they found the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald on november 14, 1975.
when did they find the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald?
november 14 , 1975
a u.s. navy lockheed p-3 orion aircraft, piloted by lt. george conner and equipped to detect magnetic anomalies usually associated with submarines, found the wreck on november 14, 1975. "edmund fitzgerald" lay about west of deadman's cove, ontario, from the entrance to whitefish bay to the southeast, in canadian waters close to the international boundary at a depth of . a further november 14–16 survey by the uscg using a side scan sonar revealed two large objects lying close together on the lake floor. the u.s. navy also contracted seaward, inc., to conduct a second survey between november 22 and 25.
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macinnis led another series of dives in 1995 to salvage the bell from "edmund fitzgerald". the sault tribe of chippewa indians backed the expedition by co-signing a loan in the amount of $250,000. canadian engineer phil nuytten's atmospheric diving suit, known as the "newtsuit," was used to retrieve the bell from the ship, replace it with a replica, and put a beer can in "edmund fitzgerald"s pilothouse. that same year, terrence tysall and mike zee set multiple records when they used trimix gas to scuba dive to "edmund fitzgerald". the pair are the only people known to have touched the "edmund fitzgerald" wreck. they also set records for the deepest scuba dive on the great lakes and the deepest shipwreck dive, and were the first divers to reach "edmund fitzgerald" without the aid of a submersible. it took six minutes to reach the wreck, six minutes to survey it, and three hours to resurface to avoid decompression sickness, also known as "the bends."
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