The Tragic Story of America's Most Memorable Maritime Disaster
About this episode
This episode recounts the tragic sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest freighter on the Great Lakes, during a storm in 1975.
As big freighters go, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the biggest, the best and the most profitable ship on the Great Lakes. Then, on Nov. 10, 1975, facing gale-force winds and 50-foot waves, the ship sank, taking all 29 men aboard her down into the icy depths of Lake Superior.
Topics covered
- maritime disaster
- Edmund Fitzgerald
- Great Lakes history
- shipwreck
- gale-force winds
- Lake Superior
Keywords
- Edmund Fitzgerald
- maritime disaster
- Great Lakes
- ship sinking
- Lake Superior
- 1975
- gale-force winds
- shipwreck
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Great Lakes, Lake Superior
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