• 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, Captain - 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