ARTHUR M ANDERSON departs Duluth with a load of taconite.
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@deanladue31515 жыл бұрын
The ship and it's crew were the last to ever see the Edmund Fitzgerald before Lake Superior claimed the Fitzgerald as hers.
@WilliTune5 жыл бұрын
Actually, it was the Otter Island lighthouse keeper, Bill Wougweleeuw. He watched them both go past.
@MultiCrusher25 жыл бұрын
that ship is longer than the town i live in
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
At least you probably don't get lost much.
@MilkyWay-nq1fk3 жыл бұрын
@@thomasdaniels6824 that was the most random and off topic question ever lmao
@mustangmike40783 жыл бұрын
@@MilkyWay-nq1fk I agree, inquiring about the political landscape is random as shit. Secondly, the moment I see political statements in the comments I'm usually out. Its really slippery slope. But yeah... what a bizarre out of context question. 🤔😒
@debbiemclaughlin34602 жыл бұрын
Lol
@c_idd2 жыл бұрын
The Fitzgerald was longer
@HoshizakiYoshimasa6 жыл бұрын
Never scrap this ship, US Steel! She's historic!
@huxleybuxley85735 жыл бұрын
yes used to ARM come through Flats in CLE
@justaboatnerd11105 жыл бұрын
死亡疤痕 You didn’t hear? She’s coming back!
@awildjared13965 жыл бұрын
US steel has changed its name to Great Lakes Fleet inc.
@justaboatnerd11105 жыл бұрын
Jared Axton Owned by Canadian National Railway and operated by Key Lakes inc. of the US
@awildjared13965 жыл бұрын
The ANDERSON is owned by Great lakes Fleet, it has the owner's name right underneath the vessel's name
@danielledykgraaf64835 жыл бұрын
I saw the Anderson enter Holland channel years back not knowing it went to look for the Fitz. These waves are just ripples compared to Nov. 1974.
@rdm51904 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was on that ride....
@cooljackster73904 жыл бұрын
November 1975 is when the Fitz sunk
@creammachine51606 жыл бұрын
That ol girl has seen some shit... Great lakes respect
@theshipnerd20285 жыл бұрын
Lol
@shasha-muse60544 жыл бұрын
Cream Machine ☆☆☆yes.....she really has!!!😔😔😔
@wyomingadventures4 жыл бұрын
@Tødd the withered Føx Don't think the Fitz sent any sos calls.
@wyomingadventures4 жыл бұрын
@Tødd the withered Føx the captain on the Fitz said my fence is down and I have a lisp. But we are holding our own. Last commutation from the Fitz.
@ImmortalSynn4 жыл бұрын
@Tødd the withered Føx The Fitzgerald famously never sent an SOS. In fact, its last transmission was to assure the Anderson that she was "holding our own."
@Hwyman225 жыл бұрын
The ole girl is ready for paint. Great lakes jewel. Keeper moving
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
She got her paint job and is still going strong
@SueMead5 жыл бұрын
I'm in New Zealand and learned what little I know of Lake Superior/Gitche Gumee is, as a thirteen year old, I heard Gordon Lightfoot's ballad, _The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_ . I am now nearly fifty-six years old, and I can relate that story to so many in my own country, different tragedies but men and women killed as of a result of making money for rich men who don't go out and put themselves in harms way. To see this massive maiden named Arthur M Anderson, still doing her job after all this time, is simply wonderful. The stories she and her many and varied crews could tell.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
It's interesting that all these years later they have not been forgotten. And the Arthur M Anderson sails on, reminding us of that night every time we see her.
@dannysinclair1028 Жыл бұрын
Gitche gumee comes from native Americans who call it big sea water
@michaelojeda83386 жыл бұрын
On that dark November day in 1975, the Witch of November made her choice as to which ship she would take to the bottom of Lake Superior. It was the big Fitz and her entire crew. Yet the Witch of November was kind enough to spare the Aurthur M. Anderson and William Clay Ford the same nightmarish fate.
@jamesspafford59855 жыл бұрын
Both of which had much better histories of maintenance. If you read the shipwreck reports, both the Coast Guard and the Lake Carriers Association acknowledge poor maintenance and leaking hatch covers a year before she sank...
@Kris-qy7hh5 жыл бұрын
Yup, the Ford was the sister ship to the Anderson. I never understood how only the Fitz went down and not the Anderson or even the Ford. The Anderson went through the same exact waves that later passed on to the Fitzgerald. It’s still good that we still have the pilothouse of the Ford still here.
@MikeInPlano5 жыл бұрын
@@Kris-qy7hh As Spafford points out, they didn't go down because they had been properly maintained, and didn't have several leaking hatch covers. Had the Fitzgerald been properly maintained, it would almost certainly have survived the storm.
@Kris-qy7hh5 жыл бұрын
MikeInPlano indeed.
