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SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was a freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1975 with all crew lost. SS Edmund Fitzgerald Online features information about the sinking, ship history, memorials, and crew profiles.
Edmund Fitzgerald, American freighter that sank during a storm on November 10, 1975, in Lake Superior, killing all 29 aboard. Its mysterious demise inspired Gordon Lightfoot’s hit song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (1976), which helped make it the most famous shipwreck in the Great Lakes.
The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains the most mysterious and controversial of all shipwreck tales heard around the Great Lakes. Her story is surpassed in books, film and media only by that of the Titanic.
One of the most famous ships ever to sail on the Great Lakes, the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was built in 1957 and early 1958 by Great Lakes Engineering Works of Ecorse, Michigan.
On April 15, 1977 the U.S. Coast Guard released its official report of “Subject: S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, official number 277437, sinking in Lake Superior on 10 November 1975 with loss of life.”
Facts, numbers, and basic information about the ship and the sinking.
Jun 26, 2020 · The SS Edmund Fitzgerald is the biggest, best-known shipwreck in all five of the Great Lakes. After a 17-year career transporting iron ore, the Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975, near Whitefish Point in Lake Superior.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was America’s largest freighter ship at the time and remains the largest ship to sink into the Great Lakes. The ship was huge and important for transporting taconite ore and iron pellets, which were mined in and around Lake Superior.
On the evening of November 9, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald departed from Superior, Wisconsin carrying 26,116 long tons of iron ore on board. With the intention of reaching Detroit, the enormous vessel began its familiar course across Lake Superior.
