Edmund Fitzgerald lost 11/10/75 Gone but never forgotten 46th Anniversary 

On November 10th the Edmund Fitzgerald loaded down with iron ore left Superior Wisconsin for Gus island Detroit Mi. Sadly Edmund Fitzgerald would never make it there. it sank with all 29 hands 15 miles outside of white fish bay. No Survivors where ever found. The ship the Arthur M Anderson was the last ship to communicate with the Fitzgerald and searched for her after it ( disappeared ) off the radar.

Song “wreak of the Edmund Fitzgerald “ is by Gordon Lightfoot
Pictures are off of google
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[@sonicboom2723]

Seen EF in 1974 coming through the soo locks . Couldn't believe my ears when I heard that it sunk . Must have been the weight of that iron ore that factored in under heavy seas . Must have been a helluv a storm.

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

That cool you seen her it was long before I was born lol

[@sonicboom2723]

@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 , ya , it was a sight to see and I'll never forget it .Used to spend my summers up in the U P vacationing on lake superior. Used to find glass that was polished smooth by the waves and rocks . I'll never forget how cold the water was . People are always amazed that I got the chance to see the Fitz , I have pics of him .

[@rudycarlson8245]

To this day we still don’t know why it sank in that storm!

[@badasshiker9637]

There's a great read called "The Gales of November". While only about 10% of it is fact, the author hypothesizes as to why she sunk. He used Board of Inquiry papers, past records, ship's logs from the Arthur M Anderson, and thousands of hours of interviews with family and friends of the crew and previous sailors. He concluded that the Fitz sailed too close to Six Fathom Shoals on Caribou Island. In the tremendous storm it was sailing in, a rouge wave slammed the ship and caused it to bottom on the shoals ripping a hole in the bottom. It subsequently took on more water than the pumps could handle and later another huge wave drove it down to the point it could not recover and went down before the crew could get off a mayday.

[@sonicboom2723]

@@badasshiker9637 , hey that's pretty cool I will check it out. My dad drove a semi back in them days and he hauled steel and I spent some time with him going to the shipyards and iron ore was mostly what these ships where hauling and back then on a ship it was hard determining your weight and iron ore packs really tight and it's very easy to overload a ship causing it to sink if taking on water . Yeah Edmund was overloaded with ore and that was one hell of a storm because I remember it that sank him . What a beautiful ship it was , especially after seeing it .

[@tomsnyder6955]

Gordon Lightfoot did an amazing job with this song. Remembering the Crew on the Edmund Fitzgerald 👍

[@janetpitts7302]

Wow, hearing this song and seeing the Fitzgerald brought alot of goose bumps and watery eyes! RIP Edmund Fitzgerald!! Thank you!

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Glad you like it !

[@benjaminholmertz4827]

Now soon to be 47 years. Favorite song from Lightfoot's. I went to see him back in September and he's soon to be 84 and still going strong. Remarkable to see that he's still able to perform.

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Yes I plan to do another tribute this weekend with another Edmund Fitzgerald song that isn’t as popular

[@benjaminholmertz4827]

@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 Interesting

[@abrahammorrison6374]

I have an $20 Canadian Edmund Fitzgerald coin in my private coin.

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

@@abrahammorrison6374 neat !

[@benjaminholmertz4827]

@@abrahammorrison6374 Nice!

[@floopyc1428]

I've listening to this song since the day it was released, 47 years later, March 2023, I'm still glued to it.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

This life story set to music. Puts you right in the wheelhouse. Respect for the dead this song is.

[@kingbee48185]

Now that I actually watched the video, the song plays and there is no commentary. This tragedy always held my interest because they never definitely solved it and I worked as a tug deckhand and my father spent his life on the great lakes or at sea. Working for a commercial fisherman as a child to being a deep sea salvage diver for the 315th corp of army engineers in the 50s to being a tug deckhand and for Dunbar and Sullivan dredge and dock and other companies.. The last report was that a side scan sonar revealed the spar deck had caved in. Then supposedly the Canadian government stepped in and made it illegal to ping sonar waves off the wreck to get images. I saw a photo of what was reportedly the body of one of the crew. It is mostly skeletal if authentic, no way to tell who it was, what is done is done, nothing can bring those brave 29 or so souls back. If my father had been on that ship, I would want them to find out what caused her to go down (pretty sure it broke apart from bad design/rotten keel/bad maintenance and abuse) because if it could save one life by preventing anything like this from happening again, it is a small sacrifice and the good to be gained outweigh the bad. But the family and surviving loved ones wishes must be honored so the mystery will never be definitely solved. So I remember that November day in 1975 well. My dad had gotten my sister and I up for school and had this AM radio on top of the refrigerator that he turned on every morning to hear the news. He solemnly told me, like I really knew as a kid in the 5th grade, and said "the Fitz went down". Mind you he worked as a tug deckhand and had probably towed that ship or crossed its path many times before. He lived about 3/4 of a mile from McClouth steel and the Detroit River and we could hear the sounds about the big ships passing each other on the Detroit River, So much so that he could tell them apart by the sounds of their horns.That was the Cimcoe passing (this or that boat).

