Shipwrecks -- Superior, Lake
Subject
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Marine Board of Investigation: Sinking of the EDMUND FITZGERALD records
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0024
Abstract
The collection contains transcripts, exhibits, and supplementary items from the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation convened on November 18, 1975, eight days after the EDMUND FITZGERALD sank in Lake Superior with her entire crew of twenty-nine men. The purpose of the inquiry was to determine the causes of the tragedy and to examine safety procedures. Indexes are available for exhibits and testimony in addition to an index for each of the seven volumes of the transcript.
Dates:
Creation: November 18-December 13, 1975; Digitized: 2014
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections