My husband and I were on our honeymoon and had to pull over in Sault Ste. Marie that fateful night because of weather. They shut the bridge down after a camper shell on a pickup truck blew off and over the side. There was 1 restaurant in town and the line waiting to get in went around the block when the shut down the bridge. We grabbed some bread and cheese at the groc store & went back to our motel. Next morning we crossed the bridge - at the restaurant I kept hearing a church bell ringing and ask why, our waitress told us what had happened to The Edmond Fitzgerald. I bought every newspaper I could find for the articles-still have them to this day.
@@jonathanellsworth21 Thank you. Yes it was scary. Gordon Lightfoot's Song The Edmond Fitzgerald has held special meaning for me and I always call into a radio station on the 10th of Nov and request it to be played. Husband passed 4 yrs ago, I will never forget him, that night, that ship or that song.
I sang Gordon Lightfoot’s song in honor of the Edmund Fitzgerald last week at our song circle. I grew up on Lake Michigan, love all the Great Lakes. Touching how many stories & memories, surface on November 10 even though it was long ago. Sorry about your husband.. Away but never gone 💕
I wasn't even born yet when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank...But my Mom was pregnant with my older sister at the time. My parents told me about the Edmund Fitzgerald when I was around 10. .Of course my parents had the record of the song , "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" by: Gordon Lightfoot.... I have always loved that song.. Idk why but I just have.. God Bless The 29 Men Who Lost Their Lives 49 Years Ago Tonight...❤🙏🇺🇸 Thank you for sharing this!! Very Beautiful and Amazing!
The song is timeless! I definitely wasn’t born yet (in fact my parents would have been in elementary school) but it’s a huge part of Duluth culture, plus knowing several members of the crews on some of these ships, seeing them come and go every day, the idea of one just disappearing and never returning is terrifying
Yeah hopefully it’s not as bad as they’re predicting and REALLY hope it’s not worse than predicted, especially since it looks like some ships might get caught up in it
What an incredible video. I truly appreciate and enjoyed it. My heart still goes out to the families of those who lost their lives on that fateful night. May God continue to bless these families. Thank you for sharing this amazing video. I also pray for the safe journey of the people who work on these ships, may God bless them and their families. Thank you for sharing this video. I pray that God will bless you and your family
Great video. I'm hearing that wind with my headphones on. The witch is coming alive. As I set here tonight, watching all the videos on the Edmond fitzgerald, there is a lot of information out here now, thanks to the internet. I was very fortunate to have visited the white fish bay museum, I have a photo of me standing beside her bell. At 1900 hours here tonight, I will lesson to the radio tranmission that was recorded that night that the ship went down. RIP in peace. to the crew of Edmond Fitzgerald.
@jonathanellsworth21 I just got done lessoning to the transmission with the Coast Guard. You can also hear the transmission too. Just look up Edmond Fitzgerald radio transmission and make sure you have headphones on. You hear the Coast Guard asking the questions, trying to help out to the crew.
When the song said the wind in the wires made a tattletale sound, I never understood what it ment. I do now. The wires behind my house were really making a tattletale sound.last winter. It took me awhile to figure it was coming from the wind in the wires. I stood there thinking how they must of felt that night, rain, waves, wind, and the sound. God,bless their familes
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of November came early The ship was the pride of the American side Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most With a crew and good captain well seasoned Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms When they left fully loaded for Cleveland And later that night when the ship's bell rang Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'? The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound And a wave broke over the railing And every man knew, as the captain did too T'was the witch of November come stealin' The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait When the gales of November came slashin' When afternoon came it was freezin' rain In the face of a hurricane west wind When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin' "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya" At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said "Fellas, it's been good to know ya" The captain wired in he had water comin' in And the good ship and crew was in peril And later that night when his lights went outta sight Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours? The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her They might have split up or they might have capsized They may have broke deep and took water And all that remains is the faces and the names Of the wives and the sons and the daughters Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the rooms of her ice-water mansion Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams The islands and bays are for sportsmen And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what Lake Erie can send her And the iron boats go as the mariners all know With the gales of November remembered In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed In the maritime sailors' cathedral The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee Superior, they said, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early
May God bless the brave men who went down on the Fitzgerald, and their families. I am keeping them in my heart and very much in my prayers. Fair winds and following seas ⚓️ 😇 ❤
Filming in Duluth Minnesota harbor my hometown where I was born I remember fishing down by were the ships were coming in and out and dock with my late father brother and sister in the 80s and 90s what great memories
I think the waves came from behind the Fitz, like they did the Anderson. In any case, I've always thought it was the two waves that delivered the coup de' grace to the might Fitz. So I guess I'm in total agreement with you. Thanks for you video of commemoration and your views! Cheers! BTW I always have this date (and others like it) marked on my calendar every year. I won't forget the Fitz in my lifetime.
