Arcturus Wreck

Field Value
Wreck Category wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
Arcturus Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		30 13.300 N,88 36.400 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 30.221667
  • Longitude: -88.606667
Name ARCTURUS
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY CL1400/76--USPS; VISIBLE WRECK CHARTED IN APPROX. POS. LAT. 30-13-06N, LONG. 88-35-48W. SCALED FROM CHART 11373 (1:80,000). WRECK FIRST OBSERVED ON 7/4/75. OBSERVED AGAIN ON 7/4/76 AND POSITIONED AT THAT TIME BY HAND HELD COMPASS. FE313SS/88--OPR-J433-RU-88; WRECK LOCATED IN APPROX LAT 30-13-18.0N, LONG 88-36-24W. BEARINGS TAKEN FROM SHIP TO WRECK. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS DELETING CHARTED VISIBLE WRECK AND CHARTING A STRANDED WRECK PA AS SURVEYED. ADDITIONAL WORK RECOMMENDED TO OBTAIN AN ACCURATE POSITION. DESCRIPTION 01 MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE U.S., U.S. COAST GUARD, "SUPPLEMENTS" ì 1906 TO PRESENT; ARCTURUS (252001), 192 GT, 81 NT, 100.5 FT. ì LONG, 25FT. BEAM, 12.5FT. DEPTH, STEEL HULL, BUILT 1947, NEW ì ORLEANS, LA.; SERVICE TOWING; 900 HP; OWNER, TWENTY GRAND TOWING, ì INC. LA, MORGAN CITY, LA; NO REGISTRY RECORD IN 1971; REGISTERED ì TO JOHN SZOYKA, BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI IN 1973, SERVICE FISHING, 165 ì HP; ALL OTHER DESCRIPTION SAME. **** TELECON, S. VERRY (CG241) AND LT. CRAIG BAILEY (NOAA SHIP ì HECK). 5/6/88 (APPROX.); VESSEL FITTING ABOVE DESCRIPTION LOCATED ì ONE HALF MILE EAST OF AWOIS ITEM 4757; SIX (6) FEET OF HULL ì VISIBLE ABOVE SAND; VESSEL FACING SOUTH; ARCTURUS AND MORGAN CITY ì ON TRANSION. (NOTE: VESSEL REMAINED REGISTERED WITH CG THROUGH ì 1979, LATER RECORDS NOT AVAILABLE). SURVEY REQUIREMENTS MISC.--ITEM LOCATED.

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