Abandoned Ships Still Floating

Lake Superior, cargo ships

Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm

The Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that went down in a November 1975 storm that was immortalized in the Gordon Lightfoot song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," sank off Whitefish Point within 100 miles of the Western Reserve. There were no survivors.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on M… · 3d

Ghost ship found on Lake Superior's coast is latest in historic Great Lakes discoveries

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

The Washington Post · 3d

132-year-old shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior

The wreckage of a cargo ship that sank in a storm 132 years ago in Lake Superior, Michigan, was discovered using side-scan solar technology.

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Fleet of abandoned ships is growing, leaving more sailors stuck at sea

Cases doubled in the past three years, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers on about 230 ships in 2024, according to an analysis of U.N. data.

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Fleet of abandoned ships keeps growing, leaving more sailors stuck at sea

AP’s reporting found many flag states still don’t intervene. Panama, Palau and Tanzania each registered dozens of the ships reported as abandoned in 2024. The yearslong rise in abandonment ...

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Explorers Just Found a 130-Year-Old Shipwreck

Touted as a technological wonder, Western Reserve was made from the same steel as the Titanic. Unfortunately, it met a similar fate.

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