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 …

2021年1月28日 · The West Bay City Ship Building Company in Michigan built the riveted steel-hulled Daniel J. Morrell, a non-self unloading freighter working on the Great Lakes, in 1906. At just over 584 feet long, she was brushing up against length limits for the Lakes.

2024年11月28日 · More than 70 ships have plunged to the bottom of the Great Lakes during November, among them was the S.S. Daniel J. Morrell, which went down in 1966 and claimed all but one crew member.

HARBOR BEACH, Mich., (AP) - Rescue forces fanned out over Lake Huron today in search of survivors of the ill-fated Daniel J. Morrell, which sank in a storm with a feared loss of 28 lives. One sailor miraculously survived the Great Lakes' worst disaster in eight years.

2018年4月27日 · When the freighter S.S. Daniel J. Morrell sank to the bottom of Lake Huron in November 1966, it preceded by nine years the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- whose own tale became seared into...

2022年8月6日 · 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.

SS Daniel J. Morrell was an American Great Lakes ore carrier. It was 603 feet long. The ship usually carried iron ore. The Morrell sank during a severe storm on November 29, 1966. [1] The ship broke in two before sinking. [2] Twenty-eight of the Morrell's 29 crewmen died during the sinking. Only one crewman survived.

Around 2 a.m. Nov. 29, 1966, off the tip of Michigan’s Thumb in Lake Huron, two bangs as loud as canon fire jolt Dennis Hale, 26, a watchman aboard the bulk freighter Daniel J. Morrell, from...

SINKING OF THE SS DANIEL J. MORRELL IN LAKE HURON WITH LOSS OF LIFE November 29, 1966 ACTION BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD This marine accident was investigated by the U. S. Coast Guard at a public proceeding in Cleveland, Ohio, conducted December 5, 1966 through

2022年6月29日 · In 1966, the SS Daniel J. Morrell was headed to Minnesota to pick up a shipment of ore when it sank on Lake Huron. Historian and author John DeBeck has made it his mission to carry on the legacy of the 28 men who lost their lives on the Morrell and its lone survivor Dennis Hale, his friend of 33 years.