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Created: 2019-02-18 9:49:26 AM
Last Edited: 2025-03-07 9:00:11 PM

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Edmund Fitzgerald (1974/06)

Edmund Fitzgerald (1974/06/23)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	301
Keel Layed:	1957/08/07	Launched:	1958/06/07	Commissioned:	1958/06/08

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Westinghouse steam turbine engine	Output:	7500 shp (5595 kW) - 14.5 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	222.2 m (729.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	13632
	Length (lbp):	216.7 m (711.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	8713
	Beam:	22.9 m (75.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	27050
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	8.3 m (27.2 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company	Oglebay Norton Company - United States	1958/06	1975/11

Fleet	From	Until
Columbia Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1958/06	1975/11

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Edmund Fitzgerald	1975/11

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 277437	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States			1958/06	1975/11

Description

Edmund Fitzgerald was the longest ship on the Great Lakes, earning her the title Queen of the Lakes until September 17, 1959, when the 730-foot (222.5 m) SS Murray Bay was launched.

One of the best-known in the history of Great Lakes shipping because of the Gordon Lightfoot hit song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (released in 1976).

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Foundered 46.59N/85.07.42W		Date:	1975/11/10

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