The last known photo of the SS Daniel J. Morrell, taken in the Detroit River at 5pm on November


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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.


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Marking the 55th anniversary of sinking of freighter Daniel J. Morrell Nov 30, 2021 10:20AM By Editor A photo of the last known picture of the Daniel J. Morrell taken by Emory Massman, Nov. 25, 1966, four days before the freighter sunk off the tip of Michigan's Thumb.


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Today, we explore the life of the Daniel J. Morrell, a freighter whose career spanned some 60 years on North America's Great Lakes — and whose fate was ident.


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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. She had been called at the last minute to replace an out-of.


Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell a tale of death, survival

That's exactly what happened to a 600-foot freighter named the Daniel J. Morrell, which split into two pieces and sank in the icy waters 18 miles north of the tip of the Thumb on Nov. 29, 1966, claiming the lives of 28 of the 29 crewmen on board.


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In November of 1966, the Daniel J. Morrell broke in half in a strong storm on Lake Huron—taking with her 28 of the 29 crewmen. Only one of her crew lived to tell the story of what happened - Dennis Hale. In 2018, presenter John DeBeck began the research that would become his book The Daniel J. Morrell: Lost but No Longer Forgotten.DeBeck was a 33 year friend of Dennis Hale, who passed away.


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Dennis Hale was the sole survivor of the 1966 sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell. In 2002, he was the keynote speaker for the "Gales of November" conference in Duluth. Here, he holds the life jacket.


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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-year-old ship sank.


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The SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter. The freighter was used for carrying bulk cargo such as iron ore, but when the 60-year-old ship sank, it was working with only ballast. Daniel J. Morell was designed and launched in 1906 by the West Bay City Ship Building Company, based in West Bay City, Michigan.


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When it sank on the Great Lakes on Nov. 28, 1966, the SS Daniel J. Morrell was carrying 28 sailors - eight of them Western New York natives. Decades later, 50 years after shipwreck took 28 lives.


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Fifty years ago today, in the early morning hours of Nov. 29, 1966, the freighter Daniel J. Morrell was steaming up the Great Lakes, bound for Taconite Harbor to pick up a load of iron ore, and.


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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 pop.


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The SS Daniel J. Morrell broke apart on the 29th of November in a similar fashion to the Carl D. Bradley not more than 10 years beforehand. In a similar storm in a similar fashion. But what was.


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Marking the 55th anniversary of sinking of freighter Daniel J. Morrell Sailor from St. Clair among 28 victims A photo of the last known picture of the Daniel J. Morrell taken by Emory.


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It was 1966, and a ship called the Daniel J. Morrell was making its last run of the season, hauling steel across Lake Huron. The crew was eager to head home for Christmas. But one night, caught.