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[size=110%]Career[/size] | |
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Name: | SS Edmund Fitzgerald |
Owner: | Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company |
Operator: | Columbia Transportation Division, Oglebay Norton Company of Cleveland, Ohio |
Port of registry: | United States |
Ordered: | February 1, 1957 |
Builder: | Great Lakes Engineering Works of River Rouge, Michigan |
Yard number: | 301 |
Laid down: | August 7, 1957 |
Launched: | June 7, 1958 |
Christened: | June 7, 1958 |
Maiden voyage: | September 24, 1958 |
In service: | June 8, 1958 |
Out of service: | November 10, 1975 |
Identification: | Registry number US 277437 |
Nickname: | Fitz, Mighty Fitz, Big Fitz, Pride of the American Flag, Toledo Express, Titanic of the Great Lakes |
Fate: | Lost in a storm on November 10, 1975, with all 29 crewmembers |
Status: | Sank because of weather conditions |
Notes: | Location: [url=tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald¶ms=46_59.91_N_85_06.61_W_region:CA-ON_type:landmark_scale:1250000]46°59.91′N 85°06.61′W[/url]Coordinates: [url=tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald¶ms=46_59.91_N_85_06.61_W_region:CA-ON_type:landmark_scale:1250000]46°59.91′N 85°06.61′W[/url] |
[size=110%]General characteristics[/size] | |
Type: | Lake freighter |
Tonnage: | |
Length: |
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Beam: | 75 ft (23 m) |
Draft: | 25 ft (7.6 m) typical |
Depth: | 39 ft (12 m) (moulded) |
Depth of hold: | 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m) |
Installed power: | As built:
After refit:
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Propulsion: | One 19.5 ft (5.9 m) diameter propeller |
Speed: | 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Capacity: | 25,400 tons of cargo |
Crew: | 29 |
Progress | 100% complete |
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