I agree with rag Captain of the Anderson. He said they had 2 huge waves roll up on them and it was just after that the Fitzgerald disappeared off his radar screen and they could not raise them on the radio.
No, Arthur M. Anderson? :{ That's the ship I expected to see given the title of the video. Still, the video was great and that guy on the skidoo must be crazy. I love hearing the ship's horns and the waves splashing in the canal. Thank you for posting.
I see JRB came out of the Canal and dropped anchor just offshore earlier. I figured if they were planning on riding it out they'd just stay in Port since there's no ships close to arriving. It was a starting to blow in SSM Ont. this afternoon when I was watching Speer leave the Lock and head downbound into the St Marys but its calm at my place half hour away. At least for now. I was 13 when the Fitz went down and remember well how it was the main topic of conversation in the fishing town of Port Dover where I had, and still have, family.
@@danielmorris3687 yeah she’s staying put, a few other ships aren’t though so hope they stay safe! Hopefully it’s not any worse than they’re predicting
Back in the Day, and I still remember when The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank on November 10,1975. It was 49years,ago, during a violent storm on Lake Superior. And, there's a Song 🎵 Titled The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which it was written by Gordon Lightfoot in 1975 or 1976. And, to this very day and I still have the Album Titled The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. The Mariner's Church in Downtown Detroit, will have a Service honoring the Crewmembers aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald, when she Sank. Since, Gordon Lightfoot was the Songwriter that, wrote the Song Titled, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald has Passed Away, and the Mariner's Church will have a Service honoring him also. The, Mariner's Church will Ring the Bell 29times,for the Crewmembers and time for Gordon Lightfoot since he Wrote the Song, Titled The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 14:15
Agreed. I'm surprised more have not snapped in half especially when so many of these freighters are so old. Pray for fair winds & following seas for all who sail on these massive beasts.
@@donnhate9081 lol yeah I’ve talked to the mods about that in person lol. I get they don’t want the chat to become a Fitzgerald fan club but they go a bit overboard on occasion. I think they’ve maybe lighted up a little bit but yeah 😂 that’s my one and only complaint about DHC, otherwise they’re the best
Those of us who grew up around them refer to them as inland seas, because they are. Even the smallest of the Great Lakes, Lake St Clair, can be a beast to sail. Superior is however the queen of them all by far.
Something I found when combing through NOAA's "Mariner Weather Logs" publications was the Fitz setting records for having recorded the highest wind speed on the lakes for the year (I believe the years 1974 and 1972, but that's going by memory now). I only recall that she set the record twice not too long before her final 1975 voyage, not that it's supposed to signify anything necessarily, just thought it was interesting.
