Nov 10 1975 that fateful day the Arthur M Anderson went in search of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 082721
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2021
- Edmund Fitzgerald left Superior, Wisconsin, at 2:15 p.m. on the afternoon of November 9, 1975,[34] under the command of Captain Ernest M. McSorley. She was en route to the steel mill on Zug Island, near Detroit, Michigan,[35] with a cargo of 26,116 long tons of taconite ore pellets and soon reached her full speed of 16.3 miles per hour Around 5 p.m., Edmund Fitzgerald joined a second freighter under the command of Captain Jesse B. "Bernie" Cooper, Arthur M. Anderson, destined for Gary, Indiana, out of Two Harbors, Minnesota.[37] The weather forecast was not unusual for November and the National Weather Service (NWS) predicted that a storm would pass just south of Lake Superior by 7 a.m. on November 10.[38]
SS Wilfred Sykes loaded opposite Edmund Fitzgerald at the Burlington Northern Dock #1 and departed at 4:15 p.m., about two hours after Edmund Fitzgerald. In contrast to the NWS forecast, Captain Dudley J. Paquette of Wilfred Sykes predicted that a major storm would directly cross Lake Superior. From the outset, he chose a route that took advantage of the protection offered by the lake's north shore to avoid the worst effects of the storm. The crew of Wilfred Sykes followed the radio conversations between Edmund Fitzgerald and Arthur M. Anderson during the first part of their trip and overheard their captains deciding to take the regular Lake Carriers' Association downbound route.[39] The NWS altered its forecast at 7:00 p.m., issuing gale warnings for the whole of Lake Superior.[40] Arthur M. Anderson and Edmund Fitzgerald altered course northward seeking shelter along the Ontario shore[37] where they encountered a winter storm at 1:00 a.m. on November 10. Edmund Fitzgerald reported winds of 52 knots (96 km/h; 60 mph) and waves 10 feet (3.0 m) high.[41] Captain Paquette of Wilfred Sykes reported that after 1 a.m., he overheard McSorley say that he had reduced the ship's speed because of the rough conditions. Paquette said he was stunned to later hear McSorley, who was not known for turning aside or slowing down, state that "we're going to try for some lee from Isle Royale. You're walking away from us anyway … I can't stay with you."[39]
At 2:00 a.m. on November 10, the NWS upgraded its warnings from gale to storm, forecasting winds of 35-50 knots (65-93 km/h; 40-58 mph).[42] Until then, Edmund Fitzgerald had followed Arthur M. Anderson, which was travelling at a constant 14.6 miles per hour (12.7 kn; 23.5 km/h),[37] but the faster Edmund Fitzgerald pulled ahead at about 3:00 a.m.[43] As the storm center passed over the ships, they experienced shifting winds, with wind speeds temporarily dropping as wind direction changed from northeast to south and then northwest.[41] After 1:50 p.m., when Arthur M. Anderson logged winds of 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph), wind speeds again picked up rapidly, and it began to snow at 2:45 p.m., reducing visibility; Arthur M. Anderson lost sight of Edmund Fitzgerald, which was about 16 miles (26 km) ahead at the time.[44]
Shortly after 3:30 p.m., Captain McSorley radioed Arthur M. Anderson to report that Edmund Fitzgerald was taking on water and had lost two vent covers and a fence railing. The vessel had also developed a list.[45] Two of Edmund Fitzgerald's six bilge pumps ran continuously to discharge shipped water.[46] McSorley said that he would slow his ship down so that Arthur M. Anderson could close the gap between them.[45] In a broadcast shortly afterward, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) warned all shipping that the Soo Locks had been closed and they should seek safe anchorage. Shortly after 4:10 p.m., McSorley called Arthur M. Anderson again to report a radar failure and asked Arthur M. Anderson to keep track of them.[47] Edmund Fitzgerald, effectively blind, slowed to let Arthur M. Anderson come within a 10-mile (16 km) range so she could receive radar guidance from the other ship.[48]
For a time, Arthur M. Anderson directed Edmund Fitzgerald toward the relative safety of Whitefish Bay; then, at 4:39 p.m., McSorley contacted the USCG station in Grand Marais, Michigan, to inquire whether the Whitefish Point light and navigation beacon were operational. The USCG replied that their monitoring equipment indicated that both instruments were inactive.[49] McSorley then hailed any ships in the Whitefish Point area to report the state of the navigational aids, receiving an answer from Captain Cedric Woodard of Avafors between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. that the Whitefish Point light was on but not the radio beacon.[43] Woodard testified to the Marine Board that he overheard McSorley say, "Don't allow nobody on deck,"[50] as well as something about a vent that Woodard could not understand.[51] Some time later, McSorley told Woodard, "I have a 'bad list', I have lost both radars, and am taking heavy seas over the deck in one of the worst seas I have ever been in."[52]
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Blessings to all who work on the Lakes, today and every day. Peaceful rest to the Fitzgerald Captain and her crew for eternity.
