Trevor Collins

And if you want a better comparison, Fredo, this is about the size of South Carolina, or about the size of Ireland.

So now on November 9th, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald set sail from the port in Superior, Wisconsin around 2.30 PM.

She was captained by Master Captain Ernest M. McSorley, who I do have an image of because we're going to talk a lot about McSorley.

I want a face for the name.

Thanks to the Sun Times News for this image.

And the ship had a full cargo of taconite ore pellets, resulting in an astounding 26,116 long tons.

Not normal tons, these are, I think, a British unit.

One long ton is equivalent to 2,240 pounds, or just over a thousand kilograms.

So we're talking hefty.

In other words, this is 58.5 million pounds or 26.5 million kilograms.

dang man how you come up with that stuff how you figure that stuff out that's wild to me buoyancy is wild when i was a kid i'm thinking titanics i was obsessed with the titanic titanics made out of metal metal sink and bathtub how metal fly across ocean you're like my hot wheels don't float

My wheels don't float.

My Power Rangers figures don't float.

What?

Titanic don't sink.

Yeah, dude.

The buff minds necessary to invent and develop such a massive behemoth capable of carrying such immense weight.

I feel like they're so buff of their minds that they could probably pick up this ship one-handed.

They got neck issues.

Right.