Behind The Scenes Operations To Ensuring Edmund Fitzgerald’s Safety on Great Lakes. - a podcast by Kirk Monroe

Learn why the Fitzgerald was referred to as a Straight Decker Ship and that her Cargo Hold was divided into 3 Sections via Screen Bulkheads. Understanding why distribution of cargo was ever so essential. Learning about various terms ranging from Hogging, Listing, Freeboard, Ballast, to De Ballasting. Learn how Fitzgerald herself had suffered minor mishaps especially in Soo Locks.

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