@ImmortalSynn4 жыл бұрын
@@MikeInPlano Also, the Fitz's radar failed, and the maps aboard it had an inaccuracy concerning Caribou Island... where the Fitzgerald passed far too close to. A common theory suggests that she may have struck one of the shallow rock formations there near the bow, which would explain why her fence snapped. A breach of the hull would also explain why her pumps (14,000 gallons/min combined) couldn't keep her from taking on water; they were designed to handle a blown hatch or two, but not a breached hull.
@GTsAdventures5 жыл бұрын
Too many logistics to mention. I feel mariners are real life super heroes and deserve respect. Thank you for your devotion.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
Mariners have been doing it since the dawn of man. It takes a special breed.
@alcd63334 жыл бұрын
It is the most beautiful of the Great Lakes, but also the most temperamental. It claimed the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 and many other ships throughout history. Always give these amazing bodies of water the upmost respect.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@thomvogan33974 жыл бұрын
I never worked on these lake freighters so I'm not going to offer an opinion as to what happened on something I know nothing about. My father did though for CSL but he was a man of few words and never talked much about it. I remember as a kid how worried my mother was every time he would be on Superior during a storm. I do know it took a lot of guts to go back out into that raging sea.. Great ship, brave crew
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
I imagine everyone who has sailed the big lake has had some white knuckle moments
@dannysinclair1028 Жыл бұрын
I love how iron ore carriers of this design look so beautiful and powerful and majestic blessings from Martinsville Indiana
@alaricdogface Жыл бұрын
Yes I love the classic lakers. Greetings from Duluth Minnesota!
@mattygates15 жыл бұрын
She is a legend
@tjmctube3 жыл бұрын
Summer of 76 I sailed with US Steel as a deckhand. The other 2 deckhands were on the Anderson during that storm. They told me they all just sat in their quarters with lifejackets on waiting to die.
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
And then they went back out to search. That's the thing that really amazes me.
@thomasnikkola56004 жыл бұрын
The Anderson she rode out the waves that took down the Fitz. A true legend!
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Legendary ship, legendary crew
@Mister82242 жыл бұрын
The Fitzgerald had some damage to locking hatches prior to fateful trip that turned out to be a factor on her last voyage. The huge following seas caused by hurricane winds produced a set of 25 to 40 foot waves that caught the Fitz on a down cycle in the waves, & the extra weight caused by water coming in from compromised hatches was the difference. She was probably started on a downward trajectory & couldnt recover. Probably hit bottom & broke apart. The crew didn't know what hit them, still a terrible way to go.
@Fritzsche-ki6gv7 ай бұрын
Had the Anderson been in place of the Fitz, she wouldve survived, the hatch cover was the main problem.
@twisterman41843 жыл бұрын
Today is the 45th anniversary since that vicious storm sunk Arthur M Anderson's big sister Edmund Fitzgerald. The crew of the mighty Fitz did not go down without a fight. Rest in peace to the 29 men aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald you will not be forgotten. 🚢
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@the_bafoons Жыл бұрын
Amen rest in peace
@loricharpentier1654 Жыл бұрын
What a massive ship - so long and graceful. Hope they had a safe trip.❤
@alaricdogface Жыл бұрын
Yep! And they're back in port right now.
@dansweet24994 жыл бұрын
Saw this wonderful ship in 2001 such a memorable moment
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
She was here on Thursday and I was really happy to see her again.
@andrewbalcom74185 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful ship
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
The classic laker.
@drby07884 жыл бұрын
0:55 Still calling out for her long lost friend :(
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
😪
@stonecoldfan31674 жыл бұрын
Great lakes:YOUR GONNA FEEL MY WRATH!!! Arthur M Anderson: that's cute.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
😃
@BonnieDragonKat4 жыл бұрын
More like: Hold my beer
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
@@BonnieDragonKat Arthur's got this!
@stonecoldfan31674 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface WELL HELL YEAH !!
@stonecoldfan31674 жыл бұрын
@@jeffgraham436 sounds like your mom.🤣🤣🤣
@buckfan19695 жыл бұрын
Lived in Duluth in the mid 70's, and I learned to have a lot of respect for Ma Nature up there, because she's not kidding around!
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
She sure isn't!!
@johnstark47235 жыл бұрын
I lived there then too. Went to Grant Elementary and St Jeans
@shariys14 жыл бұрын
Hero ship ... glad she's recently returned to the lakes. ♥️
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@shariys14 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface - doing what she does best - taking no shit from the choppy seas.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
@@shariys1 Damn right!
@seadav01835 жыл бұрын
She may be an old girl, but she's absolutely beautiful
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
She will look really good when she sails again!
@seadav01835 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface I know we get so caught up in "this ship should be preserved" or "that ship should be preserved" but I truly hope Anderson is made into a museum once her sailing days are over
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
@@seadav0183 She should be good for at least another 5 years after this round of repairs are done. After that - who knows...
