Last night the SS Arthur M Anderson chugged into the harbor. I knew it was that ship because of the horn. When a ship goes under the Arial Lift Bridge the ship blows its horn and the bridge replies. This was a special three long and two short blast. The SS Arthur M Anderson was with the Edmond Fitzgerald when it sank, the last one to communicate with her before she went down during that Storm on November 10, 1975.
The wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald was made famous by the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1976.
The wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald was made famous by the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1976.
The SS Arthur M Anderson was built in 1952, it is actually older then I am! It is 647 feet long and 70 feet wide, and it is still in service today. It was sailing with the Edmond Fitzgerald, trying to get away from the storm when they lost communication.