The Tragic Loss of the Daniel J. Morrell

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  • @BigOldBoats
    @BigOldBoats  7 місяців тому +220

    Thank you for watching! This is one of the most emotionally intense stories I've ever covered on this channel. I'm glad to be able to share it with all of you.

    • @eveapple4928
      @eveapple4928 7 місяців тому +12

      Thank you for another great story. Keep up the good work, we so enjoy your films ❤

    • @JJPaulson777
      @JJPaulson777 7 місяців тому +8

      This was a perfect one for Easter Day! 💙⚓💦 Keep it up - you make a difference 🌷🐇 I'm from Wisconsin & The Great Lakes and the plant the farmer is showcasing is our Northern Tobacco grown for chew & cigar binding although he's smoking Southern Tobacco 😆 we also had the same chickens & cattle you show, awww. As a kid, I used to stand on the desolate shore and pump my arm asking these big lake freighters to blow their horns - and they would!!! BAAAAAAAAAAAW!!! 😻 This is my dad's first Easter in Heaven and this episode was also perfect for that as I'm headed back to Lake Superior from Alaska to visit his grave for the first time💕 He was a Tobacco farmer and his other biz was named after Lake Superior ⚓ I remember as a kid my mom wouldn't let us go near the shore because the water was so cold and said only my dad could go down because he wanted to wash his hair. So I carefully watched him, wondering why it was so dangerous, and he came back saying it was very cold!!! Happy Easter! 🌎

    • @johnredcorn2476
      @johnredcorn2476 7 місяців тому

      I once made love on a boat

    • @lordcantiismyname
      @lordcantiismyname 7 місяців тому +4

      Great video but the captions got out of sync a little ways in

    • @BigOldBoats
      @BigOldBoats  7 місяців тому +5

      @@lordcantiismyname Fixed! 🥴

  • @elanthys
    @elanthys 7 місяців тому +215

    The last run of the season was so often the last run period, really shows how violent these November gales can be. And yet every year more had to sail off again late on the season, for a last run ordered by men in suits safe in their offices. Tragic.

    • @plbmbbmhb
      @plbmbbmhb 6 місяців тому +4

      Reminds me of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

    • @roselightinstorms727
      @roselightinstorms727 6 місяців тому +1

      Very true

    • @bunch_o_racket
      @bunch_o_racket 6 місяців тому +6

      yeah and the "investigation" sounded like it only involved the structural integrity of the ship. completely ignoring the lack of moral integrity of its owners

    • @leonardbrookes6936
      @leonardbrookes6936 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@bunch_o_racketwhich is how it should be. Why should morality, or the lack of it, be brought into an investigation as to how and why a ship sank? Is morality brought into train crashes? Air crashes? Industrial fires or explosions? No it's not. So why into a ship sinking?

    • @elanthys
      @elanthys 4 місяці тому +7

      @@leonardbrookes6936 Negligence, deferred maintenance, and written or non-written practices mandated from above that endanger crews are definitely under the scope of investigations, as they should be. Maybe it’s not expressed as “morality” per se but the responsibilities and, as the case may be, the failings of the people in charge are contributing factors that are often mentioned in disaster inquiries of all the kinds you mention sea air and land, and have been for a long time.

  • @janellapalm1687
    @janellapalm1687 7 місяців тому +149

    I cannot emphasize enough how flawless the presentation of this story is: the footage, music, narration and transitions create the eeriest vibe and elevates the feelings of dread and loss in a way that I've seen few achieve on this platform. Incredible work

    • @kittybitts567
      @kittybitts567 7 місяців тому +12

      Yes, I agree! This man makes excellent videos. They really draw you into the story and the plight of these men weighs heavily on your heart. He's an excellent story teller!

    • @dominantasmr578
      @dominantasmr578 7 місяців тому +10

      I was just thinking the same thing, very well said. The presentation of this man's stories are phenomenal and some of the best on the platform, and most definitely the best in this genre.

    • @brycewilmoth3515
      @brycewilmoth3515 7 місяців тому +5

      Please do a video on the francisco morazan it’s wrecked off of south manitou island in make Michigan

    • @TThomas-si7yn
      @TThomas-si7yn 6 місяців тому +5

      Wonderfully stated, sir!

    • @joerivers1768
      @joerivers1768 Місяць тому

      Everything was good up to 12:50 where it showed a Huron Cement Boat loading up in Alpena - I know the boats and the dock, I was there.

  • @robertmcmullen7930
    @robertmcmullen7930 7 місяців тому +124

    Excellent Job, I was fortunate enough to hear the story from Mr Hale when he was curator at the Ashtabula Maritime and Surface Transportation Museum. Truly sad and inspirational.

