Ship owner: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Columbia Steamship Co., operators)
Ship builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works
Engine builder: Westinghouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Year ship built: 1958
Year engine built: 1958
Final disposition: Disappeared in heavy storm, 12 miles northwest of Whitefish Pt., November 10, 1975. 29 lives. Has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries, and the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Canadian folk singer, Gordon Lightfoot.
Notes:
Launched, June 7,1958.
Remarks:
Length shown is keel length, overall length - 729 ft. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Milwaukee was the official owner, Columbia Trans. [Oglebay-Norton Managers] operated the vessel.
Registry number: US. 277437
Hull number: 301
Vessel type: Bulk Freighter
Height: 33.4 ft.
Width: 75.1 ft.
Length: 711.2 ft.
Gross tonnage: 13632
Net tonnage: 8713
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Turbine