….and all that remains are the faces and the names….. Ernest McSorley - Captain John McCarthy - First mate James Pratt - Second mate Michael Armagost - Third mate David Weiss - Cadet Ransom Cundy - Watchman Karl Peckol - Watchman William Spengler - Watchman John Simmons - Senior wheelman Eugene O’Brien - Wheelman John Poviach - Wheelman Paul Riippa - Deckhand Mark Thomas - Deckhand Bruce Hudson - Deckhand George Holl - Chief engineer Edward Bindon - First assistant engineer Thomas Edwards - Second assistant engineer Russell Haskell - Second assistant engineer Oliver Champeau - Third assistant engineer Ralph Walton - Oiler Blaine Wilhelm - Oiler Thomas Bentsen - Oiler Gordon MacLellan - Wiper Robert Rafferty - Steward Allen Kalmon - Second cook Joseph Mazes - Special maintenance Thomas Borgeson - Maintenance man Frederick Beetcher - Porter Nolan Church - Porter 🫡
R.I.P to the crew of the Fitz ! Hopefully superior will be tamer this year ! Fitz was the Edmund Fitzgerald’s nickname on the lakes, when she was built Fitz was the queen of the lakes !
Next year, 2025, will be the 50 year anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. And, to honor the Edmund Fitzgerald, every lake freighter will have a loud speaker and will play Gordon Lightfoot’s Edmund Fitzgerald song for all to hear.
@@rottenroads1982 That would be cool, not sure it will ever happen but it would be cool. Also would honor the Fitzgerald in a different way as well, she was well known for blasting music for spectators as she passed by, one of her nicknames was the DJ Ship
@@jonathanellsworth21 Every Nov 10, I am guaranteed to be crying. Next year of they do this it just might break me! I was 19 yrs old when this happened. After my husband and I got our meager food supplies from the groc we drove under the bridge before going back to our hotel. There was a little park like setting there. What I saw under that bridge has been burned in my memory-did you ever see the movie Poseidon? That massive wall of water that hit that ship? That's what I remember, the walls of water larger than I'd ever seen before. I have no doubt about a wave (wall) hitting the Edmond Fitzgerald.
Enjoyed seeing what's happening in the maritime aspect of Duluth (from my comfy, balmy Phoenix location). The ships look to be mainly bulk carriers; any idea of the cargo(s)? Just curious. Those lakes are insane. I lived in Chicago for several years and Lake Michigan could be wild at times!! Thanks for letting us take a peek at Duluth's action.
@@jessstone7486 iron ore is our main export, but also some coal, wheat, beet pulp. Imports we get limestone, salt (for ice), industrial equipment such as the turbine blades seen here. Bunch of other miscellaneous stuff as well, such as they just added a container dock which only gets a few ships per year so far since it’s brand new
Great wave action on Lake Superior. We live near the Pacific ocean (the really big lake). During storms the waves can get very big. Waves on the pacific ocean can begin over 1,000 miles away from our California coastline. Remember it can easily be over 6 or 7,000 miles across the pacific ocean to Australia. The Pacific ocean is beyond big and huge. We have seen big storms off the Pacific ocean
I heard a lot of talk of a theory where a wave rolled across the stern and hold and pushed the bow under until it just nose dived to the bottom. The first, and last warning would be the windows of the pilot house shattering and letting in a flood of water
@@historicproductions223 did a separate video on her! The Hero Ship of the Great Lakes: Arthur M Anderson th-cam.com/video/DxRPBrnnejQ/w-d-xo.html not the sister ship by the way but the ship that was escorting her through the storm and returned to try and rescue the crew
Looking at these waves..IMAGINE A NOVEMBER BLOW ...smh..woefully inadequate lifeboat aboard the Philip R Clarke...😞...and the Paul R.Tregurtha...Does the U.S.COAST GUARD actually test the evacuation capability of these large ships. Actually take a ship out into lake superior or any area subject to large volume of wave actions and reproduce actual emergency scenario... ABANDON SHIP TESTS ???