    • @miapdx503
      @miapdx503 7 місяців тому +8

      Wow. I can't imagine hearing his first hand account...what an amazing man.

    • @leehuff2330
      @leehuff2330 2 місяці тому +2

      I remember reading a newspaper story about Mr. Hale, but sadly I never made it to Ashtabula to visit the museum or possibly hear his story before he was reunited with his shipmates for eternity.

  • @fischerlegault719
    @fischerlegault719 7 місяців тому +105

    I only live a few miles from the wreck and when the water is clear enough, if you drive your boat over it you can see the ere shadow from the surface, kinda bone chilling.

    • @eveapple4928
      @eveapple4928 7 місяців тому +2

      Very spooky!

    • @vipvip-tf9rw
      @vipvip-tf9rw 7 місяців тому +1

      Is it diving spot?

    • @lt1nut
      @lt1nut 6 місяців тому +3

      Ahhh, the one "benefit" of the Zebra Muscle - the invasive "bottom of the food chain" in/on/of our Great Lakes.

  • @Aaron-id2gz
    @Aaron-id2gz 7 місяців тому +100

    Really glad to see the great lakes shipwrecks getting their time in the spotlight. I grew up in a family of divers who spent lots of time searching Lake Huron for undiscovered wrecks in the 80's and early 90's. I met Dennis several times and can attest to his harrowing story. I believe he wrote a book called "Sole Survivor" that is a very good read. My Mother was pregnant with me while diving the bow of the Morrell. So I guess I've been there too. Great video!

    • @tundrawomansays694
      @tundrawomansays694 7 місяців тому +5

      Cool story, thanks!

    • @eveapple4928
      @eveapple4928 7 місяців тому +8

      Yes technically you’ve been to the wreck! V cool

    • @IcanDriveIt
      @IcanDriveIt 6 місяців тому +8

      Your mom didn’t know it, but she became a submarine in that moment 😂

  • @cruxcified
    @cruxcified 7 місяців тому +18

    I cry every time I hear Dennis’ telling of what the afterlife might have been like. So much love, all timeless, lost people you know all together… But then to come back to reality… What a gut punch.

  • @Dan_Ben_Michael
    @Dan_Ben_Michael 7 місяців тому +79

    The Daniel J Morrell is something straight out of my nightmares. One of my biggest (and most irrational fears) is to be on a large vessel that is breaking up in deep water. I don’t know why, but the larger the vessel the more it fills me with dread. It would scare the absolute bejesus out of me to wake up to see such a large vessel torn in half. I can only imagine the horror of seeing the stern still travelling on to its doom like a ghost ship. I was half expecting to hear that he saw his crew mates staring back at him in silent horror.

    • @tomfields3682
      @tomfields3682 7 місяців тому +15

      Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours...

    • @jtjames79
      @jtjames79 7 місяців тому +6

      That neckbeard is going to haunt my dreams.

    • @parkertitle1923
      @parkertitle1923 6 місяців тому +4

      ‘the larger the vessel the more it feels me with dread.’ Maybe it’s because larger ships are more likely to survive storms, so for a storm to break up a large ship it has to be very powerful.

    • @lt1nut
      @lt1nut 6 місяців тому +1

      @@tomfields3682 Many have claimed that it is, *was*, His love that brought them through those very same minutes that turned into hours for them, waves of water or not, and that His love never disappeared nor disappears and definitely did not cause the tragedy, whatever situation they were in.

    • @P_RO_
      @P_RO_ 6 місяців тому +1

      @@lt1nut It's all a matter of perspective. The all-knowing and all-powerful God knew the ship would be wrecked with the rest dead, but did nothing to prevent any of the tragedy. If you willingly did the same to your children you'd be called a horrible monster, not a 'loving' parent. So God could have prevented this but didn't, and the only conclusion I can come to is that either He didn't care, or that perhaps He isn't the all-knowing or all-seeing omnipotent figure we attribute Him to being. So whatever His reasons for this occurring are, He is responsible for it all and there's no point in praising Him for the saving of one among the many He callously let die. It's not a nice or pleasant perspective to have, only the unvarnished truth. Do with it what you will.

  • @davepenn9181
    @davepenn9181 7 місяців тому +19

    I was lucky enough hear Mr. Hale tell his story in person at the Minnesota History Center in the mid-1990s. He was quite a character.

  • @CoolGames012
    @CoolGames012 2 місяці тому +8

    That “vision” is something else, all the feeling you know there is love, happiness, and seeing your family and crew mates, some you’ve never seen before. It’s incredible and emotionally intense just hearing that description. It is incredible and insane how few people know of it compared to the Edmund Fitzgerald.

