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With the hatch covers not secured (remember, the ship left port in clear weather and the storm blew up rather quickly), the waves breaking over the Edmund Fitzgerald saturated the cargo. As the cargo got heavier and heavier, the ship sank lower and lower.
In the case of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the clamps were not only still on the ship, but they were in perfect condition, even though the hatch covers were gone. The obvious conclusion from this finding is that the clamps were not securing the hatch covers when the ship sank but were instead left unlocked.