Amen Brother.
Captain Cooper was brave going back in that storm looking for the Fitzgerald. Nice to see the Anderson still going!
And now Iam searching for Edmund Fitzgerald survivor
Point of trivia. I was recently sitting in a cafe in South Carolina and started a conversation with a group at another table. The old gentleman told me he was a retired captain from laker service and early in his career he served on the Edmund Fitzgerald. He talked fondly of the many times he came to Duluth and the ship canal.
I hope they keep this ship when her time comes. It is living history
She’s actually one of the freighters who’s going to end up as a museum ship definitely, she’s too important to just be scrapped
Indeed
I agree. It should saved in the museum!!
Sorry, no. While I agree that the Arther Anderson should be saved, they won't save her, she'll recieve orders to go to her final destination, the scrapyard. You see, these ore carrying vessels, after they reach the end of their long laborious journey and lifetime, the owners of them scrap them as they would be to expensive to keep and maintain, keeping them painted, which with the material and labour, costs escalate, to keep the diesel engines running, etc, etc, etc. As sad as it is, they ALL meet the fate of the scrapyard no matter how new or old, no matter the vessels past history, it still will see the scrapyard. The sister ship of the Big Fitz, the Arther B Homer, exact replica of the Edmund Fitzgerald, as she was built two years after the Big Fitz in 1960 and launched, was on Lake Erie when she to, recieved orders in 1986 to sail her to her final destination, the scrapyard.
@@danbasta3677 eh, I’m not sure, some ships with enough history behind them are saved. There’s hope
Built in 1952 ? That makes the Arthur M. Anderson almost 70 years old !
The ship is LEGEND.
Fair winds to the future !
A howling storm, driving snow and towering waves are inscribed on the gravestone of the EDMUND FITZGERALD. May God, in all of his mercy, give rest to the crew still manning her, and comfort to the surviving family members. Gone, but never forgotten. Amen.
This ship needs to be museum.
Always a melancholy day each year. I was a very young nurse in charge of the USPS Outpatient Clinic in Buffalo. Clinic staff knew the crew of the Fitzgerald. It was a shock to hear that she had gone down and taken them all with her. Since then, throughput the years, I subconsciously hold my breath during the month of November when the "gales come slashin'" .... hoping that history never repeats itself. May the crew RIP 🕊️🌹 Never ending appreciation to the Anderson for her attempt to aid the Fitzgerald.⚓
Great info from your history with the event. I sure do agree that this event never repeats!
It interesting I feel the same way,will never forget that night.I was north of superior that night it was a wicked event of a storm.
@@davegiannotti758 Yes, such a traumatic event.
Hope all viewers of the Arthur M Anderson realize how much courage and bravery it took on Capt. Bernie Cooper and his crew to turn around and go back out into HELL of wind gusts up to 100 mph and waves approaching 50 feet. Very brave sea men !!! Hope there is a shrine to these sea men because they surely deserve it !!
And not only the Arther Anderson and her crew and ships master, Captain Bernie Jesse Cooper, the William Clay Ford under the command of ships master Captain Donald Erickson joined the search participating in rescue maneuvers in that fateful morning and ravaging storm on Lake Superior.
@@danbasta3677 real ray of sunshine you are in these comment
@@kernsr1859 Why? Don't you like what I wrote? It's true, both ore carrying vessels went right out in the turbulent, vicious waters while the storm was still raging, and both vessels risked their own ships and crew members to possibly help any survivors that may still be out on that Lake, participating in rescue maneuvers to hopefully save lives.
@@kernsr1859 Dude, take your negativity elsewhere.
Thinking of those lost today. Thanks for sharing 🥲
I was 18 years old, when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. When the Arthur M. Anderson retires, they need to convert the Arthur M. Anderson to a marine museum. Watch out for the Gales of November. God Bless the people who work on the freighters.
May they R.I.P.
Unfourtionally, they won't, she, along with many others of her stature will be given orders to sail her to the scrapyard. Happens every time, never fails.
@@danbasta3677 But what if the us doesn’t want to scrap it the owners can’t just say “ no we still scrap it “
Forty-six years ago. Being from Wisconsin, I was 15 years old. At the time, I didn’t really know about what had happened. But that song really made it real. And the whole world knows of it now.
I was 11. I remember my parents and grandparents talking about it. I didn't live to far from Lake Superior then. Okoboji Iowa. As I've got older the Fitzgerald has really interest me. Tragic story.
Gordon Meridith Lightfoot, Canada's finest and BEST singer/songwriter who all introduced to us all the words, music and intense drama that surrounded the Big Fitz and her ships master Captain Earnest McSorley and his hard working crew as they embarked, traveling upon that lake Superior when two volatile air masses encroached upon that Lake, releasing all of Superior's anger and fury, resulting the loss of the Big Fitz and her brave Captain and his crew.
