Awesome Books: your haven for affordable literary gems. Quality reads, unbeatable prices. Our extensive selection caters to all readers. Discover your next favourite book with us. SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell a tale of death, survival
Today, we explore the life of the Daniel J. Morrell, a freighter whose career spanned some 60 years on North America's Great Lakes — and whose fate was ident. Marking the 55th anniversary of sinking of freighter Daniel J. Morrell Sailor from St. Clair among 28 victims A photo of the last known picture of the Daniel J. Morrell taken by Emory. The SS Daniel J. Morrell broke apart on the 29th of November in a similar fashion to the Carl D. Bradley not more than 10 years beforehand. In a similar storm in a similar fashion. But what was. The SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter. The freighter was used for carrying bulk cargo such as iron ore, but when the 60-year-old ship sank, it was working with only ballast. Daniel J. Morell was designed and launched in 1906 by the West Bay City Ship Building Company, based in West Bay City, Michigan.
Dark Memories Michigan Blue Magazine
Marking the 55th anniversary of sinking of freighter Daniel J. Morrell Nov 30, 2021 10:20AM By Editor A photo of the last known picture of the Daniel J. Morrell taken by Emory Massman, Nov. 25, 1966, four days before the freighter sunk off the tip of Michigan's Thumb. That's exactly what happened to a 600-foot freighter named the Daniel J. Morrell, which split into two pieces and sank in the icy waters 18 miles north of the tip of the Thumb on Nov. 29, 1966, claiming the lives of 28 of the 29 crewmen on board. The Daniel J. Morrell, a 356-foot freighter, had transported coal, grain, and sometimes stone during her working days. But she was primarily an iron ore carrier, and she was heavily loaded for her last trip of the year—a trip that unexpectedly extended the Morrell's season. She had been called at the last minute to replace an out-of. The story of the sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell is the story of two six-hundred-foot ships—the Morrell, and its sister ship, the Edward Y. Townsend.Both behemoths went into service in 1906 and both spent the next six decades hauling cargo on the Great Lakes, mostly uneventfully, except for a 1909 incident in which the Morrell collided with the Henry Phipps, another six-hundred-footer, at.
Daniel J. Morrell Tool bench in Engine Room 3D model by BeckyKaganSchott [99f142f] Sketchfab
When it sank on the Great Lakes on Nov. 28, 1966, the SS Daniel J. Morrell was carrying 28 sailors - eight of them Western New York natives. Decades later, 50 years after shipwreck took 28 lives. The SS Daniel J. Morrell, a Great Lakes freighter that split in two and sank Nov. 29, 1966, killing 28 of its 29 crewmen. An Ashtabula resident, Dennis Hale, was the lone survivor.
Dennis Hale was the sole survivor of the 1966 sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell. In 2002, he was the keynote speaker for the "Gales of November" conference in Duluth. Here, he holds the life jacket. Thursday, July 21, 2022 (Toledo, Ohio) - On Saturday, August 13, at 1 p.m., the National Museum of the Great Lakes will host a special lecture at Fifth Third Center Auditorium titled: Daniel J. Morrell: Lost but No Longer Forgotten.The presentation, given by Great Lakes marine historian John DeBeck, will share stories from his research about the loss of the Morrell as well as discuss new.
Frank's Place Daniel J. Morrell
It was 1966, and a ship called the Daniel J. Morrell was making its last run of the season, hauling steel across Lake Huron. The crew was eager to head home for Christmas. But one night, caught. Fifty years ago today, in the early morning hours of Nov. 29, 1966, the freighter Daniel J. Morrell was steaming up the Great Lakes, bound for Taconite Harbor to pick up a load of iron ore, and.
