About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: SS Edmund Fitzgerald, USS Triton, USS Turner Joy, USS Independence, USS Coontz, USS Skipjack, SS Leonardo da Vinci, USS Bonefish, USS Edson, USS Somers, USS Morton, USS Barbel, SS Rotterdam, USS Seadragon, INS Khukri, MS Hans Hedtoft, SAS Tafelberg, USS Luce, SS Fredericksburg, USNS American Explorer, SS The Emerald, USS Growler, MV Lake Illawarra, USS Dewey, HMS Londonderry, SS SeaBreeze, USS King, List of ship launches in 1958, SS Santa Paula, HMAS Yarra, USS Pyro, MV Serenade, Enchante, MS Oldenburg, USS Farragut, USS John R. Perry, French submarine Argonaute, SAS Walvisbaai, French submarine Espadon, USS Nitro, LKL Kur is, HMNZS Otago, HMS Ottringham, Soviet submarine B-37, USS Claud Jones, HMS Malham, MV Klahowya, HMS Polsham, HMS Powderham, HMS Yaxham, HMS Reedham. Excerpt: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that made headlines after sinking in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew. When launched on June 8, 1958, she was the largest boat on the Great Lakes, and remains the largest boat to have sunk there. Nicknamed the "Mighty Fitz," "Fitz," or "Big Fitz," the ship suffered a series of mishaps during her launch: it took three attempts to break the champagne bottle used to christen her and she collided with a pier when she entered the water. For seventeen years the Fitzgerald carried taconite from mines near Duluth, Minnesota, to iron works in Detroit, Toledo and other ports. As a "workhorse" she set seasonal haul records six different times, often beating her own previous record. Her size, record-breaking performance, and "dee jay captain" endeared the Fitzgerald to boat watchers. Captain Peter Pulcer was known for piping music day or night over the ship's intercom system while passing through the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, and entertaining ...
