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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Nov. 10, 1975) - Lake Superior, U.S. Great Lakes

 The doomed iron-ore transport ship and its 29-member crew sank

after having been loaded up with a 26,000 ton cargo of iron ore in

Superior, WI on Nov. 9, 1975.

In the big freighter's final trip it faced hurricane-like storm weather

that topped 60 mph. sustained winds and waves higher than 25 feet.

More details here at Michigan Live! dot-com

https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html

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