As I said in the last post, yesterday was the 49th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I wasn't sure what I was going to do until I saw that the Arthur Anderson would be passing. She has a special place in that lore.
As you might know, especially since I posted it on here, the Anderson has a special place in the Edmund Fitzgerald lore.
The Anderson followed the Edmund Fitzgerald for most of her fateful voyage. She was roughly five miles behind her.
She was the ship that last made contact with the Fitzgerald before she went down. She was also the ship that received the last transmission from the Fitzgerald.
Both ships faced waves up to 30 feet (or more). It is suspected that the Fitzgerald bottomed out before she went down.
The last transmission from the Fitzgerald was, "We are holding are own". Shortly after that, she disappeared from the Anderson's radar.
The Anderson radioed in that the Fitzgerald may have sunk.
The Anderson was approaching the relatively safe anchorage when the Coast Guard asked her and the William Clay Ford to go back out and search for the Fitzgerald.
Both ship captains were understandably reluctant to go out but it was a mariner's duty to try and save other mariners.
Sadly by the time they got there, the Fitzgerald was gone.
The Anderson was returning from Buffalo, she delivered stone there.
Fortunately, she had to stop for fuel in Detroit, that gave enough of a delay for me to catch her.
She was heading up to Stoneport. Presumably to pick up more stone but I don't know if that means she is heading back this way again.
It was nice to see her and nice to be able to catch her with my drone.
It was doubly special to catch her on the day I caught her.
One more picture in Marysville.
I headed up to Port Huron next. I wanted to catch her again.
The fog in the air made for appropriate pictures. It was raining as I was checking Marine Traffic in the morning but I looked at the weather and saw that would break.
The fog was less dense in Port Huron but there was still enough to make moody picutres.
She makes the turn for the channel.
The bow shot which is why Port Huron is my favorite place to shoot ship pictures.
She makes the other turn for the channel.
I love this view too.
One more shot with my normal camera.
I switched back to my drone. I love this shot with the Blue Water Bridge framing the Anderson.
Moving around with my drone. I saw another drone around the area. They might need air traffic control here.
I think I like this shot too.
She continues past me.
And she heads out in to Lake Huron. I heard it was a pretty rough night last night.
One more shot before moving to the next ship.
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