If I could time travel, I would go back in time to these eras after the War of 1811-1812 to see these legendary ships. Not only that, I would also go to the 1900's and as far back as the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and early 2000's to see these lake ships, such as the R.J Hackett, Edmund Fitzgerald, and many others. That would be cool.
I worked for Interlake Steamship as conveyer man & worked on several 1,000 footers & the older triple expansion steamer for several years in the late 1970 & 80's , I Met one of the crew from the Edmond Fitzgerald he missed the boat that fateful day
13:15 I believe those 2 brittle bulk carriers that were lost in their first year of service were the steel hulled 300 footers SS Western Reserve and SS W.H Gilcher. Look them up on the internet.
Thanks Rich. Great work. It's such a shame that the big Lakes cities are all toast now. Seems they all peaked about 1975 or so. Now the small ones like Sandusky, Sheboygan and Green Bay are going down too.
@@brendanadams3796 No most of these people dont, you ask them about the Stienbrenner, Daniel J Morrell, Charles S. Price, Issac M Scott, Henery B Smith, James Carruthers, Kamloops or the Regina and they just give a blank look. In my 25+ years on the water, both the Great Lakes and the Pacific ocean i have seen all kinds of wild shit, i have seen bulk freighters broken into 2 pieces floating in the middle of the Pacific, I have sailed through typhoons and hurricanes, we lost everything from stacks of shipping containers to an entire upper deck of brand new cars, the chains snap and the next think you know cars are sliding off the deck into the sea, I will still take that over a 9 to 5 job any day. The sea is its own drug, some people get a taste and dont want anymore, others like my self get a taste and thats not enough, we always want a little bit more, the next thing you know half your life is gone.
The shipwreck featured at the end (18:58) is the 234' Francisco Morazon. It ran aground in a snowstorm on November 29, 1960. It remains at the south end of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.
