Three shipwrecks located in the Great Lakes including S.S. Michigan

Niles Daily Star ^ | Monday, July 11, 2005 | Monday, July 11, 2005

[Dog Gone]

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi.

[Monterrosa-24]

I wonder how freshwater preservation/decay compares to saltwater at the same latitude. I would guess the temp range at that depth runs from 34-56 winter-summer? The colder side of the temp range would favor preservation would it not?

[Rodney King]

I hope they look for the Edmund Fitzgerald yet. It would be interesting to see if the corpses have turned over in their graves after being immortalized by Gordon Lightfoot.

[LexBaird]

They found the Edmund Fitzgerald some years ago. They brought up her ship's bell. IIRC.

[ArrogantBustard]

They found the Edmund Fitzgerald several years ago, and placed a memorial with the names of the deceased on the wreck.

And I like the Gordon Lightfoot song.

[BlackRazor]

There's no mystery as to the Edmund Fitzgerald's location. The ship's bell was recovered in 1995, partly in response to an increasing number of divers visiting the shipwreck site.

http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/fitz.phtml?page=recovery

[BaBaStooey]

Most intriguing, they located the capstan

Good grief, the first time I read that, I thought it said captain!!

Down with the ship!

[markman46]

sorry dong gone, wrong lake.. these ships sank in Lake Michigan, Gitchigumi is Lake Superior, and it has lots of wrecks in it.

[Dog Gone]

picky, picky. It was a great song except that it got played 2 gazillion times.

[Mike Darancette]

Gitchigumi

Lake Superior?

[No Blue States]

sorry dong gone

Ouch, that would hurt..

I wonder if there is any treasure in this boat, or at least some interesting artifatcs.

[markman46]

LOL.. Oh ya they play the song every November in Minn. I like it too.

[July 4th]

An old Navy guy in Milwaukee told me that the lakes were rougher than any ocean he'd ever been in. The size and depth combine to make semi-large waves that come at an astounding frequency. It can pummel the rivets right out of a vessel.

[markman46]

sorry dong gone

Ouch, that would hurt..

Damn finger slips.. must be old age creeping up.. sorry DOG GONE

[ericthecurdog]

Bump.

[No Blue States]

hahah

Then notice I mispelled artifacts.

That age deal is creeping up on me too.

I wasnt being the grammer nanny, it was just a funny typo. ;)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The company I worked for in Minnesota put fuel on the Ed Fitz on the last run she made. Our tanker captain knew many of the guys, including the replacement cook who went aboard that last day when the regular cook became ill.

[PeterPrinciple]

Clive Cussler's National Underwater Marine Agency (NUMA)

Never knew it was for real.

[Graymatter]

One thing they don't have to worry about in fresh, is the teredo worm. It destroys the wood of ships in warm saltwater seas. Read more here: http://southseas.nla.gov.au/biogs/P000404b.htm