"EdmundFitzgerald" by Angelcat22

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Launched on June 7, 1958, it was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. it carried taconite iron ore from mines near Duluth, Minnesota, to the iron works of Detroit, Toledo. Over its lifetime, it set six seasonal haul records, and its original captain,

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"Captain Peter Pulcer", was known for palying music over the ships intercom while passing through the St.Clair and Detroit rivers. But not every thing went well for the fitzgerald, on November 9, 1975, the "Fitz" left the dock in Superior Wisconsin

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for its final voyage. 2:15 pm, November 9, 1975, the Fitzgerald leaves the docks to begin its delivery to Detroit. The captain, Ernest M. Mcsorley.