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 7 місяців тому +121

    I cannot imagine the horror Dennis Hale went through. And having to live the rest of his life knowing all his other shipmates didn’t make it as well.
    Between this and the Carl D. Bradley, these Great Lakes cargo ships seemed like they had a major design flaw.

    • @MrGoesBoom
      @MrGoesBoom 7 місяців тому +31

      Yeah, the owners and their greed

    • @tundrawomansays694
      @tundrawomansays694 7 місяців тому +7

      @@MrGoesBoomTouché, sir!

    • @awildjared1396
      @awildjared1396 7 місяців тому +17

      Those late season runs in the storms is what did many of them in, not just the Bradley and the Morrel, the great storm of 1913 sank 9 ships and damaged or destroyed 40 more. Also consider the strain these boats were under, loading and unloading cargo on pretty much a weekly basis for 9 months out of the year, plus scraping docks, and pushing through the notoriously bad weather of the lakes can take its toll, especially as they age. The Bradley was 31 years old when it split, and the Daniel J Morrell was 60. As for Dennis Hale, he went through something no being should ever have to endure, and he deserved every last handshake of respect he ever received after 38 hours on that dinky little life raft.

    • @Brock_Landers
      @Brock_Landers 7 місяців тому +8

      Not to mention what the crew on the Edmund Fitzgerald must've gone through in their last moments. Obviously all of those men were lost, and whatever happened must've been immediate and catastrophic due to there being no mayday call, but it must've been horrible.

    • @Thicc_Cheese_Dip
      @Thicc_Cheese_Dip 7 місяців тому +3

      The techniques used to quickly make steel before 1948 led the steel to be notoriously brittle. Combined with the fact that freshwater reacts much more violently and brutally than saltwater to storms, and it's a perfect combination for the worst possible outcomes.

  • @Feline_Frenzy53
    @Feline_Frenzy53 7 місяців тому +26

    I get so sad when a "big old boat" is sold for scrap. I smiled when you said she broke away and sank. I thought it was a more fitting end for her. Great video, please keep up the excellent work.

    • @awildjared1396
      @awildjared1396 7 місяців тому +3

      Yes, watching the Manistee, Ojibway, and Crapo get ripped apart in Port Colborne over the last 2 years has made me cry more than once.

  • @Ebikelover
    @Ebikelover 7 місяців тому +45

    I couldn't imagine being on a ship & having it snap in two and sink. then jumping into freezing water not knowing if help would come in time.

  • @Madhouse_Media
    @Madhouse_Media 7 місяців тому +38

    I have seen that photo of Daniel J. Morrell (the guy) a few times. Never noticed the neckbeard until you pointed it out. Good Lord. 🤣

    • @grmpEqweer
      @grmpEqweer 7 місяців тому +14

      His wife let him go out looking like that. I bet she hated him.

    • @judyjudy51
      @judyjudy51 7 місяців тому +3

      @@grmpEqweer 😂

  • @jenniferlevine5406
    @jenniferlevine5406 7 місяців тому +9

    This is such sad story. The dangers these men lived with just to make a living is unspeakable. Thank you for honouring and memorializing them in this way. Wonderful video and I am totally captivated by the footage you include. Great job!

  • @herrprepper2070
    @herrprepper2070 6 місяців тому +29

    I was a young sailor, serving aboard the USCGC Mackinaw at the time. We were removing stranded crewmen from the grounded German freighter “NORDMEER” in Thunder Bay (off Alpena, Michigan) when ordered to assist in the search for the Morrell. I manned a searchlight for part of the night and can tell you, the seas were horrendous… black, windblown, raging… with blankets of fog. Rest in Peace, mariners.

    • @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24
      @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 6 місяців тому +4

      I served on the USS numbnutz one we rounded cape horn and faced 2 cyclones and a typhoon that merged onto a super cyclone typhoon with 200ft waves the numbnutz only survive because the crews training and that captains prayer

    • @PatrickBaptist
      @PatrickBaptist 4 місяці тому

      Unless they were born again believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, there is no rest, but upon death an eternity of weeping and gnashing of teeth, better get to know who God really is, most people believe in a false christ if any at all.

    • @Bvm513
      @Bvm513 Місяць тому

      OK, so I see that some people are skeptical of the story which I do think it has a high chance of being realistic because the “NORDMEER” did crash were he said it did within two weeks of the Daniel J. Morrell but, I don’t have a way of approving that he was actually there so it would actually make sense for that to actually happen, but we might not be able to determine if he was there when it happened.

