Not war related obviously, but certainly historical.
For those who don't know, the Edmund Fitzgerald was a large cargo ship that went down in a viscous storm in lake Superior some 35 years ago, all hands lost.
It has grown into quite a legend in the midwest USA, and internationally, with Gordon Lightfoots haunting song about it.
It has not been determined exactly why she sank, and probably never will be.
Evidence suggests that a freak pair of monster waves lifted it out of the water by the stern & bow ,,, It was briefly unsupported in the center, which caused the ships structure to buckle, then massively fail.
This guy here made half a dozen dives and took 1,000's of pics.
[In a 2 man submersible - At 500 ft +, far, far too deep for scuba dives].
He apparently had the intention of publishing a book, but ran into a bunch of controversy with other divers and family members of the ill fated crew.
He became a bit jaded, and has been sitting on these pics for years.
Here they are for those interested.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20101106&Category=NEWS&ArtNo= 11060810&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1
For those who don't know, the Edmund Fitzgerald was a large cargo ship that went down in a viscous storm in lake Superior some 35 years ago, all hands lost.
It has grown into quite a legend in the midwest USA, and internationally, with Gordon Lightfoots haunting song about it.
It has not been determined exactly why she sank, and probably never will be.
Evidence suggests that a freak pair of monster waves lifted it out of the water by the stern & bow ,,, It was briefly unsupported in the center, which caused the ships structure to buckle, then massively fail.
This guy here made half a dozen dives and took 1,000's of pics.
[In a 2 man submersible - At 500 ft +, far, far too deep for scuba dives].
He apparently had the intention of publishing a book, but ran into a bunch of controversy with other divers and family members of the ill fated crew.
He became a bit jaded, and has been sitting on these pics for years.
Here they are for those interested.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20101106&Category=NEWS&ArtNo= 11060810&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1
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