By the Numbers...The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald

Size and Weight

• Length: 729 feet

• Height: 39 feet

• Breadth: 75 feet

• Weight empty: 13,632 tons

• Hull: 301

Builder and Manufacturing

• Registry number: US 277437

• Ship Builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works

• Engine Manufacturer: Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Voyages

• Christened: June 8, 1958

• First voyage: Sept. 24, 1958

• Final resting place: Lake Superior, about 530 ft underwater

• Sinking: November 10, 1975 with no survivors

• For more information: check out the National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Report