Today beside being Veterans Days is also the date after the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald. The ship went down on November 10/11, 1975 it was the subject of Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 song ”The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online November is referred to as "The Month of Storms" on the Great Lakes. The storm that hit when the Fitzgerald went down was one of the biggest, and the worst that Captain McSorley said he had ever seen. In the Fitzgerald's storm, winds as fast as 45 knots were reported, with waves as high as thirty feet.
Sinking of the Fitzgerald The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald - November 10, 1975 SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SS Edmund Fitzgerald (nicknamed "Mighty Fitz," "The Fitz," or "The Big Fitz") was an American Great Lakes freighter launched on June 8, 1958. Until 1971 she was the largest ship on ...
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald All about Canadian Singer and Songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, including Picture Gallery, Discussion Forum, Lyrics for all Songs
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