@seadav01835 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface Here's hoping they take care of her
@suedutra55984 жыл бұрын
She was launched in 1952. Still Looking good old girl.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Still going strong!
@rdm51904 жыл бұрын
Most Mariners say they'd rather weather a storm on the salt water oceans than a fall or winter gale on superior.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
I've heard that too. Can't survive in frigid water.
@sarasmith51105 жыл бұрын
That is a never ending ship.
@BonnieDragonKat5 жыл бұрын
Hello there old gal! Much love to you!!!!
@apriljohnson40984 жыл бұрын
IM FROM THE BEAUITFUL STATE OF MICHIGAN MY FATHER HAD A 20 FOOT TRIMARAN THAT HE BUILT HIMSELF I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED TO SAIL EACH AN EVERYONE OF THESE BEAUITFUL LAKES WITH MY FATHER SWAM IN 4/5 LAKE SUPERIOR IS JUST TO COLD FOR ME AND UNPREDICTABLE SHE IS YOU COULD BE IN AN AREA AND CALM AS CAN BE GO A MILE DIWN SHIRE AND SHE WOULD BE BLOWING WAVES OVER THE WALKOUT PEIR AND THE LITTLE BOATS TIED UP ON THE INLET WOULD JUST BE THRASHING AROUND I RESPECT EACH ONE OF THESE MAJASTIC BODIES OF WATER FOR YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT....BUT THEY HAVE GAVE ME AND MY FATHER BEAUITFUL MEMORIES THAT ARE IRREPLACEABLE...APRIL Hill
@toddc24797 жыл бұрын
i was sitting on belle isle and seen the Arthur Andersen go buy. Knowing the story, it was like i was seeing a ghost. couldn't believe it.
@1Ocqueoc5 жыл бұрын
Todd ... Arthur has had a lot of alterations since then ... including the addition of the unloading gear
@rebeccasabet28025 жыл бұрын
Saw her up by the Sault almost 30 years ago. Felt the same way
@johnhuddleston86473 жыл бұрын
I know. It has a very eerie feeling to it. It's actually like this ship knows a secret that is still, in many ways, a mystery to the rest of the world.
@dwlopez572 жыл бұрын
Does the Dossin Museum still have the bridge from the William Clay Ford? The other ship that searched for the Fitz that night.
@davidwadsworth89827 жыл бұрын
To all rookies this is the ship that was trailing the Edmund Fitzgerald, when the Fitz was lost. Light foots song is true.
@blackflagqwerty7 жыл бұрын
Wow, she's had a long life!!
@az126zad7 жыл бұрын
Remember this ships spend there whole lives in fresh water so they don't corrode nearly as quickly as an ocean going ship
@matthewfox31636 жыл бұрын
Gordon Lightfoot's song was full of inaccuracies. He just rewrote the lyrics because too many people complained more so the families and Sailors hall in Detroit.
@wendygoerl91626 жыл бұрын
She ain't the oldest. Wilfred Sykes (was also involved in the search for Fitz) launched in 1949, and St. Mary's Challenger gave up her engine at the age of 107--and she's STILL working the lakes (as a barge).
@wendygoerl91626 жыл бұрын
And changed what was probably the most accurate line in the song.
@28yogy4todd6 жыл бұрын
With a load of iron ore 26,000 tons more.........carry on oh great one, carry on.❤️
@tomasjewskistephane62025 жыл бұрын
you are right
@lucianene77416 жыл бұрын
I guess lake freighters last longer than seagoing ships because freshwater is less corrosive.
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
It sure makes a big difference.
@vernwallen42466 жыл бұрын
The average life of an ocean going ship is 25 to 30yrs,But they operate 24-7 year round except for 5 yr inspection.
@johnhuddleston86473 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. No barnacles or salt water to way down and corrode the keel of the ship.
@paxmule6 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC video - thank you for posting. It is amazing to see such a big boat, in such choppy surf, in such a narrow canal, with no tug-escorts. It would be really east to f-up, and hit the concrete embankments!
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
Sometimes boats will drop anchor and not come in when it is like this.
@mmbmbmbmb8 жыл бұрын
Mighty Lake Superior ... I bow to Thee with respect ... !
@brakie448206 жыл бұрын
I fear Lake Erie more.
@robertallen2316 жыл бұрын
..I fished Lake Erie in the late 60's w/my dad and uncle..caught a lot of lake perch (little guys) but didn't see much of any wave action back then..
@brakie448206 жыл бұрын
When a gale blows on Lake Erie the seas can build to 12-15 foot or she can "turn bottom side up" if the gale is a Nor' Easter. She's a nasty bitch that can turn on you in a heart beat and send you to the bottom. Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and that makes her dangerous.
