• Crew

40th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Nov 10, 1975.

Wikipedia : SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Shortly after 7:10 p.m., Fitzgerald suddenly sank in Canadian (Ontario) waters 530 feet (160 m) deep, about 17 miles (15 nautical miles; 27 kilometers) from Whitefish Bay near the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario—a distance Fitzgerald could have covered in just over an hour at her top speed.

Program this evening at the The National Museum of the Great Lakes.

http://www.ssedmundfitzgerald.org

Crew

Ernest M. McSorley, 63, Caption - Toledo, Ohio

John H. McCarthy, 62, Mate - Bay Village, Ohio

James A. Pratt, 44, second mate - Lakewood, Ohio

Michael E. Armagost, 37, third mate - Iron River, Wisconsin

Thomas Bentsen, 23, oiler - St. Joseph, Michigan

Thomas D. Borgeson, 41, maintenance - Duluth, Minnesota

John D. Simmons, 60, wheelsman - Ashland, Wisconsin

Eugene W. O'Brien, 50, wheelsman - St. Paul, Minnesota

John J. Poviach, 59, wheelsman - Bradenton, Florida

Ranson E. Cundy, 53, watchman - Superior, Wisconsin

William J. Spengler, 59, watchman - Toledo, Ohio

Karl A. Peckol, 20, watchman - Ashtabula, Ohio

Mark A. Thomas, 21, deck hand - Richmond Heights, Ohio

Paul M. Riippa, 22, deck hand - Ashtabula, Ohio

Bruce L. Hudson, 22, deck hand - North Olmsted, Ohio

David E. Weiss, 22, cadet - Agoura, California

Robert C. Rafferty, 62, steward - Toledo, Ohio

Allen G. Kalmon, 43, second cook - Washburn, Wisconsin

Frederick J. Beetcher, 56, porter - Superior, Wisconsin

Nolan F. Church, 55, porter - Silver Bay, Minnesota

George J. Holl, 60, chief engineer - Cabot, Pennsylvania

Edward F. Bindon, 47, first assistant engineer, Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Thomas E. Edwards, 50, second assistant engineer - Oregon, Ohio

Russell G. Haskell, 40, second assistant engineer - Millbury, Ohio

Oliver J. Champeau, 41, third assistant engineer - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Blaine H. Wilhelm, 52, oiler - Moquah, Wisconsin

Ralph G. Walton, 58, oiler - Fremont, Ohio

Joseph W. Mazes, 59, special maintenance man - Ashland, Wisconsin

Gordon F. MacLellan, 30, wiper - Clearwater, Florida