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Over 250 ships lay on the lake floor of the Great Lakes. Thousands of crewmen claim this area as their watery graves. On November 10, 1975 the ore carrier, Edmund Fitzgerald joined the ranks of the Lost of the Great Lakes when she foundered during a horrendous storm. All 29 of her crew were lost at sea. But why did the largest ship on the Great Lakes go down when other smaller vessels stayed afloat during the same storm? Was it the storm that was the cause? Was it structural damage? Was it crew error? Or was it that the lakes simply wanted to claim another ship for it's collection?

There was no communication from the Fitzgerald right before she went down. Very little debris left afterward. So any reasons that have been given is simple speculation. Only the crew knew what had happened and they weren't about to tell anyone...ever!

We look back to that day 46-years ago and try to understand the reasons surrounding this event. We will never actually know what happened. But with all the investigations that have taken place, we can try to surmise what the Fitzgerald went through during the storm.

I'm dedicating this blog to the 29-crewmen of the Edmund Fitzgerald. May they all rest in eternal peace.


SS Edmund Fitzgerald under way.