Diving the Shipwreck Daniel J. Morrell Bow Section
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- The Great Lakes Freighter Daniel J. Morrell was just over 600 feet long and on November 29th 1966 it was torn in half in a violent storm. The icy cold waves were over 25 feet tall and high winds. Only one man (Dennis Hale) out of the crew of 29 survived the shipwreck after 37 horrific hours on a raft surrounded by 3 fellow crewmen that had already died. The stern motored another 5 miles closer to shore before it finally sank beneath the surface into 215 feet of water. This is footage from the eerie bow that looks as if it is still sailing on the lake bottom. Inside are the captains quarters and other areas with general alarm signs and the laundry area. I have swam to the break several times in the past to see where the ship was ripped in half. It's a long swim in 38f degree water and average depth 175ft. For more video of the Daniel J. Morrell's engine room and other areas check out my page. To license footage contact Becky@LiquidProductions.com / www.LiquidProductions.com
😊I remember this wreck so vividly. I was 16 and we lived on the water in Amherstburg Ontario. It meant a lot to us because boys in the community worked on the lakers, so we were always watching the ships and the water. Of course it was in all the papers, with the story of the lone survivor, Dennis Hale. I remember some details from the news articles. He was berthed on the aft section of the ship and was woken up by the alarm, grabbed a life jacket and went on deck. He could see the front half of the ship, broken off, disappearing into the storm. He and some other crewmen got into a raft in the snowstorm, but the stern of the ship was still running, and would appear out of the storm from time to time still lit up, threatening to run them over. One by one the raft mates died until there were just 2 of them left. He said they talked ( they must have shouted over the storm) to each other about their families and life growing up. They were trying to stay awake. But finally the other man said he wasn’t going to make it and asked Dennis to say goodbye to his family for him. After that man died, Dennis pulled the dead bodies over him for warmth, and passed out in the freezing raft. There were reports in the paper on his recovery after rescue. He stopped talking about the sinking, and it was the first time I’d heard of Survivor Guilt. He didn’t know why he should be alive with his crew mates gone. My father took us to the seaman’s chapel in Detroit to pray for the crew. I guess dad was trying to help us process the loss. Clearly, it made a big impression.
Thank you for telling more of the story. I hope Dennis was able to be at peace with his survival.
Thanks for posting this it’s great the diving community is keeping the memory of these ships alive so awesome 👏
Becky, great video and a fascinating story I hadn't come across before. Echoes of the better known & more famous Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy. Keep them coming.....
Dive the Carl D Bradley we would like to see updated footage of her
Stumbled onto this accidently on the premier..Great footage!!
Thats awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@@BeckyKaganSchott To see such rare footage and for a few seconds i was the only one watching by the count and 1st to thumb it up...all of it was very surreal.
2:58, I would like to know the name of the music please.
So cool! Love the music with it but I also love the eerie silence at some parts 😆
Hello.. I see some TH-cam Creator's have a $ sign near the thumbs up or down. If you install that $ symbol I would be happy to make a small donation.
You should do a video like this for every straight deck you can.
Gates Housing?
I have shot with my RED/ gates on this wreck but this footage was not from that camera.
@Becky Kagan Schott :
Let's re-edit this. Second song on soundtrack, pretty good. First one, not so good. Needs more mysterious-sounding coming up to the ship. Also: MORE AMBIENT SOUNDS!
See if you can get a license to this; use this: th-cam.com/video/XukF7Xr9pGE/w-d-xo.html
You're funny thanks. I see you have no videos yourself and 2 subscribers. I'll stick with my original edit =D
@@BeckyKaganSchott :
I wasn't trying to slam you.
I've worked in Entertainment Production, and have been Grip/Elec. and Camera Operator/Camera Utility, to include operating a Hydroflex for a Pan-Arri, for almost 20 years.
This is my alternate profile I use because the mis-management at youboob, and I don't see the same things, the same way.
I'm sorry I've little to impress you with here. I'am actually good at my job(s).
@@lfreeman2511 I apologize, i do get a lot of comments about music and some nasty ones. I didn't think yo uwere trying to be rude but i put my own money, time and work into these and edit myself just to share with the public. I wish i had the budget to hire an editor to do all of this for me and search for music. Usually finding music that fits takes me longer than actually doing the dive, the deco and the editing. Nice to meet you and it sounds like you do some cool work!
@@BeckyKaganSchott :
Dear Becky:
We know eachother of F.B.. Please look for me there; I'm migrating this conversation.
I'm so very glad to talk to you,
I'd love to share my few triumph's and many tragedy's as both Union, and Freelance aspiring Filmmaker who went bust! :(.....
Amazing video, never having seen any of the great lakes freight ships I didn’t really understand their size…until now.
Were you able to meet the sole survivor Dennis Hale? If he hadn't passed a few years ago, he would have loved this video.
Seeing how all his coworkers died he may or may not have liked to look in that cold place.Ive watched his videos and he def had ptsd from it.
@@wirelessone2986 Good point. But, I think he would have liked the fact that the video exists though, so that his friends are remembered. Even if he would pass on viewing it. That's the impression I got when I met him in the mid 2000s.
@@probablylarsulrich5654 His daughter and other family members have said they liked to see the wreck
@@BeckyKaganSchott Very cool
Fellow Wisconsinite here THANK YOU for taking the time to document and show this gorgeous wreck. I cannot believe how overlooked this wreck is with such a fascinating story. What good shape she is still in as well. Just curious do you ever plan on seeing the Fitzgerald or is it kinda “off limits” to divers? Also do you sell any of your photography of the morrell?
Thank you so much for your nice comment. I do sell photography on my website here photos.liquidproductions.com/ Look for the Daniel J. Morrell gallery. You may enjoy looking through other shipwrecks as well! I can't dive the Fitzgerald ...no one can because it is off limits. It is also very deep. Over 500ft which can be done but in lake Superior thats a very serious dive. I'd prefer a submersible =D