SS Edmund Fitzgerald
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3.8 years ago
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a Great Lakes Freighter that sunk in a storm on November 10th 1975. She took 29 men down with her. Ed Fitz is the largest ship to sink on the Great Lakes. The song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot popularised the sinking. Enjoy.
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General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 41.7ft (12.7m)
- Length 435.2ft (132.7m)
- Height 74.0ft (22.6m)
- Empty Weight 869,983lbs (394,618kg)
- Loaded Weight 1,023,901lbs (464,434kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.01
- Wing Loading 97.8lbs/ft2 (477.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 10,473.6ft2 (973.0m2)
- Drag Points 220591
Parts
- Number of Parts 800
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,924
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too
T'was the witch of November come stealin'
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night when his lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams
The islands and bays are for sportsmen
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the maritime sailors' cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early!!
@Thorne That's a song
@ACEPILOT109 nope, it was a Taconite hauler (Taconite is an ore of Iron)
@Jaspy109 Because people love builds made to show respect or remembrance to the dead
Kni002 should hire you as a dev tbh
I live near where the Fitzgerald departed
May her crew rest in peace and undisturbed forevermore. :(
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Congrats on building this beautiful ship.
Awesome!
I’m so sad
@russianspy
lmfao @ACEPILOT109
I’m having a mid life crisis at 15 now @russianspy
”With a load of Iron’ ore 26,000 Tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.” @ACEPILOT109
@russianspy
how did what, my life is a lie!
Nope, an ore freighter she was. @ACEPILOT109
wait I always thought this was a T2? For like 6 years ive thought the Edmund Fitzgerald was a T2 tanker...
New players deserve spotlights. :-)
Like it. Here is Walrus Jr’s ship from nearly 6 years ago.
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/4Is8PC/Great-Lakes-Freighter
nice
@TheBritishAviator why
Just a copy paste, didn’t really take long @ACE1089
@Thorne bro how much time did you spent for the text :/
I was waiting for one of these to be made, it’s a neat piece of our history in Michigan!
@hRmm foolish
@TheBritishAviator I got kicked from DSS III discord
Thats a big boy