The Edmund Fitzgerald

A detailed Summary of The Edmund Fitzgerald


One of the greatest ships to sail the Great Lakes was the Edmund Fitzgerald. The

Edmund Fitzgerald had sailed for many years until it sank in 1975.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was built in 1958; it was 729 feet long and weighed 13,632 tons (Stonehouse 13). This was the largest ship to sail the Great Lakes until 1971(Stonehouse 13). The Edmund Fitzgerald had a sister ship called the Arthur B. Homer, which was the second biggest ship on the great lakes (Stonehouse 13). The Edmund Fitzgerald had a 7,000 horsepower steam turbine engine that could push the ship at around 16 miles an hour (Stonehouse 13). Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee owned the ship. Aboard the ship there were 29 crew members, the captain, 3 licensed deck officers, a chief engineer, 4 licensed engineering officers, and 20 unlicensed personnel (U.S. Marine Reports). The ships captain was Ernest Mcsorley who was a master of the Great Lakes and had 44 years sailing them (Stonehouse 25). The ship had sailed the great lakes for many years until that day in 1975 when it was never seen again.

The Edmund Fitzgerald had left a port in Superior, Wis. At around 2:15 pm

on November 09, 1975 (Stonehouse 24). The ship was fully fueled and loade


The two ships had traveled along, now only with radar and radio contact. The storm started to worsen. Now with winds at 43 knots and waves of 12 to 16 feet, the ship was taking on water (Stonehouse 27). The Fitzgerald had radioed to the Anderson that they had a rail down and some vents were damaged (Stonehouse 27). Minutes after the radio contact between the Anderson and the Fitzgerald, the Anderson had received an emergency broadcast from the coast guard stating that all ships were to find safe anchorage (Stonehouse 28). At this time the Soo locks and the Mackinaw Bridge were closed down due to winds of up to 96 miles per hour (Stonehouse 28). The Fitzgerald had lost both of its radars and had to maintain radio contact with the Anderson (Stonehouse 28). During this contact the first mate of the Anderson asked the Fitzgerald: "Oh by the way, how are you making out with your problem?" the reply from the Fitzgerald was "We are holding our own" (Stonehouse 29). Those words were the last words ever heard from the Fitzgerald, which soon disappeared off radar (Stonehouse 30).

At 9:25 pm the call was made from the coast guard to start a search for the missing Fitzgerald (Stonehouse 32). The search for the Fitzgerald went on for 5 days. They had many ships and aircraft from all around the region including Canada. On the second day of th

Some common words found in the essay are:
Edmund Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Anderson, Coppermine Stonehouse, Marine Reports, Fitzgerald Oh, Company Milwaukee, Fitzgerald Stonehouse, Mackinaw Bridge, Ernest Mcsorley, edmund fitzgerald, Superior Wis, marine reports, stonehouse 13, radio contact, stonehouse 27, stonehouse 28, stonehouse 43, marine reports ships, miles stonehouse, ships traveled, 16 miles, wreck edmund fitzgerald, radio contact anderson, seen edmund fitzgerald, 13 edmund fitzgerald,

Approximate Word count = 902
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: History

join now Save Paper

Related Essays

  • Edmund Fitzgerald The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Edmund Fitzgerald was built in River Rouge, Michigan in 1958 with the hull number 301 McCall . The ... 1851 words
  • The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The Wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald On November 10, 1975 the bulk freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior with all 29 men aboard. ... 492 words
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald 2 ... stories appeared in Princeton Universityamp39s literary magazine, which was edited by his friend and fellow student Edmund Wilson whom Fitzgerald considered his ... 1451 words
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald ... It was there that he met friends Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop. Fitzgerald was too small to play football so he joined a fraternity called the triangle ... 1367 words
  • Fitzgerald ... His colleague, Edmund Wilson, whom he met and became close friends with at Princeton, wrote an analysis of Fitzgerald in 1922 entitled ampquotLiterary Spotlight ... 1519 words

Professional Essays

  • Life ampamp Fiction in the Work of Fitzgerald ampamp Hemingway ... led to his own breakdown, recorded in his essays collected by Edmund Wilson in The CrackUp 1945 Brennan, 1999, p. 41. Fitzgerald recovered sufficiently to ... 1970 words
  • STRUCTURAL AND ELITE CRIME ... Others such as Pentagon analyst Ernest Fitzgerald, who blew the whistle to Congress on ... Edmund Burke was correct when he said that all that is required for evil ... 4355 words


Saved Paper

Save your papers so you can locate them quickly!

Newest Essays

Testimonials

  • "Thank You So Much!!! You have saved me once again!!!"
    Jack M.
  • "With so many papers to chose from, I was able to get ideas to help me with all of my classes. Thank You!"
    Brian P.
  • "I've used this site for the last 3 years to help me come up with ideas for my papers."
    Sara J.
  • "I use this site every week to help me write my own papers!"
    Rachel W.
  • "I love this site!!!"
    Marie N.
Home Join Now Support
Acceptable Use Policy About us FAQ
All papers are for research and reference purposes only!
© 2002-2009 DirectEssays.com. All Rights Reserved.