@MrRobjs836 жыл бұрын
crazy to think that Erie can be more dangerous than Superior being how much smaller and that its the most shallow great lake, not saying it isn't possible, just hard to believe.
@b3j85 жыл бұрын
Yeah, mighty COLD Lake Superior!
@garethifan10345 жыл бұрын
Goodness..this looks more like the North sea or North Atlantic between the Uk and Iceland than any lake i've ever seen. Watching from Wales, Uk. Liked.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
It's a big lake but nothing close to the waters you mention. 🌊🌊🌊
@hansikatz5 жыл бұрын
Not a lake really, as most people envision. It's a freshwater sea.
@garethifan10345 жыл бұрын
@@hansikatz No one has ever called it/them that though. They are always referred to as lakes, even though they may have some of the characteristics of an inland sea.
@hansikatz5 жыл бұрын
@@garethifan1034 Actually they were often referred in the media as the Inland Seas often in the 19th and early 20th centuries. I have an old magazine somewhere which was titled Inland Seas. With seas up to near 10 meters and a (very small) tidal effect, lakes just doesn't do them justice.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
@@hansikatz a big ditch dug by glaciers
@jacobschweitzer10686 жыл бұрын
Amazing she is still in service despite being decades old
@paulsmallriver60666 жыл бұрын
so odd to call Arthur a she. :)
@wendygoerl91626 жыл бұрын
No odder than Edmund, or Paul, or William, or Roger.
@marshja566 жыл бұрын
Freshwater instead of saltwater helps extend their lives.
@mikecastellon45455 жыл бұрын
jacob schweitzer 67 yrs on the lakes...entered service 1952
@shariys14 жыл бұрын
@@wendygoerl9162 - but then there's Lee and Kaye.
@elizabethridenbaugh77313 жыл бұрын
Glad to see the ship is still running
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
She sat for over two years but they finally spent the money to get her back in service. Hopefully she has many good years left!
@elizabethridenbaugh77313 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface good it's amazing that they fixed it up it an important part of Lake history
@robertmiller64672 жыл бұрын
Do long distance charges apply when calling from the bridge to the stern quarters?
@bobbillings6 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the Anderson come into Indiana Harbor a lot along with the Wilfred Sykes, bringing ore and limestone for former Inland Steel in the mid 2000s since I work there. I don't work by the docks anymore since I transferred to the BOF So I don't get a chance to see what vessels come into the harbor anymore. Think I'll take my camera and make a point to go there
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
Yes - please do! I look forward to seeing what you see!
@johntabler349 Жыл бұрын
She's been through worse! Thanks for sharing this
@alaricdogface Жыл бұрын
She's been through much worse. Hopefully she'll be crossing Lake Superior for many years to come!
@richardjohnson29654 жыл бұрын
My dad was a Great Lakes sailor when I was a kid... I 've spent a lot of time on the North Shore & in Duluth. I live in the Southwest now..but I miss that lake & love those boats.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Freeze warnings tonight so the southwest sounds good right about now 😬
@johnoneill5661 Жыл бұрын
What the crews of the Anderson and the William Clay Ford did on that November night in 1975 was beyond heroic, they were safe but they risked their lives and their ships to try and find their fellow sailors and bring them back to safety. The William Clay Ford was scrapped,hopefully they will preserve the Anderson when her hauling days are done. I know that there are much bigger and newer boats on the Great Lakes but this is the one I would want to see most of all if I had the chance to visit the lakes.
@alaricdogface Жыл бұрын
I feel lucky every time I see the Anderson. Long may she sail!
@calvacoca2 жыл бұрын
Always a lot of emotion seeing those big cargo ships leaving the harbors. Slowly, but inexorably, it seems like nothing can stop them. And each time the trip is an adventure. Inside the great lakes, they are kind of captive, but when you see them leaving sea harbors, you can imagine them going to a very a distant destination, maybe on the other side of the planet. I love that :)
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting when I see a salty leave Duluth and I see it on another KZbin channel in Japan or Europe or South America etc.
@funnelvortex7722 Жыл бұрын
Thankfully the canals make oceanic transit possible then, right?
@fenrislegacy2 жыл бұрын
The Mighty Anderson, master of the Great Lakes.
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
Long may she sail! 🔊 🔉 🔉
@stevewittmer90733 жыл бұрын
What a mighty vessel!
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
She's a legend!
@darthtrudeau49074 жыл бұрын
The last ship to see the Edmund Fitzgerald afloat
@jimburnsjr.6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video thanks much.
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
@mikegass22726 жыл бұрын
Wrath? Those were ground swells 5ftmax. Nov 10th 1975 there was 12 ft of water on the cargo deck. That my friend is wrath!
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
True, the wind let up a little when she went out that day and then picked back up. It got pretty bad.
