Was the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald ever found?
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American, Great Lakes Freighter, which sank in lake Superior, and this happened during a storm, back in November 10, 1975. with the loss of all 29 members of the crew. She was the biggest ship on the Great Lakes of North America when she was launched on June 7, 1958,…
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American, Great Lakes Freighter, which sank in lake Superior, and this happened during a storm, back in November 10, 1975. with the loss of all 29 members of the crew.
She was the biggest ship on the Great Lakes of North America when she was launched on June 7, 1958, and she is still the biggest ship to have sunk there.
On November 14, 1975, a U.S. mariner discovered her in a body of water. However, Navy aircraft was discovered to be in two major parts shortly after discovering magnetic anomalies.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was a ship that travelled the Great Lakes for 17 years, transporting taconite iron ore from mines in Duluth, Minnesota, to ironworks in Detroit, Toledo, and other Great Lakes ports. Six times as a workhorse, she broke her own records for hauling during a season.
Captain Peter Pulcer was renowned for playing music over the ship’s intercom day or night as it navigated St. Clair and Detroit rivers (between the lakes Huron and Erie) and for enlightening onlookers at the Soo Locks (between the lakes Superior and Huron) with a running commentary about the ship.
Was the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald ever found?
No bodies were ever recovered from the wreckage. However, no distress signals were made, despite the captain of the Fitzgerald reporting that the ship encountered difficulties throughout the storm.
It sank, killing all 29 members of the crew, no remains were ever found from the debris.
