. launched in 1952, is still running. She is famous for having had the last contact with Edmund Fitzgerald before the latter sank. She was also the first would-be rescue vessel to search for Edmund Fitzgerald. SS Lee A Tregurtha is the second oldest being notable for being a former US Navy fleet oiler and being a surviving Cleveland Cliffs vessel. See also Canal Glossary of nautical terms Great Lakes Maritime Academy, training center for merchant mariners on the Great Lakes Great Lakes passenger steamers Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Great Lakes Waterway Merchant vessel Navigability Ship transport Watercraft Waterway References External links Boatnerd website Willis B. Boyer website William G. Mather website Valley Camp website Norisle website Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum – USS Silversides & USCGC McLane + Freighter Ship types