wreck of the edmund fitzgerald was written in december 1975.
wreck of the edmund fitzgerald was written in december 1975.
when was wreck of the edmund fitzgerald written?
december 1975
when bethlehem steel corporation permanently laid up "edmund fitzgerald"s sister ship, ss "arthur b. homer", just five years after going to considerable expense to lengthen her, questions were raised as to whether both ships had the same structural problems. the two vessels were built in the same shipyard using welded joints instead of the riveted joints used in older ore freighters. riveted joints allow a ship to flex and work in heavy seas, while welded joints are more likely to break. reports indicate that repairs to "edmund fitzgerald"s hull were delayed in 1975 due to plans to lengthen the ship during the upcoming winter layup. "arthur b. homer" was lengthened to and placed back in service by december 1975, not long after "edmund fitzgerald" foundered. in 1978, without explanation, bethlehem steel corporation denied permission for the chairman of the ntsb to travel on "arthur b. homer". "arthur b. homer" was permanently laid up in 1980 and broken for scrap in 1987.
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macinnis led another series of dives in 1995 to salvage the bell from "edmund fitzgerald". the sault tribe of chippewa indians backed the expedition by co-signing a loan in the amount of $250,000. canadian engineer phil nuytten's atmospheric diving suit, known as the "newtsuit," was used to retrieve the bell from the ship, replace it with a replica, and put a beer can in "edmund fitzgerald"s pilothouse. that same year, terrence tysall and mike zee set multiple records when they used trimix gas to scuba dive to "edmund fitzgerald". the pair are the only people known to have touched the "edmund fitzgerald" wreck. they also set records for the deepest scuba dive on the great lakes and the deepest shipwreck dive, and were the first divers to reach "edmund fitzgerald" without the aid of a submersible. it took six minutes to reach the wreck, six minutes to survey it, and three hours to resurface to avoid decompression sickness, also known as "the bends."
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