Around 2 a.m. Nov. 29, 1966, off the tip of Michigan’s Thumb in Lake Huron, two bangs as loud as canon fire jolt Dennis Hale, 26, a watchman aboard the bulk freighter Daniel J. Morrell, from his sound ...

This story is that of a behemoth Great Lakes boat brought down by the gales of November -- only this particular shipwreck wasn't forever immortalized in song. Constructed in the first few years of the ...

More than 70 ships have plunged to the bottom of the Great Lakes during November, among them was the S.S. Daniel J. Morrell, which went down in 1966 and claimed all but one crew member. Michigan sits ...

On a brutal November night on Lake Huron, massive waves and hurricane-force winds battered the aging freighter Daniel J.

DULUTH - Fifty years ago Tuesday, 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 ...

In November 1966, the freighter Daniel J. Morrell encountered a violent storm on Lake Huron. Without warning, the ship broke apart, sending most of its crew into freezing water. Only nine men survived ...

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Nearly half a century ago — Nov. 29, 1966 — the 603-foot freighter Daniel J. Morrell sank in Lake Huron, killing 28 of its 29 crew members. The story of its sinking, and the exploration of the wreck, ...

Fifty years ago the SS Daniel J. Morrell broke up in a storm, sinking to the bottom of Lake Huron, leaving only one survivor. The Great Lakes freighter had 28 crewmen on board on November 29, 1966.

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 ...