Thank you for going out into those elements last night to capture another awesome view of the Anderson’s ultimate arrival. Complete with master salute that was no doubt honouring the Fitzgerald and its Captain and Crew.
I can't help cry when I hear this mournful salute. It's like the long mournful wailing of our kuia ~ old Maori woman ~ calling to those beyond the grave at funerals. From New Zealand 🇳🇿.
I'm from Georgia. Never been to the Great Lakes nor have I been in the Navy or been employed on a ship but I've become obsessed with the Edmund Fitzgerald story.Although I can't put a finger on all the reasons for this interest, I'm sure that part of it is due to the Bravery of the crew of the Arthur M Anderson and the camaraderie of it's progeny even today.... Moving Tribute for sure!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Thank you and Lord bless the Anderson. We all know ir was for the beloved Mighty Fitz...captain and crew. Rest in peace Edmund Fitzgerald. Blessed Mother pray for the their souls.
I have always been fascinated by the LEGEND that is the Edmund Fitzgerald...and the still sailing Arthur M. Anderson!! ❤❤ I remember as a kid I would beg my parents to please play the "Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald " on the record player....I love that song!! I still do! I can listen to it over and over again and never ever get tired of it!!, You are one very brave soul for going out in that horrible weather to make this video!!
This is really wonderful. At 3:22 you can see the light from the front of the ship approaching from the far left. Thank you so much for this. "The loss of their lives will always bring pain... The joy of their lives shall always remain"...
Im from Ontario and drove along lake superior. Its so vast and unbelievable.... God speed to the 29 men and boys aboard that ship 🙏🙏 forever remembered here in Ontario
@@TNS17 Extent of the tragedy is fully realized. No disrespect intended. Record of radio transmissions is in RUclips’s Exploring America authored vlog titled - “After the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, Arthur M Anderson, Coast Guard Radio Transmissions!” ruclips.net/video/C0Nk7Ou6YUg/видео.html The words used by a Captain at the 15:00 minute mark of that 32 minute radio report ie ‘that the Fitzgerald went down’
The ore carrier Arther Anderson was built in 1952 and still in service. The Big Fitz was built in 1958. It was said that the Big Fitz had structural problems which should have never been sent out in the first place on that fateful night November 10, 1975 when she went down. Both ships should have never been on that lake when weather forecasters predicted that there were two volatile air masses approaching the area and both ships should have remained anchored in the harbor areas until the storms had passed. Both vessels were sailing a last of the season run before the Great Lakes were frozen over. Both sips masters Earnest McSorley and Bernie Jesse Cooper had 40 years of sailing experience between them and they both agreed that these waters were the most worse waters they both had experienced in all the years of sailing the Great Lakes between them.
@@TNS17 Well, you deleted your original post so and for me to comment the way I did it must have been extremely wild. I can’t remember what it was now of course.
If there was ever a prime candidate for a ship to become a museum ship following retirement from service, the Arthur M. Anderson most definitely qualifies IMO. The heroic actions of the Anderson and the crew under Captain Cooper's command on the night of November 10, 1975 in first trying to help the Edmund Fitzgerald get to safety, then heading back out into the tempest that sent the Fitz and all 29 aboard to their doom in the hopes of finding any survivors have single-handedly elevated the ship from a humble lake freighter, to legendary (and widely revered) hero ship. To scrap the Anderson after retirement from service would be an extreme disservice and highly disrespectful to the memory of the fallen crew of the Fitz and their surviving family members if you ask me. Hopefully the powers that be at Great Lakes Fleet see it that same way that I obviously do.
Most people know of her famous history, forever linked with the Fitz. But the Anderson was also Captain Coopers favorite of all the ships he captained. He hated the 1000 footer they put him on after the Anderson and he missed her terribly.
I was born in Duluth, and used to sit on the wall on the side of that Aerial Bridge and watch the ships home through. I still get excited when I see them.
Hopefully the Anderson will be turned into a museum ship on the lake and Not scrapped when she is decommissioned. She and the Fitzgerald are linked together in history and the Anderson should remain a floating to the memory not only to the crew of the Fitzgerald who lost their lives that November night. But also to the courage of the Captain and Crew of the Anderson who risked their lives and ship to go back out into that storm and try to find the Fitzgerald and her crew.