@@Optimusprimerib36 freshwater and saltwater waves have different structures, and the fluid dynamics are quite different. What works well in saltwater does not work as well in freshwater, so it requires different designs. Plus Lakers have to deal with constant locking, going through extremely tight spaces sometimes just inches wider than the ship, something that oceangoing ships just don’t have to deal with as much. Having good visibility and exact control of of every square inch of your hull is much more important for a laker
They still haven't learned after the Fitzgerald. These vessels should have two self launching covered lifeboats, one forward for the bridge and bow personnel and a second at the stern for the after end crew. If the "Fitz" had had them then lives would not have lost.
So when temps plummet n sustain below 0 reading for months this video might take on a sleepy hue. These iron monsters will have to eradicate nature's saltless fresh reservoir
@@MikeHunt-fo3ow lol they don’t really care about that so long as there’s water and food 😂 Duluth is major breeding ground for them, 7-8 thousand of them live here
@@jonathanellsworth21 there is a breeding sight in Beauhornois Quebec. Thousands of them squeezed into a small area. They lay eggs right up to the road….man do those suckers get mad when you vent too close.
My husband and I were on our honeymoon and had to pull over in Sault Ste. Marie that fateful night because of weather. They shut the bridge down after a camper shell on a pickup truck blew off and over the side. There was 1 restaurant in town and the line waiting to get in went around the block when the shut down the bridge. We grabbed some bread and cheese at the groc store & went back to our motel. Next morning we crossed the bridge - at the restaurant I kept hearing a church bell ringing and ask why, our waitress told us what had happened to The Edmond Fitzgerald. I bought every newspaper I could find for the articles-still have them to this day.
@@Di-bd7gn so you were right there as it was happening, goodness. Happy anniversary by the way!
Glenn's?
@@jeffpotipco736 My goodness, that was 49 years ago I don't remember the name's.
@@jonathanellsworth21 Thank you. Yes it was scary. Gordon Lightfoot's Song The Edmond Fitzgerald has held special meaning for me and I always call into a radio station on the 10th of Nov and request it to be played. Husband passed 4 yrs ago, I will never forget him, that night, that ship or that song.
I sang Gordon Lightfoot’s song in honor of the Edmund Fitzgerald last week at our song circle.
I grew up on Lake Michigan, love all the Great Lakes. Touching how many stories & memories,
surface on November 10 even though it was long ago. Sorry about your husband..
Away but never gone 💕
I wasn't even born yet when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank...But my Mom was pregnant with my older sister at the time.
My parents told me about the Edmund Fitzgerald when I was around 10. .Of course my parents had the record of the song , "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" by: Gordon Lightfoot....
I have always loved that song..
Idk why but I just have..
God Bless The 29 Men Who Lost Their Lives 49 Years Ago Tonight...❤🙏🇺🇸
Thank you for sharing this!!
Very Beautiful and Amazing!
The song is timeless! I definitely wasn’t born yet (in fact my parents would have been in elementary school) but it’s a huge part of Duluth culture, plus knowing several members of the crews on some of these ships, seeing them come and go every day, the idea of one just disappearing and never returning is terrifying
May the wind and waters grant a safe passage. May the souls of those lost rest in eternal peace.
The witch is in a mood. Rest in Peace and Love to our 29 and may God protect our sailors tonight.
Yeah hopefully it’s not as bad as they’re predicting and REALLY hope it’s not worse than predicted, especially since it looks like some ships might get caught up in it
What an incredible video. I truly appreciate and enjoyed it. My heart still goes out to the families of those who lost their lives on that fateful night. May God continue to bless these families. Thank you for sharing this amazing video. I also pray for the safe journey of the people who work on these ships, may God bless them and their families. Thank you for sharing this video. I pray that God will bless you and your family
@@kenrickjones3990 Thank you and yeah I hope the families have been ok over the years
My respect to the lost souls and all who mourn them. May the 29 men rest in peace.