    • @Bvm513
      @Bvm513 Місяць тому

      So the “NORDMEER” crash happened on November 19 1966 and the USCGC mackinaw has official documents of it being at the crash site

    • @herrprepper2070
      @herrprepper2070 Місяць тому

      @@Bvm513 In looking at some old newspaper clippings… They verify my account. The Mackinaw was called to assist when the Nordmeer ran aground. We removed most of the crew, then returned to Cheboygan. We were called back when the same storm that took the Morrell forced the remaining Nordmeer crew to abandon ship. CO of the Mackinaw was Captain George Winstein…. XO was Alva Carbonette. Ltcdr or Cdr.. don’t remember.
      “The 471-ft Nordmeer was bringing a load of rolled steel from Hamburg to Chicago in November 1966, when her crew mistakenly tried to pass a buoy on the wrong side, ending up on a shoal north of Thunder Bay Island. The ship filled and settled to the bottom, with the upper works exposed. Most of the crew was removed by the Coast Guard, but the officers stayed with the cold, dark ship to oversee salvage operations. A few days later, they were struck by a terrible storm, the storm that broke the Daniel J. Morrell in half, and they radioed for rescue. The Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw was unable to approach close enough due to the shallow reef, so an extremely brave helicopter crew from Selfridge Field took removed the crew over multiple trips. The ship was never recovered, but many artifacts made their way into collections around the lakes, with a large number of items now on display in the Sanctuary Heritage Center. Portions of the vessel remained visible above the surface for years, finally succumbing to ice and wave action only a few years ago.”
      www.michiganpreserves.org/thunder-bay-underwater-preserve/

  • @michaelfrost4584
    @michaelfrost4584 3 місяці тому +9

    I must say as an ex military sailor, the early engineers have a lot to answer for. To make such long narrow ships with no give makes me think that they never been to sea at all during a storm. And the super tankers of the 1960s and 1970s lost in bad storms , never to be seen of again. R.I.P You brave souls.

  • @kittybitts567
    @kittybitts567 7 місяців тому +12

    Another excellent video, thank you for telling their story so well and keeping the memory of Dennis Hale and the men who lost their lives on the Daniel J. Morrell alive. God bless all their souls. May they rest in peace. May perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed through the Mercy of God rest in peace, Amen.

  • @jewelbox21
    @jewelbox21 7 місяців тому +17

    I have been a subscriber since the start of your big boat documentary content and the start of you making UA-cam a serious career, and I feel like this is one of the best pieces of work you have created. I never comment on anything, but I feel you should really be proud of yourself. I hope you continue making great documentaries far into the future!

  • @TXGRunner
    @TXGRunner 7 місяців тому +8

    Very well done. I almost feel guilty watching these mini-docs of tragedies, but I do like the stories of survival and overcoming odds.

  • @roede101
    @roede101 7 місяців тому +7

    Few stories I've heard are as painfully heartbreaking as Dennis Hale's. You told it so well in this video. I was hoping you'd do a video on the Morrell and you exceeded my expectations !

  • @farfle
    @farfle 7 місяців тому +14

    OMG, BOB! I am a mess after watching this! I had prepared a smart ass comment when I saw your ad for your sponsor, but there's no way I can leave it now. Tears are still in my eyes. This is possibly your best vid yet! Thank you so much for this and for all you do!

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 7 місяців тому +14

    Great narration and information. You put so much into the backstories of the people involved in the story, many videos just give facts and figures without even showing the faces of the people involved. Thanks for your fine work in keeping the memories and history alive.

  • @lindan2836
    @lindan2836 7 місяців тому +69

    So sad. The greed. Bigger bigger, longer. More more more.
    One glance at that thing and one could see that it was going to break in two. Those poor man......

    • @awildjared1396
      @awildjared1396 7 місяців тому +9

      Yes, cooperate greed was a death sentence for many over the years, as for the ship... there are much worse examples, like the 1000 footers of today.

    • @randomlyentertaining8287
      @randomlyentertaining8287 7 місяців тому +3

      And yet many didn't. It's all about the weather they were ordered to sail through.

    • @vipvip-tf9rw
      @vipvip-tf9rw 7 місяців тому

      ​@@randomlyentertaining8287they are bulk carriers one of the weakest ship design, metal box with thin walls, oil tankers are much tougher they have many inner walls

  • @PaulB-17
    @PaulB-17 7 місяців тому +5

    A truly harrowing story, but beautifully told. Amazing production!

  • @Halfstep2024
    @Halfstep2024 7 місяців тому +8

    Spectacular storytelling man bravo!

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 7 місяців тому +11

    You've done a wonderful job telling a sad story, thank you once again. Take care, keep safe.

  • @greenthing99100
    @greenthing99100 7 місяців тому +2

    Always excellent, detailed and compassionate. I can't afford to support the channel financially, but I hope that my supportive words go some way to compensate.

