"With a crew and good captain well seasoned"-Gordon Lightfoot, 1976
In memory of the 29 crew members who stayed by Fitzgerald's side until the very end:
JOHN MCCARTHY-First Mate
JOSEPH MAZES-Special Maintenance Man
EUGENE O'BRIEN-Wheelsman KARL PECKOL-Watchman JOHN POVIACH-Wheelsman JAMES PRATT-Second Mate ROBERT RAFFERTY-Steward PAUL RIIPPA-Deckhand JOHN SIMMONS-Wheelsman WILLIAM SPENGLER-Watchman |
ERNEST MCSORLEY-Captain
MARK THOMAS-Deckhand
RALPH WALTON-Oiler DAVID WEISS-Cadet BLAINE WILHELM-Oiler OLIVER CHAMPEAU-Third Asst. Engineer NOLAN CHURCH-Porter RANSOM CUNDY-Watchman THOMAS EDWARDS-Second Asst. Engineer |
GEORGE HOLL- Chief Engineer
RUSSELL HASKELL-Second Asst. Engineer
BRUCE HUDSON-Deckhand ALLEN KALMON-Second Cook GORDON MACLELLAN-Wiper MICHAEL ARMAGOST-Third Mate FREDERICK BEETCHER-Porter THOMAS BENTSEN-Oiler EDWARD BINDON-First Asst. Engineer THOMAS BORGESON-AB Maintenance Man |