My husband is a former Merchant Marine, and sailed the Great Lakes. He was driving to his parent's house in Sanabel Island, south of Fort Myers when the Fitz went down. To this day he cannot listen to Gordon Lightfoot's song about the Fitz without remembering that feeling of utter hopelessness after hearing the news. Thank you Paul for all the history you give us. Many blessings to those sailing the lakes.
Got one to top that. I was working a job in my hometown in Midland, Pennsylvania at a steel mill when a bunch of Canadian truck drivers came in to pick up coils to be shipped back to Canada. My job, was to station the truck drivers in with paperwork mill passes to their destination within the mill, station 200. I had a radio station on from Youngstown, Ohio, WNIO 1390 and the song The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald came on. The one truck driver said, HEY! Shut that song off! I asked why? He said, you see this guy coming in now, I said yes, he said, he had a cousin he was close to who died on that ship, and if he heard that song, he'll bust out crying, I had to shut the song off in order to protect him from his deep feelings of loss. And I'm a Gorden Lightfoot freak here, as I love all his written and produced music he has put out in the past. You can very much understand the impact the loss of those guys, the ship and how their relatives still very much feel to this very day. I quite understood, and was glad to comply to the request of turning off the song, had to, think of how you'd feel if you lost someone you were close to who died on that ship.
@@danbasta3677 yes I completely understand, my husband knew one of the engineers on the Fitz. I would imagine the gentleman who lost his cousin still goes through a lot of grief on the anniversary of The Fitz going down.
Thanks for posting this video! I met one of the cook's daughters during a memorial service, around 2014(?). She told me that her father was ONLY there that fateful trip because he was filling in for the regular cook, who had a medical issue (appendicitis, I think)!!! The memorial venue - Belanger Park, River Rouge, MI - is on the Detroit River next to Zug Island, and only a mile from The Great Lakes Engineering works. During the service, the passing freighters all gave the Captain's salute. One freighter actually did a full 380 degree turn in tribute. That evening was very moving, and I will never forget it!!!
So many videos on UA-cam about that night, those ships, and that tremendous tribute in song, the video that is so compelling to me is the taped recordings between Captain Bernie Cooper and the Coast Guard on that night as they just about beg him to go back out and search. The conflict going on between loyalty to brothers on the Lakes and the safety of himself and his crew is so evident in Captain Cooper's voice.
Arthur M Anderson has an opening act before the main attraction!
November 10 is always a very special day to me and many other, and it makes me happy to see this old girl today.
Paul, i'll never forget that day. I was living in Detroit back then. Every time i see the Anderson i think of the Fitzgerald, and Gordon Lightfoot's song. I've passed that Mariners Church on Jefferson Ave heading to Belle Isle Park. The Fitz was a giant freighter.
May God watch over all who work on the big lake, and over the crew of the Fitzgerald, still at their posts.
It was a sad day in lake history. Thanks for the article and the link. I can't find it back again right now but somewhere on this vast internet there is a site that has recordings of some of the radio traffic from that day. I have listened to it before. When asked to go back and see if they could find survivors, Captain Cooper of the Arthur M. Anderson was at first, and rightfully so, reluctant to do so, stating that he was taking waves over the bow and the decks were awash. I would have been scared to death and it took a brave crew to turn around and head back out into that storm to try to help. You just can't say enough about those brave folks. May the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald rest in peace.
Captain Cooper is on record as having said, "We'll do it, but we're going to take a hell of a beating out there."
It gives me chills just thinking about it. Courage undaunted.
They didn't at all care. They went out without blinking an eye and put even their own lives in jeopardy in order to possibly save a crew that might still be out in those waters, they all had a special, close, brotherhood while they sailed those treceous waters on the lake itself. A excellent example of how people today should still be today, however, aren't. Many salutes to you guys from the Arther Anderson and the Willism Clay Ford vessels that participated in rescue maneuvers in dangerous, violent and treacherous waters.
Wow, 46 years ago TODAY the Fitzgerald sank. Just read the book "Why the Edmond Fitzgerald Sank". It gives 5 reasons why any one of which, by itself, might not have been enough to bring her down but when combined made the perfect storm (intentional pun) for maritime disaster.
Great video. Thank you
God bless and keep the Mariners safe.
I took a facination to the Fitz and the Anderson because I'm from Toledo. Capt McSorley was from here and I was surprised that about half the crew was from this area as well. Amazing it went down so fast. And also amazing the Anderson went back out knowing how bad the storm was.
Was the skier looking for a medal?? Love and prayers for all whose memories lie with that terrible day ♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏
😁 I wonder ? He really did seem to be really enjoying the waves.