@garethifan10345 жыл бұрын
@Joe B Darn it..that made me pucker up just reading that tale
@hansikatz5 жыл бұрын
@Joe B I sailed merchant marine on ocean for 20 years including the Bering and North Atlantic. I moved to the Great Lakes and sailed for another 20 years. If you have never sailed winter on the Lakes then you would be in for a surprise. It gets pretty unpleasant. No bathtub. I know seas get higher in the Bering - I spent 6 years working there, but a 20 to 30 foot sea on Lake Superior is very similar to the same size sea on the Bering - close together and steep.
@hansikatz5 жыл бұрын
@Joe B The worst weather that I went through was North Atlantic south of Newfoundland - 50 to 60 foot seas....and I was on a 210' anchor handling vessel. Really thought that we were dead. Ironically, one of the rigs that we had been working around, the Ocean Ranger, capsized the following year with the loss of the entire crew.
@stewartwalker39645 жыл бұрын
hansikatz Erie can be nasty... too shallow, I remember hitting bottom in the trough of each wave... very disconcerting. The worst I was in was down bound from Thunder Bay in December on the old Ralph Misener.
@Kaidhicksii4 жыл бұрын
So he's still around, huh? In recent times I've become more and more fascinated by the Fitzgerald's tragic tale. This ship and its crew at that time were next level lucky. Respect to both groups and both vessels: may the Anderson carry Big Fitz's legend forever more.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Tool 3 years off but now the Anderson is back in service - for a long time we hope!
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
*took
@Michiganrailfanner23 Жыл бұрын
*she’s*
@johnford55684 жыл бұрын
She went through the same possible rogue wave that buried Fitzgerald, but she popped back up. But she was not overweight, not under maintained, and not shaky at the keel joint, and not piloted by a 'rough weather' captain. In fact, if she was by herself that day in 1975, cooper would have hugged the coast or even put her in a cove but he was following the wild one. (opinion based on youtube videos, I wasn't there)
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of interesting opinions and speculation about that night and we may never know the truth, but we will never forget.
@RojoFern7 жыл бұрын
Avenge the Fitz!!! Remember that night Anderson, remember it.
@colleenross87524 жыл бұрын
Peace to the 29 ⛴
@Kevin_7474 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy all your videos. I had a career in flying but being a Mariner wasn't far from my mind. I love all the interesting history on these lakers.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
The history is fascinating. I'm always finding things I didn't know.
@TheBattleMaster1002 жыл бұрын
You could tell the lake doesn't even want you to take video. Truly a sobering reminder.
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
Another day of getting splashed by Lake Superior at the pier 🌊🤷♂️🌊
@user-ti9sd3lo2i Жыл бұрын
I just love the great lakes ships!!! Vicious lakes when they want to be. There's something like 6000 ships sunk all over the bottom and god knows how many souls lost their lifes.
@alaricdogface Жыл бұрын
And when they survive the gales of November they still have to deal with the snow and ice and cold of winter. ❄❄❄
@silversliver15925 жыл бұрын
Respect...
@lynlewis86062 жыл бұрын
I hope I get to see this ship someday
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
I feel very lucky to have seen her so many times. ☘☘☘
@phillipgarrow22974 жыл бұрын
My favorite ship she still looks good for her age
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Still going strong after all these years
@larryborkstrom35804 жыл бұрын
If the ship could talk it tell some stories plus that be one cool job to have
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Definitely a cool job!
@dentzer81ify2 жыл бұрын
She was right there with the Emond Fitzgerald
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
Yep, and she went back out to search.
@russgrunert47302 жыл бұрын
Inthe 80s I worked as night guard at a building on the Milwaukee mooring basin, when US Steel owned her she laid up there along with her sisters Calloway and Clarke Blough Gott and Speer
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
I wonder who will buy the fleet, now that CN announced plans to sell it off. Then they will have to find a new place to layup.
@rjgoniea4 жыл бұрын
I got to see her up close a few years ago when she was at the limestone quarry just outside of Rogers City. My family was on a fossil hunting excursion at the quarry and I was so pleasantly surprised to see it there. I may have been one of the few in our large group that knew about her history. I've been reading the comments and I'm sorry to read she may never be a working ship again. Hopefully her owners will manage to get her sailing the lakes again.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
They did! She is sailing now and has returned here a couple times already.
@moparmadman25444 жыл бұрын
The Anderson and the Fitz. Seeing one always makes me think of the other. Can't help but think if the Fitz would still be sailing today if it wasn't for that November nite.....
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Most definitely, although she may have picked up a self unloading boom along the way.
@twolak19723 жыл бұрын
It would be in a museum If arrogant McSorely had the respect for Superior he should have had that night. All day in port he was getting severe storm maritime updates and should have known better. He cost the company its cash cow and more importantly 28 other men their lives.Did,nt have to happen.
@jamesvw7692 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface That may not be true. The Fitz sister ship Homer was scrapped because of her hull design, a design shared with the Fits. There were serious issues with the hull forming gaps from the keel. I think its part of the reason she floundered that night.
