10-11 NOVEMBER 1975 50th ANNIVERSARY THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD (cont.) No Coast Guard vessel in the area was capable of braving such heavy seas this night, but an HU-16 “Albatross” and an HH-52 “Sea Guard” helicopter were launched. In addition, Anderson Read More
10 NOVEMBER 1975 50th ANNIVERSARY THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD When she slid off the ways in 1958, the 729-foot SS Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest man-made object ever to hit freshwater, indeed her size took Great Lakes freighting Read More
12 SEPTEMBER 1857 SS CENTRAL AMERICA (cont.) The first waves to crash over the steamer sent panic into the passengers and shipped more water through the portholes. Herndon ordered sail unfurled to hold the ship head-up, but the vicious winds mercilessly shredded the Read More
12 SEPTEMBER 1857 SS CENTRAL AMERICA The US Mail Steamship Line was a government underwritten packet steamer company running the US Mail as well as passengers and cargo between New York and New Orleans in the mid-1800s. After the Mexican War a similar Read More