The Lake Superior shoreline, if straightened out, could connect Duluth and the Bahama Islands.11. It's crazy what they will let a ship sail through when money is knocking on the door. Well at least (hopefully) it's not like the illegally scavenged Warships. Waves of over 40 feet in height have been recorded on Lake Superior. Yeah, there's no way the wreck is being looted. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald chords by Gordon Lightfoot. Thanks for the history lesson. It you've watched those exhaustive airline disaster investigations it's clear that it is rare for the calamity to be caused by just one factor--it's a slew of causes that conspire together. This article on the porous nature of her cargo is very compelling: http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-080.htm. A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft, piloted by Lt. George Conner and equipped to detect magnetic anomalies usually associated with submarines, found the wreck on November 14, 1975. The great lakes are great indeed and truly are "inland oceans" to my mind. Thanks for posting that, as well as Deadmeat for posting the Lightfoot song. Same when we lost 2 of 3 engines on the flagship due to metal shavings getting into the oil filter. Die Suchmannschaften sagen alle, sie hätten es bis Whitefish Bay geschafft, Hätten sie noch fünfzehn weitere Meilen hinter sich gelassen, Sie hätten sich trennen können oder sie hätten kentern können, Sie wären vielleicht zerbrochen oder Wasser schlucken können, Und alles, was übrig bleibt, sind die Gesichter und die Namen, Die alte Michigan dampft so, wie ein junger Mann noch träumt. Didn't they determine all the hatch covers were intact when they finally went down to look at her? For crying out loud, we are recovering operating aircraft from WW2 from Lake Michigan. A further November 14–16 survey by the USCG using a side sc… RIP. Dabei kamen alle 29 Besatzungsmitglieder ums Leben. The largest underwater formation in Lake Superior is the Superior Shoal, which rises from a depth of over 1,000 feet to within 20 feet of the water surface over a distance of just three miles.18. This image was released which shows that the deck of the bow section of the wreck has since collapsed and the sides of her hull have just about toppled over. It was originally discovered by sonar shortly after the sinking in 1975 and first documented by several expeditions in 1976 including one by Jean Michel Cousteau, son of famous oceanographer Jaques Cousteau. Central Pennsylvania (not the Battleship). Es war die Novemberhexe, die zum Stehlen kam. When I first heard of this back in the day, the sadness was great. The Taconite Fitz was carrying when she went down, is known for being very absorbent. Kam das Wrack der Edmund Fitzgerald . I have seen some recent theories that water in a cargo hold is the most likely cause. It's in the middle of a very busy shipping lane so any looters would be spotted by passing ships several times in a day. Although only a lake, Lake Superior is as big as many seas and has its own towering waves and harsh winds. Em And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight G D Asus2 Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. May the crew rest in peace. Finding as many newspaper and magazine articles as he could on the sinking, Lightfoot placed them in chronological order and began telling the story of the doomed ship in lyrical form. Back in 1993, I was in Ohio and took a motorcycle on the Great Circle Tour... from central Ohio, I covered over 3,000 miles going a bit west, then around the shores of Lake Superior into Canada and back down through that state up north. Lake Superior is, by surface area, the world's largest freshwater lake. Ships like Titanic and Bismarck have lasted over 100 and 70 years respectively, and are still relatively intact, but I can't say I'm too surprised this ship has had at least one section collapse. Und die Eisenboote gehen raus, wie alle Seeleute wohl wissen, Sie beteten in einer muffigen alten Halle in Detroit, Die Kirchenglocke läutete, bis es neunundzwanzig Mal waren, Vom grossen See, den sie Gitche Gumee nennen, lebt fort, Der Lake Superior, so sagen sie, gibt seine Toten niemals auf, Übersetzungen von „Wreck of the Edmond ...“, Gordon Lightfoot -- The best of Gordon Lightfoot (1981), Tony Bennett - Boulevard of Broken Dreams. All 29 of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s crew died in the accident, which is one of the most infamous maritime tragedies in our history. ``Personally, I feel the man is morally bankrupt,'' said Beth Blasucci of Pacific Palisades, Calif., whose father, John McCarthy, was the ship's first mate. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this! Lightfoot considers “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” as his best song. I'm finding its collapse a bit of a puzzle, great lakes ship wrecks are known to remain very well preserved for extended periods of time over those that are in the oceans of the world, unless there was far more structural damage than was previously estimated. 2 contributors total, last edit on Sep 15, 2020.