Totally agree, I feel it would be disrespectful beyond words to do anything less with this legendary vessel after retirement than make her into a museum ship, in much the same way that other retired, legendary vessels (the USS Missouri, aka "The Mighty Mo" for one example) have had happen before. An Arthur M. Anderson museum ship could feature the mandatory Edmund Fitzgerald and crew memorial, along with a tribute to the crew of the Anderson on that fateful night of November 10, 1975 and their heroic actions, along with a general guide/walk-through/displays showing what life was/is like aboard a laker-type cargo ship for a Great Lakes mariner, and so forth. I can almost visualize what it would be and look like, make it a reality I say.
3 Longs and 2 Shorts is a "Master's Salute". It is one of the lesser-used salutes on the great lakes, and here it is commemorating the men on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@@FoxRiverRailfan Thank You for your most educated answer and reply here. And those horns that were being sounded was a sad, yet proud salute deserved for all 29 hands that were lost that tragic day and date through history in November, 1975.
Wow! Did you see that? At 4:04 the face of a mariner appears to the lower right of the bright light of the lamp post closest to us on the left. Watch carefully... he pulsates as the bridge answers the master salute.... Watch carefully.
Yes very much so. I was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and raised in Pennsylvania, Beaver county, next to Columbia County eastern Ohio. There were guys that were on the Big Fitz from Ohio that perished that fateful morning of 10 November, 1975. A few guys were from Ashtabula county, Ohio, and Toledo, Ohio. Believe the ships master, Earnest McSorley also resided in Ohio, even through believe he was born in Canada. And, Thank You Canadian government for your help and participation in trying to find and participate in rescue maneuvers of the loss of the Big Fitz.
Ever since the sinking of the Fitz, I am afraid of those Freighters. I pray for the 29 men every night before bed. I start with Karl A. Peckol, who was 20 when the FITZ went down
I am always thinking about all those who were on the ship. Every time I here the song Wreck Of The Edmund FitzGerald. How horrifying that must have been and it will not be long until the 46th Anniversary.
This is amazing, but the Anderson should have gone into the Superior harbor to make the tribute....that was the Edmund Fitzgerald’s last port, and it’s final point of departure, before being lost. Of course, that harbor has no bells and whistles as the Minnesota entry does, so there wouldn’t have been any publicity.
Sadly, I have watched another video of the "Master Salute" by the Arthur M Anderson to the Captain and Crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald (10:11:2020) and that one had 97 dislikes. I have a really difficult time understanding why anyone would do this, I have never seen a comment that would explain why, it's just plain disrespectful to dislike a tribute like this but then there are trolls everywhere.
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Sends chills down my spine. Big Fitz and the Anderson linked forever.
Great trubute with the horns that only the Anderson can bestow.
Thank you for going out into those elements last night to capture another awesome view of the Anderson’s ultimate arrival. Complete with master salute that was no doubt honouring the Fitzgerald and its Captain and Crew.
I can't help cry when I hear this mournful salute. It's like the long mournful wailing of our kuia ~ old Maori woman ~ calling to those beyond the grave at funerals. From New Zealand 🇳🇿.
I'm from Georgia. Never been to the Great Lakes nor have I been in the Navy or been employed on a ship but I've become obsessed with the Edmund Fitzgerald story.Although I can't put a finger on all the reasons for this interest, I'm sure that part of it is due to the Bravery of the crew of the Arthur M Anderson and the camaraderie of it's progeny even today.... Moving Tribute for sure!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
You are not alone...
An the bell rang 29 times...
R.I.P to those 29 men aboard the big fitz yesterday 45 years ago
Those are the same lights they saw.
The most respected ship on the lakes...always will be.
Sounding the horns brings tears to my eyes everytime.😥
I know what you mean, I wonder if Men feel the same way or would even admit to it if they did?
Same your not alone
Thank you and Lord bless the Anderson. We all know ir was for the beloved Mighty Fitz...captain and crew. Rest in peace Edmund Fitzgerald. Blessed Mother pray for the their souls.
To anyone who has ever boated on the Great Lakes this just runs a chill up your spine! Thanks for the video!
Can’t imagine how cool that would’ve been in person. 29 bells from me.
It was incredible. Once in a lifetime, for sure.
I have always been fascinated by the LEGEND that is the Edmund Fitzgerald...and the still sailing Arthur M. Anderson!! ❤❤
I remember as a kid I would beg my parents to please play the "Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald " on the record player....I love that song!!
I still do! I can listen to it over and over again and never ever get tired of it!!,
You are one very brave soul for going out in that horrible weather to make this video!!
This is really wonderful. At 3:22 you can see the light from the front of the ship approaching from the far left. Thank you so much for this.
"The loss of their lives will always bring pain... The joy of their lives shall always remain"...