  • @calebworm7855
    @calebworm7855 5 місяців тому +3

    I was born 60 miles from where this ship sunk. Heard this story 1000 times, you sir told it perfectly.

  • @tundrawomansays694
    @tundrawomansays694 7 місяців тому +7

    Your research and presentation are consistently thorough/in depth and well presented. I was delighted to see a new one this morning (the Easter Bunny came!)
    Many thanks for all your great content.

  • @KonwTheTrut
    @KonwTheTrut 2 місяці тому +2

    Your video are getting me through a tough time brother. I love this content. Your voice is perfect. Just thanks for covering all this. Been going to bed to this video this past week

    • @Oakleaf700
      @Oakleaf700 2 місяці тому

      I too love the voice for this Narrator. Very soothing.

  • @davidnelson257
    @davidnelson257 7 місяців тому +4

    Incredible. Amazing story. I grew up in Michigan but know so little about shipping on the Great Lakes. You have an amazing narrative voice. I wish you the best and hope your channel continues to grow.

  • @gayprepperz6862
    @gayprepperz6862 7 місяців тому +2

    Excellent, and I do mean EXCELLENT presentation, with great video footage that hasn't been used over and over again. Not knocking the work of others, and unique footage can be hard to come by. Your in-depth presentation gave me a different perspective than the one I have developed over the years. Thank you for your hard work!

  • @jeffreycavallo7755
    @jeffreycavallo7755 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow!! I am blown away! that was one of the most emotional videos I have seen, spent 30 years in Coast Guard, although I was an aviator my heart goes out to those who serve at sea!! Thank you for sharing this emotional tale

  • @pieyedapple
    @pieyedapple 9 днів тому

    Utterly compelling and haunting...thank you, so much, for the compassionate treatment of this case!

  • @RiffeLivingLife
    @RiffeLivingLife 5 місяців тому +1

    His story of his count of seeing his dead relatives and seeing heaven or the after life was surreal. Thank you for sharing this

  • @Bob-b7x6v
    @Bob-b7x6v 7 місяців тому +3

    As a Michigander who grew up within spitting distance of ore boats, I love your channel.

  • @miapdx503
    @miapdx503 7 місяців тому +1

    Your gift at story telling is impeccable. This is a fascinating one. The desperation and loneliness of Hale, cursing God for his horrific situation...so raw, so real...you really did an amazing job on this. I almost cried. 🌹⚓

  • @SadisticSenpai61
    @SadisticSenpai61 7 місяців тому +11

    The lifeboats weren't _entirely_ useless. If that lifeboat hadn't been there, Dennis Hale wouldn't have survived.
    But yeah, they definitely needed some cold weather gear stored on them and other stuff like that.

    • @ericreese7792
      @ericreese7792 7 місяців тому +4

      The newer lake boats, like the MV Mark W. Barker, have the same sort of rapid-launching, fully-enclosed lifeboats as their oceangoing counterparts, something that would have seemed like the stuff of science fiction to the crew of the Daniel J. Morrell.

  • @j-man6001
    @j-man6001 7 місяців тому +1

    wow, that out of body experience he went through was just incredible!

  • @langer24106
    @langer24106 7 місяців тому +4

    I am grateful to have met Dennis Hale at a museum in Ashtabula Ohio in the early 2000s. He recounted his story to us firsthand . Afterward, we bought his book Sole Survivor. It was amazing to hear of his ordeal from the person who experienced it.

    • @farfle
      @farfle 7 місяців тому +1

      I looked for the book on Amazon, and to my surprise they list the date of publication as January 1, 1709!!!

  • @misterflibble6601
    @misterflibble6601 3 місяці тому +1

    A very compelling and moving story, outstandingly produce and compassionately narrated. Thanks for posting this!

  • @SANTANA89100
    @SANTANA89100 Місяць тому

    Deeply inspiring, illuminating and elucidating the core meaning of life : LOVE . Thank you for sensitizing your viewers to the deeper meaning of life. LOVE YOU BOB 💓

  • @tmayer0009
    @tmayer0009 7 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for sharing this with us @BigOldBoats. Wonderful video

  • @alexfogg381
    @alexfogg381 7 місяців тому +1

    I have to say that I welled up with tears when you recalled Dennis Hale's time on the raft, Truly an amazing story of Human Resolve and fortitude against all odds.

  • @scofab
    @scofab 7 місяців тому +4

    Well done once again, and thanks as always.

