Senate honors 50 years since ship sank in Lake Superior
S.Res. 494 — A resolution observing the 50th anniversary of the date on which the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, and remembering the 29 lives lost in one of the worst storms ever recorded on the Great Lakes. · Filed by Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) · 7 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 10, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The Senate passed a resolution marking 50 years since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank. The ship went down on November 10, 1975, in Lake Superior. One of the worst Great Lakes storms ever recorded caused the disaster. All 29 crew members died. The resolution honors those lives and recognizes safety improvements from the investigation.
Who it affects
The resolution honors the families of the 29 crew members who died. It also recognizes communities connected to Great Lakes shipping.
One thing to notice
This is a resolution that honors history and remembers people who died. It does not create new rules or spend money.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
7 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Nov 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Nov 10, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- resolution — A formal statement passed by Congress to honor something or express an opinion.
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald — A large ship that sank in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, killing all 29 people aboard.
- Great Lakes — Five large lakes between the United States and Canada: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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