And now Gordon Lightfoot also rest in peace
Great video. I'm hearing that wind with my headphones on. The witch is coming alive. As I set here tonight, watching all the videos on the Edmond fitzgerald, there is a lot of information out here now, thanks to the internet. I was very fortunate to have visited the white fish bay museum, I have a photo of me standing beside her bell. At 1900 hours here tonight, I will lesson to the radio tranmission that was recorded that night that the ship went down. RIP in peace. to the crew of Edmond Fitzgerald.
Was the sinking 1900 Eastern or Central time? The lake is definitely waking up today
@jonathanellsworth21 I just got done lessoning to the transmission with the Coast Guard. You can also hear the transmission too. Just look up Edmond Fitzgerald radio transmission and make sure you have headphones on. You hear the Coast Guard asking the questions, trying to help out to the crew.
@@samuelbistline4973yeah I’ve heard it before, always a gut punch
Thanks for remembering!
@@CathyLahr always
Fantastic collection. The one I really remember is the jet skier doing tricks in the canal. Really loved this one.
Yeah he was crazy lol! Fun to watch though, glad you enjoyed!!
When the song said the wind in the wires made a tattletale sound, I never understood what it ment. I do now. The wires behind my house were really making a tattletale sound.last winter. It took me awhile to figure it was coming from the wind in the wires. I stood there thinking how they must of felt that night, rain, waves, wind, and the sound. God,bless their familes
Great close up video. Thanks for that!!!
Glad you liked it!
You took the time to write a great description. Thank you.
@@danalarose846 Thank you
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too
T'was the witch of November come stealin'
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night when his lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams
The islands and bays are for sportsmen
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the maritime sailors' cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early
The PRC is a beautiful old school laker.
Safe voyages forever all the ships that ply the Great Lakes.
One of the best!
Fair winds and following seas shipmates. R.I.P.
RIP. You are remembered
Thank you
👍🏻
Great video. Huge waves 🌊 really like this one👍 The Philip R Clark ,who doesn't love the front end of that ship? pretty cool stuff sir. thank you😊
Thank you!
I enjoyed this very much…greatly appreciated! 👏🏻
@@lisahause8705 glad you enjoyed
May God bless the brave men who went down on the Fitzgerald, and their families. I am keeping them in my heart and very much in my prayers. Fair winds and following seas ⚓️ 😇 ❤
And to have added an extra bell for Gordon Lightfoot’s passing, just brings me to tears every year.😢🌊🔔🇺🇸🇨🇦🥰
@@loribadgero1035 Yeah that always gets me too, he created the perfect memorial for the crew to the point where he’s regarded as one of them
RIP to all the hands lost on the Fitzgerald.
Amazing wave action. Fitting tribute.❤
Filming in Duluth Minnesota harbor my hometown where I was born I remember fishing down by were the ships were coming in and out and dock with my late father brother and sister in the 80s and 90s what great memories
Awesome ships entering and leaving
I think the waves came from behind the Fitz, like they did the Anderson. In any case, I've always thought it was the two waves that delivered the coup de' grace to the might Fitz. So I guess I'm in total agreement with you. Thanks for you video of commemoration and your views! Cheers! BTW I always have this date (and others like it) marked on my calendar every year. I won't forget the Fitz in my lifetime.
@@gayprepperz6862 oops, yeah I missed that detail lol, can fix it! No problem!
I agree with rag Captain of the Anderson. He said they had 2 huge waves roll up on them and it was just after that the Fitzgerald disappeared off his radar screen and they could not raise them on the radio.
No, Arthur M. Anderson? :{ That's the ship I expected to see given the title of the video.
Still, the video was great and that guy on the skidoo must be crazy. I love hearing the ship's horns and the waves splashing in the canal. Thank you for posting.
@@momrobare she’ll be tomorrow
Anderson was in Buffalo yesterday...so sad I missed her.
@@bherylkuebler986 yeah I saw she was over there, definitely an unusual stop for her!
@@bherylkuebler986 Dang! I wish I had known that. I live close to Buffalo. :{
@@jonathanellsworth21 Thank you! I will be watching.
