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Edmund
Fitzgerald - Gitche Gumee
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- The Fitzgerald
was a "Laker", a 729-foot-long, 75
feet in breadth, 39 feet in depth, 13,632 gross tons ore
bulk carrier with a capacity of 25,000 tons.
- Its large
cargo hold loaded through twenty-one water-tight hatches, each measuring
11' by 48' of 5/16" steel.
- When it was
built in 1958, at the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge,
Michigan, Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. Comparatively,
ships today can be 1,000 by 105-feet with twice the capacity.
- The ship's
engines were originally coal-fired, but were converted to oil during
the 1971-72 winter layover.
- The FITZGERALD
was a conventional "straightdecker" Great Lakes bulk cargo
vessel.
- It was propelled
by a 7,500-hp, steam turbine and was built as Hull 301 at Great
Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, Michigan, in 1958.
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