M. Fairbanks
Named after chairman of the insurance company that owned her
Length: 729 feet (222.2 m) Width: 75 feet (22.7 m) Draft: 39 feet (11.9 m) Displacement: 8686 tons Rated speed: 14 knots Fuel: 72,000 gallons (273 m³) fuel oil Capacity: 26,600 tons ( t) Built: River Rouge, Michigan, 1958
Worst disaster on Great Lakes in 11 years Just north of Whitefish Point in southeast Lake Superior on November 10, 1975 Biggest of 6,000 shipwrecks on Great Lakes in 400 years
yellow dive suit is called a "newt suit" used in the recovery of the ship's bell
Wreck found by U.S. navy sonar four days later upright bow section, approximately 275 feet long inverted stern section, about 253 feet long First dive expedition in '94 spotted ship 160 metres down Second dive in 1995 retrieved the ship's bell.
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hatches strain of winds ten-metre waves broke in two struck a reef that was misplaced on marine charts
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