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Edmund
Fitzgerald - Gitche Gumee
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Date 9-12-05
The Edmund Fitzgerald was
launched on June 7, 1958, from the Great Lakes Engineering Works at
River Rouge, MI, a suburb on the south side of Detroit.
She was owned by the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. and named after the company’s
newly-elected chairman of the board. The Oglebay-Norton Co. of Cleveland,
OH, chartered her under a long-term contract from Northwestern.
At the time of her
launch, the Fitzgerald was the largest carrier on the Great Lakes, and
remained so until 1971. She weighed 13,632 tons and measured 729 feet
long by 75 feet wide. Fully loaded, the Fitzgerald was capable of carrying
27,500 tons, powered by a 7,500 horsepower steam turbine engine that
could move her along at up to 20 mph. In 1964, the Edmund Fitzgerald
became the first carrier to haul more than one million tons of iron
ore pellets (taconite) through the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, earning
her the nicknames the "Big Fitz" and "The Pride of the
American Flag". Sailors considered themselves privileged to serve
aboard her.
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The Edmund
Fitzgerald was launched on June 7, 1958.
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