Barge No.10 Wreck

General Comments

NM14/65--WK BUOY ESTABLISHED 50 YDS 060 DEGREES FROM SUNKEN BARGE WHICH ì LIES IN SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY POSITION WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF 15 FT. NM30/65--BY DISCONTINUED; COE REPORTS SUNKEN BARGE CANNOT BE LOCATED. FE221/78-79--OPR-C622, ITEM 9; LOCATED W/0 WD THRU LORAN-C POS. PROVIDED ì BY GENE GEER, AMER. LITTORAL SOCIETY; DIVER VERIFIED AS BARGE W/DERRICK, ì 65 FT. L, 30 FT. W, RESTING IN INVERTED POS.;POSITION AND LEADLINE LEAST ì DEPTH OF 46 FT. DETERMINED; MRS. SCHWARTZ, SEC. FOR ATLANTIC, ì GULF AND PACIFIC CO. WV, IDENTIFIED VESSEL AS BARGE NO. 10. CL1958/78--NOS; REVISE POS OF WK AND CHANGE SYMBOL TO 46 FT SNDG WITH ì DANGER CURVE & TYPE WK. H10291/88--OPR-C147-WH-88; BARGE-LIKE SIDE SCAN SONAR CONTACT ì FOUND IN LAT 40-08-31.297N, LONG 73-58-14.176W (NAD 27); POSITION ì SCALED FROM SONARGRAMS; NO DIVER INVESTIGATION, PER INSTRUCTIONS; ì ACCURATE POSITION AND LEAST DEPTH TO BE DETERMINED BY HECK IN ì 1989; HEIGHT OF 11.4 FT. SCALED FROM SONARGRAMS; PRELIMINARY ì LEAST DEPTH OF 42 FT.; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED CHARTING 42 FT. ì OBSTRUCTION AS SHOWN ON SMOOTH SHEET INSTEAD OF CHARTED 46 FT. ì WRECK PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION. (UPDATED MSM 10/89) FE334SS/89--OPR-C147-HE-89; DIVER INVESTIGATION OF SIDE SCAN ì SONAR CONTACT FOUND ON SURVEY H10291/88; A LARGE METAL BARGE ì LYING INVERTED ON A SANDY BOTTOM RISING 6-8 FT. OFF THE BOTTOM ON ì ONE SIDE AND 3 FT. ON THE OTHER; VERY GOOD VISIBILITY; NO SIGN OF ì DERRICK, BUT DIVERS SPECULATED THAT SINCE THE WRECK IS HIGHER ON ì ONE SIDE THAN THE OTHER, THE DERRICK IS LIKELY UNDER THE WRECK ì AND WORKING INTO THE SAND; LEAST DEPTH OF 47 FT. TAKE ON HIGHER ì SIDE; LORAN RATES: 9960-W 15516.4, 9960-X 26924.3, 9960-Y ì 43516.0, 9960-Z 59772.5; LAT 41-08-31.398N, LONG 73-58-14.02W; ì HYDROGRAPHER AND EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED REPLACING CHARTED 46 FT. ì DEPTH WITH 47WK AS FOUND BY THIS SURVEY. (UPDATED MSM 5/90)