Ship Information
Type of ship the Edmund Fitzgerald was
What is a Great Lakes Freighter?
Day the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk
What is November 10, 1975?
Number of feet below surface level the ship currently resides at
What is 530 feet?
A very strong wind
What is a gale?
Nicknames for the Edmund Fitzgerald
What is the "Pride of the American Side" and "Mighty Fitz"?
Length of the Edmund Fitzgerald
What is 729 feet?
Final Resting place of the Edmund Fitzgerald
What is Lake Superior?
Number of crew aboard the ship when it sank
What is 29 men?
The United State Coast Guard increased the Fitzgerald's ________ in 1969, 1971, and 1973 which contributes to the hypothesis of structural failure
What is load line?
The musician who sung the ballad "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Number of times the ship set seasonal haul records
What is six times?
Starting and intended end points of the Fitzgerald's journey
What is Superior, Wisconsin to Detroit, Michigan?
Type of signal normally sent out in emergencies - which the Fitzgerald never sent out
What is a distress signal?
The phenomenon that occurs on Lake Superior as a result of a sequence of three rogue waves forming that are one-third larger than normal waves
What is the "three sisters"?
Name of the Fitzgerald's sister ship
What is the SS Arthur B. Holmes?
The Fitzgerald was carrying 26,116 long tons of what the night it sank
The ship following 10 miles behind the Fitzgerald the night she sunk
What is the SS Arthur M. Anderson?
This 200lb item was recovered from the shipwreck
The island the Fitzgerald may have unknowingly struck a shoal on
What is "Caribou Island"?
On the Fitzgerald's launch day, it took this many tries to smash a champagne bottle over the bow
What is three?
Homeport of the Edmund Fitzgerald
What is Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
Last words from caption McSorley
What is "We are holding our own"?
The Fitzgerald lies in this nation's waters
What is Canada?
The Coast Guard's highly controversial theory on how the Fitzgerald sunk
What is faulty hatch covers?
Luxurious furnishings included on the Fitzgerald
What are deep pile carpeting and tiled bathrooms?