I see JRB came out of the Canal and dropped anchor just offshore earlier. I figured if they were planning on riding it out they'd just stay in Port since there's no ships close to arriving. It was a starting to blow in SSM Ont. this afternoon when I was watching Speer leave the Lock and head downbound into the St Marys but its calm at my place half hour away. At least for now. I was 13 when the Fitz went down and remember well how it was the main topic of conversation in the fishing town of Port Dover where I had, and still have, family.
@@danielmorris3687 yeah she’s staying put, a few other ships aren’t though so hope they stay safe! Hopefully it’s not any worse than they’re predicting
Back in the Day, and I still remember when The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank on November 10,1975. It was 49years,ago, during a violent storm on Lake Superior. And, there's a Song 🎵 Titled The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which it was written by Gordon Lightfoot in 1975 or 1976.
And, to this very day and I still have the Album Titled The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.
The Mariner's Church in Downtown Detroit, will have a Service honoring the Crewmembers aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald, when she Sank. Since, Gordon Lightfoot was the Songwriter that, wrote the Song Titled, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald has Passed Away, and the Mariner's Church will have a Service honoring him also.
The, Mariner's Church will Ring the Bell 29times,for the Crewmembers and time for Gordon Lightfoot since he Wrote the Song, Titled The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 14:15
Was debating putting the song in the video, ultimately just decided to stick with natural sounds but I love the song, it’s the perfect memorial
Scary seas, bless the ships captain and crew.
The Lake can be very scary when it wants to be!
Excellent video!
Thank you!
Interessant!!!!!!!!
Storm warnings are out on Lake Superior again. Like 1975
@@rogerbobrowski5741 yep :(
The Glory of God is witnessed in all of His creation!
@@RAV1953Stay respectful please, I’m removing that
WOW ...... 49 years has past since the Edmund Fitz went down ....... cannot believe it's been THAT LONG
Agreed. I'm surprised more have not snapped in half especially when so many of these freighters are so old. Pray for fair winds & following seas for all who sail on these massive beasts.
great ship spotting
Great shots ❤🎉!!!
@@Shipspotting_Vietnam thanks!
Real nice video 💪🏽
Thanks!
Do,the people at the bow ever meet the people at the stern?
Careful! It’s November and you don’t want the witch to catch you with a wave
Dont say Edmund Fitzgerald at the Canal Cam you get your head copped off...Nice salute nice vid thanks..:)
@@donnhate9081 lol yeah I’ve talked to the mods about that in person lol. I get they don’t want the chat to become a Fitzgerald fan club but they go a bit overboard on occasion. I think they’ve maybe lighted up a little bit but yeah 😂 that’s my one and only complaint about DHC, otherwise they’re the best
Praying for safe travels for Philip R. Clarke Captain Hein and his crew.
That doesn't look like a lake, but a vast inland ocean. I was 11 when this happened and it's haunted my mind ever since. 😢
Those of us who grew up around them refer to them as inland seas, because they are. Even the smallest of the Great Lakes, Lake St Clair, can be a beast to sail. Superior is however the queen of them all by far.
Something I found when combing through NOAA's "Mariner Weather Logs" publications was the Fitz setting records for having recorded the highest wind speed on the lakes for the year (I believe the years 1974 and 1972, but that's going by memory now). I only recall that she set the record twice not too long before her final 1975 voyage, not that it's supposed to signify anything necessarily, just thought it was interesting.
The witch is here for sure
@@Jfk3434 yeah supposed to get bad tonight
….and all that remains are the faces and the names…..
