50 Years ago today, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in Lake Superior https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/nation-world/50-years-later-the-sinking-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald/507-af47d81a-819c-4251-b993-4018b2ebaf69?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WWLTV | WWLTV

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 and remains the largest to have sunk there. She was located in deep water on November 14, 1975, by a U.S. Navy aircraft detecting magnetic anomalies, and found soon afterwards to be in two large pieces. For 17 years, Edmund Fitzgerald carried tac

The loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains one of the most famous shipwrecks in history. Fifty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975, all 29 crew members died as the ship sank in a disastrous storm on Lake Superior. The mystery that surrounds it and Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” have created a fascination with the ship that has endured and seems to grow stronger with time. Story by Dan Kraker Video by Anne Guttridge Video of the beacon lighting by Eric Dischino for

Today marks 50 years since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. Learn more about the history of one of the largest ships on the Great Lakes on this past epiosde of Michigan Moment. | Independence Television

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