{"id":9558,"date":"2016-11-12T23:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T03:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/?p=9558"},"modified":"2016-11-12T23:06:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T03:06:06","slug":"41-years-ago-the-edmund-fitzgerald-sank-on-lake-superior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/bw\/41-years-ago-the-edmund-fitzgerald-sank-on-lake-superior\/","title":{"rendered":"41 Years Ago the Edmund Fitzgerald Sank on Lake Superior"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fitzgerald sank on the evening of Nov. 10, 1975 during a particularly rough storm on Lake Superior. There are no survivors or witnesses to the shipwreck.
\nAccording to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, the Fitzgerald’s Captain Ernest McSorely reported problems around 3:30 p.m. that afternoon in a radio message to the S.S. Arthur Anderson: “Anderson, this is the Fitzgerald. I have a fence rail down, two vents lost or damaged, and a list. I’m checking down. Will you stay by me till I get to Whitefish?”<\/p>\n

The last contact with the Fitzgerald took place at 7:10 p.m. The Fitzgerald crew reported that the ship was “holding our own.” Just five minutes later, the Anderson’s radar lost the Fitzgerald’s signal. Another call to the Fitzgerald at 7:22 p.m. went unanswered. Around 10:00 p.m. the Anderson’s crew discovered the Fitzgerald’s lifeboats and other wreckage, but no sign of survivors.<\/p>\n

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