! I'd take the hint and introduce yourself to her 😅 Thanks, Paul!

Rest in Peace my SIU seafarer brothers👍👍🇺🇸

Great story, Paul! Thank you for sharing!❤

The USCG Bramble had many responsibilities on The Great Lakes, she was a buoy tender, (based out of Bell Island, Detroit) but also served as an icebreaker. I was on her for two weeks during the Summer of 1975, getting my Sea Cadet Summer in. I learned a great deal that Summer, but Gordon Lightfoot's song rang true, knowing what the Bramble was called to do, and the men of the Fitz. Thanks Paul, very sobering tale. The heartache was and is very real for men lost at sea.

I never heard this story of the Cod-Fitzgerald connection before; it's a moving remembrance for the lives lost on the Fitz. God bless the mariners who ply their trade on the Great Lakes, which some sailors say is more harrowing than the oceans when the Lakes get stormy. As an aside inspired by your mention of the Mather, here's a suggestion for a future episode--the role of the ore boats in supporting the USA's war efforts during WW2. The Lake freighters played a vital role supplying the steel industry, keeping the shipping lanes open in the winter which would have closed during peacetime, and risking the dangers of the Lakes so that the US could keep making the ships, planes, tanks, etc. that would be used to win the war. A collaboration with the Mather to discuss what is a lesser known part of the homefront's contribution to winning the war would be interesting.

I had a chance to know him for a time in 1996 (?) when he came to Green Bay , Wisconsin for a WWII submarine veterans convention. A classy gentleman ⚓

November storms on the lakes have been known to break ships in half (Daniel J Morrell is a good case in point). The lakes are graveyards for ships that didn't finish that last run of the season before winter layup.

I was a senior in high school when the Fitzgerald went missing and remember it from the evening news that day. a few years later I became a ham radio operator. I've checked in a number of commemorative nets they have this time of the year, but have never heard that story, Thanks for sharing that.

How do you get on with life after dodging a moment in history like that? People who miss their doomed flight by ten minutes because of traffic or not being able to find their keys. Missing that trip on a passenger liner or a ferry that ends up sinking. Calling out sick from work only to find the factory goes up in flames. Even in the WWII submarine force where you get rotated off a boat and the next patrol is the last for it. For some it's survivor's guilt for much of their remaining life. For others it's probably wiping off the sweat of a realized close call and live a life wondering if there is going to be another "attempt" later. Interesting things to ponder about one's self.

The stories of those who were "supposed to be" on a trip that ended in tragedy are always fascinating.

I grew up on Grosse Ile, which is an island in the Detroit river, just south of Detroit. I remember when the Fitzgerald was lost, although I was only 9 years old at the time. I remember it being all over the news. Every November I still take a moment to remember her crew and the crews of all the lakers lost. Thanks for posting this Paul.

Thank you for this thoughtful and very appropriate tribute.

Great story, Thanks

Thank you

Nice video, and fantastic footage.

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I remember that tragic day in 1975. Lake Superior is well known for rapidly forming & severe weather conditions which are as devastating as those in the open ocean. As is said to stage performers for good luck, "Break a leg." In this case it saved two lives.

What interesting story Paul. The story brings back memories. I was just starting my sea carrier at the time on board the lake ship S S Meaford on Lake Ontario at the time when the Edmond Fitzgerald disappear. Thank for sharing the story. It brings back memories i will never forget.

With the gales of November remembered.

My uncle Buck Griffith was a chief engineer on the Joshua a Hatfield, and retired from that ship. And my dad who died back in April of this year was also on the oar boats right out of high school until he was drafted. during the Korean War. Do have two photos of him in the engine room on the boat he worked on. I was in high school at the time (Willoughby South High School) went the Fitz went down.

Does any man know where the love of God goes when the waves turn minutes to hours?

The Fitzgerald is only one of several great lakes freighters that sunk in those years.

Paul; with 25 years US Naval service I can assure you there are few places on this planet as somber or soul touching as the Maritime Sailor's Cathedral.Thank You .

It's a Wonderfully sad story. Thanks

Spooky

Another interesting and informative video. Great job guys.

No “plastic Pizza” making machine? Lol

Aussie combat vet Forgetting about it having a pink submarine in it do you think that the procedures & lifestyle depicted in the movie Operation Petticoat were accurate?🇦🇺🇺🇸

Shout-out to the auto body shop. That thing looks nice!

19:05 Hartford wolfpack. Whalers depend.🎉🎉

Thanks for the history lesson. Look forward to the next one.

Why didn’t you at least show how small it worth! That’s a thumbs down.

yeah pineapples fruit is more common than yellow lemon fruit sir sometimes and in some area

Great episode!

Very interesting

Curious wher you ever in the Navy

Maybe you could use that againt the Chinese Carrier Lisoning and its two sister posied in the South China sea off the Phillpines 😮

Very informative Paul and thanks for the Cod stickers you sent many years ago with the Cod Patch I purchased Greatings from the Phillpines

High tech from ages past. Great job Paul.

Thanks!

Another great episode!

tagged for future reference

Thanks. That was interesting. I was aware of the Fido - but not the Mark 27 Mod 0. The thing was - that for a long time - no one talked about the US Homing Torpedoes - as I believe their existence was classified. .

Always sometimes?

Very informative, Paul. Cheers.

Thank you Paul, excellent video. I have seen training films for the air drop Fido, but I didn’t realize that was the heritage of the Cutie. It is great to learn some new history.

Cool video. One question: Was the "Target Submarine " manned ? I mean ... did you shoot a manned sub with a torpedo with no warhead ? Ok, no warhead , so no explosion but ... wasn't it still dangerous ? ( well, that would explain the balsa wood in the forward and after torpedo room ... )

Thanks again Paul and crew. Great job.