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesvw769 they were going to reinforce the hull that winter. In fact the plates are still sitting at Fraser Shipyard in Superior. Whether that would have been enough to overcome the design flaws I don't know.
@billr22205 жыл бұрын
ARTHUR M ANDERSON. I remember reading about ship. Both were in the same vicious storm one night in 1975 on Lake Superior just miles away from Edmund Fitzgerald. The Anderson survived the storm Fitzgerald didn't.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
Yes, the Anderson was the last ship in radio contact with the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@fallguye60117 жыл бұрын
Given the history of this ship, it'd take a storm nastier than the 11-10-75 for the Anderson to have trouble. I'd imagine there's also a legendary captain watching over her, too, and the spirit of Cooper will remain in command.
@MickeyYahoo7 жыл бұрын
You would think that the Edmund Fitz could withstand a nastier storm than 11-10-75, too. And you might think that I bucket like I was on, the Georg Goebels, would sink in a storm like that. But we didn't.
@fallguye60116 жыл бұрын
MickeyYahoo When you're running a ship maybe 75-80% against the conditions the night the Fitz sank, they had no chance. They ran that ship ragged and it wasn't fully repaired.
@rosemaryangela18256 жыл бұрын
fallguye6011 - I agree. I wonder if it’s haunted.
@rosemaryangela18256 жыл бұрын
fallguye6011 - I agree. I think greed sunk the Fitz. Large cash bonuses were given to Officers at the end of the season & McSorley wanted his big time. I hold him & O.N. responsible. They “hid” the Homer until they could scrap it in 1986. Clever.
@wendygoerl91626 жыл бұрын
"They"? Bethlehem made the mistake of lengthening the Homer, which aggravated the problem. They tried to sell her, but it was the big 80's downturn and nobody wanted to waste money on her. Note the Jackson is still going.
@RFKFANTS676 жыл бұрын
In her own right a tribute the the "Big Fitz" and her eye's {radar} on that terrible night long ago.
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
Very true.
@RFKFANTS676 жыл бұрын
Thank You Merry Christmas ! "from Southern Ont Canada"
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas and thanks for watching!
@metheult2 жыл бұрын
You gotta love the fact that whilst mother nature usually wins. It's great to see when we fight back and say........have some of this
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully Mother Nature doesn't hold s grudge 🤞
@25mfd4 жыл бұрын
bernie cooper is smiling
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
He is probably watching over them
@spinlok3943 Жыл бұрын
If/when this ship retires it should totally be turned into a floating museum.
@alaricdogface Жыл бұрын
I'd be happy to let them park her right near my house!
@danbasta36775 жыл бұрын
And to think this ship was on Lake Superior the same very night the Big Fitz was lost. This ship got hammered as well, and, yet, it survived. Those Grest Lakes storms, when they crop up, are nothin to mess around with, they are dangerous.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
They also went back out in that storm to search for possible survivors.
@danbasta36775 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface Yes, along with the William Clay Ford. Even though her ship's master was at first reluctant to go, when down to his cabin and reconsidered his decision and pulled anchor and set sail back into the dangerous storm waters in search of survivors of the Big Fitz.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
@@danbasta3677 Enormous courage.
@tomwolak33625 жыл бұрын
If the anderson had lost her radar like the fitz she too woulda went down.Mc sorely was sailing blind in 96 mph winds and 50 ft waves and the Anderson could have easily followrd the fitz down had she shoaled like the fitz did.
@danbasta36772 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface Sure Was! Those guys do deserve a metal for what they were about to face and what was shead of.
@mitzvahgolem83666 жыл бұрын
nice to see she still is in service. No salt water corrosion as by me on Long Island.
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately she has some major engine issues and has sat for over a year. Hopefully they will repair her.
@sbc3885505 жыл бұрын
But like all things mechanical metal fatigue is probably at, or near, the top of the list.
@neillee58355 жыл бұрын
Right now sitting in dry dock in superior wi getting ready for service
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
It will be good to see her sail again.
@u.p.woodtick32964 жыл бұрын
The map of the lake bottom had miss placed a shoal by a mile and the Fitz bottom hit it, the map was corrected since then.
@jamesschilling74345 жыл бұрын
Love this ship.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
It's good to have her back!
@timothyspearman93476 жыл бұрын
She's been through worse.
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
true
@jasonjackson11004 жыл бұрын
Its the ONE that survived !!
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
And went back out in the storm to search for survivors
@crooked-halo6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the Anderson is the second most famous Great Lakes ship? The first being at Superior's bottom.
@2002etc6 жыл бұрын
it might be since it was sailing with the fitzgerald
@shariys14 жыл бұрын
I'd say so ...
