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 MrMNO rated 25 months ago- From the page: 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,...
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- FlowerBird rated 23 months ago
- The Edmund Fitzgerald. She sank in Lake Superior in November 1975. Great information in this page and in the links. The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot's songSUEWatch The Original
- MrMNO rated 25 months ago
- From the page: 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.
Now that song by Gordon Lightfoot will be playing in my head for hours.
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