Ernest McSorley - Captain
John McCarthy - First mate
James Pratt - Second mate
Michael Armagost - Third mate
David Weiss - Cadet
Ransom Cundy - Watchman
Karl Peckol - Watchman
William Spengler - Watchman
John Simmons - Senior wheelman
Eugene O’Brien - Wheelman
John Poviach - Wheelman
Paul Riippa - Deckhand
Mark Thomas - Deckhand
Bruce Hudson - Deckhand
George Holl - Chief engineer
Edward Bindon - First assistant engineer
Thomas Edwards - Second assistant engineer
Russell Haskell - Second assistant engineer
Oliver Champeau - Third assistant engineer
Ralph Walton - Oiler
Blaine Wilhelm - Oiler
Thomas Bentsen - Oiler
Gordon MacLellan - Wiper
Robert Rafferty - Steward
Allen Kalmon - Second cook
Joseph Mazes - Special maintenance
Thomas Borgeson - Maintenance man
Frederick Beetcher - Porter
Nolan Church - Porter
🫡
A little sporty out there!!! RIP EF
Sitting so damn low in the water. Best hope for perfect weather.
@@charlessmith9694 lol she’s tougher than she looks. She wouldn’t be in service at 73 years old if she wasn’t
Anderson is on Lake Huron tonight.
@@patrickkenney1080 likely coming here in a few days after they load stone
R.I.P to the crew of the Fitz ! Hopefully superior will be tamer this year ! Fitz was the Edmund Fitzgerald’s nickname on the lakes, when she was built Fitz was the queen of the lakes !
A beautiful vessel she is. God bless all the men who sail the great lakes.
Next year, 2025, will be the 50 year anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.
And, to honor the Edmund Fitzgerald, every lake freighter will have a loud speaker and will play Gordon Lightfoot’s Edmund Fitzgerald song for all to hear.
@@rottenroads1982 That would be cool, not sure it will ever happen but it would be cool. Also would honor the Fitzgerald in a different way as well, she was well known for blasting music for spectators as she passed by, one of her nicknames was the DJ Ship
@@jonathanellsworth21 Every Nov 10, I am guaranteed to be crying. Next year of they do this it just might break me! I was 19 yrs old when this happened. After my husband and I got our meager food supplies from the groc we drove under the bridge before going back to our hotel. There was a little park like setting there. What I saw under that bridge has been burned in my memory-did you ever see the movie Poseidon? That massive wall of water that hit that ship? That's what I remember, the walls of water larger than I'd ever seen before. I have no doubt about a wave (wall) hitting the Edmond Fitzgerald.
Enjoyed seeing what's happening in the maritime aspect of Duluth (from my comfy, balmy Phoenix location). The ships look to be mainly bulk carriers; any idea of the cargo(s)? Just curious.
Those lakes are insane. I lived in Chicago for several years and Lake Michigan could be wild at times!!
Thanks for letting us take a peek at Duluth's action.
@@jessstone7486 iron ore is our main export, but also some coal, wheat, beet pulp. Imports we get limestone, salt (for ice), industrial equipment such as the turbine blades seen here. Bunch of other miscellaneous stuff as well, such as they just added a container dock which only gets a few ships per year so far since it’s brand new
@@jonathanellsworth21 Thank you so much - very interesting!
Were those wind tubine blades that the Charlie was carrying?
Yep!
Lake Superior surely shows her beauty and wrath.
GREAT isn't it ...they don't call it great for nothing right?
lake Superior’s fury honoring the 49th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald the storms of 2024
Great wave action on Lake Superior.
We live near the Pacific ocean (the really big lake). During storms the waves can get very big.
Waves on the pacific ocean can begin over 1,000 miles away from our California coastline.
Remember it can easily be over 6 or 7,000 miles across the pacific ocean to Australia. The Pacific ocean
is beyond big and huge. We have seen big storms off the Pacific ocean
@@wendyphillips5002 Yeah the Pacific alone is probably a third of the planet! Absolutely massive
I heard a lot of talk of a theory where a wave rolled across the stern and hold and pushed the bow under until it just nose dived to the bottom.
The first, and last warning would be the windows of the pilot house shattering and letting in a flood of water
Yeah I’ve heard that one too, less so recently but definitely plausible as well
why oes thePRC fly the Jolly Rodger?