@Donna.V3 жыл бұрын
I love the Anderson. Captain Cooper remains my all-time favorite hero. But people tend to forget that there were two ships that returned to the fury of the storm that night, to search for survivors. Captain Don Erickson and the William Clay Ford, with a willing crew, went out with the Anderson. Captain Erickson didn't want to go, any more than Captain Cooper did, but they went. There were something like 15 ships in harbor that night, and only these two agreed to search. Others joined later, but only the Anderson and the Ford returned to the worst of it. Brave Captains and crews. Both of them. Legendary ships. Both of them. The Ford's contribution shouldn't be overlooked.
@randomstuffbychris2 жыл бұрын
She's braved it before and she'll brave again and again
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
Yes she will 🔊🔉🔉
@watcher69354 жыл бұрын
If look at this footage and the size of this thing and think of the Fitzgerald. That had to one hell of a storm to take her down that fast.
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Terrible storm.
@godzilla65283 жыл бұрын
if ships could talk imagine the stories they would tell
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
Especially the Anderson
@godzilla65283 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface definitely
@daveth1218645 жыл бұрын
Five-footers and they haven't even left the harbor yet. Hang on boys.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
It got pretty rough that day.
@rhymeandreasoning5 жыл бұрын
Damn looks just like the Edmond Fitzgerald pretty much. Never seen this before. Damn amazing. One can almost imagine the Edmond coming back to life.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
The classic laker design
@davidmello18745 жыл бұрын
looks nothing like the Fitz, i worked on the Arther B. Homer, sister ship of the Fitz, the Homer was dry-docked and was cut in half and 90 feet were added to her hull, after the Fitz sank, to me, that makes her more vulnerable to break in half. but Anderson looks nothing like the Fitz
@tomwolak33625 жыл бұрын
Not really.Different hull design.Similiar but not the same.
@qrptedmac3 жыл бұрын
Man that water even looks cold.
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
And the ice hasn't even formed yet 😱
@robertbowman34065 жыл бұрын
I bet that water is super ice cold.
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
Nah, it's probably over 40 degrees F
@sarasmith51105 жыл бұрын
Superior is so cold that people in the town used to have summer homes three blocks over on the lake. The cold air from the lake made natural air conditioning. It is called the lake effect. I am just an interested Georgia resident here, I have seen Lake Michigan and was fascinated. I am planning to visit Lake Superior. We have big cargo vessels come by here in Savannah, but if the vessel sank the crew would just swim ashore and get a frozen drink. You sink up there you die.
@jmac50584 жыл бұрын
@@sarasmith5110 Thats why they say Superior never gives up its dead , the water is too cold for microbes to to grow and make a body float to the surface . When you sink there you stay sunk .
@sarasmith51104 жыл бұрын
@@jmac5058 I did not know that, how fascinating. I went out on a narrow dock on a bay on Lake Michigan. I realized the support posts were telephone poles and I was at the top of one looking down at the water. That is how deep it was. There were one or two big boats still moored. This was October. i got the worst panic attack and almost could not come back in, the dock was shifting and swaying with the boats and it had no handrails. I was scared to death over that little thing, but I did make it back. I do not know if I would have the nerve to get out on a boat on any of the great lakes.
@dansmolen16184 жыл бұрын
Robert, Temperature average from spring to end of winter is 44 degrees. Jump on in,the water is fine!
@lindebr6 жыл бұрын
Looks like it’s desperately in need of a new paint job. Grand old lady.
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
Needs more than that - didn't sail at all last year.
@TheKilroyman6 жыл бұрын
I hope she's ready for the 2018 season. I wish the Edward L. Ryerson would get placed back into service too.
@northstarstatepolitics16526 жыл бұрын
+TheKilroyman she won't be in service in 2018. She's in well im sad to say Permanet layup now 5,000,000 dollars in damage done to her hull and the munson got repowered to diesel so i don't think she will be in service until they get enough money to repair her. :-(
@TheKilroyman6 жыл бұрын
Oh goodness no. :'( I hope this won't mean the end for her.
@northstarstatepolitics16526 жыл бұрын
Sad to say it might be the end of her glory days or even sailing. And also the ryerson is laid up because she can't self unload so theres no reason to bring her out unless iron ore prices sky rocket. So it may be the end of the ryerson and anderson :'(
@sugaredrat37476 жыл бұрын
The Anderson survived the storm because of her well built/designed body the fitz was all around terably designed
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
The Fitz was going to get her hull reinforced that winter. The plates are still sitting at Fraser Shipyard in Superior waiting for her.
@Waterman-wv2jx5 жыл бұрын
Damn. That is a mouthful of truth.
@gregolsen10995 жыл бұрын
Hey man- guys have been found in trunks of cars for that kinda jaw-jackin’ I’d take it back if I were you. Just sayin’
@tomwolak33625 жыл бұрын
Not terrible just flawed.Had she not been pushed and abused so hard she coulda been still afloat but major repairs were pushed back and jury rigged to keep her running and making the greedy owners rich.Damn shame cuz she deserves a spot in the smithosonian not on the bottom of lake superior with her faithful crew.
