CLEVELAND — The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald ship continues to live on in the minds of the Great Lakes shipping community fifty years after it disappeared in the icy waters of Lake Superior. The famous bulk carrier was launched in 1958, setting carrying and speed records on the Great Lakes until its sinking on Nov. 10, 1975.

Director Emeritus of the National Museum of the Great Lakes Christopher Gillcrist described the sinking as the "most famous shipwreck in American waters."

Adding to the mystery of the tale is that—on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the sinking—we still do not know why the Fitzgerald sank.

Gillcrist outlined three possible theories for the cause of the sinking, but none of them can definitively claim to know what happened.

The United States Coast Guard suggest

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