Fitz Facts
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was launched on June 7th of this year :
What is 1958
True or false: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an ocean freighter
FALSE!!!!!
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on this date
What is November 10th, 1975
This great lake is referred to as gitche gumee
What is Lake Superior
Singer the 1976 song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
Who is Gordon Lightfoot?
With a beam of 75 feet across, the Fitz was the largest ship on the Great Lakes when it was launched with a hull length of _____ feet
What is 729 feet
True or false: Over her 17 year career, the Fitz set 6 seasonal haul records
TRUE!!!!!
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in this Great Lake
What is Lake Superior
The only Great Lake that is totally within United States borders
What is Lake Michigan
The wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was found in this nations waters
What is Canada
The vertical height of the Fitz’s hull (in feet)
What is 39 feet
True or false: Built originally with a coal burning engine, the Fitz’s boiler was converted to burn oil over the 1971-1972 winter season
TRUEEEEE!!!!!
On her final voyage from Superior Wisconsin to Detroit Michigan, the Fitz was carrying 26,000 tons of this
What is taconite pellets / iron ore
The warmest of the Great Lakes
What is Lake Erie
This peninsula in Michigan’s UP is the closest point in the US (on land) to the wreck
What is Whitefish Point
The Fitz weight this much when empty ( in tons)
What is 13,632 tons
True or False: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was the first ship to ever be built to the maximum size that could fit through the Saint Laurence Sea Way
TRUEEEEE!!!!
This was the last statement ever heard from the Fitz’s radio, received shortly before she sank by a sister ship at 7:10pm 11/10/1975
What is “We are holding our own.”
This acronym is used to help people remember the names of the Great Lakes
What is HOMES
The entire crew perished with the ship, resulting in the deaths of this number of men
What is 29
The fitz had a deadweight capacity of ____ tons
What is 26,000
True or false: During the 1968 - 1969 shipping season, the Fitz made history as the first ever bulk carrier to be captained by a woman
FLASE!!!!
The name of the Fitz’s sister ship who was traveling and communicating with her on her last voyage
What is the Arthur M. Anderson
This lake is the only Great Lake that doesn’t touch Michigan
What is Lake Ontario
In April 2005 after upset from the family members of the crew over dives to the wreck site, the Canadian government officially designated the wreck as one of these:
What is a burial ground ?