God bless the crew of the Fitz and to all who have lost their lives on the great lakes and their families
Im from Ontario and drove along lake superior. Its so vast and unbelievable.... God speed to the 29 men and boys aboard that ship 🙏🙏 forever remembered here in Ontario
Love the mournful voice of the bridge's horns.
Brings tears to my eyes. I wonder how many times that horn blasted that night just hoping & praying the Fitz would respond back.
Arthur M Anderson comes into view at
4:00
Still in service 45 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald 'went down'. 🚢
@@TNS17 Extent of the tragedy is fully realized. No disrespect intended.
Record of radio transmissions is in RUclips’s Exploring America authored vlog titled -
“After the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, Arthur M Anderson, Coast Guard Radio Transmissions!”
ruclips.net/video/C0Nk7Ou6YUg/видео.html
The words used by a Captain at the 15:00 minute mark of that 32 minute radio report ie ‘that the Fitzgerald went down’
@@TNS17 You couldn’t really be this stupid are you?
The ore carrier Arther Anderson was built in 1952 and still in service. The Big Fitz was built in 1958. It was said that the Big Fitz had structural problems which should have never been sent out in the first place on that fateful night November 10, 1975 when she went down. Both ships should have never been on that lake when weather forecasters predicted that there were two volatile air masses approaching the area and both ships should have remained anchored in the harbor areas until the storms had passed. Both vessels were sailing a last of the season run before the Great Lakes were frozen over. Both sips masters Earnest McSorley and Bernie Jesse Cooper had 40 years of sailing experience between them and they both agreed that these waters were the most worse waters they both had experienced in all the years of sailing the Great Lakes between them.
@@clearlycaribbeanreb7176 chill out. I’m only 13, my god dude
@@TNS17 Well, you deleted your original post so and for me to comment the way I did it must have been extremely wild. I can’t remember what it was now of course.
Thanks for the video. That was a touching tribute for the 29 lost lives. I was only 5 when that happened, but they are always remembered.
rest in peace 29 always will never be forgotten
Very nice vid. Thanks for your efforts in less than great weather.
Always nice to see a tribute to the Fitzgerald, and all those lost on the lakes.
It's like the ship is screaming for its lost sister
This was really neat to see! Thanks for sharing!
The bells ringing out when the bridge lowers seemed really appropriate at the end too.
I've heard rumors that the salute here carried on the snow, waves and wind to where the Fitz sunk, and still echos around the sunken bow and stern.
That is an impressively long ship! Beautifully quiet.
If there was ever a prime candidate for a ship to become a museum ship following retirement from service, the Arthur M. Anderson most definitely qualifies IMO. The heroic actions of the Anderson and the crew under Captain Cooper's command on the night of November 10, 1975 in first trying to help the Edmund Fitzgerald get to safety, then heading back out into the tempest that sent the Fitz and all 29 aboard to their doom in the hopes of finding any survivors have single-handedly elevated the ship from a humble lake freighter, to legendary (and widely revered) hero ship. To scrap the Anderson after retirement from service would be an extreme disservice and highly disrespectful to the memory of the fallen crew of the Fitz and their surviving family members if you ask me. Hopefully the powers that be at Great Lakes Fleet see it that same way that I obviously do.
I heartedly agree. Long may she reign.
RIP... 29 good men died that stormy night back in 1975.
Most people know of her famous history, forever linked with the Fitz. But the Anderson was also Captain Coopers favorite of all the ships he captained. He hated the 1000 footer they put him on after the Anderson and he missed her terribly.
Thank you so much for this!
You're welcome! There were maybe 12 people out for the Anderson, and I myself waited a little over an hour. Well worth it.
@@FoxRiverRailfan , wish I could have been there. Has the bell ringing happened this year?
@@crickkett7510 Yes, I don't have a link for this year's ceremony, but it did happen. It should be on RUclips in the coming days, if I had to assume.
Thanks for filming this in nasty weather. I w ax s in Illinois waiting for storm too pass
It was fitting for the occasion. Thank you.
I was born in Duluth, and used to sit on the wall on the side of that Aerial Bridge and watch the ships home through. I still get excited when I see them.
Hopefully the Anderson will be turned into a museum ship on the lake and Not scrapped when she is decommissioned. She and the Fitzgerald are linked together in history and the Anderson should remain a floating to the memory not only to the crew of the Fitzgerald who lost their lives that November night. But also to the courage of the Captain and Crew of the Anderson who risked their lives and ship to go back out into that storm and try to find the Fitzgerald and her crew.
