On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, sank in Lake Superior during a storm, resulting in the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. The ship, launched on June 7, 1958, was the largest on North America's Great Lakes. The exact cause of the sinking remains a mystery. The tragic event is being remembered 48 years later, with discussions about the storm that led to the ship's sinking.
Learn more about the brutal Armistice Day Storm which occurred OTD in 1940 via a first hand narrative in our Wisconsin Weather Stories collection at https://t.co/BQn1LPp2UO and a 5-minute "Gales of November" video by @UW_AOS prof Jonathan Martin at https://t.co/odTcdM9jSS https://t.co/DoCGChzclp
https://t.co/v6XNll25lh NYT obit for Edmund Fitzgerald, the man, from 1986 says ship sank on Nov. 11... (I demand a correction...)
so disappointed in myself for not remembering it’s the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck, 48 years later: On Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank amid a violent storm on Lake Superior. But the exact cause remains a mystery to this day. https://t.co/Z49m1QsM1D
Watch this clip featuring @UWMadison Weather Guy Jonathan Martin recapping the tragic wreck of the #EdmundFitzgerald which sunk OTD in 1975. Then learn about the storm that sunk the ship from fellow Weather Guy Steve Ackerman via https://t.co/TMdgkjbNpU The legend lives on ... https://t.co/Ng3tpiazZy
ON THIS DATE IN 1975: 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,… https://t.co/mNiiPO0TbK