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Edmund Fitzgerald; Whitefish Point, MI Nov 1975
Topic Started: Jan 29 2012, 07:29 AM (18 Views)
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ORE CARRIER SINKS IN LAKE SUPERIOR STORM.

OIL SLICK, DEBRIS SPOTTED ON LAKE.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. (AP) -- An oil slick, two empty lifeboats and debris were spotted today on Lake Superior near where the ore carried EDMUND FITZGERALD sank in a storm with 29 crewmen aboard, the Coast Guard said.
"It has sunk. The ship disappeared off the radar scopes in the area and we've searched 18 hours for the vessel. We classify as sunk," declared BRYAN NORRIS, a spokesman at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington.
Ogelbay Norton Co., owner of the 17-year-old freighter, identified the Fitzgerald's Captain as E. R. McSORLEY of Toledo, Ohio, and said 28 others, including a cadet sailor, were onboard.


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Crew Listing of the Lost Sailors on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
ERNEST M. McSORLEY, 63, captain.
JOHN H. McCARTHY, 62, first mate.
JAMES A. PRATT, 44, second mate.
MICHAEL E. ARMAGOST, 37, third mate.
GEORGE J. HOLL, 60, chief engineer.
EDWARD E. BINDON, 47, first assistant engineer.
THOMAS E. EDWARDS, 50, second assistant engineer.
RUSSELL G. HASKEL, 40, second assistant engineer.
OLIVER J. CHAMPEAU, 51, third assistant engineer.
DAVID E. WEISS, 22, deck cadet.
EUGENE W. O'BRIEN, 50, wheelman.
JOHN J. POVIACH, 59, wheelman.
JOHN D. SIMMONS, 60, wheelman.
RANSOM E. CUNDY, 53, watchman.
KARL E. PECKOL, 55, watchman.
WILLIAM J. SPENGLER, 59, watchman.
THOMAS BENTSEN, 23, oiler.
RALPH G. WALTON, 58, oiler.
BLAINE H. WILHELM, 52, oiler.
GORDON E. MacLELLAN, 30, wiper.
ROBERT C. RAFFERTY, 62, steward.
ALLEN G. KALMON, 43, second cook.
FREDERICK J. BEETCHER, 54, porter.
NOLAN E. CHURCH, 55, porter.
THOMAS E. BORGESON, 41, able seaman maintenance man.
JOSEPH W. MAZES, 59, special maintenance man.
BRUCE L. HUDSON, 22, deckhand.
PAUL A. RIIPA, 22, deckhand.
MARK A. THOMAS, 21, deckhand.
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