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Edmund Fitzgerald's Three Sisters Essay

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The Edmund Fitzgerald was launched June 8, 1958 at River Rouge, Michigan. According the article called Edmund Fitzgerald, “At 729 feet and 13,632 gross tons she was the largest ship on the Great Lakes, for thirteen years, until 1971.” The Fitzgerald and the Arthur M. Anderson, another freighter on Lake Superior, traveled about 10 to 15 miles apart. The Fitzgerald was a faster ship and took the lead, A storm was upgraded early in the morning on November 10. The conditions were bad, “With winds gusting to 50 knots and the seas 12 to 16 feet”. I think the Edmund Fitzgerald sank because of the Three Sisters. “Anderson this is the Fitzgerald. I have a fence railed, two vents lost or damaged, and a list..” (A list means it his leaning or tipped a little). At 6:55pm Captain Cooper “felt a “bump”, they felt the ship …show more content…

Fitzgerald, there is a target 19 miles ahead of us. So the target would be 9 miles on ahead of you.” “Well, answered Captain McSorley, “Am I going to clear?” “Yes , he is going to pass to the west of you.” “Well fine.” “By the way, Fitzgerald, how are you making out with you problems?” asked Clark “We are holding our own.” - 7:10 pm “Okay fine, I’ll be talking to you later.” Clark signed Off. So that was their last talk. In the text it looks like Fitzgerald didn’t need any help. Around 7:15 pm, the pip, the radar signal, was lost again. Clark called the Fitzgerald again at about at 7:22 pm, There was no answer. Edmund Fitzgerald lost buoyancy and stability resulting from massive flooding because of the high waves and winds caused by the storm. 29 men were lost when the Fitzgerald went down. I think Edmund Fitzgerald sank because of the waves from the Three Sisters. Fitzgerald said he had two vents, a rail down and a list. Two large waves struck the decks of a ship and the third, larger wave sent her to the bottom of the

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