Whenever I watch this, that never fails to both want to sob & hug that poor Man. 😢😔 As said above, he’s done his Brother proud & his Brother knows it too. I always hope this poor Man has found some Peace.
I was there, on board the S.S Armco. We were lagging behind the the Fizgerald and Anderson by about a hundred miles. This was the mother all storms. I thank the Lord every day that all of my shipmates and myself survived it. God bless all of the guys that went down with their ship.
Wow, that must have been terrifying. Do experienced seamen get seasick? I have been very seasick twice: once on a whale watching trip and once deep sea fishing. Just watching that video makes me queasy. Brave people! I am thankful for those who brave such conditions to bring needed supplies. Thank you!
CoalCrackerCummins: Oh no... these documentaries make people smarter. That's not good at all. The powers that be want DUMB people and they are doing a damn good job of making them!
@@fwh79FOXR6 You're right! And the Sheeple are only too happy to follow/believe what they are told to think, say and do. I can see the corruption within our government and I absolutely refuse to follow the masses. Our food supplies have been poisoned, our water and even the air we breathe are being prepared for the depopulation that is coming. I'm not Looney Toons. I've spent several years studying HARP, Georgia Stone, GMO's, hormonal additives, Chem Trails and I've also been looking into the increase in physical/mental diseases. The correlation in that is frightening. Our "News" does not report on this because the Sheeple are blind...
@@claudiaholmes9086 I completely agree with you. It's hard to find like-minded people... everyone thinks you are crazy. I guess that is how good the powers that be are at hiding this stuff!
I was a sailor in the US Navy, and I consider all who serve on the seas (yes, I consider the great lakes to be seas) my brothers. What this man said, and how he said it, spoke to me.. powerfully.
I’m sure you will all laugh. I taped this on VHS way back when. I still have a VHS player and I have watched it countless times. It is so haunting, tragic and each time, touches my soul.
Same... for some reason it stood out to me at the time. The documentary does a fantastic job of telling the story of the EF. Part of this video is shown at the Shipwreck Museum on Whitefish Point.
My folks owned a tavern in the midwest about this time. When Lightfoots song was played on the jukebox, the chatter would nearly cease......almost like a prayer in that dark little hall.
The divers who went down and recovered the bell have big balls. There’s A LOT you could get tangled up in on a wreck, never mind the depth. Respect to them.
@@randompolishdude7220 I read that the Fitz sits in 500 feet of water. If you watch as the diver in the "zoot-suit" completes the last cut of the stanchion holding the ship's bell it releases and swings a bit. If it had swung into the diver's facepiece and fractured it the tremendous pressure would have killed him instantly.
My dad was first mate on the fitz years before it went down..he knew all of those men...it was the saddest day of his life...his name was PATRICK BOYLE
My husband and I live in Michigan. In July of 1975 we were on vacation in Soo Sault Marie and took a boat tour of the Soo Locks. On the way back to the dock, the guide pointed out a huge red and white ore carrier and told us some facts about it. I remember there was a crew member hanging over the side on a scaffolding, touching up the red paint on the starboard side of the ship right under it's name, Edmond Fitzgerald. I went to take a photo of him only to realize I had used up the roll of film in my camera. By the time I got the new roll loaded, it was too late for a picture. The Edmond Fitzgerald went down that November 10th, on my husband's birthday. When we arrived home from celebrating his birthday and heard it on the news, we both immediately realized that was the ship I had missed getting a picture of!
I know none of these men, nor their families. I have little relations with any sailors of any time. And yet here is a boy tearing up, hearing the bell ring, on the 44th anniversary of this tragedy.
