SS Edmund Fitzgerald

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ship
gptkbp:analyzes gptkb:U.S._Coast_Guard
gptkbp:capacity 26,000 tons
gptkbp:celebrates held annually
Gordon_Lightfoot's_song_'The_Wreck_of_the_Edmund_Fitzgerald'
gptkbp:climate severe storm
issued prior to sinking
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Great_Lakes_Engineering_Works
gptkbp:crewSize 29
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired books and documentaries
gptkbp:currentLocation 1980
47°0′N 85°7′W
intact but deteriorating
gptkbp:defeated November 10, 1975
gptkbp:depth 530 feet
530 feet below surface
gptkbp:famousLandmark erected in memory of the crew
gptkbp:fate all 29 crew members lost
gptkbp:filmography 'The_Edmund_Fitzgerald:_The_Legend_Lives_On'
gptkbp:finalDisposal iron ore
November 10, 1975
from_Superior,_Wisconsin_to_Detroit,_Michigan
near_Whitefish_Bay
gptkbp:firstPublished November 10, 1975
gptkbp:historicalSignificance largest_ship_to_sink_in_the_Great_Lakes
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Edmund Fitzgerald
gptkbp:lastProduced near_the_eastern_end_of_Lake_Superior
near_the_entrance_to_Whitefish_Bay
gptkbp:launched June 8, 1958
gptkbp:length 729 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lake_Superior
gptkbp:notableEvent sinking
gptkbp:notableFeature largest_freighter_on_the_Great_Lakes_at_the_time_of_sinking
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Oglebay_Norton_Company
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Northwestern_Mutual_Life_Insurance_Company
gptkbp:passengerCapacity iron ore pellets
gptkbp:placeOfDeath storm
gptkbp:releaseYear July 4, 1980
gptkbp:renovated none successful
gptkbp:services 1958 to 1975
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:SS_Arthur_M._Anderson
gptkbp:type freighter