The SS Cedarville Disaster

On the morning of May 7th, 1965, the SS Cedarville, part of the Bradley Transportation Fleet, collided with the Norwegian cargo ship MV Topdalsfjord in heavy fog near the Mackinac Bridge on Lake Huron. While her captain thought he might be able to save her, the aging ship quickly succumbed to her wounds, throwing her 35 crew members to the mercy of Lake Huron. Patreon:   / bigoldboats   Merch: https://www.bigoldboats.com Instagram:   / bigoldboats   TikTok:   / bigolboats   Sources: The Cedarville Conspiracy by L. Stephen Cox Wreck of the Carl D. by Michael Schumacher https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opi... https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i... https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DC... https://web.archive.org/web/201603040... Music sourced from Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra...) Video sources: https://catalog.archives.gov/ https://www.loc.gov/ https://archive.org/details/prelinger https://www.pond5.com/ Chapters: 00:00 SS Cedarville 1:15 Chapter 1: AF Harvey 4:39 Chapter 2: Deferred Maintenance 9:10 Chapter 3: MV Topdalsfjord 11:55 Chapter 4: The Fog 18:50 Chapter 5: "We're going to be hit!" 24:01 Chapter 6: MV Weissenburg 27:27 Chapter 7: Who's to Blame? Disclaimer: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with my links, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you. Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue providing free high-quality historical content.