@tomwolak33625 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface Yeah but her maintaince kept getting pushed off .When the engineers protested they were either warned to shut up or removed.BULLSHIT.
@cooperautobot21653 жыл бұрын
Its sad , she calls out “Fitz!” Wandering where her sis is later knowing that sad truth.......
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
They turned around and went back out in that storm trying to find her
@cooperautobot21653 жыл бұрын
The voice of the Anderson calling out to the fitz....
@LakeFreightersBoats3 жыл бұрын
Love From Lake Freighters
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
Hello! Nice channel! ⚓😁⚓
@moviecars87925 жыл бұрын
It kinda sucks that we will never see the Fitzgerald wearing the paint job like how the anderson, clarke, and callaway have
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
Yeah it does.
@shariys14 жыл бұрын
Anyone got Photoshop??
@jamesvw7692 жыл бұрын
Fitz was owned and operated by a different company so even if she was still around she would never have the red gray and black of the Anderson.
@mitchellrathbun69152 жыл бұрын
The RMS Olympic of the Great Lakes.
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
She tried to be like the Carpathia but there were no survivors.
@ronyantz73495 жыл бұрын
I do hope that Anderson and Ryerson are made into museum ships. My idea would be to cut there bow sections off after 4th hatch cover and land lock bow sections turn them in too great lake shipping museum. then scrap the aft sections of the ships. I would love to see such a museum in my city of Buffalo ny. Such a museum complex would go nice right next too naval museum already there with the navy destroyer and cruiser there already.
@danbasta36775 жыл бұрын
That's what they did to the William Clay Ford. Her btidge over looks one of the Great Lakes. The William Clay Ford was one of the ships involved in rescue maneuvers when the Big Fitz went down.
@hansikatz5 жыл бұрын
I would hope that the Ryerson would be saved intact, she is the most beautiful of the Lakers.
@terimiller18133 жыл бұрын
No cutting in half. These ships deserve to be preserved in one piece and floating, especially the Anderson.
@timallbritton37165 жыл бұрын
Does the lake levels fluctuate much up and down in the Great Lakes?
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
They go up with the spring melt and then come back down over the summer. Levels rose almost 2 feet over the course of the last decade though, returning the lakes to their 1970s and 80s levels.
@boogleben15 жыл бұрын
Quality camerawork.
@generationll4 жыл бұрын
Saw the AA pull Two Harbors this afternoon
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
Heading for the Soo now...
@davidwadsworth89823 жыл бұрын
I worked on the lakes early 1070's, and 80/81. The maritime Museum of the Great lakes should get a retired bulk freighter, get state ,federal ,and industry money, and turn it into a floating ,moving museum, and take the public out fir trips,over night of course so people could get a taste of what it is like out there.Get retired Captains,mates,able's,cooks and let us volunteer as the crew. I would do it for a month.Let folks see the whols picture,feel it, see how all the equipment works,how we live work pas time.Maybe hit a crew bar someplace.
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
That would be pretty awesome. I'll be waiting at the crew bar!
@davidwadsworth89823 жыл бұрын
@@alaricdogface There is a retired freighter st the museum, but it does not take to sea.
@alaricdogface3 жыл бұрын
@@davidwadsworth8982 in Duluth we have retired freighter William A Irvin but it no longer sails. It was taken by tugboats across the harbor to Fraser Shipyard for hull repairs last year though.
@julies1ify4 жыл бұрын
No wrath in this video, that was just foreplay for Ms. Superior
@alaricdogface4 жыл бұрын
It was rough out on the lake that day but the Anderson cut right through.
@jamesvw7692 жыл бұрын
This is hardly the wrath of Lake Supieior this is a walk in the park to the Anderson.
@alaricdogface2 жыл бұрын
It was gale force winds on the lake that day. Whenever I get splashed by the lake it is wrath.
@jdtractorman74456 жыл бұрын
This ship did not sail this past year. Is it getting hull work done to it, does anyone know?
@alaricdogface6 жыл бұрын
She has been laid up in Duluth since January of 2017 awaiting repairs.
@northstarstatepolitics16526 жыл бұрын
+alaricdogface i heard she is in permanet layup. She probably wont be repaired because they just converted a ship to diesel ( John G.Munson) if GLF gets enough money then they might repair her or this could mean the breakers yard
@shariys14 жыл бұрын
As of 2019, she's back out.🎉🎈🎆🍾
@alaricdogface5 жыл бұрын
The winds calmed down as they went through the channel (out of respect I imagine) but it was a rough day on the lake.
@tysonvilcans2765 Жыл бұрын
The title of this video works great as a movie title. The Anderson and the Wrath of Superior