I'm glad you like them. I actually meant to edit out all of the commercials, but somehow missed a few. Some people have voiced their displeasure of encountering commercials, while others, such as yourself, were happy to see them.
id come home from elementary school, wouldnt watch cartoons or Mtv, Id put on History or Discovery channels and soak up info like a sponge. Then came Deadliest Catch.......and it was all over
Ben Yea. Reality tv is so fake. I would watch lions hunting and eating, storm chasers, forensic shows..... All while eating my TV Dinner. I developed a strong stomach and a great defense against bullies😏
And before left wing political agenda driven indoctrination took over, manmade climate change, global warming or whatever it's known as this second, I first got cable TV service in 1993 and cancelled it in 2011, it one of the best decisions I ever made, I have fios for internet and phone and will eventually cancel the phone.
I remember hearing the song by Gordon Lightfoot when I was 6 years old and fell in love with the song and the “Big Fitz”. I was an athlete growing up and always wore number 29 no matter what sport or position I played in honor of her and her crew. RIP Sailors! 🍺🍻🍺
That is just cool man. I sing the song over and over every November. I was about 12 when it was playing on the radio. Wrote the words down and tried to understand the wreck from the song. Still love the song.
Sad story and yet an important event in Maritime history. I served in the Navy for 23 years on 5 different submarines and I can tell you that every sailor places a bit too much faith in the might of their ship. Never underestimate an angry sea (or lake). The tolling of the Fitz's bell for each crew member by surviving family members must have been a chilling and emotional thing to witness. It gave me chills just watch it in this documentary. One cannot fathom the amount of emotions for those family members and the closure they finally must have felt, to see their loved one finally put to rest, with the tolling of the heart of the mighty Edmund Fitz. RIP to her crew.
My dad was a 32 yr vet of the Navy, and a very proud and BRAVE man! When asked if there was anything that he feared, the only answer he ever gave was being on the ships throughout a gale or storm! And as I got older I would spend so much time at Peggys Cove just sitting on the rocks watching the ocean, a feeling of such anger as the waves pounded the rocks below me gave me the understanding of what he meant!
What else are you going to do? If you don’t have enough faith in the ship to protect you then you stay home. Not that Mother Nature can’t find you there
What strikes me is how courageous these men, some young, others old, have to go out on the sea. And to the crew of the Henry Clay Ford and the Arthur Anderson, you guys had some serious stones to knowingly go back out into conditions where you already knew that it likely took the lives of 29 of your compatriots. Man, if that's not courage, I don't know what is.
The most courageous of that Night had to be Bernie Cooper of the SS Arthur M Anderson. He wasn't stupid: When the Witch takes one she wants more. He was loaded heavy like the Fitz was. There was every reason to think he could have been next. and yet he went back out into the frozen hell of that storm in the hope that somehow he'd be able to save sailors. the Daniel J Morrell had one survivor, Carl D Bradley two. maybe if he got their quick enough, if he could urge his old lady on just that much faster, he could save the men of the Fitz. it wasn't his fault she took all 29 with her.
Sweet Dixie if you’ve been on those lakes...you could swear they are seas. They’re massive, Superior herself spreading hundreds of miles. That lake has all the ferocity of a sea if you’re unlucky. One respects those lakes as if they were seas. Even in a small storm, it’s still ferocious.
Well, it's 15 ships a year, and with those weather conditions, and primitive wooden ships for the most part, it isn't all that surprising. Ships going down was once very common. Something we forgot about nowadays.
Yes that is an unbelievable number of shipwrecks/sinkings. I can't believe that that many ships went down on the Great Lakes. Seems like more lessons would have been learned from prior experiences and happenings - making the ships bigger, taller, etc. and just learning from things that had happened before. Hard to believe that that many went down and more wasn't learned from prior mistakes and experiences.
What a great documentary! I am an Aussie and only knew about this ship through the Gordon Lightfoot song, but I learned something today. It is difficult for me to even conceive of a body of fresh water that big. The biggest lake I have ever seen was a droplet compared to Superior. I salute all the men lost on the Edmond Fitzgerald and their families.
I lived off one of the Great Lakes. They are not lakes. They are inland Seas. People who have not seen the Great Lakes have no idea of thier size and majestic beauty. Most people shrug and laugh when they hear the word "lakes." They are not lakes.
