Final resting place set for the historic SS United States to become an artificial reef off Florida

A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef after it’s sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast early next ...
Detroit Free Press

Remembering the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

On Nov. 9, 1975, the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald left port from Superior, Wisconsin, bound for Detroit's Zug Island with a load of 26,000 tons of iron ore pellets. The day was relatively ...
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SS United States Sinking Will Stream Live Online, Exact Date and Location Still To Be Announced

The SS United States, the legendary ocean liner that spent nearly three decades docked in Philadelphia, will be sunk during a live online stream, writes Heather Gann for The Virginian-Pilot. The ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Look back at the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, on 50th anniversary of its sinking

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a Great Lakes ore carrier that sank during a severe storm on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, killing all 29 crew members. Launched in 1958 and named after the president of ...
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Documentary set to be produced on the sinking of the SS United States

A documentary has been commissioned ahead of the sinking of the SS United States. Okaloosa County, the ship's owner, has announced that the tow-out and reefing of the historic SS United States will be ...