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 ...

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 in a ...

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 ...

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DULUTH — All but one of the Daniel J. Morrell's crew members perished when the ship sank in Lake Huron on Nov. 29, 1966, as the freighter tried to squeeze in a final run to Taconite Harbor to feed the ...

DULUTH — Great Lakes historian and transportation buff John DeBeck visited Duluth on Friday, March 4, to talk about an event that has become a bit of a personal fascination or obsession: the sinking ...

This behemoth steel ship split in half and sank to the bottom of Lake Huron 58 years ago, during the gales of November. The two halves of the S.S. Daniel J. Morrell came to rest 6 miles from each ...

BAY CITY — Even the partial removal of his left index toe won’t stop Dennis Hale from sharing his story of survival at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The lone survivor of the Daniel J. Morrell, which sank in the ...

A steady snow was falling on Lake Huron as the 603-ft. freighter Daniel J. Morrell steamed toward Taconite, Minn., for a load of iron ore, but the night was otherwise tranquil. Watchman Dennis Hale, ...

One thought went through Dennis Hale's mind when he hit Lake Huron's cold waters as the laker Daniel J. Morrell broke apart in a 1966 storm: "I'm dead."... Dennis Hale was the sole survivor of the ...

DETROIT (AP) — Presentations and ceremonies are planned this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the deadly sinking of the freighter Daniel J. Morrell in a Lake Huron storm. The events marking the ...