I’ve lived within 30 minutes of the lakes my entire life, and have spent time in them since I was a kid. They are enormous and hard to understand just how vast. One of the most sobering things I’ve done was paddle my kayak out far enough where you cannot hear anything except wind and the water hitting the bottom of the yak. Now that’s not that special, but when folks say they’re big, they are big. Cheers to the Aussie.
@@terrancewatson7739 You Mean the black Slaves that were sold into slavery by African Black Tribes that conquered them and sold them off into slavery and later WHITE MEN fought and Died for their Freedom? That slavery?
This was a big story in Canada, but Gordon Lightfoot shared the story with the world, and that's why I'm here from Australia to watch this with great interest.
Indeed. The song is really a dedication to all of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Disasters, as well as the Big Fitz. The Carl D. Bradley and Daniel J. Morrell were bad as well, but the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk deeper than the others. That storm that took it was much worse than those that sunk the Bradley and Morrell.
I saw this documentary on TV when it came out and it totally captivated me. I have looked long and hard to get a copy of this and could not. I just found it on You Tube and thank you very much for letting me see it again.
I am acquainted with the daughter of the cook Robert Rafferty , a few years back they did a dive on the Fitz and brought up some of the taconite she was carrying to give to the surviving family members , they had a ceremony where the Fitz was built and the priest from the Mariners church in Detroit came and blessed it , and then it was given to the family members there , last year in 2018 she sent me some 9 pieces of it , I gave 5 to friends but I still own 4 pieces of the cargo that went down with the Edmund Fitzgerald ..
@@cameronschuelke6698 I can promise you it’s like yesterday to most of us who were adults then. Long life to you, and I hope you remember all of it as happily as I do.
I did not know what Taconite was so I looked it up and thought I would share. Taconite is a low-grade iron ore. When the high-grade natural iron ore was plentiful, taconite was considered a waste rock and not used.
6:21 This is one of the most poignant and sorrowful tales to come out of the Sinking of the Edmond Fitzgerald. My heart went out to this poor fellow. I hope he was able to receive some peace of mind. That he fought for years to get his brother’s remains brought to shore is a testimonial to the love and remembrance of one brother to another. Twenty five years later and this remains one of the finest documentaries on the sinking of the Edmond Fitzgerald.
Some folks have commented about the courage needed to sail these big ships on the Great Lakes. That's appropriate, but I'm also reminded of the low value that used to be attached to the lives of sailors. The Edmund Fitzgerald set off on her last voyage when everyone knew a bad storm was brewing. Nobody thought 29 men would die, but the folks who owned these ships were so intent on their profitability that safety was way low on their list of concerns. Everything changed when the Fitz went down.When potentially dangerous storms are possible, ships don't sail now.
Heck, they mentioned that the two ships were only sailing to "squeeze one last run in" before winter shut it all down. They didn't need to make the run in the first place, but there was extra cash to be made.
That is sad and there are so many companies that still do that. Thank God someone stepped in and stepped up to protect the sailors that still sail these Great Lakes
My buddy used to captain the ferry across Lake Michigan. He refuses to ever do it again, for the sheer amount of tiny powerful waves that hit the ship. Most terrifying adventures he’s been on, he told me.
@@rileymarshall2410 Not sure if you're trying to be funny. Wouldn't your uncles brother possibly be?...your father?.. My 5th grade teachers name was Mr. Kaulman, if I spelled it right.
My great uncle was the captain of a merchant ship,both my cousins were in the navy,one in the merchant navy and the other in the Royal Navy.All are now passed away.Hearing the song and watching this documentary,reminds me of the debt we owe to all the brave mariners who risk their lives daily for the benefit of the rest of us.
My wife and I hiked the UP a few years ago. At one point, I just stood there gazing at the mighty Lake Superior. I couldn’t help but think of those 29 men who perished all those years ago. May God bless their souls, and all of their family too.
