A good friend of ours had a relative on the Fitz when it sank. I never knew about it until I stumbled on a book on the sinking and the author mentioned our friends name. I was shocked. He had never mentioned the connection during all the years we knew him.
I was also fortunate to have the opportunity to follow the Arthur M. Andersen up the channel into Toledo one summer day. My guests on board didn’t understand why I was so excited to follow the boat. They just thought it was just another lake freighter.
“follow the boat.”
God Bless you.
Wow! That must have been an incredible voyage! Amazing that your friend never mentioned anything about their relative....so very sad but still a significant piece of history.
I lived in Duluth for 17 yrs and never got tired of watching the lakers and salties coming from or going into the big lake, under the lift bridge... some of the 1000 footers never looked like they would make it out of the canal..