  • @matthewnelson9338
    @matthewnelson9338 Місяць тому

    I met dennis when i was a child signed his book for me super nice dude it was a honor to meet the man

  • @AndrewHarris-kr2br
    @AndrewHarris-kr2br 5 місяців тому +2

    Late that night the Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw out of Cheboygan Michigan, was recalled to rescue the German ship Nordmeer, which had gone aground a week before. We had gone down there to take off the crew, but left a salvage crew of 8 so no one could claim it as abandon. The storm that blasted across Lake Huron was pounding it, and had broken it in half - there was a 6-8 foot break on the deck forward of the bridge - and the crew was in great danger of ending up being swept off the shoal it was grounded on. I was the quartermaster of the mid watch (12am - 4am), and we were taking huge rolls. We had to tack going down as the troughs were parallel to the shore. The Mackinaw was 75 feet wide - like a football cut in half length wise - and could take tremendous rolls that would capsize narrower ships, but the CO, Capt George Winstein, knew that trying to stay in the troughs all the way there was too dangerous even for us. When we changed course we took 45 degree rolls (NOT a sea story). Sometime during the watch we heard someone begin repeatedly calling for the Morrell, but got no responses. Then the call was for anyone who might have seen it. Again, no response. Our goal was to get to the Nordmeer to rescue the salvage crew, and as the calls continued with no response, we on the bridge just looked at each other, pretty much knowing what that meant. With the last minute help from a CG helicopter we got the 8 men off and took them to shore. We then immediately pulled out to go look for the Morrell. Eventually we heard the Mr Hale had been found, and our orders were to begin looking for any others or debris, of which we found none. Eventually we were cut loose and sailed back to Cheboygan. The next week we were sent out again to search the lake floor for wreckage using our depth finder. Eventually it was found. After I got out of the CG I spent ten years as a long haul trucker, a really adventurous life in those days before regulations tightened up and way before electronic surveillance of trucks, but that night of the Nordmeer and Morrell 58 years ago still sits in my memory like it just happened. Many thanks to this site for telling the story.

    • @herrprepper2070
      @herrprepper2070 Місяць тому

      You and I must have been on the Mac together. The only QMs I remember were Chesborough, Chief Rinedollar… and Jones.

  • @MadMax-bq6pg
    @MadMax-bq6pg 5 місяців тому +1

    Survivor guilt is a huge part of stress in the psychologically assaulted. I interviewed an uncle who had spent time as a prisoner of war for assignments. About the last thing he said was “how come I got to live when so many of my mates died”? That was 50 years after the event.

  • @Gb_cole
    @Gb_cole 7 місяців тому +2

    A very good rendition of this story.

  • @DonBailey-od1de
    @DonBailey-od1de 3 місяці тому +1

    .I was signed on to the
    Daniel J morrell , in the hiring hall , but as i was waiting the
    G A Tomlinson needed a crew member or couldn't leave port , so i accepted being transferred from the
    Daniel J Monroe
    To the G A Thompson
    After trailing her a few weeks , a storm came so strong the sea gulls on the pier wouldnt fly as we , me and a friend came back off liberty , but only moved out of our way.
    We went behind an island that night and anchore , we got an SOS in the night and was part of the search party the next
    day..
    Helicopters dropped smoke bombs wherever there was a dead body we saw two dead bodies float by the ship ,
    As the coast guard pulled them on the cutter their arms were frozen and wouldn't fall , so laying on deck they hit them with a fire ax and pushed their arms down.
    Fair winds and following tide

  • @gabrielwatson7721
    @gabrielwatson7721 7 місяців тому

    Such a tragic, but beautiful survival story. You're absolutely one of my favorite UA-cam channels. Thank you for your dedication. 💯

  • @Sober1299
    @Sober1299 4 місяці тому

    It’s about 3 am, I’m
    At work alone, I watch your videos
    All the time while working, I’m finishing up , and the ending of the video, where the guy goes to heaven just made me
    Almost burst into
    Tears..but religious and spiritual myaelf I just almost couldn’t take
    It..bravo dude, bravo

  • @MisterSplendy
    @MisterSplendy 7 місяців тому +2

    You…..are one HECK of a storyteller. I’m glad I subscribed sone time ago.

  • @anthonyward335
    @anthonyward335 4 місяці тому

    Thank you , this was brilliantly put together and very moving
    Good to see a brief shot of the Hulets in action I hope the two remaining ones in pieces don’t just end up been scraped best wishes from the UK

  • @ChanceThomas-bl1hc
    @ChanceThomas-bl1hc 7 місяців тому +2

    Another amazing job, thank you!!

  • @Straswa
    @Straswa 5 місяців тому

    Great work BoB. RIP to all those brave souls and condolences to their families.