I knew a guy that was on the Anderson that trip ... he just died a month ago ...name withheld ... that storm made him quit the ships ... he went driving cross Canada instead . He said he had nightmares for the rest of his life ... he never ever experienced anything like that again .. anything he saw driving on Ice Roads never came close to scaring him again ........ He said when he heard /// " does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours " made him start to shake with memory .... said he could not hear the song again holy cow ....... what terror ///////////
Wow, that is powerful stuff.....you never know how things affect people unless you know them and see it firsthand. God Bless him, I hope he finds peace on the other side....
@@jjacks5950 @J Jack's, maybe he was just generalizing. Besides, the term "at sea" could refer to any large body of water such as river, ocean, lake etc.
I remember my father telling me of his first job working on the ships that travelled the Great Lakes. He said it was back breaking work, and when a storm was coming, he and the other men would have the manually close the hatches, but there was a time when the Edmund Fitzgerald sailed by and my father recalled how he and the other men were in awe and, perhaps, a wee bit jealous of just how "state-of-the-art" it was with it's "automatic" hatch closings, that in the end - never saved the crew at all. God rest their souls. And rest in peace too, Dad. I miss you.
Some people that don't live on the great lakes underestimated them my grandfather spent a lot of time on the great lakes when he was younger out of Rodger City Michigan a lot of salt water sailors referred to as puddles until they got caught up in one of the storms
@@phillipgarrow2297If my memory serves, Rodgers City was home to most of the crew of the Carl Bradley, another big lake freighter that few have heard of compared to the Fitz but also went down in a storm and took 33 with it on Lake Michigan.
@@imvandenh it gets a little confusing my grandfather moved to Cadillac mi in the early 30s he sailed on SS Carl D Bradley not the one that sunk in Lake Michigan but the original it was renamed SS JohnGMunson he knew most of the sailors that died Rodger city is a small community most men either worked on the boats or in the limestone quarry. Michigan limestone and chemical was owned by US steel Bradley transportation fleet was run separately from Pittsburgh steamship company also owned by US steel Bradley ships where painted gray so the didn't show limestone dust .Limestone is very corrosive to steel they didn't have the protective paints we have now modern steel is stronger and more durable when the Bradley sunk it wasn't seaworthy and shouldn't have been on the water it was supposed to go to the shipyard to have it's rusted holds replaced eventually US steel merged the Bradley fleet with the Pittsburgh steamship fleet and it became US steel great lakes fleet the JohnGMunson that still sails is from the Bradley Fleet but it's not the original one it's the second one this one was built in 1952 I think I can't remember what the original one was renamed or when it was scrapped. US steel sold the great lakes fleet it is the great lakes fleet inc. The paint scheme with the red and the gray is symbolic the red is the color of the Pittsburgh steamship line and the gray is the color of the Bradley transportation fleet
Phillip Garrow I’m from Wisconsin on the peninsula and my wife always gives me crap about my stories sound like the ocean and I tell her one day you will see what these lakes are capable of and you will believe the stories,she’s from Colorado by the way so you know her version of lakes are small reservoirs
The part where Oliver "Buck" Champeau's slightly younger brother Jack Champeau speaks of his love for his brother, the pain of losing him, and not being able to bring him all the way home while just barely containing his sorrow and regret, his voice breaking, gets me every time. Right in the feels in 1995. Right in the feels in 2019!
I grew up on the shores of lake huron, I remember seeing the big boats off in the distance headed to lafarge in Alpena to pick up clinker pelleted for making concrete. I was in my 20's when I had a job at lafarge, and for the first time stood right next to a freighter. it was like a sky scraper on its side. it was massive, I'd never felt so go damn small at 6'5" 300 lb's, I felt tiny.