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Very nice story

[@jamieryall8341]

Great video, for sure. The song is already a classic thanks to it's haunting words & instrumentals.

[@TOTALCAMARO]

I had a cousin working on the Anderson that night. I won’t forget him or the Fitzgerald. My cousin passed away from cancer. 😢

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Sorry to hear, that is very cool though that you are close to someone that was on the Anderson that night !

[@TOTALCAMARO]

@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 thank you 😊

[@lgempet2869]

Wow…..SO sorry for your loss. I’ll bet he was able to relate so many incredible experiences aboard the Anderson. One of my goals is to see the Anderson pass through the Duluth Lift Bridge or Two Harbors so I could pay respects to all of the brave crew in my own way- though I know that now many of them are retired etc.😊

[@tjvanderloop1686]

The story is a ballad of "Lake Superior" as a Native American Waterway used for all Time as a Natural Gift...God Bless Gordon Lightfoot for this Song. T J Vanderloop

[@tylerbuckley4661]

Rest in peace crew of the mighty Fitz and to their new member Gordon Lightfoot you are missed and your bell still haunts me i first seen you fitz when i was five years old when i heard about your sinking i was in tears this was two months before you went down in that storm i was in love with your size ole fitz you and your crew are missed by my family

[@Catmom2023Sciencenerd]

Step grandpa served on that. I interviewed him for a school project when I was home schooled.

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Wow very cool !

[@paulwest1202]

I thought i would add something. Tonight i was listen to American Top 40 from Nov 9, 1985. They play this song every year as s memorial to the ship. They also mention that two other ships sunk on Nov 11 in 1913 and 1930 on same lake. They all three sunk on same day of the week. Happy Veterans day Everyone and remember.

[@Punnybone55]

where did you find the audio from AT40 11/9/85?

[@theolamicronation]

Let the mighty fitz rest with her crewmen 😞😢

[@tomsnyder6955]

This was such a tragedy on 11/10/1975

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Yes it was

[@flyship]

Great Video !!!

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Thank you !

[@nealfry2230]

" I should have become a Longshoreman." " The Oil Embargo of 1973."

[@nealfry2230]

During my 34 years of service at my Beloved Ford Motor Company's Rouge Complex During the Oil Embarcadero I only had about one year at Ford's. All of my Bosses including our Plant Manager wrote a letter to Ford Motor Company's Headquarters for my Future of Retirement with two Pensions. Looking back, my Beloved Mom & Dad's Lives was much more meaningful as I was my Precious Parents only Caregiver. " Just as Honest as Jesus Christ, " I'm Neal Patrick Fry from The Ford Motor Company's Rouge Complex.

[@nealfry2230]

" The 1973 Oil Embargo."

[@nealfry2230]

" Iron Boat, Iron Men "

[@NemesisDawn]

*RIP* *10 NOVEMBER 1975* ----------------------------------- 1 *Ernest McSorley* - _Captain born in 1912._ 2 *John McCarthy* - _First mate born in 1913._ 3 *James Pratt* - _Second mate born in 1931._ 4 *Michael Armagost* - _Third mate born in 1938._ 5 *David Weiss* - _Cadet born in 1953._ 6 *Ransom Cundy* - _Watchman born in 1922._ 7 *Karl Peckol* - _Watchman born in 1955._ 8 *William Spengler* - _Watchman born in 1916._ 9 *John Simmons* - _Senior wheelman born in 1913._ 10 *Eugene O’Brien* - _Wheelman born in 1925._ 11 *John Poviach* - _Wheelman born in 1916._ 12 *Paul Riippa* - _Deckhand born in 1953._ 13 *Mark Thomas* - _Deckhand born in 1954._ 14 *Bruce Hudson* - _Deckhand born in 1953._ 15 *George Holl* - _Chief engineer born in 1915._ 16 *Edward Bindon* - _First assistant engineer born in 1928._ 17 *Thomas Edwards* - _Second assistant engineer born in 1925._ 18 *Russell Haskell* - _Second assistant engineer born in 1935._ 19 *Oliver Champeau* - _Third assistant engineer born in 1934._ 20 *Ralph Walton* - _Oiler born in 1917._ 21 *Blaine Wilhelm* - _Oiler born in 1923._ 22 *Thomas Bentsen* - _Oiler born in 1952._ 23 *Gordon MacLellan* - _Wiper born in 1945._ 24 *Robert Rafferty* - Steward born in 1913. 25 *Allen Kalmon* - _Second steward born in 1932._ 26 *Joseph Mazes* - _Special maintenance man born in 1916._ 27 *Thomas Borgeson* - _Maintenance man born in 1934._ 28 *Frederick Beetcher* - _Porter born in 1919._ 29 *Nolan Church* - _Porter born in 1920._

