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I was a sophomore at Michigan Tech at Houghton in 1975.
When the Fitzgerald wrecked there was a lot of discussion about it in the engineering department.
The prevailing theory (at that time) was that a multiplicity of issues caused the sinking.
The hull was weakend from years of overloading beyond design specifications, deck hatch failure which allowed flooding and rogue waves that caused hull failure.
The captain of the Arthur Anderson, which was in the same general area, reported that several rogue waves, of possibly 50+ feet, rolled over his ship shortly before the Fitzgerald disappeared.
Whatever happened, we will never know.......
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