This documentary is the best I’ve seen to date. I used to travel the entire U.P. Of Michigan from ‘the Soo’ to Superior, WI on business in the late 70’s just after the wreck. The closest I had ever been to Whitefish Bay was 35 miles away in Newberry, MI. I’d often spend a night or two working from Marquette, MI which is farther west. I marveled at the immensity of Lake Superior, which resembled the oceans because it was water to the horizon. I’ve seen snow and huge waves, but cannot begin to imagine being on a ship in such conditions. The song by Gordon Lightfoot was played everywhere and at that time, I had no concept of how close I was to her final resting place. I think back with reverence upon this tragedy. I hope that one day I will meet these brave sailors in heaven. I was in my twenties then (the same age as several of the crew) and approaching age 70 now. It’s doubtful that I’ll ever have the chance to visit the memorial in Whitefish Bay, but who knows? I will say a prayer for these men. God bless all twenty-nine of them and their families.
@@leglamps I never heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald until I heard the song, I'm sure in the time of the tragic event, it was popular then, but I've never heard of it until the song came out
@@skullduggery3377 Yes, that is what it says about Gord's song on "Deep Sea Detectives" --- see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XX4hxQbkwuY.html, and go to 18:16
It was done so well too. I honestly came here to look for comments about the song but when they played the song for the opening credits, I knew I had to watch the whole thing. Very well done.
Saw the Fitzgerald leaving Cleveland dock 2 while taking a river cruise up the Cuyahoga River on the Goodtime II she was raising the anchor, heading to Sault st marie for another load on her way back she sank. I CAN REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. VERY SAD !!!
John Hutsenpiller Jr Me too, I was a senior in high school watching the Fitz leave the docks from my canoe as I was taking my last paddle of '75. It was the longest ship I'd seen up to that time.
She went down travelling from Wisconsin to Detroit Ml about 18 miles northwest of Whitefish Bay. It couldn’t have been the voyage in which she sank that you observed.😷🇨🇦🇺🇸
@Joanne Rogers Sailors know there is no one close enough to save them, even while in port! Drills and abandon ship are a weekly event mandatory for the whole crew. Including the Stewards Dept.
Let’s not forget the most recent “El Faro” tragedy. Wikipedia- American crew lost all hands 2015 Dept Fla bound for Puerto Rico in Sept, went right into a storm. Same scenario as to condition of the ship, weather and greedy owners.
I was only 17 years old when The Edmund Fitzgerald sank. I happened to be in Sault Ste Marie Canada the night of the storm, It was a terrible storm. I remember it very well and think of it often. Rest in peace to the crew men.
I had friends on the Fitz. I saw her dozens of times when I was in the U.S. Coast Guard at a station then called Manistee Moorings. I spent 3 years at that unit starting in 1963 before I moved on to another station. I had many a beer with some of the crew. I talked to that ship many a time on our radios, She came in to deliver coal and take out salt from the mine, or sand, a special sand used in glass making. I think the song is a great tribute. The Great Lakes are very unpredictable.
@@dennisleporte2327 Listen to the captain of the Anderson. He was there. The map where the shoals were at, were inaccurate. The Fitz bottomed on the shoals and started taking on water. This would be confirmed by the deck lifeline snapping before it went down. Radar gone. Taking on water. Waves over thirty feet high. The Three Sisters(waves) came over the ship and drove her into the lake. The two front hatches imploded into the cargo hold. This could not happen with loose clamps.
Another anniversary - and another year that we don't forget the lost crew of The Fitzgerald. It's hard to believe that 2022 marks the 47th anniversary since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down.. But for the friends & family of each crew member, it must feel like just yesterday. But we don't forget - we never forget. RIP all 29 souls who rest in the silent twilight world that is 530 feet below the surface..Lost, but never forgotten. May your loved ones each find peace & solace in their loss and grief until the day when you are all reunited..God bless each one. Amen 🙏🏻
I have a cousin who's boat went down in that lake when a sudden storm blew up on them. He swam to shore and took off his clothes as it was in November. He then swam back out and saved several others. They all survived but was very lucky. They all could have perished that day on that mighty body of water as she likes to clam the lives of sailors.
