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That's a nice model of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Jared. The 1/16" scale is common, though most museums would want a 1/8" scale model, as it's easier to make add/make detail an easier for the public to admire the model. The colours look correct, too. Though, one area I see is that radar on th...

What a great looking model, looks really accurate. Are you still working on it? I would love to keep up with your progress and see it when you're finished. I'll probably post some pics of my CG model, but it's no where near primetime right now. I've been working on it for quite a while, and have be...

What is your specific question (s) you'd like to know about her?

Thanks for all the help everyone, I appreciate it. If anyone should happen across any new photos, I would appreciate a 'heads up'. I would love to see your model Jared, I am aware of all the antennas and other stuff that was added over the Fitz lifetime, but I haven't yet decided which era I'll mod...

I have a 1:16th scale model of the Fitzgerald in her 1975 configuration. There was not a lot of machinery on deck except for her hatch crane and two spare propeller buckets. Things that people normally don't include is the dozens of TV antennas jutting out of the cabins on both ends and the deckligh...

About a decade after the Monrovia sank, about three salvage companies got into a bitter battle over the rights to salvage the cargo of the wreck. Problem was, nobody could locate it! Dick Race located the Monrovia in 71 then two others joined the fray and squatted over the wreck. I don't think anyth...

Guest wrote: ↑June 18, 2023, 6:41 pm What is the structure in the middle of the deck on the South Park? A type of hatch crane, or something else? Thanks!

Looks to be a automobile elevator.

There were two bunk beds in the forward turret originally for spotters and watchman. However, it was a terrible place to be in heavy weather as it was loud, uncomfortable, and damp. The back cabin structure on the deck is where most of the other crew was housed. However in one of the four turrets in...

Old Man wrote: ↑May 29, 2023, 2:38 pm I have both mast lights from the Cambria (aka E.H Hunley) and the port and starboard lights. All are 16 inches high. All are original.

Is the lens 16 inches high or is it the entire lamp? Is there a make on it? Perko seems to be the main lamp supplier of that period.

Wrong picture was used on the page. That was Goodyear (2) that was launched in 1916.

Sydney McLouth owned and operated the Marine City shipyard from the late 1880s to the early 20s. Donald McLouth who founded the steel company is a distant relative along the lines of great grandnephew from the Toronto Scanner.

I wouldn't call her a hard luck boat. She has served almost 50 years and was a trend setter when it came to the footers that followed a few years later. Most ships have some sort of casualty or dark spot on their records. A lot litter the bottom because of it, but the Blough has served her time. The...

No, no women were officially employed by the Lifesaving Service. However, a mother and a daughter were awarded the service's silver medal for a rescue on the East Coast. Family members of the service members and lighthouse keepers have participated in numerous rescues along the coasts but few have b...

The Hadley's wreck has been a headache for the property owner up there who has taken the sanctuary to court over property rights.

Paul A wrote: ↑May 9, 2023, 10:14 pm Sorry to hear of the difficulties! I still check many times a day and find the posts interesting and appreciate the volunteers keeping this board going. Thank you!

Same here. Thank you mods and site supporters!

I did a cursory glance at numerous newspaper articles dealing with frozen cargoes. For the most part, no I have not seen a incident where a cargo has become frozen or shifted and frozen in the hold. Unloading is a bit simpler. The hullets and brute force by stevedors could break the cargo for unload...

Just a little bit of a artistic flair. There's some practical use for nice weather days as the flair would reach up to the chest on an average height person allowing them to lean comfortably and be shielded by any spray. However, very few people were ever up there. It's similar why both masts have ...

I've always read that Arlington sank while carrying grain. Perhaps there's some confusion with the Steelvendor which sank in Lake Superior on September 3, 1942 while carrying steel billets? - Brian Yup, I got it confused with the Steelvendor. I looked at the book this morning and it did say the gra...

I saw the May 1st Today in Great Lakes History that the Arlington sank with a load of wheat. I read in Steel on the Bottom that she was carrying a cargo of steel billets when they shifted causing a severe list and then she dropped soon after. So was it wheat or billets?

Jared, looking at what I wrote last evening, I should not have written that second to last paragraph, because it distracts from what I was trying to convey - that is the perception of overloading of ships built in the 1950s due to the change in loadlines. Ships from that era, still load to the incr...