The International Propeller Club, Port of Detroit will mark the anniversary of the loss of all 29 crew members of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald with a special program at their November dinner meeting at Sindbad’s Restaurant on Wednesday, November 13.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior in a violent gale on the evening of November 10, 1975. When launched in 1958, she was the largest ship in the Great Lakes and remains the largest to have sunk there. For 17 years, she carried taconite iron ore from mines near Duluth, Minn. to iron works in Detroit, Toledo and other Great Lake ports. She sank in the midst of a severe winter storm in Canadian waters some 15 nautical miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay with a loss of all 29 hands.
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The meeting, which begins with a social hour at 6:30 p.m., is open to non-members, as well as members of the Propeller Club. A special presentation will be given that evening by Frederick J. Shannon, Great lakes deep water explorer and leader of the submarine expedition on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1994.
The Propeller Club, Port of Detroit, is one of 53 Propeller Club Ports in the United States and 33 clubs overseas. The club holds monthly dinner meetings from September through June. Membership is open to individuals who share an interest in promoting the maritime industry and encourage the development of trade between countries.
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The cost for the dinner and presentation for non-members is $40 per person. Advanced reservations need to be made by sending an e-mail to propellerclubdetroit@hotmail.com or by calling 313-300-9213 before Thursday, November 7. Prepayment by check will be required. Sinbad’s Restaurant is located at the foot of St. Clair Street in Detroit.
