Edmund Fitzgerald was a businessman in the Wisconsin area: the president of Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, which owned the ...
Fifty years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, the 729-foot lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a severe gale in Lake Superior. All 29 crewmembers were lost. It was the largest ship ever to sink in the ...
Powerful storms, intense winds, arctic air and even bursts of warmth all play a role in creating the tumbler of weather the ...
The catastrophic weather event, known as the “White Hurricane,” struck the Great Lakes between November 7-11, 1913, bringing ...
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains a pivotal moment in maritime history, prompting significant safety advancements ...
November 10 marks a tragic chapter in Great Lakes history. The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a vicious storm on Lake ...
To understand what sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald, it’s important to break the sinking down into its components: the slow loss of ...
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was considered the largest and fastest Great Lakes ship. It set multiple records for the largest ...
A massive freighter carrying thousands of tons of iron ore disappeared in Lake Superior, setting shipping on a new course ...
Reflecting on the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, the Butler County Sheriff's Office honors the 29 lives lost in 1975.
Compared to its direct US equivalent, the F7F Tigercat, which also failed to see meaningful service during the war, the Ki-83 ...
In 1981’s Ocean Venture/Magic Sword North, a Canadian Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine stunned NATO by evading layered ...