American Wreck

General Comments

CL557/25--10/14/25-USCG; THE IRON TANK BARGE "AMERICAN" (NO. 107433) WEIGHING 836 TONS, OWNED BY KINGSTON HOLDING CORP., 143 LIBERTY ST., NY, NY IS REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK AT 9:30PM, 10/14/25 IN LAT 39/150N, LONG 074/25W (ASSUME THE 1902 DATUM). THE VESSEL WAS CARRYING A CARGO OF MIXING OIL CL165/26--4/15/26; ON 4/7/26 AN EXAMINATION OF THE WRECK OF THE OIL BARGE "AMERICAN", SUNK ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWARD OF ABSECON INLET, WAS MADE BY THE USCG CUTTER "SENECA". THE ENTIRE AREA WAS CAREFULLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY SWEPT AT LOW WATER SLACK, UNDER NEARLY IDEAL CONDITIONS AND THE LEAST DEPTH OVER THE WRECK WAS FOUND TO BE 7 FATHOMS. THE APPROX. POSITION WAS FOUND TO BE LAT 39/15/15N, LONG 074/23/00W (ASSUME THE 1902 DATUM). H6343WD/38-- FOUND THE SUNKEN BARGE "AMERICAN" IN APPROXIMATELY LAT 39/14/44N, LONG 074/22/51W (NAD27). THE WRECK WAS HUNG AT AN EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF 41 FEET AND WAS CLEARED BY AN EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF 39 FEET. AN ACTUAL SOUNDING OF 49 FEET (UNKNOWN DATUM AND METHOD) WAS OBTAINED ON THIS WRECK. F00093/50 & CL416/50-- FOUND THE SUNKEN BARGE "AMERICAN" IN LAT 39/14/42N, LONG 074/22/50W (NAD27). THE WRECK WAS HUNG AT AN EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF 43 FEET AND WAS CLEARED BY AN EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF 41 FEET. AN ACTUAL SOUNDING OF 41½ FEET MLW WAS OBTAINED ON THIS WRECK. (ENTERED 1/02 BY PSH) H11198/03 -- OPR-C303-KR-03; FULL SEARCH OF THE 1000-METER RADIUS WITH 200% SIDE SCAN AND RESULTING MULTIBEAM SONAR COVERAGE. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REMOVAL OF THE CHARTED WK CLEARED TO 41 FEET IN 39º 14¿ 42.41N 074º 22¿ 48.52W, NAD83, AND RECOMMEND CHARTING A LD 53 WK IN 39º 14¿ 41.08N 074º 22¿ 49.67W. (UPDATE 4/29/05, JRS) 178 ANTHONY VRAIM, DIVER; OBSERVED LORAN-C 9960-X-26958.20, 9960-Y-42945.70 ì POS. 39-13-57.25N, 74-21-41.30W 195 LORAN C RATES PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD TARACKA, GREENWICH, ì CT. POLICE DEPARTMENT, 203-622-8020; 9960-X 26896.5, 9960-Y ì 42944.9; IDENTIFIED AS THE AMERICA. (ENTERED MSM 4/90)