Divers tell of decades-ago visits to Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck

Terrence Tysall set a record scuba diving to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ric Mixter dove in a submersible, finding a missing body.
Smithsonian Magazine

The ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ Sank Half a Century Ago. We’re Still Fascinated

A massive freighter carrying thousands of tons of iron ore disappeared in Lake Superior, setting shipping on a new course ...

These are the largest, deadliest shipwrecks in Great Lakes history

Retelling shipwreck stories help keep the memories of their victims alive. How the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, SS Carl D. Bradley ...
NPR Illinois

Statewide: A half century later, mystery still surrounds the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 year ago, Nov. 10, 1975, and the legend lives on. The author of a new book joins us to discuss what we know about the freighter that went down, taking 29 men to their ...

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later

November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated ...

50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship ...
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The Edmund Fitzgerald hasn’t been explored in 30 years. Will there ever be another dive?

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on the Canadian side of Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. There have been six diving expeditions to ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago. How big was the ship?

When it launched from the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan, in 1958, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship in the Great Lakes. For roughly a year, the 729-foot vessel was ...
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What it was like to dive to Edmund Fitzgerald

Terrence Tysall is one of two people known to have scuba dived to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald — something now ...