Edmund Fitzgerald
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SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a freighter which served on the Great Lakes for 17 years until sunk in a savage gale on Lake Superior on the night of November 10, 1975 while trying for safe harbor at Whitefish Bay, Michigan, killing all 29 members of her crew. The ship and her tragic death would be immortalized the following year when Canadian songwriter Gordon Lightfoot released his hit ballad The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The crew
- Michael E. Armagost, 37, Third Mate, Iron River, Wisconsin
- Fred J. Beetcher, 56, Porter, Superior, Wisconsin
- Thomas D. Bentsen, 23, Oiler, St. Joseph, Michigan
- Edward F. Bindon, 47, First Asst. Engineer, Fairport Harbor, Ohio
- Thomas D. Borgeson, 41, Maintenance Man, Duluth, Minnesota
- Oliver J. Champeau, 41, Third Asst. Engineer, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Nolan S. Church, 55, Porter, Silver Bay, Minnesota
- Ransom E. Cundy, 53, Watchman, Superior, Wisconsin
- Thomas E. Edwards, 50, Second Asst. Engineer, Oregon, Ohio
- Russell G. Haskell, 40, Second Asst. Engineer, Millbury, Ohio
- George J. Holl, 60, Chief Engineer, Cabot, Pennsylvania
- Bruce L. Hudson, 22, Deck Hand, North Olmsted, Ohio
- Allen G. Kalmon, 43, Second Cook, Washburn, Wisconsin
- Gordon F. MacLellan, 30, Wiper, Clearwater, Florida
- Joseph W. Mazes, 59, Special Maintenance Man, Ashland, Wisconsin
- John H. McCarthy, 62, First Mate, Bay Village, Ohio
- Ernest M. McSorley, 63, Captain, Toledo, Ohio
- Eugene W. O'Brien, 50, Wheelsman, Toledo, Ohio
- Karl A. Peckol, 20, Watchman, Ashtabula, Ohio
- John J. Poviach, 59, Wheelsman, Bradenton, Florida
- James A. Pratt, 44, Second Mate, Lakewood, Ohio
- Robert C. Rafferty, 62, Steward, Toledo, Ohio
- Paul M. Riippa, 22, Deck Hand, Ashtabula, Ohio
- John D. Simmons, 63, Wheelsman, Ashland, Wisconsin
- William J. Spengler, 59, Watchman, Toledo, Ohio
- Mark A. Thomas, 21, Deck Hand, Richmond Heights, Ohio
- Ralph G. Walton, 58, Oiler, Fremont, Ohio
- David E. Weiss, 22, Cadet, Agoura, California
- Blaine H. Wilhelm, 52, Oiler, Moquah, Wisconsin