I vaguely remember the news when I was a kid in England. A ship disappeared in a lake and I thought how can a ship get lost on a lake? Being just 9 years old I didn't realise that some lakes around the world are like Oceans. This documentary really opened my eyes to the full extent of the tragedy. Very sad.
I do plan to go with my cousin to museum next year to see the bell that was retrieved from the Edmund Fitzgerald. I need to pay my respects there and at the maritime sailors cathedral.😪
After researching, I was amazed to find that Lightfoot wrote the song less than a week after the disaster, and recorded it less than a month later. Hearing the song on the radio as a teenager, I had always assumed the wreck had happened long before.
I remember that song by Gordon Lightfoot when I was seven, back in 1975. I didn't know it was a real story, nor did I know the details of what had happened. Twenty years later, I saw this documentary, and found out a lot. The song means much more to me, especially in this video when the actual bell was rung those 29 times to remember the crew. Profound indeed.
A haunting and captivating documentary. Absolutely spellbinding combination of narration and score. This was THE shipwreck documentary to watch back in the late nineties.
My Father, my family, Aunts and Uncles as well as a few friends were guests on the Big Fitz years ago. As President of a big public utility, my father often was invited to have a cruise aboard the Edmond Fitzgerald and I and my family got to know Captain McSorely fairly well. He was, in my opinion, a giant of a man, a man who understood the sea and its ways. He was kind, gentle, stern and at the same time always aware of where the ship was and what she was doing. My father once said to me, "I could do much worse than to sail with him." I never did sail on board any ship but those ten days or so were heaven to me and my sisters as we had a wonderful time with the crew and the cooks. It was a trip I have never forgotten. Later in life, I lived with my wife and our young child across the street from a man who had grown up with the boy who became that Captain. He spoke freely of his relationship with the Captain. But it was always as children never after the gentleman went to sea. This documentary has brought tears to my eyes and I must stop now. May the Lord keep all sea faring men at his right hand! Bless them all!
I remember hearing about this as a senior in high school. Although from New York, I’d visited Lake Superior the summer before, so it had a big impact on me.
I remember seeing this as a teenager, and it really cemented my love of the Discovery Channel and documentaries in general. Now in the Autumn of my 30's I look back and think "I'd rather pound my balls flat with a wooden mallet than watch the Discovery Channel" which really makes me sad. RIP all the sailors lost, and RIP Discovery Channel.
I'm in my early spring started warm and thought winter was over then it got cold again and snowed twice then warmed and went straight to summer temps now there's severe thunderstorms and daffodills of my 40's
I could not agree with you any more! Discovery, Nat'l Geographic, & the Learning channel used to be a fortress against all the crap programming on cable TV, but now, they have become a part of the problem, instead of being part of the solution. Very sad to see.
I've been looking for this for years! It brought me to tears when I saw it first run. This happened the year I was born and I grew up with Lightfoot's song being one of my favorites. Never knew much about the event outside of what the song said until I saw this documentary. Thanks for sharing it!
Go to (damn the name just left my mind). Its an island in Lake Eric near Sandusky, Ohio. Anyway, it has a museum of all the ship wrecks on the Great Lakes and, of course, this is one of them. They have a model of the ship.
Another, unrelated comment, the Island is what I call, the Key West of the North. It's amazing how much it will remind you of Key West. As a Floridian, living in South Florida, I have been to Key West hundreds of times. I was amazed at how this place is so similar. In fact, some of the performers play this island in the Summer and KW in the Winter.
Although I dont live near the Great Lakes, this speaks to me. I live very, very close to the banks of the Ohio River, and one night I was standing down there listening to this song. A chill came over me, and I started to cry silently. It was almost like I could reach out and touch the Fitz, and hear her crew. God bless and keep the 29 Men who lost their lives.
I love this one too . I always tear up when the gentleman who lost his brother , explains that he'd said thst when he went to Vietnam, his bro would come and get him if anything happened , makes Me cry every time . I think this documentary has been really well put together. I know its at least 25 yrs old now but its still very haunting .