  • @amywright2243
    @amywright2243 7 місяців тому

    Long time fan of the channel and just want to say you have the perfect voice for these fascinating documentaries. Love learning so much from your videos!

  • @sandic3892
    @sandic3892 7 місяців тому

    Oh my goodness! This one made me cry. So sad😢 May they all rest in peace

  • @Astronist
    @Astronist 6 місяців тому

    Interesting account of Dennis Hale's near-death experience. Thank you for telling his story.

  • @jerrymachusak3216
    @jerrymachusak3216 Місяць тому

    These stories are very well done. Thank you!

  • @shingerz
    @shingerz 5 місяців тому

    What a story so sad to watch what a bloke to survive those conditions rip 🙏

  • @kevinhoffman6592
    @kevinhoffman6592 Місяць тому

    I remember that. I knew her sister was damaged n was lucky to survive the storm . Didn't know she was sold for scrap n broke into in the Atlantic. Excellent video . RIP Dennis n fellow ship mates .

  • @roselightinstorms727
    @roselightinstorms727 6 місяців тому +1

    RIP❤ your survival was a miracle🎉 think of love❤

  • @francisjohnification
    @francisjohnification 6 місяців тому

    Very nice production/presentation. Good to see so much original historic footage rather than the usual cgi that many others use. Thanks.

  • @AndrewKnaus-ld5yr
    @AndrewKnaus-ld5yr 7 місяців тому +1

    very good video. Thank you for sharing. I live south of Sandusky, the great lakes are in my blood.

  • @jasoncs4514
    @jasoncs4514 2 місяці тому

    This one choked me up. Thank you for the top shelf content.

  • @jeffreyallen9626
    @jeffreyallen9626 7 місяців тому +1

    These brave poor men what sorrow they had to go through God speed may they rest in peace with our father in heaven 🙏❤️😞

  • @Five0h_Fin
    @Five0h_Fin 6 місяців тому

    Incredible, I was in tears by the end of the video, very well done !!!

  • @BigRockyD
    @BigRockyD 6 місяців тому +1

    Rest easy Dennis. Hope your soul found peace after all the hell you lived with. Your crew was glad you made it.

  • @pierceklinke13
    @pierceklinke13 7 місяців тому +1

    The section at 27:50 was so beautifully done

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 2 місяці тому +2

    The everyday story of seamen sent to their horrific deaths by companies that compel them to sail in fatally flawed, unseaworthy ships in extremely dangerous weather, simply for greater profits!
    Directors and shareholders should have been made to accompany their ships then safety would have been taken seriously...

  • @livinglikeananimal
    @livinglikeananimal 7 місяців тому

    I appreciate the work you put into telling the stories of these sailors. The story of Dennis Hale and the horror he lived through sticks in my head a lot and I could not even begin to imagine what it felt like for the rest of the crew, especially those trapped on the stern as it galloped off into the night. It's a story that deserves to be told, and something that should not have been allowed to happen in the first place if the companies would just let their ships stay in port until the weather calmed down...
    I'm not sure what happened but the subtitles from 2:50 to about 4:00, and again at 6:55 through 11:25 do not match the audio - it looks like the subtitles for the chapters got mixed up and they kind of went all over the place, like they glitched in the upload process or something. Even with that aside - I really do appreciate that you include subtitles for your videos and they read so much nicer than the auto-generated ones! Thank you for all the work you do!

  • @BrentFrancis-h8o
    @BrentFrancis-h8o Місяць тому

    Thank you again. Wonderful work!

  • @dragonclaws9367
    @dragonclaws9367 7 місяців тому +4

    How do you build something so long not expecting it to hog or sag??

  • @UncleHo5
    @UncleHo5 Місяць тому

    60 years on water... As a professional mariner (holding a Ch Engineer License) I m really amazed about this long life. These days a 25 years old ship is considered almost to the end of its life. I have sailed on 25 years old ships and is not easy to work on them, always pissing pipes, rust in hidden corners, equipment failures. Seafearering is not easy life going ashore in ports, being away from home 3-4-5 months, sometimes longer. My son turned 18 yo in July and I lost his anniversary by one day. Half of his life I was away. Please give a thought to all of us roaming in open sea to provide the world with goods or giving you a nice cruise in all exotic places around the world.

  • @FXSTB-i
    @FXSTB-i 7 місяців тому

    Fantastic watch and very insightful. Thanks for the upload from Scotland ❤

  • @judyjudy51
    @judyjudy51 7 місяців тому

    Amazing story. Loved the vintage footage and your soundtrack

  • @rokkovalkrye3127
    @rokkovalkrye3127 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for another great video. Just discovered your channel and loving it!