For fun! That flag gets passed around between different ships every few months. Another fleetmate, Presque Isle, has viking shields on her rails
Heavy heavy girl. Love when the cut has weather
umm where's the Arthur m Anderson at, i didn't even see her in this vid because that ship is the sister ship to the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@@historicproductions223 did a separate video on her! The Hero Ship of the Great Lakes: Arthur M Anderson
th-cam.com/video/DxRPBrnnejQ/w-d-xo.html not the sister ship by the way but the ship that was escorting her through the storm and returned to try and rescue the crew
and don't forget to mention she was behind the Fitzgerald when she sank.
Those leaves look awfully green for Duluth in November.
@@daveth121864 lol I’ve got the dates for all the segments listed, these were all from across this whole year
Ship leaving and big waves splashing in front 😅
Looking at these waves..IMAGINE A NOVEMBER BLOW ...smh..woefully inadequate lifeboat aboard the Philip R Clarke...😞...and the Paul R.Tregurtha...Does the U.S.COAST GUARD actually test the evacuation capability of these large ships. Actually take a ship out into lake superior or any area subject to large volume of wave actions and reproduce actual emergency scenario... ABANDON SHIP TESTS ???
I think that deck is going to get quite wet when she gets out into the tall water.
See those waves bounce? Salt water doesn't do that.
Gordon Lightfoot 🇨🇦
Why are great lake ships different than ocean ships? The waves are just as big.....
@@Optimusprimerib36 freshwater and saltwater waves have different structures, and the fluid dynamics are quite different. What works well in saltwater does not work as well in freshwater, so it requires different designs.
Plus Lakers have to deal with constant locking, going through extremely tight spaces sometimes just inches wider than the ship, something that oceangoing ships just don’t have to deal with as much. Having good visibility and exact control of of every square inch of your hull is much more important for a laker
Real nautical in this picture
Phil sittin low
Olha o tamanho disso...
They still haven't learned after the Fitzgerald. These vessels should have two self launching covered lifeboats, one forward for the bridge and bow personnel and a second at the stern for the after end crew. If the "Fitz" had had them then lives would not have lost.
@@allandarling2930 they didn’t even have time for a distress call much less lifeboats
They’ve learned in different ways. Most importantly, radar and weather forecasting has advanced by leaps and bounds since then.
they've learned a ton. material science and weather forecasting has come a long way.
Wowy water's having issues showing off its physeek Pasidon
So when temps plummet n sustain below 0 reading for months this video might take on a sleepy hue. These iron monsters will have to eradicate nature's saltless fresh reservoir
Do you mean evacuate? If so yeah the lakes shut down from January 15th- March 20th, both for ice and lock maintenance
Horn voice done to his lover on other side
P.R.T is one of the biggest on the lakes
@@ErichRand THE biggest freshwater ship in the world actually
Those boats are too long
Why is that?
Lol 😂
James R Barker is the biggest tho
@@ErichRand nope! Paul R Tregurtha is. 1014ft vs 1004ft, 72,000 ton capacity vs 65,000 ton capacity
those seagulls are drunk thats a lake not the sea
@@MikeHunt-fo3ow lol they don’t really care about that so long as there’s water and food 😂 Duluth is major breeding ground for them, 7-8 thousand of them live here
@@jonathanellsworth21 can you interview one for us
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@@jonathanellsworth21 there is a breeding sight in Beauhornois Quebec. Thousands of them squeezed into a small area. They lay eggs right up to the road….man do those suckers get mad when you vent too close.
Sea gulls just need water, and in my area, junk food. 😂
Rough sea for the Cleark
l love the video nice Mr.Mike
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from Ozone Park NY.
3:13... Now you see me... Now you don't. 😂
@@TopDogMotorSports 😂
Superior seems quite angry and just getting started. The gales of November in effect! 🌊💨⛴️
Awesome guy on that powerful 🎿 😅