Posted by 01gentdc on November 10, 2015 at 09:00:48 from (184.16.98.248):
In Reply to: Edmond Fitzgerald posted by rrlund on November 10, 2015 at 05:04:11:
thanx for the memorial ,Randy ,,. from what I understand ,, this sad event did not have to happen ,, but was going to happen sooner or later ,, the keel was buffeting from the skin in the bottom of the big fitz,, repairs were made numerous times that helpt , BUT , did not fix the problem once and for all ,,.the big fitz was pushed to the limit of overload too often .. the bean counter accountants were eager to get as much ore as possible delivered at the lowest cost..and pushed the fitz to the limit .. because of possible bad weather developing ,, the seasoned crew was asked by the seasoned captain,if they could baton down hatches while underway to buy time against the storm ,.. and they did , it was erroneously reported that the captain and crew were at fault , when the ship left port in a hurry without the hatches clasped down ,(common Occurance back in those days to save time ,,),. water poured into the unsecured hatches ,,which is probably true , it has claimed all was secured after the fitz was underway ,, BUT some latches were found unlatched in the wreck ,, so God only knows , from what I understand it was a perfect storm of events that caused a immediate catostropic failure
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