  • @santosguitar6744
    @santosguitar6744 6 місяців тому

    Hello. I really love your channel. Love the history and incredible stories. This one in particular really got to me. What an experience for that man. I'm am so glad to know of it. Thank you so much. Bless you.

  • @mikeray1544
    @mikeray1544 2 місяці тому

    The cold fresh.water has given good preservation, caught some dive videos of her engine spaces....amazing how " clean " they are.

  • @CodyHomes
    @CodyHomes Місяць тому +1

    Sounds like he met Angels and also had a vivid dream.

  • @sierrawhiskey5144
    @sierrawhiskey5144 Місяць тому +1

    The one thing I'm having trouble with, is with the short term time you're bobbing in a freshwater lake, that its ill advised to consume water from it for the sake of survival? I know its a bit dirty with pullution and maybe some algeal blooms, but... Its not able to be consumed to stave off dehydration? I can understand hypothermia being a thing, but dehydration?

  • @jamesmccarthy5086
    @jamesmccarthy5086 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing. Ever since i first heard about Dennis’ story I’ve wanted to read more. What a terrible time he had to endure. But yet his story inspires me that no matter how bad things can be you can always come out on top. Recently I got his book and cannot wait to read it! Are you going to do a video on the Henry Steinbrenner?

  • @Ci-D3
    @Ci-D3 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the video, it was great!

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 7 місяців тому +3

    Atheists and scientists and skeptics and all of those people can say whatever they want. I am beyond utterly convinced that what Hale saw was the real deal. "Doc" was an angel that came to him to give him the strength to survive and to let him know how much he was loved.

  • @lukethomas658
    @lukethomas658 7 місяців тому

    You bring history to light and to life.

  • @mickmandela6995
    @mickmandela6995 5 місяців тому

    I actually met him at the Cleveland boat show one year! It was a one on one conversation he told me the whole story! At the time I didn’t know who he was! But after I thanked him for sharing his life story he was a great person god rest his soul

  • @bennyd345
    @bennyd345 7 місяців тому +1

    Great job, Brad.

  • @patrickwatrin5093
    @patrickwatrin5093 6 місяців тому +1

    That footage of split house and superior though...... I've been to that exact spot and I can tell you that the lake seems as if it is unsurvivable in a boat,ship, whatever! When lake superior gets angry, I wouldn't want to be out there. The great lakes are really something

  • @TThomas-si7yn
    @TThomas-si7yn 6 місяців тому

    With compliments, I lost time watching this very excellent presentation. Subscribed, liked (obviously), and shared. After hearing that a ship had broken in two and the stern was missing...but then, it rose up again, with the lights still on, above the bow for a moment...that had me hooked. I could almost imagine that. Terrifying stuff.
    I admit to a certain degree of thalassophobia. It likely has something to do with the fact that I joined the Army, from a family of bubble-head sailors.

  • @died4us590
    @died4us590 7 місяців тому +5

    Happy Easter, great job as always putting everything together. I agree that people need to be kind to one another. I'm 53, and when i was growing up, people respected one another, i blame technology for distancing people from life.
    That crew member Hall, i can relate to the near death thing, twice as a kid i nearly died from anaphylactic shock, and i was blue both time's my mom raced me to the ER, the dr. said i was lucky, but i say it was the grace of G-d. I nearly died 12 year's ago, and it was a miracle that i am here, and a lot goes through your mind, especially when it's you that is trying to end it. G-d bless.

    • @TheGoddamnBacon
      @TheGoddamnBacon Місяць тому

      Seems you still have a purpose here. Hopefully you've found it now.

  • @GeneTheWeasel
    @GeneTheWeasel 5 місяців тому

    I’m amazed at the pictures from the turn of the century. Clothing styles have completely changed, but the basic shape of the freighters has remained unchanged (mostly)

  • @DanDirschel-eg4qy
    @DanDirschel-eg4qy 6 місяців тому

    What a story! God bless them all!

  • @donfredette5189
    @donfredette5189 7 місяців тому +1

    Great show as usual

  • @matthewzacher8879
    @matthewzacher8879 7 місяців тому +1

    Weird hearing my city name dropped so many times. Greetings from Windsor!

  • @rredeyee2460
    @rredeyee2460 7 місяців тому

    Ashtabula Harbor just had the Cyahoga catch on fire while it was docked up for repairs. It's been there for awhile. My son and I look at from point park with binoculars while eating burgers. After-school routine 😊

  • @ScarletTermite
    @ScarletTermite 7 місяців тому

    This is one of the best you’ve done.

  • @Luvs2Troll
    @Luvs2Troll 7 місяців тому

    Excellent work, yet again!

  • @psycho045
    @psycho045 6 місяців тому

    Beautiful video - thank you!