SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there. She was located in deep water on November 14, 1975, by a U.S. Navy aircraft detecting magnetic anomalies, and found soon afterwards to be in two large pieces. For 17 years, Edmund Fitzgerald carried tac

Edmund Fitzgerald: The Shipwreck that Never Gave Up Its Dead

The loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains one of the most famous shipwrecks in history. Fifty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975, all 29 crew members died as the ship sank in a disastrous storm on Lake Superior. The mystery that surrounds it and Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” have created a fascination with the ship that has endured and seems to grow stronger with time. Story by Dan Kraker Video by Anne Guttridge Video of the beacon lighting by Eric Dischino for

The Story Behind Gordon Lightfoot’s Famous Edmund Fitzgerald Song

The 50th anniversary of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior was November 10th. It's mysterious demise was one of the worst shipwrecks in US history. Did you know we have our own shipwreck right here in St Louis? The USS Inaugural was a World War 2 minesweeper ship. Throughout it's two years of service, the Inaugural cleared 86 mines in the Pacific theater. The ship remained in the Navy's reserve fleet until it was decommissioned in 1967. It was moved to the St Louis riverfront