Totally agree, I feel it would be disrespectful beyond words to do anything less with this legendary vessel after retirement than make her into a museum ship, in much the same way that other retired, legendary vessels (the USS Missouri, aka "The Mighty Mo" for one example) have had happen before. An Arthur M. Anderson museum ship could feature the mandatory Edmund Fitzgerald and crew memorial, along with a tribute to the crew of the Anderson on that fateful night of November 10, 1975 and their heroic actions, along with a general guide/walk-through/displays showing what life was/is like aboard a laker-type cargo ship for a Great Lakes mariner, and so forth. I can almost visualize what it would be and look like, make it a reality I say.
One of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen. Great job filming a pretty famous ship!
Boy did the horns sound eerie
I’ve seen people say it’s like the Anderson is calling out to the Fitz. Knowing that she won’t get an answer.
That's how one arrives !! RIP to the Men of the FITZ !!
Like a cry out for the Fitzgerald. ❤
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down...of the big they call "Gitche gumee'"...
Thanks from all of us...
The men aboard the Fitz are in a much better place now, may God rest their souls.
Arthur M. Anderson is not just blasting Its horn it is weeping
Beautiful. But what’s the significance of "3 longs, 2 shorts" on the horns?
3 Longs and 2 Shorts is a "Master's Salute". It is one of the lesser-used salutes on the great lakes, and here it is commemorating the men on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@@FoxRiverRailfan Thank You for your most educated answer and reply here. And those horns that were being sounded was a sad, yet proud salute deserved for all 29 hands that were lost that tragic day and date through history in November, 1975.
Wow! Did you see that? At 4:04 the face of a mariner appears to the lower right of the bright light of the lamp post closest to us on the left. Watch carefully... he pulsates as the bridge answers the master salute.... Watch carefully.
Everytime I hear the horn from the ships I always try not cry
The Big Fitz was an Ohio boat with Ohio sailors. We will never forget here in the Buckeye state!
Yes very much so. I was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and raised in Pennsylvania, Beaver county, next to Columbia County eastern Ohio. There were guys that were on the Big Fitz from Ohio that perished that fateful morning of 10 November, 1975. A few guys were from Ashtabula county, Ohio, and Toledo, Ohio. Believe the ships master, Earnest McSorley also resided in Ohio, even through believe he was born in Canada. And, Thank You Canadian government for your help and participation in trying to find and participate in rescue maneuvers of the loss of the Big Fitz.
The Fitz had crewmembers from many different states. I still remember that night having grown up in Green Bay. May they all rest in peace.
@Steely Dan I’m well aware of that, but the majority of sailors on the Toledo Express were Ohioans.
Ever since the sinking of the Fitz, I am afraid of those Freighters. I pray for the 29 men every night before bed. I start with Karl A. Peckol, who was 20 when the FITZ went down
Do you know if there's been any plans on trying to either save the whole ship or part of the ship when it's retired?
Anderson: I still miss the.
Rail Bridge: I know, i miss them too.
Imagine the ghosts of the 29 ride the AA as they climbed on board soon after the Fitz went down....haunting
Who else wants to cry hearing this... lol its as sad as bagpipes however I love it!
I am always thinking about all those who were on the ship. Every time I here the song Wreck Of The Edmund FitzGerald. How horrifying that must have been and it will not be long until the 46th Anniversary.
This made me emotional
She made it through that weather. 👍
I know it was the snow, but the camera lens blurred like tears...
As if heaven is in mourning
@@colleenross8752 Agreed.
The sound of the horns freezing is quite a sound
This is amazing, but the Anderson should have gone into the Superior harbor to make the tribute....that was the Edmund Fitzgerald’s last port, and it’s final point of departure, before being lost. Of course, that harbor has no bells and whistles as the Minnesota entry does, so there wouldn’t have been any publicity.
Whichever entrance it came in through, know that it is going into the same port the Edmund Fitzgerald departed from on that night.
Wow!
that water looks so cold 🥶
The dislikes have no soul.
Sadly, I have watched another video of the "Master Salute" by the Arthur M Anderson to the Captain and Crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald (10:11:2020) and that one had 97 dislikes. I have a really difficult time understanding why anyone would do this, I have never seen a comment that would explain why, it's just plain disrespectful to dislike a tribute like this but then there are trolls everywhere.
Awesome!
I can just feel the cold,,,,,,
That water looks cold 🥶
Awesome 👍
It was awesome.
Erie how it came in like a ghost
4:16
"Does Anyone Know Where The Love Of God Goes When The Waves Turn The Minutes To Hours."
Doesn't seem like very much freeboard.
There isn't. She's fully loaded with Limestone for C. Reiss in Duluth
Read u d o w a l e n d y books.
That water looks cold 🥶