Positively the best, most comprehensive and heartbreaking documentary on the fate of the Edmund Fitzgerald ever produced. The last time I saw this had to be 1995 when it aired on Discovery. Including heartfelt family member interviews, captain Cooper of the Arthur Anderson and several passages of the famous Gordon Lightfoot folk tribute, this is the kind of quality documentary that is sadly missing from today’s television productions. In particular, if you cannot muster a tear or two during the interview (6:21) of Jack Champeau as he mourns not being able to bring home his long lost brother Oliver... you are quite likely a soulless beast. The poignant bell ceremony is a fitting ending to this fine televised tribute. Thanks goes to producers Jane Armstrong and Christopher Rowley who should be very proud of this effort; as it stands as a testament to how short documentaries on sensitive historical subjects can and should still be made.
I remember hearing the song back when I was really little and I loved the tune. My dad explained what the song was all about. The only great lake that Ive ever seen is Erie and I saw the big boats out there. I cant imagine such a huge ship being taken down by waves on the lake, but I suppose the waves and the storm was so big. My heart really goes out to the friends and family members who were left without their loved ones
I know they're called the great lakes but I never realised just how large they are! And how unpredictable the weather can be. Thoughts and condolences to the families of those lost ❤
The real kicker is not just seeing their size on a map, but realizing that Lake Superior, the largest of the 5, has the size and volume to contain the other 4 lakes, plus 3 additional Lake Eries. It's not called Superior for nothing.
Star ships 2:55 M/V Algosound 3:34 SS Steelton 3:44 SS Reserve 3:55 HMCS Cormorant 3:59 M/V Anglian Lady 7:16 M/V Algosound 8:26 SS Edmund Fitzgerald 9:34 SS Tom M. Girdler 10:06 SS Reserve 12:19 (Front) SS Valleycamp (Behind) SS The International or SS The Harvester (Tug) M/V Illinois 15:40 SS Reserve (a lot of the mocking edmund fitzgerald footage will be the ss reserve) 16:37 M/V Algosound 18:09 SS William Clay Ford 18:53 SS Seaway Queen 20:32 SS Edmund Fitzgerald 31:46 SS Canadian Hunter 35:42 CURV III Detection Unit 36:59 SS George M. Cox 37:02 SS Manasoo (correctvme if I'm wrong) 37:05 SS Chester A. Congdon 37:08 SS Arcadia (correct me if I'm wrong) 37:16 lmk on this one, I have no idea Lmk if I missed any ships and I'll try to find out about it
2:55 and 16:37 that isn't the algosound. You can tell by the cargo hatches layout and aft mast. At 7:16 that's the algosound because of the hatch and mast layout. The algosound had 20 hatches grouped into 5 sets of 4 hatches while the ship at 2:55 had 22 hatches that weren't in groups and the algosound's mast was on her smokestack while the ship at 2:55 had it forward of the funnel. The ship at 2:55 appeared to be the Algoriver
I find it interesting how it is on Discovery Sunday and I am watching this on a Sunday. Also the reason I got interested in the Edmund Fitzgerald was because of Lightfoot's song.
If I were a young man I'd go to maritime academy and start a career on the water. I commercial fished as a young man and didnt realize what I had then. I've made a good living but I've been miserable. Health starting to fail, stressed out. I'd go to academy now but I dont know if I'd have the years left to move up. Theres great money in maritime service with tenure. Such a sad story but at least these men died on their feet, not in pain pissing in a bed pan.
42:12 Is the explanation that always made the most sense to me. Like the other captain said, those hatch covers weigh tons and would not allow the amount of water needed to overwhelm the ships pumps. The ship most likely had a stress fracture or grounded earlier in the day and was doomed from that point. However, had they made Whitefish Bay, the ship would have been lost but the crew would have most likely survived.
I miss these educational shows. You can’t learn anything by watching discovery today. Back then you could learn anything about anything, we need that world to come back. Desperately!