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Thank you taking the time to do that !

[@donnachapman3875]

Nice video! Thanks

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Thank you !

[@randomuser9883]

When your happy you think it is a nice song When your sad you understand the lyrics…

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

True….

[@jerrykinnin7941]

I must be sad then. Nothing cheery about this solum song.

[@robertrichard6107]

The Fitz S.O.S. was heard round the world. Radioman reached out' Southern Hemisphere QM'ng night of 10th; sun was in high sunspot cycle, voice communications were garbled running amplifier barefoot but readable at times.

[@daviddunsmore103]

Wait a second, I'd always heard that the last words from the ship were, "We're holding our own", but that she went down so quickly that there never was any distress call. Do you have a source for your information? 🤔

[@johnhurd6243]

@@daviddunsmore103 I think he is talking about the USS FITZGERALD. The Naval Destroyer.

[@randomuser9883]

@@johnhurd6243 you called me a idiot so you’re probably a mad kid

[@brianstabile165]

@@randomuser9883 well you are a hipster sooo

[@johnhurd6243]

@@randomuser9883 hey Effin Idiot... why are you involved in this conversation. Crawl back under what ever rock you came from

[@dominicsanchez6412]

Nice video

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Thank you !

[@emilleyanderson1909]

gone but not forgotten

[@TeamDaenzer]

a true legend

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

She sure was

[@jamesvw769]

Thanks bro love these videos.

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

@@jamesvw769 your welcome !

[@roserea3156]

This makes me sad for the families that remain.

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Song is 6 minutes 40 seconds. Video is too short.

[@Slimjim260]

She plowed fully loaded, with the water line just below the anchor port!!

[@everythinglakefreighters47]

3:14 this kid was witnessing what would be Great Lakes history.

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Yes he was.

[@kingbee48185]

Nice documentary, but that song by Gordon Lightfoot, the first thing I hear. I love Gordon Lightfoot and his song gave the whole tragedy notoriety but sometimes that song gets melodramatic. That being said.....it will always be remembered because to this day nobody knows exactly what caused it. People are curious by nature, and problem solvers will take a shot, but to date there is no consensus. Some insist it was shoaling, the 2 monster waves, hatch clamps, etc. We have various clues, like she broke apart on the surface and was not seaworthy that year and the keel never fit and had to be bandaged up and a few other facts but after since that business guy from Mt Morris had to blab his mouth about discovering the remains of a crew man outside the hull, the surviving loved ones were traumatized and all further expeditions were halted. yes, maybe he was required by law, but I am quite convinced other expeditions saw that corpse nd perhaps others but chose to remain silent about it because once a body is all these people want to get a feather in their cap and reporting that would guarantee that all further diving would be closed off and so any definitive cause would never be determined. When someone used a side scanning sonar recently the pip squeak Canadian government threatened a 1 million dollar fine and criminal charges so they are technically forbidden from even pinging sonar signals off the wreck. Beyond ridiculous. The legend lives on because there is no closure.

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Thank you for the comment sad they can’t dive her anymore

[@abrahammorrison6374]

I am a Canadian citizen, hoser. The Canadian Government isn't pipsqueak. Have a $20 Edmund Fitzgerald Canadian coin in my private collection.

[@DPImageCapturing]

Geeeez, another EF video with the Gordon Lightfoot song-very original!!!

[@daviddunsmore103]

Lots of great photos though, most of which I've never seen before, so even if this slideshow was just the product of an enthusiast's Google image search, I'll give the poster's efforts a thumbs up for that alone.

[@kingbee48185]

lol.....first thing I said. This one starts out with that song.

[@deasawanta8499]

Song name..?

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

“Wreak of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot

[@billparks82]

I know me and my uncle tore his engine down love that remembering that f_____g sound, but that was cause it needed it for around town hot roden

[@johnnyraider]

RIP EDMUND FITZGERALD - ON OUR PAL GORDIE COULD VOCALIZE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THE FITZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!