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Photos: Looking back at the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, and all 29 crew members died in a powerful storm known as a panhandle hooker.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
The Edmund Fitzgerald, a Great Lakes ore carrier, took on water and snapped in two during a storm on Nov. 10, 1975, on Lake Superior, plunging 556 feet to the lake bottom.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior is seen in this photo of the 729-foot vessel, resting in two pieces 530 feet below the surface. It was taken from the submarine Celia during a 1994 dive.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
The 729-foot ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a roiling Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
A bright moon shines over the horizon near the decommissioned Split Rock Lighthouse on Nov. 10, 2019, in Two Harbors, Minn. The lighthouse, only lit for approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes each year, was lit to honor the lives of the 29 men that died aboard the SS Edmund Fitzgerald 44 years earlier.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
In 1975, the ore-hauling ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald mysteriously sank during a storm in Lake Superior with the loss of all 29 crew members.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was 729 feet long.
Front page of Minneapolis Tribune
The front page of the Minneapolis Tribune on Nov. 12, 1975, recounted news of the shipwreck.
Front page of Wisconsin State Journal
The front page of the Wisconsin State Journal on Nov. 12, 1975, shared news of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
29 feared lost as ship sinks in Lake Superior
The initial account of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald, as it appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on Nov. 12, 1975.
29 aboard ship feared lost
The continuation of the Associated Press story that appeared in the Nov. 12, 1975, edition of the Wisconsin State Journal.