You mean the water hornet? Where they buzz around in circles when they have a big lake or river to go out on.
@@jdtractorman7445 😂
I read there’s a November Witch forming near Upper Michigan in Superior, you can definitely see it in the video here, I’m praying we won’t lose any boats tonight
I still read that story and some child-like part of me thinks, for a moment, that it will end differently this time.
Oh, I know what you mean. Same here!
Thanks for posting- amazing this ship is still in service.
Hopefully for a long time to come!
I have to say that's one old vessel. Lots of history there.
GREAT 👍 VIDEO PAUL! THANKS!
Thanks Dwight!
God bless you all great blog
Nice video of such an historic vessel
I had never heard the part about the Sykes captain...wow that guy is an unsung hero in all this, it might have been two ships go down if he doesn't make a better call all by himself than the NWF did. What a smart captain. Somebody needs to name a ship after him, heck with the executives!
God bless this ship and her crew, may they sail safely and return home to their loved ones. I hope and pray that the ship is converted into a museum of sorts so that her legacy will continue on. I joined a Facebook group on the Edmund Fitzgerald several years ago and it was pretty cool. Word of warning however, if you happen to come across it just watch what you say about the sinking because it’s populated by a bunch of old timers and relatives of the crew who still haven’t gotten over what happened. They’re quick to jump your shit for just about anything so beware.
The play, “Ten November,” made it real for me. What theater company will stage it in the 50th anniversary year?
Is the alpena still in service or did it get scrapped.
There is a song called "November Bells" by Kurt Puffpaff the song contains actual short wave radio transmissions from the Coast Guard Station at St. Ignace the night The Fitz" went down.
It is really a good song about Kurt's experience and memory from that night.
It is on REVERB Nation.
It will send a chill up your spine when you hear it.
Side note, what's up with the jet ski I thought the channel was no wake,?
😆 you are correct! It is no wake, guess the jet ski was just taking advantage of the rollers in the canal.
Guess the jet ski guy isn’t “no wake” woke.
God Bless and Keep all the Mariners
Awesome
"The Arthur M. Anderson--" "HOOOOOOOOONNNKKK!!!!!!!!! HOOOOOOOOONNNKKK!!!!! HOOOOOOOOONNNKKK!!!!!!! HONK!!!! HONK!!!!"
Tooooooooooooooot!
Tooooooooooooooot!
Tooooooooooooooot!
Tooot!
Tooot!
She’s saying “that’s my name! That’s my name!”
Cool video.
Shame the fitts could've been around today as the anderson is here
Paul do think the gales of November will come early this year I love the remembra nce of the big Fitz
Ironically, the weather we are getting tonight is spot on, rumors say up to 18' waves tonight on the lake!
I'm sure the boat's on the lake have been alerted to the weather I wish them safe t ravel.
@@myroncoleman9825 it doesn't look like anyone's in a hurry to leave Duluth right now.
That ship is iconic should definitely be preserved after she's retired
@@PaulScinocca yeesh, it’s gonna be big. It’s been cloudy and downcast here in central Kentucky, I wonder if what we’re getting is the same storm
What is he doing on a wave runner
God bless.
That had me worried. I thought the Coast Guard had asked the guy om the jet ski to come about and join the search...
I need a horn like that
Blow it when I pass someone that I see has there face in there phone instead of paying attention to driving
Indeed!
How many guests could she carry? Might be fun to do a cruise there, just to see the trip, and add a bit of spice.
AMA spent the 46th anniversary of the sinking unloading stone at Marine City, MI.
I think last year they actually arrived Duluth with stone for C Reiss.
@@PaulScinocca I believe you're correct.
That was so sad what happened to those guys in 75! I wonder if it would have mattered to this day if they would have put life jackets on anyway with extremely cold water if they would have survived on the surface they probably would have froze to death in the water before help would have came for them!
From the reports we have it seems the Big Fitz went down too fast for anyone to even react... It didn't bob in the water like a normal sinking....26000 tons of ore took the Fitz in a hurry. May they rest in peace
The Fitz was launched in 1958 at 729' in length, listed as the longest ship on the Great Lakes..yet the Arthur M Anderson is mentioned here as being launched in 1952 at 767'.
I'm confused.
As completed, Arthur M. Anderson's overall dimensions were 647' 00" She was lengthened in 1975 at Fraser. They just give the current length on the dissertation.
How many cell phones could it haul? Lol, jk. Beautiful vessel. I wish the crew a safe voyage.
Its November so it that strom time
Was that Steven Crowder?
😂 doubtful...
jet ski's SUCK
Author M. Anderson was the last ship to have talked to McSorley and she did go back out to look for the S.s. Edmund Fitzgerlad crew no one the Author M. Anderson and her crew will not be forgotten may the crew of the S
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